Happily, the internet has already figured out how to convert the saved photos into a usable format. This awful little Windows utility does the job, with all of the usual Olde World Windows mess. IE, no GUI, horrid meaningless filenames, and extraneous file litter. But anyway, it works, and here's some of the many many photos I've taken. Click for a supersized version.

There might be some spoilers, incidentally.

During the big open movie, which does feature Luigi, Clark always asks "Where's Luigi?" Well, here's Luigi, about to get whacked in the sacks by Falco.

And Pikachu provides neatly fried bananas!

Why is it that Smash Brawl is a better console Pokemon game than the last five console Pokemon games?

The mix of characters makes Subspace Emissary a joy. Shame Meta Ridley isn't playable.

Peach's Final Smash turns everyone to sleep.

I'm not sure if that pic shows Peach about to smack two guys around, or if the Fire Emblem dude is going to strangle her. She looks confident, anyway.

Although I wish Waluigi was playable (is there anybody I wouldn't want playable?), it's fun to see him beat the stuffing out of somebody with a tennis racket.

Other Brawl items of note: It took me 8.5 hours to beat Subspace Emissary. Holy crap, I've played games where 8.5 hours was enough time to play an entire game, much less just a sidebar to the game's main attraction.

Spectator Mode is just as awesome as I hoped, even more so due to the ability to collect coins and stickers just for watching and wagering. (There's no "gambling" qualifier on the ESRB rating! Don't tell anybody.)

The Masterpieces dealie for demos of old NES/SNES/N64 games is pretty cool, although some of the demo time constraints are weirdly strict. How much can you learn about Donkey Kong in 30 seconds? I wonder if there's a way to extend that demo time.

Online match data doesn't seem to show up in your stats. I hope that data is being collected somewhere, because, as a stats freak, it really bugs me to see the data page say that Falco has never been played, even though I just took him through ten online brawls.