Hey Future Publishing...

[Triforce_Luigi]

Eh, I suppose. But still, what if a character gets a new "flavor"

[Ikkitrix]

All the characters will almost undoubtedly have changes made to them, but that's the point of a new game. But playing SSBM will almost definitely make you better at SSBB when it comes out. You'll be able to pick up new characters faster and easily, mindgames will be easier to develop, if wavedashing/Lcancelling stay (they probably will), there's another thing that will make you better.

The way I see it, there's general skill and character specific skill. Sometimes the application of the general skills is tweaked slightly from character to character, though.

[Triforce_Luigi]

Indeed. New characters might pick up the flavor of old ones, so if you were good with the old character, you might be good with the newcomer.

[NDS]

Make the next issue of NP have a demo disc of Brawl in it. ;D It could happen.

This isn't X-Box magazine. :(