LOL I'd have too agree with you on that last count completely Luigi and Jiggs used to own so bad in Melee Luigi could Wavesmash from half a stage away and Jigglypuff had the Wall of Pain and Rest. But if you don't like the new items you can turn off the ones you don't like via the Item Switch and you can create stages using the Stage Builder. Other than that I'm sorry about the stages, but at least you can deal with the items however you want.