I'm not saying that items are NEEDED to fight...Read more carefully, i know it's a challenge for you.
If i were to choose items or not, in a competetive match; i would choose items, agreeing with my oponent of which ones would be turned off. Do i think some items are unfair/dumb? Yes..am i going to complain about them if i lose? No. Get over it, you're complaining about losing in a game, it's extremely pathetic.
If you dont like items, fine, turn them off.
In the end (getting on topic)
Brawl is still better. Since there IS the option on turning items off that one may seem to think are unfair/dumb, than items really cannot be in the debate in which determines which game is better.
Brawl:
More characters
More stages (

------ Yes there are annoying stages in brawl, but get over it, it's part of the game... ADAPT_
The ability to create stages (Although they could have added more to it)
The Adventure Mode
This post was edited by stupidkid282 on Jan 23 2009 10:25am