Why is it TOO EARLY if people have already been posting videos on youtubes and some are doing character exposures. Some people have their Wii moded and have been playing the Japanese version for a couple of weeks now.
And that is why I said you don't understand what tiers are about.
Character exposures display each character's movesets, nothing else. The people posting videos on youtube do so because some people are indeed curious about how characters play, as characters are in most cases attached to a certain type of playstyle in order to develop's one fullest potential. But there again, that is not enough to conclude anything. People just started analyzing specific matchups. Hylian believes that Marth will have a hard time fighting a good Samus, but that doesn't mean that Samus is top tier, because the rest of his matchups haven't been analyzed thoroughly.
Semi Copy+paste from another post of mine because this comes up way too often:
The game has been out for a month.
Any tier discussion at this point is premature and unfounded in most cases. Tier lists didn't come to be made by listing characters' specific traits and mindless speculation about how pwnage they are (''look at this guy handle kirby like a pro, def undderrated! high tier fosho!''). Fact: it doesn't matter if you've played the game because your opinion cannot be taken as law until actual large scale tournaments are organized in which every character should be well represented and thus allow us to analyze every matchup. Who are Kirby's worst match-ups? Who easily gimps his recovery? Who does he have the easiest time beating? Counters? Does he have an advantage in specific types of stages?
How well does he fare against:
Bowser:
Captain Falcon:
Diddy Kong:
Donkey Kong:
Falco:
Fox:
Game & Watch:
Ganondorf :
Ice Climbers:
Ike :
Jigglypuff :
King Dedede:
Link :
Lucario :
Lucas :
Luigi :
Mario:
Marth:
Meta Knight:
Ness:
Peach:
Pikachu:
Pikmin & Olimar:
Pit :
Pokémon Trainer:
R.O.B. :
Samus:
Sheik :
Snake :
Sonic :
Toon Link :
Wario :
Wolf :
Yoshi :
Zelda :
Zero Suit Samus:
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And who in this list deserves a lower placement in the tier list? And why? And where is the line drawn between every tier?
Fact: You cannot simply state that <insert random char here> won't be bottom tier because he seems good or because you've had unsimilar experiences. Remember how Roy used to be top tier? Aside from Yoshi (lol), there aren't many characters that are ****ty per-say, thus why there are people speculating about every single character's standing in the high tier bracket. Every character seems
playable, that we know, but even if people have the game and do post matches on youtube, these people do not have more authority than anyone else about character placings until they actually evaluate and analyze the bigger picture. Many people say that the cast in general is more balanced which would imply that even if Kirby ended up being at the very bottom, he could still prove to be a viable character in tournaments, he'd simply be a lot more limited than the rest of the cast.
And now, taking all of this into account, do you realise how ridiculous it is for you to come here and ask where kirby stands in the tier list?
AND THIS IS WHY IT IS TOO EARLY TO CONCLUDE ANYTHING. There's a reason why the only place in these boards where such a discussion would have some shed of credibility is in the Back room, because they've understood all of this. Why do you think it took a year to come up with SSBM's tier list? Stop trying to rush a lenghty process, because that does nothing but display your ignorance.
. I tried. Keep taking opinions from people who do not know what they're talking about /no1 Why would I want to consider unfounded opinions though? Critical thinking is what they teach us at McGill 
