It's ugly, it feels stiff and janky, it had a rough launch, it was a priced as a triple A game; it's not great. But as a foundation, it was pretty solid. A year more cooking in the oven would have done wonders for this game. And I'd love to say that was the case with its sequel, but that game isn't without its faults either. Nickelodeon Brawl has strong legs on it, but a bloated, fat underbelly to be carried. I can't say I regret purchasing the game on launch, because I feel like all that money made it possible for the sequel to be published. Now all we can hope is that if there IS a third game in the future, that it will finally be the game this was meant to be.