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I must confess, I'm still struggling to understand / enjoy it.

I mean, I can see the sheer effort that's gone into it. All the content, the graphics, probably balancing the gameplay as well. But...I just haven't enjoyed it that much. I don't know.

The biggest problem is obvious to me. The game bills itself as this fighter with over 70 characters. You know, so much variety in the characters, lots of people to play as and fight against, all the characters you love from various franchises you've played. But, after 2 hours, I'm still stuck with the original 8 characters. I didn't expect to unlock something like 65 characters really quickly, but you would usually have unlocked a couple of new people by now. Nope. I've beaten Classic Mode with 3 different characters, and sure, I've unlocked some filler content, but no new characters. I've tried playing the Smash Mode, just random fights with characters, but nothing there, either (although I think I lost every match).

It's still too hard for me to beat enemy characters. They keep seeming to jump back onto the platforms. The gameplay feels (although I doubt this is really the case) random and chaotic, like it doesn't matter what you do or what buttons you press. When a match finishes, I sometimes have to wait for the game to tell me who won or lost, because I don't understand myself.

I tried playing the main adventure mode, but stopped playing partway through the first match, because I don't think I understood what I was doing.

It's not all bad, though. The graphics are excellent. I've seen some cool places from games I like, such as a level from Sunshine, a level from Sonic 1, and some Pikmin level(s). It's cool. I can see why longterm Nintendo fans enjoy it so much (although I am too).

Thoughts on all this? I've seen so many people over the years, on these very boards, praise the series a lot. People act like it's the GOAT series, beating out Mario, Zelda, COD, etc. I can't understand, though. I know people are going to take this OP very personally, raging about my "terrible opinions", and defending their beloved series, but that's just silly. I'm just saying what I think, from what I've played. Perhaps it is a really great series. Perhaps I just don't understand.

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