Yesterday in Japan, Nintendo’s blissfully over-the-top canonical fighter, Super Smash Bros. Brawl graced retail shelves leaving all of us here in the States frothing at the maw. But while we wait for our imported copy, secrets are being uncovered and characters unlocked, leaving us disheveled and scouring internet forums for any morsel of spoiler goodness.

Today we bring you what has been confirmed thus far: hidden characters, brand-new levels and a crapload of awesome gameplay footage. If you’ve seen any of our existing coverage on Halo and Pokemon in the past few months, you know that we’re about to cover the rip-roaring shit out of this game. Stay tuned for further installments complete with custom videos galore.

Spoilers ahead! If you want to wait like a chump until March 9, then look no further. Also, we have no idea how most of these things were unlocked. More info as it comes.

Above: Brawl's Character Select screen

Already Announced Fighters:
Mario
Link
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Samus/Zero Suit Samus
Zelda/Shiek
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Peach
Ice Climbers
Pit
Wario
Ike
Pokemon Trainer (Charizard, Squirtle, Ivysaur)
Diddy Kong
Meta Knight
Snake
Lucas
Sonic
King Dedede
Olimar and Pikmin

Recently Confirmed:
Ness
Jigglypuff (Purin in this picture)
Ganondorf
Mr. Game and Watch
Captain Falcon
Falco
Marth
Toon Link (Wind Waker)
Luigi
Lucario
Star Wolf
R.O.B.