Luigi'd.

OK, so sorry again that it took so long; I was waiting for a confirmation that Ganondorf was indeed Luigi'd, but I gave up. All we've seen so far is his up-special attack, which seems similar to Falcon's, but is like an actual strike and not a throw. Also, Wolf (who, yes, is the last character, as was assumed my many), Falco, and "Toon Link" (probably not what he'll be called stateside, but you never know) seem to be Luigi'd too. They are different though; Wolf's side-special shoots up at a slight angle apparently, Falco can allegedly throw his reflector shield somehow, Toon Link has that sticky sword spin Young Link had (where it traps in foes and then tosses them out when he's down), and there are probably other differences too. Anyway, the more I thought about it, the more accepting I became of the Luigi-fication. I mean, if someone was a big fan of Falco in the last game, and he dramatically changed in this one, they would probably be pretty bummed. They did change them enough though, pretty much; they may have the same special moves and Final Smashes (Speaking of which, the Landmaster thing has apparently become a huge joke now, so you have officially been warned. The fact that there were three characters with the Landmaster as a Final Smash is I guess what started it...), but their other characteristics are totally different. Toon Link, for example, moves like a bullet, particularly with his down-smash attack (you know, that annoying one your little brother kept pulling cheap wins from... oh, well, maybe that's just me). Plus, in Brawl, there are tons more characteristics; whether they can crawl and wall cling, and their speed, their jump height, their number of jumps, their "floatiness" and weight, whether they can glide.... There's a ton. So I think "clones" aren't all that bad. For instance, I like Link in general, but I don't like how he's pretty slow and it seems they've made him even slower (not in attacks necessarily, I just mean his movement) in this one, so Toon Link seems really fun to play as to me. Plus, he's just overflowing with style, just like the games he was in. Of course, now that I think about it, SSBB in general does seem a good deal more dramatic and stylish than the precious installments.
Anyway, the bottom line is that I've decided clones are OK, especially if they've been Luigi'd (Luigi himself, by the way, is as Luigi'd as ever, and even has his own totally new -- and totally freakish -- Final Smash.); plus, the roster is still awesome.
After seeing a few videos (though ones with really bad resolution), I got even more excited. As much as I hesitate to say this, seeing as he seems to have replaced Mewtwo, but... Lucario looks like massive pwnage. He just plain looks cool, and he moves so fluidly. He also seems to have some special moves similar to Mewtwo's (particularly his "Aura Sphere," which is a lot like Metwo's "Shadow Ball"), but is really swift and has cool physical attacks too (he is a fighting-type, after all). So, yeah, I'm thinking he wins the "cool award." Plus, there are other interesting-looking things. The Pokemon Trainer looks neat, with how he's controls three different pokemon and thus has three full attribute and move sets; the closest thing to that before was the Zelda/Sheik thing, which had two separate move sets that were incomplete due to a special slot being used for transformation. Also, Sonic is bound to be awesome, I mean... he's Sonic; it'd be cool to have someone even more speed-based than Captain Falcon and Marth, and his moves look pretty fun and unique too. I'm also looking forward to seeing how Olimar plays... and let's not forget all the old characters! And the rest of the new folks! Since the game is so entirely new, everything will be at least a little different, and I'm excited about experiencing that, too.
And, even beyond characters, there's the new Subspace Emissary adventure mode, which looks to be really great. There's also heaps of unlockable content like trophies, stickers, and even short Virtual Console game demos. On top of that, there's still the old classic mode, target test, and home run contest, which seem to have been made even better (well, I don't think classic mode has improved in many ways, as it's not something one would want to change, but whatever). And let's not forget stages! There are a ton of those, and even the ability to create your own, which may turn out to be the coolest feature to come to Smash Bros. yet (although you unfortunately can't share your creations online directly....)! Plus, there's online play, which doesn't seem to have much depth, but I can totally see Nintendo's reasoning for removing stuff like leaderboards. They said they didn't want anyone to feel bad about being 100,000th on the list, because there would obviously be a lot of really tough players out there, and even someone who thought they were awesome among the people they played with may be not even in the top 10,000. As far as voice chat goes (another feature that's been begged for a lot, apparently), I really think that's stupid. Basically, you just get another way for immature jerks to scream and swear at you. It's pretty pointless. The only thing I'm disappointed with is the fact that names don't show up in random battles. Again, I see Nintendo's reasoning-- they didn't want people to be mad about players having names like "@#$&&%#!!d00d" (No, I don't mean for the "@#$&&%#!!" to be taken literally. You know what I mean.), but it'd be nice to be able to be like, "Oh, that's Lamprey_Master.2000; he beat me last time, but he won't be so lucky again!" Anyway, the very fact that online play exists at all thrills me, as I don't know of anyone anywhere near me that has a Wii or wants to get Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unfortunately, the connection at our house is lame, but hopefully we'll have better Internet and/or a new house within the next six months, and I imagine SSBB will still be cool even several years from now; Melee is still a blast to play, even seven years after its release (Yes, it really has been that long! Crazy, isn't it?), and Brawl looks to have even more lasting value, maybe even more than anything before it. There are 34 cool characters (Plus Samus, Zelda, and the Pokemon Trainer, who are actually very versatile and are like multiple characters all built into one), there's tons of fun stages and the ability to create your own, there are tons of fun unlockables (trophies, stickers, VC demos, etc.), the single player mode looks great, the multiplayer is as packed with features as ever, and you can play online. Then there's just really great stuff that's just the icing on the cake that makes it almost overwhelmingly cool, like the huge variety of awesome music (NOBUO UEMATSU!!!!11) and the special little timeline feature that shows a big list of Nintendo games and their release dates, so you can see everything in context.
In summary? I stand by what I've said in the past: Brawl is going to be sw33t.

On that note, I'll close up this post. It's almost late enough for this to not count as today's anymore!

:::Souce= Paul M-unit 19.91 MKII
Have you finally shut up about SSBB?