I was always a big fan of the Kid Icarus opening song. Bit sad really.

Was impressed with the jet set grind track.

A lot of the other orchestral stuff is pretty immense though less immediate.

Is throwing cheap if you use a player like Zangief, where most of his moves are throws? I tried to mix up my moves when I used him but there are limits to what he can do.

The 360 controller is rubbish - it severely limited who I could play as competently. Although it could be that I'm just terribly skilled. I also ended up doing moves that I wasn't intending too because of it - it probably looked like spamming to those I was playing.

The achievements encourage things like 1 round 30 second games - getting all of the medals, winning battles (consecutive and total number), number of ultimate finishes, etc.

I don't understand the displaying the player icon thing. It really helps spot the noobs and will be manipulated by those that are choosing who to play. I'll admit taht I was always drawn to those that look like new players so that I have a chance. I respected the odd player teaching me a lesson by having the blank icons. If I wanted to host a game, I often changed my icons to some of the earlier ones, so that I would have more chance of getting a game quickly. I figured there were idiots like me all over the world who were doing the same.

I guess my point is that the design of the game encourages a lot of this 'jerk' behaviour.

I only rented the game for a week and I'm done with it now - so don't worry, you won't be having to play me again.

I count 7 usb keys! are you cheating us? Who's having the seventh? Not very ethical is it?.... Can I have it for pointing this out? You wouldn't want disgruntled readers!