Played this for seven hours in a few days (whenever I've had free alone time). So far I've enjoyed the Spirits Campaign the most. A couple of the fights have been really tough. I think I spent an hour on Roy.

Can you use the regular directional pad to move around on this or do you have to use the analog??

I believe you can remap the controls to swap taunts and movement so you can use the D pad for movement.

Oh wow, that's huge.. I may actually pick this up then

Correction: I don't believe you can according to Google. I can try it later today to confirm. Something about the way smash attacks are mapped to sensitivity of analog sticks.

That may be a deal breaker.. I hate analog sticks in fighting games

It doesn't bother me for Smash since the analog stick is actually useful.

I had a tough time getting off moves in mkx n ij2 with the analog so I used the dpad..

I'm not very familiar with other fighting games, but I do feel like the analog stick does help a lot in Smash. You may be able to try a demo of it at a store somewhere to see what you think.

I played my buddy's on a couple occasions.. thought it was neat but gas a tough time controlling it

Also, we were drinking heavily

OK so I gave in n picked it up

Somebody tell me what game modes I should be playing to get the characters

I don't know that any particular mode speeds things up. What character(s) are you looking at maining? I used to play Samus and Kirby on N64, but they're not as great this time around IMO. I had the most success with Ryu and Pikachu. Sonic has some cool shit going on, too.

None. Unfortunately, the game is really bad and you should give it to your nephew as a gift like I did. He will thank you for it later.

I don't need anything sped up, just what modes do u play to unlock everything

Sometimes it's fun but then 2 seconds later I think it's the worst fighting game ever made

I have no clue what I'm doing

Kirby is the only fighter who I'm not completely terrible with

pretty much how i feel about this

can't wait until the new mortal kombat comes out next month

It's a ridiculously deep system. Even as a very good Tekken player, the "beginner" mechanics seem bizarre to me. Hugely rewarding game if you take the time to learn, mind.

Part of it is just how absurdly large the roster is.

True, but it's more about developing your own fundamentals than having memorized your opponent's moveset. The better player can win with anyone -- hell, I was playing random a whole bunch and had the greatest success with the Wii Trainer chick. It was bizarre.

Still having a lot of fun with this. Especially World of Light. Played a few hours yesterday, and time just flew by. Struggled with the Kirby Team.