Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
Am I the only one who doesn't really understand the appeal in the ssbm games? I once got to play one of them on a Wii against three other people. I found it quite boring. Simplistic small 2D levels, extremely repetitive, not much to do. The fighting itself is enjoyable for about 5-10 minutes, after which it just feels like doing the same repetitive task over and over. The visuals are sometimes nice, but they don't really save the rest of the game. I don't really get it. It's probably just me.
The fun lies in the advanced techniques and mind games, which both take loads and loads of practice to master. If it seems repetitive, then that's because you and your sparring partner aren't good enough yet. The game is extremely deep and fighting is enjoyable for hundreds of hours. I'd recommend playing with items off and only on stages that are considered to be fair. Also, the NTSC version seems to be slightly more fun and imo more well balanced, but you wouldn't notice except on higher levels of play. Against the AI, it's relatively boring.
Here's the first part of a pretty great 3 part advanced how to play to see what you've missed out on. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's still more, and then there's tons of character specific techniques too.
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Edit: Oh, I now realize you said on the Wii, so it was probably Brawl. I'd agree with you on that, it's way too slow for my tastes, some (imo) core advanced techniques aren't in the game and random tripping is just so annoying. Out of the 5 SSB players in my area, only 1 prefers Brawl over Melee.
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
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^ THIS is the absolute masterpiece, just can't get enough of it!
This as well.
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
This is another one of those "amazing shots" videos, but more elaborate. I suppose it could be considered tool-assisted, at least with respect to the amount of (literal) rerecordings (which probably rival those of an average TAS).
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