Hmm... Time to start listing complaints I guess... avoid this if you are WR...
SPOILERS:
Rant tape start:
Stage Creator: I'd rather have good premade stages than generic stage-creator-stages
No: Pichu, my absolute favorite character; Tails, I'm not shocked, but no Tails; Mewtwo, I didn't play Mewtwo as often, but I DID play as Mewtwo more than some that stayed, and really, the ICE CLIMBERS make it in?; For the record, though I didn't use these characters: Roy, and technically no Young Link, just Wind Waker Link, which Wind Waker was also a disappointment to me...; Wave Dashing! L Canceling (Some say, although other say it exists, so it's left to be decided); If I've seen correctly, there's no red shell... this seems like a crying shame...
(I'll update this as I read more disappointment)
Choice of return stages: RAINBOW CRUISE? RAINBOW CRUISE beat Fountain of Dreams??? Really?
The New Battlefield: I like the old one
Remixed old songs: Why not just use... the old songs? I'll have to wait and hear them on my friends' system...
Assist Trophies: Some really seem like a waste of memory
No Online Upgrades: It was a stretch in my mind to begin with, but still a disappointment
Smash Ball: Stopping a game somewhat to commit an animation, tisk tisk tisk, AND I HAVE HEARD it SLOWS down the animation, that's a sin
The Final Smashes: Are apparently also unbalanced
MASTERPIECES: I DON'T WANT TO BUY A GAME FOR DEMOS I MAY ALREADY OWN
The very FACT: that they REMOVED characters, of course it's not a "pattern" if it only has 2 parts, but it would've been a nice pattern to have all the previous characters...
Slower: I PERSONALLY thought Brawl was perfect as far as speed, fast-paced leads to entertainment not only in the form of better fighting, but it leads to much more comical events
The Golden Hammer: Now there's a hammer with no... problems? That means it is the ultimate item, if you get it then you win until it's time is up... -.-;
You shouldn't fix what isn't broken, but that does NOT mean one should break what is working fine either...
-cassette stops-
I'll most likely edit this until even I'm tired of my complaining
Not that it breaks anyone's heart, but I am NOT buying this game, and I'll most likely return it if I receive it as a gift... I don't want my ideas of what a Smash Bros game should be, tainted by the likes of what seems to be missing a lot of gears