I like alot... I'm one of those stereotypical Smashers who uses link. I haven't really played it much considering I don't have any friends to play it with. I like Link, Toon Link, Pit, Meta Knight, ROB, and Diddy... but I can't remember if they're my favorite because it's been awhile. I enjoyed Melee more, but that might be because I had someone to play it with. Plus, nobody ever plays the 64 version with me since I got it. I'm a lonely gamer.
To me Brawl seems a lot less hardcore than Melee was. I also think the characters are quite a bit more balanced, but that could just be me. I kind of like it because I tend to play with people who have either never played the game or barely play at all. It's a lot easier for them to pick up. For that reason I prefer Brawl. Also I like seeing all the cameos and having lots of characters to pick from
On Brawl I like Dedede the best. My best characters include him, Olimar, R.O.B., Sonic, Ice Climbers, Sonic, Gannondorf, Pokemon Trainer and Diddy Kong... but I can use just about anyone well. I like doing random battles, keeps things fresh.
In Melee I only used Ice Climbers and Captain Falcon. But there was this one time when I got good with Pichu
Haven't got Brawl (yet) but my favorites are: (In order of favorite-ness, farvorite-est at top)
Kirby (Suck someone and spit him out on someone else .)
Pikachu (Quick and powerful)
Mario (Has some cool attacks)
Captain Falkon (Cool attacks again)
Yes I love ROB. I also kind of agree that melee was a bit more hardcore... I don't know. I still like Brawl quite a bit (I like it a bit more than melee). It would take the cake if nintendo hadn't excluded megaman. In melee I ALWAYS played as Young link, but before that it was marth, and before that it was fox. I also enjoy playing as sonic (back to brawl now. I wrote this essay out of order.). We oughrt to exchange friend codes, seeing as I can't find random people to battle... I had something else to say... Darn goldfish memory .