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I had one of those 'ah, so this is what this is about' moments on this last night when I, as Marth, smashed Kirby off the edge of a stage whilst covered in paint and being attacked by bees. Oh Nintendo

The more I play, the more I can't make up my mind who I would consider my main. It was originally Lucario, then turned into being Samus. Turns out that I also really like using Young Link and Marth, too. Making sure I dabble in as many of them as I can to make sure I at least try different styles. Looking forward to unlocking Cloud whenever that may be, as I hear he's rather handy.

Yeah, not a fan of the Fan Boost stuff. The Attack Mode is fine, but it needs a lot of work. It wasn't helped today by the director staring at the piece of track it was set up at whilst no-one was going through it, only to then miss the majority of times when a car did use it.

Thought it was pretty entertaining. Definitely a few bugs they need to iron out, but the new car is leaps and bounds better than the old one. It actually looks quick now.

Had a blast of Fortune Island yesterday evening, both in single-player and co-op with a work friend. It's definitely a case of 'need more time with it' right now, as I must admit I wasn't terribly keen on it overall. Kind of hard to explain why and it's undoubtedly personal preference, but I find it quite a frustrating place to drive around. Felt a bit... er... 'bitty'? Like just when a particular piece of road felt like it was really beginning to flow it'd end or turn into a giant pond or something. Definitely looks lovely, mind. There's plenty of stuff to do as well.

Hmm. My combo of Samus and Lucario seem to have made it through unscathed this time. Would certainly be handy if they fleshed out those patch notes a little, although I imagine the Smash community will work out what's been changed sooner rather than later.

One of the main things that really helped me was learning to air dodge (pressing shield button fully when you're in the air). I am still incredibly patchy at it, but being able to miss some of the aerial chaos at times really helps.

Or my special variant, the FUAMAIR (Fucked Up and Missed Air).

I have a weird feeling the Bears may drag themselves to the Super Bowl. That defence is incredible. I'm going to say... Chiefs v. Bears in the big game.

That t-shirt is amazing. I still have one of Couk’s secret painting club efforts on my shelf here - it’s awesome. Anyway, so. I bought Melee day one and didn’t get on with it. I also got Brawl day one. Nah. Eventually picked up Smash U and it was... alright. So, of course, I end up getting Ultimate day one and I am loving it. I don’t really know what’s different and perhaps my practice on U helped, but I actually feel like I (mostly) know what I am doing. Everything feels a touch less floaty and vague, and I’ve been pulling off some nice moves. Noticed that I wasn’t great at Lucario when I unlocked him, and as it turns out I think I am most enjoying Samus. That multi-strike uppercut think is great when you pull it off. I’m still a bit rubbish, but I can comfortably run through Classic starting at 4.0 Intensity now. I’ve also found the photo mode, which I have taken some really fun snaps with. I know it’s boring looking through reems of other peoples’ screenies sometimes. but I’m pretty proud of the Samus one! (perhaps we need a Smash Pix thread?)

I’m not usually one to boast about Fantasy stuff, but yesterday my team did this... Highest ever score in our league’s 9-year history. Sadly I fear I’ve peaked too early as it’s only the quarter final stages!

I had, and still have, that issue. I tend to find that when I am in multilple fighter matches I almost need to go into 'Shmup Mode' where I focus on my character and the periphery and force myself to ignore all the insane chaos going on everywhere else.

Oh, so that's what Simogo have been working on. Looks pretty interesting!

Ah don’t worry, I am a pro when it comes to etiquette. Shout loudly at all times, use other cars as bonus brake pads and remain on the racing line at all times, even on a qualifying warm-up lap or in-lap. Everything will be just fine!

So, what’s the deal with multiplayer on this if you’ve never even played it? Obviously apart from profile setup, do I need to play through anything to be able to join you guys?