Plenty of people play it, sure; just not here. The people left from the times that Brawl had an active thread every minute of the day are 90% of the people who still play here, and we usually organize matches by PM or VM only, so... yeah. Sad face or not, Wiichat's Brawling days are over 'till the next Smash Bros. game comes out (if it does... but since Sakurai hasn't announced the series 100% dead, my hopes incredibly slowly rise), in which case it won't be called "Brawling" anymore.
Now that I think about it, I might ragequit Smash Bros. if the Classic Controller can't be used on the next console. Never felt right with a Wiimote/Nunchuck... Doubt it will with their next controller, either.
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