It started out as any logical day would begin; in the library. From what I can remember, Kyle and me were at the library, browsing for things to borrow, such as CDs and... apparently videogames. Anyway, I quickly stumbled upon a game with a shaded Mario from Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the cover (As well as a Bowser with the same graphical scheme). "Oh, boy", I thought, "This can be Kyle's Christmas gift! This way, I don't have to go buy it at Best Buy." Though don't ask me why I thought I could buy it from the library. However, instead of telling Kyle right away, I then noticed the title.
"Super Bowser Bros. Brawl". or possibly "Bowser Super Smash Bros. Brawl", it was one of those two. Of course, I was knocked flat being the rabid Smash fan I am. What the heck was this game? Now, given a moment of dream logic/real logic collision, I knew the impossibility that there was another game of Smash Bros. Brawl, so I (Here comes the dream logic) stuck it in a CD player (And why, seeing as there would be a Wii icon on the box?), as it could possibly be some form of twisted soundtrack.
This didn't make much sense either until I woke and thought about why I would do that. It's Bejeweled. The Bejeweled plays as a game and also doubles as the game's own musical soundtrack if you stick it into a CD player. So that was what I was thinking.
And lo, it plays! I listen to the Brawl Theme and don't really bother to look for any other songs, though I'm sure I would have found more... we'll get to that. Next, I stick in the (Library's?) Wii. Is it a game? Sure is. Can't remember the intro. Can't remember if it had an intro. I might have skipped it, we were in a hurry somehow. I needed to get home and go to work (WTH? I always work nights. This took place in the early morning.), so I just rushed through it all.
It plays. It's Brawl. But it's not just Brawl. Instead of listing off the differences checklist style, I'll just go in order.
First of all, I go to Group and Brawl option. It lists actual OPTIONS instead of just picking your characters and fighting. I remember it was something like 6 options in a list, but I recall the bottom ones being grayed out, as if they had to be unlocked. Or at least I had the top 2. The top was "Bowser vs. Opponent". Why not just play as Bowser from your own selection in Brawl mode? And this was definitely group, not solo. I don't think I looked at solo mode, but I imagine it would be some kind of storyline involving Bowser.
I, of course, pick Bowser vs. Opponent. NOW, HERE'S THE IRONY. It plays, really, just like any other match. I go on to pick the CPU I'm fighting against (Why wasn't Kyle playing? I must have been hogging it or something.) in the NORMAL CHARACTER SELECT SCREEN. Why couldn't I just pick my character as Bowser myself? That part makes the least sense out of the entire dream. The rest is just kinda cool. Oh, yes, and my character was locked as Bowser, but THAT might even be untrue, I don't think I bothered to change it. Now, the character screen was, from what I can remember, the same characters, but with one difference. One of the columns of characters was offset by one (One character was missing from the bottom row, and one was jutting out into the top of the screen where there are no characters). The character offset into the top was Bowser Jr.! Now, I wasn't exactly rooting for him as a favorite before Brawl came out, but when I saw it, I was still like "Whoaschyeah" probably because it was a new character, period.
Again, beating the dead horse, why name it "Bowser vs. Opponent" if the only difference between it and a normal Brawl group match is that... you're Bowser? I swear, it makes my psyche angry or something. Maybe it was so the new people COULDN'T pick Bowser Jr. How mean is that? "No, you can't play as the new character. Not until the master plan is revealed."
Though now that I think of it, there wasn't really an option to pick a stage, either, that or I can't remember because I'm used to the Brawl conduct of hit-start-as-fast-as-possible-to-pick-random-stage. So that part is questionable. I'd probably assume that I did that instead of looking at the stages. Darn Brawl reflexes. AND AGAIN, this was Group mode, NOT event matches or anything.
So we land on what is the awesomest stage ever. BUT, DAMMIT, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT FULLY. I cannot remember how it looked. It was the top of a building, maybe a castle. It had a very dark, not gothic, but... dusky look to it. The castle was dark, but it was in the middle of some form of night. Stars were crazily scrolling in the background. And I don't mean like, conventionally scrolling, I mean, like the final boss of Megaman 2's background, only more formed, with more stars and substance, tons more, and more sparkly. Not really distracting, but wicked cool. They were white. The background had depth, but it was also more or less black. I can't recall any defining elements of the background (Planets, sun), so I think it was just a depth black with those crazy stars. It was like an epileptic meteor shower, yet it didn't distract from the experience. I just cannot remember what the stage looked like. I think it had a dip. Like ---|_____|--- and then a rising wall with a place you can go through, like the musical natural symbol. Then it flattened out again. Besides those stars, the other defining element was the music. It was the Web Woods music from Donkey Kong Country 2, or if you're looking for the actual song name, "Forest Interlude". Combine that with those stars, and it's trippy.
My opponents (Opponent"s"? Yeah.) were Bowser Jr. and I think Mario. I dunno. Even though it was Bowser vs. Opponent (And again, I really hate that phrase), somehow, there were 2 opponents. It was 2 stock. Again with the suck, I can't remember how Bowser Jr. fought. I wish, more than knowing what the stage looked like, how he fought. What a tease. I know he had the Super Mario Sunshine paintbrush, though. I creamed one of them first, then tried to spike someone (Dream logic, Bowser has no spikes... but now I'm getting into weird Brawl technicalities.) and ended up killing myself. Then I killed them both and won.
After that, I was convinced that it was a game, turned it off, and scrambled to check it out, being 4 minutes past the hour (I think it was X:54, though. Makes sense, since I always go to work at 2:50 as I have to walk. I think the time was actually 5:54, but if I had to be at work at 6:00, I would really have to get running. Then again, I was also at the library, so... eh.). Just like the perfect roadblock, I had approximately 200 cards of various kinds stuffed into my wallet, even though I actually just have a couple IDs, a few gift cards, and my check card. So I had to struggle to check it out. Eventually, I did, and we scrambled home. I think that's when my alarm went off. It could have been worse and gone off right as I was about to start the match, though.
All in all, trippy dream. And for a Smash freak like I am, quite the tease. I really liked that stage, though. I remember that music so clearly.
- Mood:
Astonished - Listening to: Forest Interlude, or Web Woods.
- Reading: These 1,323 words.
- Watching: Nothing.
- Playing: Nothing.
- Eating: Nothing.
- Drinking: Monster Java, Originale... in one swig.
Screaming For Vengeance
Love
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