Dec 5
Brawl Delay Thinning Updates?
These are darkest of days for those of us who are eagerly awaiting the release of HAL Laboratory’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The reason for this is that the original release date for the game was December 3rd, 2007. That was last Monday, and for the past three days I’ve been cursing the gods of gaming with a mournful cry of, “I could be playing it right now..!” and then sobbing uncontrollably for hours on end. The only solace I’ve managed to find in such times of misery is the nightly update of the Brawl’s official website, Smash Bros. Dojo.
Sadly, even this pleasure is quickly becoming jaded to me. For the last few weeks, the updates have been disappointing to say the least and I think I know why: the delay has forced the man behind the game, and updater of the website, Masahiro Sakurai, to stretch out the news an extra two months. In the time that’s passed since the delay, we’ve only gotten one character update, which was the addition of King Dedede on October 25th. It’s been forty-one days since then, which adds up to twenty-six updates. Just for comparison, in the same time period before the delay happened, the character profiles for Sonic, Lucas, Snake and Ice Climbers we all added to the site. The only other update that’s been worthwhile since then has been the announcement of the Stage Builder on October 29th, and that was still a whole month ago!
In the meantime, we’ve been treated like complete and utter garbage! Honestly, game modes that were obviously going to be in the game and bits of news we already knew from E for All just don’t cut it … at least not for a whole month. Last night, Sakurai had the nerve to update with the announcement of the Smash Ball again. Didn’t I hear about this thing way back in May? Come on! Where’s Captain Falcon? Where’s Jigglypuff? And more importantly, where’s MegaMan?!?
Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to get by knowing that this Christmas, instead of playing some good ol’ Smash Bros. with my brothers, I’ll be huddled in a dark corner somewhere dreading when Coin Mode will be announced while choking down my aunt’s holiday fruit cake. Thanks for ruining Christmas, Sakurai; I really appreciate it.
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Two new writers in the same day? Welcome.
Good job on your first post, you’ve now officially asserted your position as a writer for the best blog EVAR.
Damn straight, Dex. We’re blowin’ up!
*sobs* So true, so true. And for the love of Nintendo I hope they include Ganon in the game as an actual character and not just a clone.
A giant MS paint nutsack?
What?