The Worst Of The 3
I know I'm going to get some negative feedback from this review, but I'm willing to take that chance. Let's start off with a history lesson, 'kay?

The first one was really good. It didn't have much to offer in gameplay, but the controls were excellent, the characters were fast, powerful, and, for the most part, pretty unique. My personal favourite character was... probably Samus or DK.
Melee was great. True, it did have 'clone characters,' but even the first one had one (Luigi). The game was nicely controlled, though some characters had to be dulled to make way for new characters. Plus, it was on a disc. In other words, it got scratched up bad. But many more characters, levels, and things to do made this somewhat better than the original. My personal favourite characters were definitely Marth and Ganondorf.

However, Brawl was a terrible follow-up. OK, it had the level creator, and I'll grant the game fans that was pretty cool for a little while. But me and several other gamers have a common problem: gameplay. Something I forgot to mention on the other games was that I could hit my opponent all the time. Brawl's controls...slip. So far, I've only hit my opponents about 1/8 times of playing this game, and I've almost always taken a hit from them. Plus, Sonic is in this game, and I'm not even going into why that is a problem for me. Also: Final Smashes, probably the worst item or technique ever brought on this franchise. It's a cheating way to win, if you ask me. And the characters, for my final words on this review, are all dulled down to a point of almost uselessness. Peach and Zero-Suit Samus are the only characters I can control well. Don't buy this game unless you like those kinds of fighting games. Otherwise, stick to the first two.