Brawl vs. Melee

Does anyone really think that SSBM is better than Brawl? I've seen plenty of praise for Brawl and plenty of hate on it recently, but I'm hoping these people are educated in saying that Melee is better, because I've went back and played Melee, and well, it isn't as enamoring as I remember it being, the main menu, the sound, and unfortunately I have to go there, the graphics are no where near as good as Brawl, yes I understand that it's been slowed down a bit, which, IMHO is all for the better when your friends used players like Fox day in and day out. Now, before I get flamed, I LOVE Melee I'm just trying to make a point that it's time for the game to die and pass the torch to a newer, better, more polished game, more trophies, levels, characters, options, and maybe, just maybe more replayability.

I'm a man who's played me a lot of Melee, this is just 1/5 of the data that is divvied up between my friends that all had a Melee save game of their own

The trophy quality is just one huge leap that Brawl has made.

Online play alone makes Brawl better. The Stage Builder is a major plus, too.

Sure, Brawl's character roster could have been better, but there's no question the game is an improvement over Melee.

in terms of depht and competitveness, melee kicks brawl in the balls. also, classic and break the targets we're much better in melee

other than that, brawl's got everything else

These are my choices from best to worse.

Best: Brawl

2nd Best: 64

Worst: Melee

I can't stand Melee. :P

I love Brawl but to say I like it more than N64 version is hard just cause it introduced me to the series and that game is why i bought an N64. So I'd say they are tied.

How? I played Melee a lot more, but Brawl is definitely a better built game.toadster101

It's only "technically" better,much like Twilight Princess is "technically" better than Ocarina of Time.I'm pretty sure only a small amount of people on this site would take Twilight Princess over Ocarina of Time.

I am.

Go pit a Melee Yoshi against a Melee Fox/Marth.

For one, while Brawl isn't very balanced, it's much more balanced than Melee.toadster101

Admittedly I don't agree with you a lot of the time, but this I agree whole-heartedly, an A- Fox player would beat an A+ Link player in Melee any day of the week, luck just plays a much bigger role in Brawl (if you're playing with all the items on anyway).

Brawl.

I can understand if people like Melee more since Brawl did pretty nothing to change the gameplay, but the gameplay was already pretty good. Brawl tweaked it a little, added more characters and stages and got a freakin awsome soundtrack.

Thats good enough to make it better than Melee to me.

But I liked the original more than both.

Melee is the most well-rounded, but Brawl is also immensly entertaining. In my book, Brawl's nostalgia, insanely powerful new characters, and nearly never-gets-old gameplay puts it just one notch below Melee. I didn't appreciate the gimmicks like the Final Smash Ball, Dragoon, and Assist Trophies that Brawl introduces, nor its axing of awesome characters like Dr. Mario, nor its extensive adventure mode. But still, all three Super Smash Bros. games are nearly equally venerable. But the character, stages, gameplay, and game structure of Melee suit my tastes the best of the three.

But that's just me...

in terms of depht and competitveness, melee kicks brawl in the balls. also, classic and break the targets we're much better in melee

other than that, brawl's got everything elseSonick54

Agreeed

Brawl has so much more to do than any of them. Plus better graphics, gameplay, and story.

[QUOTE="toadster101"]How? I played Melee a lot more, but Brawl is definitely a better built game.VGobbsesser

It's only "technically" better,much like Twilight Princess is "technically" better than Ocarina of Time.I'm pretty sure only a small amount of people on this site would take Twilight Princess over Ocarina of Time.

meanwhile there are alot of aspects that OOT still trumps TP in.

Yeah,but to balance it out,they had to slow down the pace,which I'm not a fan of.VGobbsesser

Melee is the pinnacle of the Smash Brothers franchise; Brawl...is only the sequel to it.VGobbsesser

As much as I love Brawl, I have to agree.

[QUOTE="VGobbsesser"]Melee is the pinnacle of the Smash Brothers franchise; Brawl...is only the sequel to it.Squire_Ramza

As much as I love Brawl, I have to agree.

Sadly , I have to disagree . Melee is too fast-paced with top tier characters . At least now in Brawl , all characters are equal .

Brawl>>Melee>>>>>>>>64

Brawl has the best soundtrack ever IMO.

[QUOTE="VGobbsesser"]Yeah,but to balance it out,they had to slow down the pace,which I'm not a fan of.Shinobishyguy

As the games currently are,I'd take the faster gameplay speed of Melee,which is a lot more fun to me than the slower pace.Brawl is balanced to near perfection,but they took out part of the fun in the process,in my opinion,and that really isn't a good trade-off.

I wish they could have sped up the pace a bit closer to Melee's pace,yet still have the near-perfect amount of balance that Brawl currently has.It might or might not be possible,but I would have liked to see it happen.