^ that why on earth would people think melee is better I own melee also and have put hundreds of hours into it.  The things brawl bring to the table from the beautiful cutscenes, new modes, online, new charcters, and custom stages.  That's just a riduclous ploy by people in need of attention and like controversy IMO.

Seriously guys brawl is an amazingly fun game.  I play online like 2-3 times a week and always play a few rounds if I have friends over.  The game is pure fun and you cant beat how many unlockables as brawl has.

I would actually disagree, I think Brawl is most certainly GOTY material, it was definitely mine. I wasn't a fan of Melee (gasp!) I loved the Original and Melee..kinda let me down. Brawl is much more precise, much more balanced, and much..well better. I play online daily, and don't experience the crazy lag many folks say they have. I guess I'm just lucky. My boy posts matches on youtube, we're not torny competitive players but within the circle we are very competitive, and most importantly, the game is crazy fun.

Who hypes up DoA?  I think the perceived hype for DoA is like the Halo Killer comment.  It is perceived to be out there in large numbers, but isn't.  DoA exists, but no one really talks about it at all.  Tekken is arguably overrated if you want to discuss a game hyped.

In regards to this discussion on quality of fighters, I would have to bring up Virtua Fighter and ask about it.  It seems to be arguably underrated, and hardly discussed.  It is praised in passing, but isn't played as much as Smash Bros.  Smash Bros. seriously gets played a lot and has a cult following behind it.  

I do believe Smash Bros. IS a fighting game the way Powerstone is.  Brawl games using weapons.  A different niche of fighting games than Street Fighter and so on.  Also, wrestling would fit in here, and that is another niche of fighting games to, as is boxing.

And how many of the pro tourneys have items on in the rules?

Not at all.

I'd go as far as to say that Brawl is one of the most overrated games of all time regardless of genre. I think that if you removed the Nintendo characters and replaced them with stick figures the sales would drop by 95% and the review scores would drop below 80%. I just don't understand the appeal of the franchise at all, but then again, I never really liked beat 'em up games all that much.

 LoL!

sakuria didn't really want any of his games competitive, but the players made it that way...they found advance techs to make the game be competitive.....if memory serves me correct...melee had one of the biggest turnout of MLG

Because stuff like this never hapens in Brawl vvvvvv

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I'd go as far as to say that God of War is one of the most overrated games of all time regardless of genre. I think that if you removed Kratos and replaced him with a stick figure the sales would drop by 95% and the review scores would drop below 80%. I just don't understand the appeal of the franchise at all, but then again, I never really liked beat 'em up games all that much.