I know that personally I would have found Brawl to be a much more fulfilling experience if the online was better, and even more so if it allowed for DLC as in additional levels and characters.
I'm not sure how many more copies it would have sold this way but I do think it could have a been a platform for advertising lesser known games and testing out the popularity of new characters - how about a character pack featuring Professor Layton, or Travis Touchdown? or Klonoa and Megaman? or even additional levels for these characters? The possibilities could have literally been endless and would have made Brawl one of the most played games this generation if there was constant, continued support!
Other characters I would have liked to see: Billy Hatcher from Sega (as well as Tails, Knuckles, Nights, Super Monkey Ball and Ryu while you're at it), Leon from RE4, Samurai Goroh from F-Zero, Simon Belmont, Achi from Sin & Punishment, Little Mac (these two were already in the game as assist trophies), Tom Nook and others from Animal Crossing (how awesome could that have been? ) not to mention Mii support in the game!! (seriously, how was this not implemented??)
Hell, I bet quite a few would have even bought an Other M character pack simply for the opportunity to pwn Adam!
Add to that select characters from other fighters the Wii didn't get (1 or 2 from Street Fighter, Soul Calibur etc which would require minimal effort to bring over, in comparison to porting a whole game) and Brawl could have been the best game this generation!
To me that just screams missed opportunity...
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