While making you play through the adventure mode, and having a gimped online, are both pretty big strikes against the game, I still think Brawl's one of the most fun games released this generation. True, in concept it isn't that much different from Melee or 64, but it adds more and has a better balance and feel, in my opinion. Still, I'm glad to read you're enjoying it, OP, even if you do feel it's overrated.

Yeah, the first time I played Brawl, I was a little disappointed. After playing Melee for countless hours, Brawl just ended up feeling.....slow, so it took me some time to get used to this change. I also hate how you can trip in the game. I ended up liking the Subspace Emissary, except it would get a little repetitive. As for the content, I am very impressed. There are countless things to collect, which keeps me busy. It is a shame online lags, but other than that the game is great. It took me some time to get used it, but overall, it is a great successor to Melee.

Yes Ice Climbers are now the worst in the game after being my heros in Melee.

I never understood the appeal of this series. I'm as big a fan of the Nintendo franchises as the next guy having owned every single Nintendo console, but Smash Brothers....I just doen't "get it".

I like it a lot. It was overhyped. I prefer Mario Kart. That is my short and simple answer.

SSBB is a good game but there are major flaws like how terrible Subspace emissary is also the online mode is absolutely atrocious.

 exactly....

and commig from melee to brawl i didn't like it at first either. the speed of the game was slowed down quite a bit and a lot of the advanced techniques were taken out. Now that im used to the controls i like it much better than melee it just takes some getting used to.

Read my first posr and you will see I am not the biggest brawl fan but I think Brawl and Melee have some pretty significant differences. Stage building and trading, The multi-piece items, trophies, a 8-10 hour single player game, online play, etc.

Because gaining a couple nasty grab combos (one near infinite), a better partner AI, and some freakish priority on a few moves makes them the worst.  Ice Climbers can chain you from 0% to death if the player is skilled enough (or just feels like being an arse).

QFT.