I love this game. So much music, so much easier to unlock custom stuff (even if it's frustrating to lose a special move you've been looking for...), and so freaking gorgeous. Love Crazy Orders, it's overpriced but I guess that's just so you're thankful for getting passes. Trophy photos are better than ever, you have more freedom to play around. And Palutena's Guidance, man it's great hearing Viridi again.
That said, my complaints are as follows:
-Smash Tour is [parasitic bomb]. Makes me appreciate 3DS's Smash Run. Sans the final battle, there is no benefit to collecting multiple fighters because you can't choose the one you actually want anyway. You also cannot cancel/back out of any menu, ever, in the entire mode. I would entirely ignore this mode if not for the Challenges that require it. And once they are clear, I will never, ever look back.
-It's a little frustrating that this game will forbid you from joining a friend online without telling you why. Either it doesn't bother to let you know when a room is full or you're not allowed to join a room hosted by a friend of a friend, not sure which.
-Kid Icarus Uprising's "Intensity" mechanics only work because the scenario itself never changes. The Master Fortress is awesome, but it is NOT the kind of area you expect somebody to not get killed in while playing blind, and it goes away if the Intensity drops below 8.0. So too bad, you have to start Classic all over again. There is no way to properly learn/explore it. That was an idiotic oversight, textbook example of misguided game balance put into place by someone who has no idea what it's like to not already be familiar with the game. They could have at least put the Fortress into one of the Event matches or something.
- The game does not seem to remember my name when going across modes. A minor inconvenience. Perhaps I'm spoiled by the 3DS version remembering that and the color you last used.
What makes this a far less minor annoyance is that your name ties to your control preferences. So if you're happy with the defaults, great. If you're not, this kinda screws you, especially since the name keeps popping up in different places depending on the game mode (IE, Events or Smash Tour). There really is no reason this game shouldn't remember the last-used name, and it's honestly the one thing that I hope they patch, simply because there is no excuse for it.
Not to beat a dead horse, but the topic's been brought up how funny it is to hear Sakurai talk about Ridley and character faithfulness after the whole shpiel with Ganondorf. (Also really not sure what he's talking about with Ridley's wings, they're by no means required to be part of his hitbox and they've been pretty damn tiny in other games anyway).
They're dancing around it a little, but what I got from that piece is that it's a matter of image: Ridley is "boss" material and nobody wants to screw with that. They don't believe it's within his character to be balanced with the other fighters (many said the same of Mewtwo). So, what the hell? Recruiting him in the Pyrosphere is awesome, and I can live with that. I still say they COULD make him a fighter, mind you, but what's done is satisfactory.