They are saving the 10/10 for SPORE

This game a 8.5 in graphic? I can´t believe it, is one of best looking game in Wii and a 8.5!!!!

 You should definitely give it a shot, you may not know what you are missing.

Anyways, great review aside from the graphics. The graphics is a HUGE step up from Melee. Hell, it even made me not wanting to see Melee's graphics ever again. 

8.5 is pretty silly for graphics...it should have been higher.

Here's a comparison vid (old, can never seem to find a good, recent vid)

Lasting Appeal and Sound got a perfect 10
But Why graphics so low? it looks great

 Yeah.  That's definitly got more content then any fighting game i've seen... and I have a couple of those Anthology games.  

Which i never got.  Why make an anthology... why not just let you play everyone vs everyone? 

Overview of content in Brawl bumped:

39 playable characters of varrying fighting styles. Another 29 major characters appear in the form of Assist Trophies, where they will come out and fight for you.

Subspace Emissary. A 10 hour single-player adventure mode featuring all characters in the game interacting in an intertwined story. 2 player co-op in this mode. 5 difficulty levels. Includes an RPG like stat increase system where you attach stickers to your character's stat board to boost their abilities.

287 songs composed by the best song writers in video game history (Nobuo Uematsu, Motoi Sakuraba, Akihiro Honda, etc.), and the ability to pick what songs play and how often in each stage. These include the original scores from games, remixes, compilations, and even Brawl original songs. Much of these are fully orchestrated.

41 different stages including returning stages from Melee.

A stage builder letting you build infinite combinations of your own unique styles and ideas. Can be uploaded to Nintendo for a chance at Stage-of-the-day or sent to your friends over the internet.

Classic mode, a standard fighting game 1 match after another ascent to a final boss.

Event Mode, where the game sets you up in unique situations based on their own history and franchises for challenging matches such as Pokemon Battles. Co-op available here too.

All the types of Brawling: 2 minute KO Fest, Stock, Team, etc. Not to mention the Special Brawl effects (Giant, Metal, Spring, Super Speed, Super Slow, many more, and any combination of the above).

A total of well over 1,000 collectible trophies, stickers, and songs.

Demos of all the games the characters come from: Super Mario Bros, Earthbound, Fire Emblem, etc.

Many minor game modes: All-Star, Target Test, Home Run Contest, etc...

Screenshots that can be taken from any angle or character's perspective after pausing the game. These can be sent online to your friends.

100-Man Brawl, a challenge against hordes of enemies to see how many you can kill. Also available in co-op and online co-op.

Many other extremely challenging modes such as 150-minute Brawl, Endless Brawl, and Cruel Brawl.

Stage of the day, a stage builder stage submitted by people around the world will be sent daily to everyone in the world who chooses to download it.

Recordable matches, you can take recordings of your matches and watch them or send them to your friends over wi-fi, just like the screenshots.

Online multiplayer. Friend Code matches, random play matches, co-op 100 Man Bawl and co-op homerun contest.

Also readding comparison screens so we can laugh at IGN's stupid graphics score:

an 8.5 for graphics isn't bad. melee scored an 8.0 and this is a new system the game is running on. i don't mind them having high expectations for a 10.

Holy! The difference is THAT BIG? I played Melee today, and thought for myself "I don't really need games to look any better than this for Brawl". Well, I'll be happy anyway.

Holy Crap on Zelda and Pit! Not a lot of difference on Kirby/Pikachu though, but maybe they look better in action (at least pika's b ¨^ does.)