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[Fancy Wario]

So, I've played Samus almost exclusively for the past few hours. Here are my thoughts...

For starters, her nerfs. Her charge shot is smaller and a bit weaker now. That's not to say that it isn't useful anymore, of course; it still spells doom for anyone trying to recover...but it's still not quite as good. Second, your forward momentum isn't stopped when you use the Morph Ball bombs anymore, making bomb recoveries noticeably more difficult. In addition to this, the bombs no longer explode on contact with enemies. Her Super Missile is slower, and does less knockback. Plus, it sends the enemies upward instead of back, so it's no longer a reliable attack on people trying to recover. Finally, her forward-air and back-air were nerfed. The back-air is still good, but the forward-air is essentially useless now.

Next, her buffs. Her normal Missiles come out much more quickly now. Her Screw Attack is much more useful, as well; it now sucks enemies in and then launches them back out. Her up-smash and up-air have a similar property, and are noticeably more powerful. And the most useful buff of all, in my opinion, is her aerial Grapple Beam. It isn't very useful on Final Destination, but on stages with platforms, it's your best friend. It stuns the enemy, has decent knockback, and is pretty damn fast to boot. It's extremely useful for setting up combos.

So...yeah. Was Samus nerfed? Certainly. Does that diminish from her usefulness? Hell no.

[Small Sammer Guy]

Well her charge shot was her core move in melee...
and also, her side smash has been nerfed a bit, it wont' kill at lower percentages ;; The only "buff" for Samus I would say were the ones you mentioned and perhaps her spike. But yeah, major nerf for Brawl Samus there. Perhaps that is why ZSS was included?

[Fancy Wario]