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The DOJO week started off with the return of Master and Crazy Hand. They will be the final bosses of Classic mode and look to be more annoying than ever. I've always thought they never really fit into the whole Smash story. On Tuesday, Pikachu's and Samus's Special moves were shown off. Wednesday brought light to the Clear % display that shows up on the Subspace Emissary. Opening doors, clearing stages, getting trophies and several other factors all contribute to the Clear percentage.

Today's update showed off the new level based on the Pokemon Dialga and Palkia. The stage has a lot of things that can happen to it such as the ground breaking away, lasers coming down from the sky to the entire level doing a 180 flip. 

Hit the jump for Thursday's update unless you don't want to get spoiled!  

The Pokemon Lucario is a new playable character. He's very similar to Mewtwo's fighting style from Melee. The unique think about Lucario is that the more damage he has, the stronger his attacks are. This will make for some interesting fight strategies. Do you pick up the health item or do you ignore it? His Final Smash looks awesome too.
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Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 13:21
Gen Eric Gui
I always thought Master Hand was supposed to be the "owner" of the trophies/action figures/dolls that the characters represented? And so he was the final boss.

You never did that with your own action figures as a kid? Had your little troops fight "you"?
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 13:24
Syn
Maybe this is a stupid question, but how is Sonic unlocked!
Tenro's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 13:26
Tenro
Yeah, he's the kid imagining the SSB world; that's why it reads like fanfic from a twelve year old. The master hand is his Mary Sue, so Crazy hand is his Mary Sue's "Dark Side," because any good Sue has a superpowered evil side.
Crock23A's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 13:27
Crock23A
Master Hand looks a lot like my girlfriend.
nicojay's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 13:43
nicojay
Glover confirmed for brawl?
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 13:45
ShadowXOR
Lucario IS interesting but I don't think it in any way makes you think "should I pick up that health item".

There is no question you should. You'll get back up to a higher percentage again later so you might as well heal up as best you can. I don't think it presents any such questions and that was way off.

Crock23A: Classic.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:01
Darren Nakamura
Am I the only person reminded of goatse from the picture above?
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:10
Rockvillian
I never thought Master Hand fit too well either, but my bias lies in the "it's not fun punching a giant hand that cheats" area.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:16
Gen Eric Gui
@Tenro: I thought it read like a 12-year-old's fanfic because the Final Fantasy scenario writers were behind the story.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:25
Bob Muir
Master Hand was pretty much a given; it would have been weird if he wasn't in there.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:39
king3vbo
Whenever I do Lucario's final smash... Im going to scream "IMA FIRIN MAH LAZER"
TheHunter234's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:47
TheHunter234
@Dexter


Also, that new pokemon stage looks pretty cool.
drMario1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:51
drMario1337
Lucario is going to be a favorite of mine.
corneliuscack's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:56
corneliuscack
@syn

sonic is unlocked by beating the subspace emissary mode.


or by playing some over 9000 vs matches.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 14:58
Dan CiTi
If you play 450 versus matches, will have every character unlocked.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 15:03
Dan CiTi
If you play 450 versus matches, you will have every character unlocked.

Lucario > Mewtwo
shmupdoctor's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 15:17
shmupdoctor
Looking at the pic I thought there was going to be a goatse joke included.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 16:12
Eschatos
Master Hand makes sense as a boss, but Crazy Hand does not. He/it is just there to make the game harder.
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 17:11
JonDarkwood
The hands fit into the smash "story" because it was originally set in a room full of toys, or something, I guess.
A Humble Mr Perfect's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 18:40
A Humble Mr Perfect
The increased damage dealt for increased damage taken is an interesting strategy, I can't wait to try that considering I'm not much of a "dodge" guy.

@king3vbo: total lulz, I can't wait to scream that too.
CRaZyTooTHJiM's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 20:12
CRaZyTooTHJiM
@ Dexter
I'll never look at Smash Bros. the same again
Wiizilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/29/2008 20:14
Wiizilla
I don't get why people say Lucario is like Mewtwo, from what I've seen the only similarity between them is that they have a purple fire like thing when they punch, and they have a ball like standard B move. That's is. Lucario's ball doesn't even charge, his other B moves are compleatly different, and there's no way he'll be as floaty as Mewtwo.

Then again I havn't played it so I don't know.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/01/2008 01:02
HarassmentPanda
Why Dexter, why?
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/01/2008 06:04
Syn
@corneliuscack: thanks for the info...i didn't think it would be that easy
Artix Lumin's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/01/2008 12:52
Artix Lumin
I like playing as Lucario and he is one of the best charicters in the game. Try him out!
Also Master Hand is the thing that bridges the real world with Smash Bros. So I think he fits in Brawl.
Nameless Monster's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/01/2008 22:38
Nameless Monster
@wiizilla: I'm pretty sure i've seen Lucario charcging his orb in video somewhere...

Oh, and IMO Mewtow>Lucario, as a pkmn, maybe not in Brawl, because I'm not really in 4th gen pkmn (2th gen was my fav).
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