Well as a guy in the middle of the competitive Brawl scene
You realize that more than 100 or so people play Brawl, right? The competitive smash scene is an even worse sample than gamefaqs.
That being said, most all of my friends like Smash 64 or Melee better than Brawl, but that's probably because of nostalgia rather than gameplay mechanics, because like 99% of smash players, they don't give a **** about gameplay mechanics.
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