Snake, Lucas, Ike, Pit, Meta Knight, Samus, Sonic. These are pretty much my favorites so far, and it surprised the hell outta me.

I used to hate Ness and found him unwieldly, but I can't stop wanting to use Lucas. Ike is a nice Roy replacement.


I hate the most: Gannondorf, Yoshi (as always), Link, Zelda/Shiek, and Peach. All of them just suck so much, and their jumps are so damn weak. That's right, every Zelda character just sucks.


Characters I want to work with: Olimar, Game & Watch, Kirby, R.O.B.

No opinion yet: Lucario, Dedede, Wario, Wolf, Toon Link.

Link and Samus Smash are my favorite

Kirby was my main character in Melee and it doesn't look like that's going to change too much this time around. I think he has some awesome all around moves especially in four player matches.

His hammer move is aces, so is his anvil drop move plus he can fly wich is always a plus. His final smash kind of sucks though so I guess it all balances out in the end.

In order of my favorite moves to spam

1. Ike's side special
2. Ike's standard special
3. Pikachu's down special
4. Link's down thrust
5. Squirtle's Up Smash
6. Olimar's Up Smash with electric pikmin

I think my favorite final smash is Pikmen & Olimar, although I've only used like 4 or 5 different ones so far

Ike has some awesome moves in general, but I'm a fan of pretty much every reflective and counter attack: Pit's shield, Mario's Cape, Marth and Ike's counter. Peach's toad move and Lucario's doubleteam is okay, but has major weaknesses.
Marth's Final Smash is also highly awesome. There's just something totally awesome about dashing across the entire stage and destroying your opponent in a single shot. Even the fact that if you're in the air and miss your target, you can kill yourself just adds to the coolness factor, cause it means you still need skill to do it right.

When my friend and I unlocked Snake we wasted 15 minutes just blowing ourselves up.