In my opinion, Brawl is better, hands down. As fun as Melee was, its one major flaw has been fixed. Character imbalance. If someone was able to master one of a few characters they could win against most every other character, even with an extremely skilled opponent. Can you imagine entering a Melee tournament with a slow character, such as Bowser? The only way you would win would be to KO while your opponent is laughing. As much as I loved Melee, Brawl has all of the previous content fixed, much more extra content, including an awesome new roster, AND online play. I like Brawl more, no contest whatsoever.