History YMMV / SmashBrosLawl

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Post-Morgan Era (2012, after Gaston and before Scanty/Kneesocks) falls under this compared to the other eras, as despite the much better presentation than the previous videos, falls a lot shorter in terms of explaining the movesets than even the Classic Era, mostly looking rushed in retrospect. Despite that, most of the newcomers introduced and chosen in this era are just as popular as other eras' characters, with mainly the videos from Billy Mays-Hank Hill being the ones falling flat in presentation.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Back when they were released, the first four moveset videos looked impressive. Nowadays... well, it's best to say that Chincherrinas is a lot better at video editing now than he was in the past.

* BrokenBase: Villains Valley. My god, Villains Valley. For fans of The Frollo Show it was well-received. Lawl fans on the other hand absolutely hated it. Not only was the sudden inclusion of gore and Frollo Show esque MindScrew out of place, it also exploited serious real life controversies of the real Doug Walker making several people uncomfortable. It was not helped by the fact many of Chin's fans proceeded to attack and insult the critical fans and ignoring their very reasonable criticism. This split became even more divided after Chin uploaded a video in April 2024 making fun of people who critiqued Villains Valley, with many of his longtime fans feeling betrayed and permanently unsubscribing from him., while his less critical fanboys got even more vitriolic, starting to actively harass the original critics of Villains Valley and his later response.

** Madotsuki's Balcony showing up tacked on to the end of the Real City level in Subspace Emissary was always hilariously out of place, with this sprited building standing nearby a realistic live-action city. Then come the dumped 0.04 beta of Videogame/YumeNikki resurfacing in 2021, we can actually see a reflection of the city around Madotsuki's balcony. And what do we see? [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/286229484699648003/1182924797987012628/image.png?ex=65c71111&is=65b49c11&hm=f4c24dcda8596ee60d05ac73a20b0a63702b4c48d2a0c1e08d45d7ad0d20dc38& A realistic live-action city.]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: You'll see more active fans of spin-offs of Lawl (like ''Lawl Beatdown'' or ''Lawl What-If'') despite the original one's longer presence. Due to many year-spanning hiatus beginning from 2014 onwards and the author focusing his attention more with ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'', the medium of ''Smash Bros Lawl'' is generally better known for its multitude of spin-off videos than the original one.
* AudienceAlienatingEra: Post-Morgan Era (2012, after Gaston and before Scanty/Kneesocks) falls under this compared to the other eras, as despite the much better presentation than the previous videos, falls a lot shorter in terms of explaining the movesets than even the Classic Era, mostly looking rushed in retrospect. Despite that, most of the newcomers introduced and chosen in this era are just as popular as other eras' characters.

%%** Ib's Final Smash.
%%** Possibly Madotsuki's and Yomika too.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Back when they were released, the first four moveset videos looked impressive. Nowadays... well, it's best to say that Chincherrinas is a lot better at video editing now than he was in the past.

* TheWoobie: Madotsuki, judging by her back story on her trophy. And in the end of her classic mode, her wish is implied to be [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide The staircase next to her balcony]], seen at the end of ''YumeNikki'']]

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The long awaited Villains Valley hasn't been very warmly received by longtime fans due to taking several steps into DarkerAndEdgier territory more akin to that of ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'', delving more into that series' usual BodyHorror and realistic violence that ''Lawl'' mostly stuck away from. With almost every cutscene relying more on showing the characters' breakdowns and sufferings than advancing the plot or leading to gameplay, emphasizing much more on Doug Walker's more controversial outings in RealLife. Many longtime fans were bummed out of Subspace Emissary changing focus in favor of the already alienating direction that later episodes of ''The Frollo Show'' took.

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Post-Morgan Era (2012, after Gaston and before Scanty/Kneesocks) falls under this compared to the other eras, as despite the much better presentation than the previous videos, falls a lot shorter in terms of explaining the movesets than even the Classic Era, mostly looking rushed in retrospect.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Villains Valley takes many cues of the author's ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'' and dedicates a good chunk of its runtime to much more bleak storytelling exploring The Nostalgia Critic's succumb into Doug Walker based and delving ''much'' more on existentialist horror compared to every other level of the story mode.

*** Also as a bonus round, a poll on youtube was made to decide Ib's partner in a team battle for her classic mode (though the point of the polls weren't revealed until the last vote). The King won.

* LazyArtist: In the Subspace Epoch, Chincherrinas cuts out most of the regular level footage, and the parts that are shown are very short. He openly admitted that all he's really interested in showing during the ''Subspace Emissary'' videos are the story, so it's somewhat justified. [[ZigZaggedTrope But then in the early Classic Mode videos, he cuts out the entirety of every single fight, not even allowing a demonstration of the final boss]]. He's confirmed that he won't do that anymore in upcoming Classic Mode videos.
** While Villains Valley's gorgeous visuals can't be understated, the level clocks at about 20 seconds of total gameplay, with most of its runtime used mostly for very long cutscenes.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** A lot of the chosen songs for the stages and moveset videos are nice. ''Brawl'''s good music is present as well.

* DorkAge: Post-Morgan Era (2012, after Gaston and before Scanty/Kneesocks) falls under this compared to the other eras, as despite the much better presentation than the previous videos, falls a lot shorter in terms of explaining the movesets than even the Classic Era, mostly looking rushed in retrospect.

* SoBadItWasBetter: During the fallout of Villain’s Valley, some commenters commented they felt the video’s editing was too smooth compared to older videos, and stated this caused an UncannyValley effect for them.

*** [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter Bison, Guile,]] and [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] were included in Lawl before [[Franchise/StreetFighter the protagonists]] [[Franchise/MegaMan of their series]] joined [[Videogame/SuperSmashBros Smash]].

*** Guile and Dr. Wily became assist trophies in ''[[Videogame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Super Smash Bros Ultimate]]'', years after their ''Lawl'' movesets.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The long awaited Villains Valley hasn't been very warmly received by longtime fans due to taking several steps into DarkerAndEdgier territory more akin to that of ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'', delving more into that series' usual BodyHorror and realistic violence that ''Lawl'' mostly stuck away from. With almost every cutscene relying more on showing the characters' breakdowns and sufferings than advancing the plot or leading to gameplay, emphasizing much more on Doug Walker's more controversial outings in RealLife. Many longtime fans were bummed out of Subspace Emissary changing focus in favor of the already alienating direction that latter episodes of ''The Frollo Show'' took.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The long awaited Villain Valley hasn't been very warmly received by longtime fans due to taking several steps into DarkerAndEdgier territory more akin to that of ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'', delving more into that series' usual BodyHorror and realistic violence that ''Lawl'' mostly stuck away from. With almost every cutscene relying more on showing the characters' breakdowns and sufferings than advancing the plot or leading to gameplay, emphasizing much more on Doug Walker's more controversial outings in RealLife. Many longtime fans were bummed out of Subspace Emissary changing focus in favor of the already alienating direction that latter episodes of ''The Frollo Show'' took.

** [[WebVideo/TheIrateGamer Game Genie]] appears to be these. He's only vulnerable without his ghostly tail, which disappears at random, whenever he's not using powerful explosion attacks. Even when he is vulnerable, he's trying to wallop you. ''And he's one of the first fights of the very second level''.

** Codec Snake's moveset intro starts with him leaving a bus filled with characters from ''The Frollo Show'' that aren't in the ''Lawl'' roster, which includes Mephiles and Fegelein. Years later, they ended up actually joining the ''Lawl'' roster by fans' demands.