Gekkonidae said:
Well, I think this is slowly confirming the fact that good updates will have to be a little more spaced out due to the delay.
Magic Mile said:
Let's see about that. We got everything except Poke Ball, game mode, final smash, and character profile, so I'm assuming the character profile is the main thing stopping people from appreciating this week. Or maybe they wanted a stage they'd never seen before?
Weeks without a character are bold; weeks without a character
or a stage are highlighted. Underlined weeks are my personal picks for weeks worse than this one. I excluded every week with a megaton or newcomer not known from E3, since there's no way those could be worse than this week.
May 28th to June 1st - Pit's moves, Final Smash mechanic + Mario's final smash, moving and shooting mechanic, Cracker Launcher, Delfino Plaza
June 11th to June 15th - Fox, Yoshi's Island, Ridley's theme, crates and barrels, Samus
June 18th to June 22nd - Link's final smash, Pikachu's final smash, Wario, Fox's moves, Lylat Cruise
June 25th to June 29th - Zelda, OoT medley, Banana Peel, names, Wario's moves
July 9th to July 13th - Combos mechanic, Dr. Wright assist, Bumper, E3 movie + Donkey Kong, Smashville
July 16th to July 20th - Star Fox music, Deoxys, Samus' final smash, Zero Suit Samus, This World (storyline teaser)
July 23rd to July 27th - Rumble Falls, Yoshi, Skyworld, footstool jump mechanic, Knuckle Joe assist
August 6th to August 10th - Smoke Ball, Ike's moves, Kid Icarus music, Pit's final smash, Franklin Badge
August 27th to August 31st - Superspicy Curry, Andross assist + special moves, Pokemon Trainer's moves, gliding mechanic, Wario Ware
September 10th to September 14th - Munchlax, Lyn assist, Battleship Halberd, Special Brawl, Ice Climbers
September 24th to September 28th - Trophies, Diddy Kong's final smash, Mr. Resetti assist, Pokemon Trainer's final smash, tourney mode
October 15th to October 19th - New Pork City, homerun contest, Meowth + Wii remote controls, Little Mac assist, Peach's final smash
The week of July 9th is the most strikingly similar to this one. Both had a movie, both had an item or multiple items returning from previous games, both had an assist trophy, both had a how-to-play about a really basic mechanic (combos vs. throwing), and both had a stage. That week had DK, but this week had music and a set of special moves.
Whatever the case, it seems to me that weeks of updates were at their weakest very early on.