Ike Impressions: Ike is a really fun character to play. While he's really slow (and I mean reeeaaally slow) he is really fluid with his motions, and when you land an attack with him it's insanely powerful. His regular A combo where he does 3 hits is really great, and the last hit has some serious knockback for a regular attack. His B sideways is great for recovering fast, and great for hitting opponents fast. When a fast character starts beating all over Ike, just get out of the way and do his regular A combo. It's the best way to knock your opponent back in his place. Ike's upward tilt attack has insane knockback, and is one of my favorite killing moves. If you land any of his smashes and your opponent has 60% (depends on who the opponent is) you will most likely kill them, or get really close to killing them. Ike is a really fun powerhouse to use. He has great range with his long sword as well. Ragnell ftw! His UP B attack is really great on enemies that are up in the air. He throws his sword so damn quickly, your opponent only has a split second to react, which they never do in time. The only downfall about Ike is his poor recovery, so you need to battle most of the time in the middle of the stage. Overall I loved using him. Every time I landed a big attack with him my friends and I would laugh, because it is just too powerful and awesome.
My overall impressions of this game....well, I love this game without a doubt. The new air dodging feels so natural and so perfect in Smash Bros that I can't believe we ever lived without it. Melee feels really dated. I tried going back to play Melee yesterday after having played Brawl, and to be honest I didn't have that much fun. Brawl was better in every single way IMO. The best part is that in Brawl, there are numerous characters I love being, while in Melee I only liked playing as a few. The way everyone plays in Brawl is so much cooler, and so much fun. I'm not going to sell Melee when I get Brawl, but the times I go back to play it are going to be small. To be honest I haven't been that excited while playing most games nowadays, but playing Brawl made me feel really giddy inside. This game just completely rocks IMO.
@Alexandervgc:
1) You might not feel the same way when you play Brawl, as everyone has a different opinion, but I LOVED Brawl so much more than Melee. If you're one of the people who really likes wavedashing and all those advanced techniques, and you feel that without those in the game it isn't fun, then you probably won't like Brawl as much. If you are anyone else, you're most likely to enjoy it a hundreds times more than Melee! Even for those people who are obsessed with advanced moves will probably be satisfied with the game. Who knows, maybe someday they'll find new ones.
2) While I didn't play SSE when I was at my friend's house, he has been having a blast with it. He loves it for what it is.
3) Unless you count Sheik, ZSS, and PK as 5, then it is 39. Besides that, yes it is 35.
4) I liked playing with the gamecube controller. I had a hard time adapting to the Wiimote & nunchuck. I didn't try the classic controller, but my friend has. We all prefer the gamecube controller.
5) As I Like Bacon has said, there are 41 unless you count the mushroomy kingdom as two (since it can load two different stages).
