by Bragatyr » Fri Aug 15, '14, 9:30 pm
Good old Meta Knight. I actually like him a lot as a character, he's very cool and mysterious, but he did wreak havoc on Brawl competitively. I remember when large parts of the community wanted to ban him, especially one of the tournament heads in Texas, where there's a big Brawl scene. But like the article said, it didn't take. Personally I think he caused some problems in the game (such as ledge stalling, which is called planking in Brawl, scrooging, and the annoyance of time-outs) but his matchups aren't that crazy. He's not, like, Super Turbo Akuma level or Marvel vs. Capcom 2 top tier level by any chance. He has the best chance to win a given tournament, but a number of other characters in the game are quite viable and have won major tournaments time and time again.
But yeah, I think the Meta Knight hate was over hyped in Brawl. He was a problem, but a few minor rule set changes took care of that. Still far and away the best character in Brawl competitively, but not by an insurmountable margin.