I realise this an old review but I can never pass up the opportunity to give my own 2 cents.
now I like SSBB but HANG ON! I'm afraid my oppinion is extremely biased since I do not OWN the game (and considering the price tag probably won't for some time still) But My days playing brawl was after my class at college with at lest 6 of the guys in my class and a nice audience. I admit that I'm utterly rubbish at the game but I didn't care since I just had fun playing a game with my friends using our in-class projector to give us a wall-sized screen and turning the volume way up. So I have no idea if Brawl is in fact a "good game" or not, I certainly enjoy playing it but when I finish my course (which is SCARILY coming close to an end) I doubt I'll play it again really unless I ever go to a friend's house and they want to.
I THINK i enjoy Brawl... but I think it's more for the environment I associate with it. I'm still not prepared to pay through the nose for it though.
As for the review itself, as always it made me giggle and I commend you for giving an objective Review (as always) so even if I wasn't as "entertained" as I usually am by your reviews I don't think I can really say "oh you just suck" or "Oh you just didn't play it enough" or even better "You just don't understaaaaand" since you didn't do anything DIFFERENT so I have no idea why people got their knickers in a twist over the whole thing.
I like your reviews, despite not having enough cash to play even HALF the games you've reviewed on a student's salary, and let's just be honest, some-one who makes people physically injure themselves for not playing Psychonauts is alright in my book. That game needs more recognition, I don't care how old it is.
So uhm.... kudos for speaking your mind I guess.. ..total yammering waste of your time this comment was really... ha ha.. 8D