@DrFinkelstein Pop quiz! What do Misty, Brock, Cynthia, Iris, and Ash all have in common? That's right—they're all Pokémon Trainers! This Pokémon Master in the making is the same. Back in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he fought to be the very best—like no one ever was. To smash them was his real test—to launch them was his cause!

@pokepal148
Why does that make you sad? That's actually pretty awesome.

I have a room open right now. Anyone free to go a few matches with me?

@ploot because I mained the trainer in brawl.

@pokepal148

Did you find yourself using a particular Pokemon of his more than others or was it always pretty even?

@pokepal148
Oh, that is sad. Boo to the 3DS limitations, and Sakurai's need to have roster parity.

@DrFinkelstein it was an even split between charizard and squirtle.

Ivysaur exists only to make switching to charizard more annoying.

Ivysaur was great. I'd much rather have it or Squirtle in than Charizard, though at least Charizard got a fun buff in Flare Blitz.

nate38 said:

Ivysaur was great. I'd much rather have it or Squirtle in than Charizard, though at least Charizard got a fun buff in Flare Blitz.

Quoted for truuuth. Ivysaur was great, fun, and unique--easily my favorite playable Pokemon in the whole series.

Personally, I'm getting a little sick of all the bipedal, humanoid "cool" Pokemon. It, like, kind of defeats the appeal of playing as a Pokemon in the first place when he moves and acts just like a generic fighter. Lookin' at you, Lucario...!

@Hero_Of_Hyrule I only played a little of Project M, but I wasn't crazy about losing Bullet Seed. You could really rack up damage against an opponent who got in too close with that, granted it's a lot more useful against the dumb CPU than a player who will naturally DI out of it. And the whole Solarbeam thing in Project M was a pretty cool way to make Ivysaur even more unique, but it would have been nice to have both that AND Bullet Seed.

Stamina limit aside, I thought Ivysaur was pretty solid in Brawl. Fairly quick attacks, small target with nice range with those vines, and Razor Leaf was a decent projectile. Vine Whip wasn't a great recovery, but oh well.

As for Squirtle, it's just now dawning on me that it was basically a smaller, faster Mario (minus fireball and meteor), and that's kind of boring but I loved it anyway. I never did check out how it changed in Project M.

Ivysaur>Squirtle

I'd love to see them bring back Pokemon Trainer, or at least Ivysaur and Squirtle. If they had to keep one them I'm glad they kept Charizard. I mean, he's Charizard.

Maybe a new Pokemon Trainer could use the original 3 and have alt costumes for three other starters or something.

I'm kind of surprised Blaziken didn't make the roster. Though that may be a blessing, since his moveset could easily have become yet another Captain Falcon clone.

I haven't posted in here (my own thread!) since I got the game because I still haven't unlocked everyone and I don't want to miss any chance of surprises (example: I didn't know my beloved Jigglypuff had made it back in until he showed up to challenge me), but I had to come post that I finally beat Master Core on Level 9!

After many near misses with Ike, I decided to go with my main man Kirby and not only did I beat him, I did it all using a single stock. And with customization turned off. I'm pretty proud!

Once I round out my roster, I'd love to try some online matches to see how I'm stacking up with you guys. Wish I hadn't missed the tournament, but I'm ready to roll.

Jargon said:

I had to come post that I finally beat Master Core on Level 9!

Nice work! Congrats! And only single stock, eh? Not too shabby at all. You may be quite a threat online. Maybe it's best you missed the tournament after all.... *shifty eyes look left and right*

I still haven't beat classic on level 9... I feel great shame.

@anon_mastermind

You still haven't beaten me in the tournament of champions either...

@ludist210
Oh yeah! When do you have time to battle?

I wish we could spectator our friends' battles.

@DrFinkelstein
You can do that. Just start with three players and KO yourself and you can watch the other two.

@anon_mastermind

I'm free later tonight. Message me and we'll work it out.