Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

Who is that under Isabella anyways?

Mario Maker?

Lucina. From Fire Emblem. I'm not sure tho since I don't play FE.

I am going to at least get the 3rd Party Amiibo for SSB for Wii U.

I am sure there are a million impressions here by now, but I went to Smash Fest and thought I'd share my (belated) thoughts.

Overall, because it is something of a compromise between Brawl and Melee's physics, it did not have that brand new excitement that Brawl had. But that's fine, I don't need the wheel reinvented.

I played Smash Run twice and two rounds of normal matches on Wii U. Each game I played a new character, which I regretted afterward. Playing against other players makes it hard to learn new characters, and items make it even harder. I didn't really know what I was doing. It would have been nice to pick Bowser or another old comfort pick one round to get a better feel for the new game.

Smash Run is neat. The fact that you don't interact with other players during the run is disappointing. It gets compared to Kirby's Air Ride, but in Air Ride a lot of the fun was competing with others for those power-ups. This was still fun, but I don't see it being something I play a ton of necessarily. Once you get in the actual match, it is hard to tell what kind of difference the power-ups make since they are just stat changes. Maybe that would be different for others, but I am not a numbers guy, not when playing games, anyway. I know you also have items on the bottom screen, but most of the time I forgot about them because I am not used to looking at two screens for Smash. I really like that idea, so hopefully that improves the experience.

The 3DS controls felt really weird. I can't say why. I hope it is something I get used to. If this game were coming out second, I could see skipping it, but I can't control myself that well. I will have to get the first version of Smash I can get my hands on and switch to console later.

The Wii U version does look quite nice, and I liked the stages we played. The Pilot Wings stage felt a lot like Mario Sunshine's level in Brawl. I forget the other we played. The Fire Emblem arena, I believe.

Out of all my matches, I played Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, and Rosalina. Mega Man was my first game, and I didn't know the controls yet, so I wasn't sure if I was doing his special or normal shot for a long time. Having a projectile basic attack is so odd for me. By the time I finished the "run" portion of Smash Run and got in the match, I finally understood what I was doing and enjoyed playing him. Wii Fit Trainer was confusing. I didn't know what one or two of her moves did. Villager was fun, but I could not figure out which of his moves drops the bowling ball, which made me sad. However, flapping about with the Balloon Fight balloons was more than enough to entertain me. My last round was with Rosalina, which was the most difficult to figure out of all of them... somehow I won that though, thanks to a Smash Ball or some other huge item.

I didn't have a super exciting reaction to any of the new characters, but I hope with more practice when it comes out, Villager and Mega Man will become regular picks for me, though I'm sure I'd be perfectly fine just sticking to Bowser and Samus (of the ones revealed so far... come on, Ness or Lucas!).