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[Fancy Wario]

Hey...what's that sound?

It sounds like...an approaching nerdrage!

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All right...where to begin...

I suppose I'll start with an excerpt from my series representation list, which can be found here: http://digibutter.nerr.biz/viewtopic.php?t=64281

[Fancy Wario]

All right, so we've already established that the music and stages were poorly chosen. Now, let's move on to something else: the characters...or, should I say, character.

Metroid's only playable representative is Samus.
By contrast, the Star Fox series has three: Fox, Falco, and Wolf.

Some people will be quick to mention Zero Suit Samus, but it's still Samus. More on that later.

Now, let's look at some statistics for the Metroid series:

Super Smash Bros. Melee was released in 2001. At that time, there were only three Metroid games: Metroid, Metroid II: Return of Samus, and Super Metroid. The series hadn't gotten a game in seven years, so it was understandable that Samus was the only playable character. Star Fox had even less games released at the time, admittedly but those two games were, at least, recent, and pretty damn solid games.

From 2001 to 2008, we have had seven new Metroid games.
-Metroid Fusion
-Metroid Prime
-Metroid Zero Mission
-Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
-Metroid Prime Pinball
-Metroid Prime Hunters
-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

During that same time period, Metroid has become Nintendo's eighth-best-selling video game franchise - sixth if you don't count Brain Age and Nintendogs. Four or more (depending on who you ask) of those games have been extraordinarily well-received, one even reaching the number 3 spot on GameRankings.com, and the rest are still nothing to scoff at.

Next, let's look at Star Fox.

From 2001 to 2008, we have had three new Star Fox games.
-Star Fox Adventures
-Star Fox Assault
-Star Fox Command

During that time period, Star Fox has declined in both quality and popularity. Star Fox Adventures greatly deviated from the series gameplay. Star Fox Assault was widely considered to be mediocre. Star Fox Command, while a step in the right direction, was still nothing special.

Now, considering these facts, it's easy to see the discrepancy here in terms of the number of playable characters. You could give me Ridley as a boss fifty times, and it still wouldn't make a damn difference without at least one more playable character.

Perhaps I might have been able to deal with this. Perhaps I might've been able to accept it and just move on. But there was one thing that kept me from doing so: an extension of Samus known as Zero Suit Samus.

You can give all the playable characters you want to other series while ignoring Metroid, but when you mess with my main, then I'm pissed off.

Let's look at some more background information here.

The Smash Ball is an item that allows you to unleash your Final Smash, an incredibly powerful attack. Any character can grab the Smash Ball. After their Final Smash is finished, the battle continues as normal. But Samus is unique: after she finishes her Final Smash, her armorsuit falls off, forcing you to play with a completely different moveset. No other Final Smash has an aftereffect like this.

Is it because Samus's Final Smash is more powerful than the others? No. Let's look at a few choice Final Smashes that are just as good as, if not better than Samus's.

-Mario Finale (Mario) - essentially has the same effect. No aftereffects.
-Critical Hit (Marth) - instant kill if it connects. No aftereffects.
-Landmaster (Fox / Falco / Wolf) - extremely powerful attacks for a decent period of time. No aftereffects.

I believe I've made my point here.

Now, Samus users are given three decisions here: either turn Smash Balls off and remove an interesting element from the game, play as a completely different character until another one appears (if they even manage to get it), or give their opponent what is essentially a free kill. Do you see what the problem is here?

It certainly doesn't help that Zero Suit Samus's only purpose is sex appeal, either.

So, let's see...my only option to play as a character from my favorite series is Samus, and I'm forced to either remove a fun element from the game or deal with a character I really don't want to deal with. Once again, Brawl team, thanks a lot.

Did I want Ridley as a playable character? Yes, definitely. He was my most-wanted character for this game, even moreso than Sonic. Would I be happy with any Metroid character in the absence of Ridley? Once again, yes, definitely. I would have been fine with Dark Samus, one of the hunters from MPH, hell, even a generic Space Pirate would have sufficed.

But instead, all I got was Samus and Zero Slut Suit Samus.

To be continued.

[Super Maiq the Liar]

Couldn't you technically do that "Shed armor" trick when you get a smash ball, and use it to get the armor back?

[Fancy Wario]

[Super Maiq the Liar]

[Fancy Wario]

[Tyler]

The Metroid music in Brawl SUCKS, dude...

[Fancy Wario]

[Fancy Wario]

I feel like bumping this for no real reason.

That, or I want some discussion.

[Spell Seal]

Im sure you will grow to love the music, and Zero Suit Samus..... Ok, maybe not.