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my mains are pikachu, meta knight, falco, and snake...currently pikachu is my favorite (i'm not a very big thunder spammer, or so i think :p )...

but i just "hate" Ike, 'cuz my cousin is insanely great with Ike... there's no way to counter his smashes, and his smashes, doesn't matter up/left/right, they swoop 180degrees. as he uses smash to the left, and I'm right behind him, he still is able to hit me and send me out... that happened to me a lot so Ike just pisses me off

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I've learned from playing Bluefire enough that you can dodge most of Ike's offense because he has to telegraph it pretty damn sure.

The problem is when he does connect, he can kick ass. I got KOed at like 60% by Ike before. Middle of the stage me thinks.

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Ike is great. :D So incredibly strong, with a great and diverse moveset.
His biggest weakness is his low speed.

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You are.

60% seems to be the norm. It always happens, especially when I use Marth. I've flown off with 0% a few times though :D

Thank goodness. He's almost invincible if he's swinging that sword anyway.

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Batman: "Then you're gonna love me." SLAM! lol

Metaknight is by far my best character. I have won endless matches with him against countless friends. It doesn't seem like a lot of people like to play him, which kinda amazes me because he can be extremely lethal if you know how to use him.

Ike is definitely tied to a close second, despite his many disadvantages. It's a matter of knowing what move to use at the right time, because time is completely against Ike.

Game & Watch is third place, it helps to have past experience with him.

My other regulars include King Dedede, Luigi and Wolf. That said, many characters have weaknesses, but I think its up to the competence of the player to overcome these weaknesses (or imbalances) and try to make the character as strong as possible.

For example, King Dedede is very slow with low reflex but his attacks are extremely powerful. Since many characters in Brawl have fast reflex, Dedede could be seen as a disadvantage, but in reality his strength is his ability to quickly tally up the damage percentage on his enemies. Once you figure out which of his moves can do this, you can use one of his powerful moves like his forward A smash, which can easily send an opponent flying. He has a great ability to cover all sides of him with his hammer including above, and also his up + B move is very useful to get out of tight situations. But I think what it comes down to is figuring out how to cover a character's disadvantages by finding and correctly utilizing its advantages. Not all characters work offensively.

I do have one gripe I can think of, and that's making Fox/Falco/Wolf have the same Final Smash. One word: cheap. Even if its powerful, they could've made Fox's final smash having him pilot an arwing and shooting the other players.

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Ike is awesome if you can figure out a good approach. When he gets in your face, you are going to die ;D lol

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I had my first serious online matches. They were nice. I won a bunch. In the end I was in a group where I was probably the worst guy. I stayed in the group because I liked the challenge and the lessons. :)

Anyone up for some matches?

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I need internet in my new apartment..

sometime this week, I hope :(

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Had some nice games with Mickydaniels. :D We had no lag at all.

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Ok, here's a gripe: why doesn't the game automatically remove inactive players? :S
You're playing online games, but there's always 1 character that's not being controlled. You have to wait an extra minute between every game, and most people (including me :D) go after him for a cheap KO.

Edit: I also don't like the addition of CPUs when you don't have 4 players.

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I don't know.
Many times they do return.

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Biggest gripe is of course the stupid online and the friend codes.
I can only save up 64, and I'm quickly running out of room. Time to delete people I never play against?


Also, if someone is online in a basic brawl, why can't there be some kind of way to notify them that friends are on?

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I've never had a problem with online friend limits. Hell, my Xbox Live is my biggest list and I've NEVER played with more than 10 of them.

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I feel bad getting rid of people but my Xbox Live list fills up every few weeks and I just get rid of people I haven't played with in months.

The problem is the list is now becoming real friends and close online people so don't know what gonna do when more people want to be added.

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lol

Well, that's good for you, but for me it's a big problem. My friends list has 57 registered names on it, and maybe 25% is dead weight. I'm trying to get it lower than that, since I do play with most of the people there.

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It sucks when you get online and you see your friends in a basic brawl... You have to contact them through an IM or so.

Micky, Dyne and others, up for some brawls in a few hours?

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These days I'm always on from 10am-1pm or so. If you want, I can go now.

Hooray job searching/floundering/flat out being jobless !!!!

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Hm I'm cooking diner at the moment. I'll just check if you're on after I eat up.

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I wanted to see if there had been any improvement on the home front in terms of character usage.

(Blame Phil for the bump)

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I feel like battling you after one of our late-night AIM chats.

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I've seen a whole bunch of characters online. It's not always the same ones.

The ones you see least in my experience:

3. Mario
2. Wario
1. Diddy

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If I finish the Space Embassy thingo, does that unlock all the chars? I hope it does >:)

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You'll have to go back to some levels to find the last character(s). Of course there are multiple ways to unlock them, but just beating the SSE isn't one of them.

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ic ic....well i will try to do it manually then after :)

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You're a paying customer, why should you have to do extra work to gain access to a character you've lawfully payed for?

I say you pwn your game in the face by using GameShark or some similar device.

Take that, Nintendo!

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GM, when will we meet in battle? You're on the west coast, right? Maybe early in the morning for me, when you stay up late? 8AM here is 0AM there.

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Lets play tonight! I will wait for you on MSN.

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Your tonight or my tonight? Because I'm going to bed around 0 AM.... which is 16PM for you.
If you mean your tonight, what time do you want me to wake up?

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Is 8 or 9 AM too early?

That's only 11 PM or 12 AM here which is easy.

You may want to sleep in though since it's the weekend.

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8:30 ok? :) 11:30 for you. I'll set my cucco.

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See you then :)

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I feel so stupid. >_< I hadn't added your friend code yet!

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I thought maybe it was too early and you slept in but I also entered your code in once I realized it was time for us to battle. We can try again tonight (morning for you).

Let me know when you're awake. :D

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We can dance tonight as well.

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Let's make it 8:15 (11:15) this time? Gives me a reason to wake up. :)

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Make it 11:30 instead. I didn't go to bed early enough.

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I hate to bring back a week old thread, but I didnt realize you guys played Brawl until I read this thread!

I use a TON of characters... or can use them lol, but I'm a pro with MetaKnight, Diddy Kong, King DeDeDe, Kirby, Wolf, Lucas and C. Falcon.

I can also use, Samus, Zero Suit, Link, Sheik, Mario, Ganondorf, Fox, ROB and G&W, and I'm training myself to use Pokemon Trainer

Yeah, I'm multitalented lol, so whenever you guys are up for a match, count me in... I'd love to play you guys.

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My Pikachu wants to own you :D

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What's your friend code? Mine's 2621-4329-5083.

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Awesome... willing competitors!

I added my Wii and Smash code to my sig if you want to add me... Angrist and GM, I added you both.