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[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

I went looking for Melee today and couldn't find it

I started playing Melee again with friends last month to get in shape for Brawl hehe

 

[SouthernDragon]

I went looking for Melee today and couldn't find it

So, uh, why didn't you have a copy?

 

[sprsk]

So, uh, why didn't you have a copy?

I sold it when I got to Japan (I had the import since it came out).

 

[Insaniac]

Someone at Smashboards finally got Corocoro.

http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=136504

Looks like the Twilight Change was a fake.

Zelda's Down Special remains a mystery.

is it me or does that pic look liked her "Final Smash"

perhaps the final smash is faked too?

edit: eh i take that back.

 

[Tonjevic]

is it me or does that pic look liked her "Final Smash"

perhaps the final smash is faked too?

edit: eh i take that back.

When we had that really horrid photo, that image looked like her final smash; her drawing on a bow, streaming with light and loaded with a light arrow.

Now, it looks like a fairly conventional attack, and I'm not so sure that it IS representative of her final smash.

Can we get a translation of all the text there?


EDIT: GOd, I have a bad memory. Having looked at the image again, it's a different part of the page entirely.

 

[justchris]

As far as tournaments and a league go, the best way to do it would be using a rating system. Have everyone start out with a standard rating (say 1600) and then revise rating up or down based on their wins and losses, with a greater change if the person you won/lost against was rated higher. Then add bonus points to a rating for tournament wins. That way, people wouldn't have to play in every tournament to keep their rating up.

We could also, theoretically, keep track of every tournament each person played in, and what type if was, to track their preferences vis a vis team, 1v1, 4 man brawl, items, no items and so on.

As far as deciding what type of tournaments to play, whoever's organizing the league can start collecting people's names & Friend Codes, and put them in a list based on when they signed up to join the league. And starting from the top, each person gets to set the rules for the next tournament. Rules settings can specify particular items, particular stages, even particular characters, as well as random characters or stages, item frequency, number of players, and teams on or off.

Of course, all of this would require someone willing to take responsibility and keep up with all this. I certainly wouldn't have the time to do it.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

You're one of the very few people who didnt like seeing the star wars character in SC.

Is there a club for people that think it's stupid? Because I would join this club.

 

[justchris]

It seems someone is posting all the information on the Smash Cards from CoroCoro in this thread: http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=136511

Not sure if we need a thread on this at gaf though.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

If randomness contributes to a state during which one person is able to skillfully master items better than another, then does it not have to do with skill? Is it not equal between each mode then, if one uses skill, and the other mode uses skill? How do you measure which is more correct?

When some exploding stuff spawns right before your attack and there's nothing you can do about it, skill becomes irrelevant. You basically lose a stock without screwing up and without your opponent doing anything right. You're just like "heh, shit happens". Without items, well shit doesn't happen. You lose a stock, well it's your own damn fault. :lol

If there's a tournament with items here I'll join anyway. It's not like I don't know what they do.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

When some exploding stuff spawns right before your attack and there's nothing you can do about it, skill becomes irrelevant. You basically lose a stock without screwing up and without your opponent doing anything right. You're just like "heh, shit happens". Without items, well shit doesn't happen. You lose a stock, well it's your own damn fault. :lol

Should we also ensure everyone is using the same joysticks, all inspected to make sure there are no faults or advantages?

There is no such thing as "skill only".

 

[Holy Order Sol]

Should we also ensure everyone is using the same joysticks, all inspected to make sure there are no faults or advantages?

I've seen tournaments where they checked your controllers, I don't really know what they were looking for though. I don't ask that kind of questions. :lol

There is no such thing as "skill only".

True, you can only settle for what is the closest thing from "skill only". That's what they're currently doing with Melee.

 

[swerve]

Anyone yet mentioned that the game is at the World Hobby Fair in Osaka tomorrow? Maybe some impressions and movies might start filtering through...

 

[Tonjevic]

I've seen tournaments where they checked your controllers, I don't really know what they were looking for though. I don't ask that kind of questions. :lol

There are controllers that you can get that allow you to program macros into it. So, basically, auto combos or wave-dashes at a button-press. In a game like smash, that's cheating whether you approve of items or not.

 

[SovanJedi]

So seeing as Snake and Sonic, two confirmed secret characters, were not in that first bunch of CoroCoro cards, does that also mean that Olimar's exclusion confirms him being a secret character?

 

[KittenMaster]

I can see it now. People are going to come up with a game mode that becomes increasingly popular, just like how people make custom maps in PC games that have little to do with the game itself.

 

[Tonjevic]

So seeing as Snake and Sonic, two confirmed secret characters, were not in that first bunch of CoroCoro cards, does that also mean that Olimar's exclusion confirms him being a secret character?

It may be that some of the characters that have been revealed on the dojo could be unlockables. With Sakurai's philosophy of not being too fussed about revealing secrets, I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case, and he went back on his previous philosophy of only showing stuff that you get from the start, prior to the actual release of the game.

 

[CreatureX3]

Like I tell my friends, Captain Falcon is being turned into an item and the Excite Truck is taking his place!

If Sega can put Hornet in their fighting game...

Nintendo can add Excite Truck to Brawl! :lol

 

[AceBandage]

If Sega can put Hornet in their fighting game...

Nintendo can add Excite Truck to Brawl! :lol

When the truck is winning the crowd can yell out "BIG DAMN TRUCK! BIG DAMN TRUCK!"

 

[Rydias]

Sorry for the bad scan, but this was kinda funny:

 

[AceBandage]

Hsu and Chan is the ONLY reason I'd read EGM anymore.

 

[Rydias]

Hsu and Chan is the ONLY reason I'd read EGM anymore.

I got a free subscription, so that's the only reason I read it.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

The Pokemon panel made me laugh.

 

[KittenMaster]

I like the Zamus panel the best, simply because it isn't a sex joke.

The look on Wario's face in the last panel is priceless, though.

 

[MrCheez]

So seeing as Snake and Sonic, two confirmed secret characters, were not in that first bunch of CoroCoro cards, does that also mean that Olimar's exclusion confirms him being a secret character?

It could be that he is unlockable, who knows, but it also might be that Corocoro didn't have the rights to reveal him yet (since he wasn't yet revealed on the Dojo when the magazine went into print)

 

[MisterHero]

The Pokemon panel made me laugh.

And he used Ash, not Red! That's awesome!

I have the EGM with Hsu and Chan's debut. It was a Pokemon spoof.

I also have their first comic book. It was funny, not that memorable though.

 

[Sciz]

If Sega can put Hornet in their fighting game...

Nintendo can add Excite Truck to Brawl! :lol

Fighters Megamix was and still is awesome, and I can't understand why Sega hasn't made a sequel after all these years.

 

[webrunner]

And he used Ash, not Red! That's awesome!

I have the EGM with Hsu and Chan's debut. It was a Pokemon spoof.

I also have their first comic book. It was funny, not that memorable though.

It makes sense, too. Pokemon Trainer/Red is obviously the trainer in Red, but Pikachu in Smash is partially based on the anime version, and partially based on Yellow.

 

[Firestorm]

Pokemon panel should have been "Aim for the horn"

 

[Rentahamster]

Fighters Megamix was and still is awesome, and I can't understand why Sega hasn't made a sequel after all these years.

I concur.

C'mon SEGA, get with it!

 

[LazerShark]

http://www.gamespot.com/users/thealmightygoat/

Sad news guys, thealmightygoat is a hoax. At least it's only one more month.

 

[Branskins]

http://www.gamespot.com/users/thealmightygoat/

Sad news guys, thealmightygoat is a hoax. At least it's only one more month.

We all saw that coming!

 

[Holy Order Sol]

http://www.gamespot.com/users/thealmightygoat/

Sad news guys, thealmightygoat is a hoax. At least it's only one more month.

Another one of them spawned though. It's endless.
No wait, it will be over in less than two weeks, actually.

 

[Scribble]

I'm glad he is confirmed fake.

Makes this speculation game even MORE exciting. Argh, I can't wait to find out the final roster! It'll be very interesting, since we've got all of the shoe-in characters out of the way (Dedede, Diddy, Olimar, Meta-Knight, Ike, etc.). All that's left is the characters people have been flipping arguing about for the last year or so!

 

[HK-47]

Interesting. I think it's the rumor that has convinced most people... Still, it's really unlikely they'd leave Sheik out, although I would prefer him(her?) as an entirely different character from Zelda.

Her as far as SSB is concerned

 

[TreIII]

http://www.gamespot.com/users/thealmightygoat/

Sad news guys, thealmightygoat is a hoax. At least it's only one more month.

...What? You actually thought this guy was SERIOUS? :lol :lol

I mean, c'mon! If this guy was for real, he would've leaked it all at once, so that all the information would have gotten out there. He would have gotten in trouble any way, but it at least would have made it so he would have gone done in style.

But he was deliberately holding back his supposed "info" because he wanted to be the center of attention, just like every other false prophet.

C'mon guys, it's only about a week and some change (or even shorter, considering Hong Kong rules). Won't be too much longer before this game is here and we stand to know everything.

 

[HK-47]

http://www.gamespot.com/users/thealmightygoat/

Sad news guys, thealmightygoat is a hoax. At least it's only one more month.

So Charizard's Up B is Fly. Nice, at least it makes sense unlike fucking Rock Smash, seriously what the hell

 

[Firestorm]

Do what I do and don't pay attention to them.
I wish people would stop calling them "prophets" and just call them attention whores.

 

[TreIII]

Do what I do and don't pay attention to them.
I wish people would stop calling them "prophets" and just call them attention whores.

But, you see, there ain't nothing wrong with callin' em prophets, as long as you pronounce it with "false" in front of it.

 

[Innotech]

Honestly, I think the reality of what has been unveiled on the dojo already has pretty much eclipsed some of the wildest speculation people have made. seriously, some major WTF moments. This game is going to be mind-fucking awesome.

 

[pulga]

He claimed Spiderman was in the game and people STILL gave him attention? :lol :lol

 

[MisterHero]

Spider-man is in, Superman is in, so are Jesus and Hitler

As Miis

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Marvel used to be pretty liberal with its licenses.

Now they hold on to them with an iron death grip, waiting for the most profitable move.

 

[HotByCold]

Alright, who here is importing the japanese version?

 

[M3wThr33]

God damn. This has been a crazy ride, but we ain't over yet.

 

[ezekial45]

God damn. This has been a crazy ride, but we ain't over yet.

Is it safe to assume that this will be the final week of updates? Since the JPN release is the week after.

 

[M3wThr33]

Is it safe to assume that this will be the final week of updates? Since the JPN release is the week after.

God no. We still have the actual SECRETS in the game, dude.

 

["God's Beard!"]

We're gonna know all the secrets before it even releses in the US :-(

 

[ezekial45]

God no. We still have the actual SECRETS in the game, dude.

When i meant updates i meant from the Site. I know that people who are gonna buy the jpn release will give the goods.

 

[MMaRsu]

How expensive would it be to import a japanese Wii + japanese SSBB to Europe?

 

[M3wThr33]

When i meant updates i meant from the Site. I know that people who are gonna buy the jpn release will give the goods.

Well, some stuff ain't going to be found out naturally. It was discussed before, like the means to unlock Luigi. (Finish the first level with a 2 in the seconds place?)
Someone, I think Amirox, said that the blog for SSBM was updated for months after the JPN launch.

(Yes, I know, all characters can be unlocked through multiplayer by playing X number of matches)