And they called it Brawl. And it was good.
Motoi Sakuraba:
Star Ocean series, Valkyrie Profile series, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Symphonia, and Baiten Kaitos.
Koji Kondo:
Zelda series.
Yoko Shimomura:
Kingdom Hearts. (Not the opening and endings.)
Nobuo Uematsu:
Final Fantasy 1-11, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey.
Over 150 songs with signature styles. (Sakuraba's guitar and synth usage is obvious the moment you hear it. He even had a riff that sounded EXACTLY like Star Ocean 3's final boss song.) That's a good thing. Now that I finally got that out of the way, let's talk gameplay.
This game seems to be trying to beat Star Ocean 3 in terms of unlockables, and it fights hard. So many options and so many modes will leave you gaming for hours on end....and hours....and hours. The main mode, Subspace Emmisary is about 10 hours long and can be done with Co-op. It brings the classic platforming feel from the Kirby days on the Super Nintendo with oversized bosses to boot. The classic is basically like the other two games and the event mode gurantees you several hours of play right there.
For once I don't mind the items since all the new ones are such a sweet to be had, and the smashballs only add to your planning. You have all too many characters to collect and most of them not cloning one another.
It's near perfection is ruined thanks to a few key things:
1) Air dodging. That little mechanic in Melee was insanely fun and they took it out. When you dodge in the air now, it is now a barely noticable dodge that doesn't shift your body in the least sense.
2) Slowed down. There was speed when Melee was just appealing to the hardcore gamers. Now that casuals came in, that sense of speed was cut out so your eyes can be at ease and untensed a bit more, sadly.
3) Online. Of course the online. -_- No matches YET! Nintendo really didn't know what they were doing when they added online.
This is good to play for a few days, but aside from that....grab that 360 or PS3.