New Character #3's Special Moves

Mic_128 · Sep 4, 2007

Been a while coming, and when this character was announced we were told what some of it’s special moves would be, today we’ve been shown them. Read on for more!

Diddy’s got the best jungle technology available, and he makes use of it well. 
<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/diddykong_070904a-l.jpg" alt="It's a rocket peanut, clearly" /> 
Neutral Special 
Peanut popguns: He fires in spurts. f he shoots you, it’s gonna hurt. You can hold down B to fire more shots, getting faster, but hold them too long and your gun goes up in smoke. Also, the peanut shells break on impact and occasionally drop apeanut which can be eaten for minor HP recovery.
<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/diddykong_070904b-l.jpg" alt="Wood + gunpowder = bad" />
Up Special 
Rocketbarrel Boost: If you hold B when using this attack, it charges up and flies higher. This attack is also able to be angled while charging.
<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/diddykong_070904e-l.jpg" alt="Yoshi begs Diddy for a turn" />
Of note is if Diddy gets hit during this the jetpack goes off without him. This can aparently happen sometimes without interference too.
<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/diddykong_070904f-l.jpg" alt="Yoshi's changed his mind" />

1337marth · Sep 4, 2007

That looks pretty awesome, but i suspected it....again...

VivaLaPika · Sep 4, 2007

It'd be awesome to see Diddy use his ^b, then have Samus/Snake fire a missle at him, shoot him out of the air, and make his jetpack go flying away.

VA · Sep 4, 2007

Did my post get deleted?

1337Marth, we were told these were his moves when he was announced, besides everyone who has played DK64 knew these moves would be in it.

He's obv the new Pichu. Gun exploding? Weird movements? Rubbish recovery which you can blow up? Sounds lame to me, Diddy for Pichu's place in tiers!

P.S I am kidding so don't just delete my post again mmk? I just really hate diddy.

montyalbo · Sep 4, 2007

vanityangel said:
He's obv the new Pichu. Gun exploding? Weird movements? Rubbish recovery which you can blow up? Sounds lame to me, Diddy for Pichu's place in tiers!

There was nothing wrong with Pichu. Pichu was perfect

VA · Sep 4, 2007

montyalbo said:
There was nothing wrong with Pichu. Pichu was perfect

Perfect like Syphilis.

Justin Wiles · Sep 4, 2007

vanityangel said:
Perfect like Syphilis.

^^ Made me LOL.

On the topic, I'm surprised noone has started screaming about how Diddy's popgun allows item use in no item matches...

VA · Sep 4, 2007

Justin Wiles said:
^^ Made me LOL.

On the topic, I'm surprised noone has started screaming about how Diddy's popgun allows item use in no item matches...

Don't be, Peach already uses items in non Item matches. I think lot's of characters will have this ability in Brawl a la warios throwing bike thing that he can chuck about.

Sneaky 2.0 · Sep 4, 2007

Shouldn't this be categorized under "CHARACTER SPOILERS", like the other articles like it?

Sariku · Sep 4, 2007

Diddy looks Nice. New Pichu? Maybe, but fans will feel great about him nonetheless, and thats what Sakurai was aiming for.

VA · Sep 4, 2007

Sariku.Uchiha said:
Diddy looks Nice. New Pichu? Maybe, but fans will feel great about him nonetheless, and thats what Sakurai was aiming for.

He obv won't be the new Pichu, I was only saying that because I hate him. I won't feel great because I'm not a fan, diddy can go die. Sakurai was aiming to make my loser friends happy and me outraged that such a lame character has weasled his way into brawl.

He'll probably be top tier for christs sake? Healing Peanuts? NERF.

Lemon Drop · Sep 4, 2007

Wonder what his other two specials are.

maxpower1227 · Sep 4, 2007

Diddy Kong is really Wile E. Coyote in disguise. Awesome

And Sneaky, how is this more of a spoiler than any other updates that we get?

Link Sharingan · Sep 4, 2007

lol he good better than fox move set

Sariku · Sep 4, 2007

vanityangel said:
He obv won't be the new Pichu, I was only saying that because I hate him. I won't feel great because I'm not a fan, diddy can go die. Sakurai was aiming to make my loser friends happy and me outraged that such a lame character has weasled his way into brawl.

He'll probably be top tier for christs sake? Healing Peanuts? NERF.

You can't say anything about healing Peanuts...

Exploading Gun = 5 Damage

Peanut = 3 Recovery

Final Gain = 2 Damage.

If it went anything like that then it works. I'm sure the Peanuts explode when hitting someone or something, and I'm also sure that other characters can pick them up too.

VA · Sep 4, 2007

First off, learn to take a joke. I'm only messing about.

Secondly, how presumptuous do you want to be? It says if you hold down the gun for too long it explodes. The peanuts come out if the shell hits...so they will be way more frequent, that's the logical thing to think.

How the hell do you predict those damages anyway? It's more likely that they won't be fixed anyway...gawd...

Sariku · Sep 4, 2007

vanityangel said:
First off, learn to take a joke. I'm only messing about.

Secondly, how presumptuous do you want to be? It says if you hold down the gun for too long it explodes. The peanuts come out if the shell hits...so they will be way more frequent, that's the logical thing to think.

How the hell do you predict those damages anyway? It's more likely that they won't be fixed anyway...gawd...

Roys was fixed. :laugh:

VA · Sep 4, 2007

Food's wasn't :laugh:

and besides, with havok in place (very likely) explosions will be more realistic with varied damage.

Sariku · Sep 4, 2007

vanityangel said:
Food's wasn't

There was many different foods though. I think Diddy will only use One Peanut.

Sneaky 2.0 · Sep 4, 2007

maxpower1227 said:
Diddy Kong is really Wile E. Coyote in disguise. Awesome

And Sneaky, how is this more of a spoiler than any other updates that we get?

The blogs for the other two characters and their movesets were put under the CHARACTER SPOILERS category. So should this. If you read this from the blog page, the article sample makes no mention of Diddy Kong.

mcs · Sep 4, 2007

Bogen Schnott!!!!!

er...ignore the title.yeah.

good update.diddy's up-b also(slightly)conforms havoc in brawl.though i think diddys hardly the new pichu. pichu hits fast and runs, while diddy is dk but faster..

.theres similarities but otherwise their different.

Card · Sep 4, 2007

Justin Wiles said:
On the topic, I'm surprised noone has started screaming about how Diddy's popgun allows item use in no item matches...

I'm assuming it'll be the same as say.. Game & Watch's #7 Hammer (Drops 1 Food) which I have never heard anyone complain about. Also, when you think about it... I also assume that in order for the Peanut Shell to Break it has to hit something or someone. So potentially... if the Peanut hits an Enemy, theres a chance the peanut food will drop right beside the enemy, recovering a portion of Diddy's enemies health... Hardly what I call broken.

Kyu Puff · Sep 4, 2007

Diddy will NOT be the new Pichu. His special moves may seem like crap, but we already know he has one thing the Pichu totally lacked: range (at least a little of it).

These moves are disappointing though. The idea of 'jungle' technology being insufficient is ridiculous. His Peanut Pop gun exploding is okay, especially if it only explodes after a fixed amount of time, but his rocket boost randomly blows up in the air? Time to make a recovery!... or not.

Sakurai seems to be wanting to give chargeable B moves to every character. Either it's a lame-horse way to add more to old characters because they ran out of ideas, or it will make projectiles a whole lot more versatile. Maybe both.

Moon Monkey · Sep 4, 2007

Why does diddy kong have to have the gay moves his guns explode fox's gun never exploded no maker how long you fired. they better have some knock-back to it. his up b comes off when attack!?!? Wtf

Sneaky 2.0 · Sep 4, 2007

Kyu Puff said:
Diddy will NOT be the new Pichu. His special moves may seem like crap, but we already know he has one thing the Pichu totally lacked: range (at least a little of it).

These moves are disappointing though. The idea of 'jungle' technology being insufficient is ridiculous. His Peanut Pop gun exploding is okay, especially if it only explodes after a fixed amount of time, but his rocket boost randomly blows up in the air? Time to make a recovery!... or not.

Sakurai seems to be wanting to give chargeable B moves to every character. Either it's a lame-horse way to add more to old characters because they ran out of ideas, or it will make projectiles a whole lot more versatile. Maybe both.

Perhaps Diddy will have superior speed and jumping power anyway. He might even take less frames to attack foes.

Rx- · Sep 4, 2007

NEW SECRET CHARACTER REVEALED!!! For serious, it's a Giraffe with the power to blow things up with its mind. Here is Pic.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j267/NuclearSheep/Picture1.png

He was hidden in the background, so I was glad to have spotted him.

jambre · Sep 4, 2007

You shouldnt complain about the gun exploding, it wont take that long to figure out how long it takes for it blow up and stop it happening in the future. the peanuts are an advantage to both you and your opponent, and by the looks of it the food doesnt come out every time. His up b recovery reminds me of lugis side b only its vertical and horizontal, if someone interupts diddys up b, he can just charge again and shoot up (probably not as high) while the opponent is bombarded with the barrels.

Rx- · Sep 4, 2007

I bet when the gun explodes, Diddy is damaged equal to the amount of health that the peanut heals, so it can never be used for his own benefit.

tstumo · Sep 4, 2007

if you held roys move down long enough same thing. anyway im glad Diddygot these moves. not all the characters have to have serious movesets so im glad Sakurai went this route with Diddy. Jungle technology hence why the pop gun blows up so dont count on that for fox. definately not the new Pichu. for whoever is saying it.

Mic_128 · Sep 4, 2007

If his Peanuts are like Game and Watch's 7 food, if the food item is turned off, they won't appear. (Which I was disapointed by.

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PRINCESS PEACH 777 · Sep 4, 2007

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Phred · Sep 4, 2007

I wonder how often the peanut shells yield peanuts. It seems like an interesting attack. especially if it's used long range, it seems as if the target of the attack would be the most likely to benefit from the peanut.

NukeA6 · Sep 4, 2007

Moon Monkey said:
Why does diddy kong have to have the gay moves his guns explode fox's gun never exploded no maker how long you fired. they better have some knock-back to it. his up b comes off when attack!?!? Wtf

Why are you worried about his third jump? Most characters get their third jumps interrupted when hit. What's the difference with Diddy (other than his jet packs becoming missiles)?

Phred · Sep 4, 2007

NukeA6 said:
Why are you worried about his third jump? Most characters get their third jumps interrupted when hit. What's the difference with Diddy (other than his jet packs becoming missiles)?

He's probably worried that like Wario's bike, Diddy might only be allowed to have one jetpack on screen at a time.

Otherwise, it's a cool attack.

PRINCESS PEACH 777 · Sep 4, 2007

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Kelexo · Sep 4, 2007

Maybe. But I hope not. If not, the barrels will be launched off and probably damage an enemy. I'm also guessing that when it flies off on its own, its about as rare as Luigi's Rocket move 'exploding' and it will probably come off at the peak of the jump, otherwise that would just be plain unfair.

Sneaky 2.0 · Sep 4, 2007

Mic_128 said:
If his Peanuts are like Game and Watch's 7 food, if the food item is turned off, they won't appear. (Which I was disapointed by. )

That would mean the Peanut is obtainable through other means. Anyway, Bombs and Vegetables aren't turned off when items are, maybe this will emulate that.

It's not like tourneys would ban Diddy either way. Ness has the ability to heal with his PSI Magnet.

Homelessvagrant · Sep 4, 2007

If anything Diddy's up b is better than other characters. Even if he's jump is interrupted he still gets a final bang. Unlike warios bike Sakurai didn't state Diddy only had one jetpack. So if Diddy touches ground he'll have another jetpack attack.

Kirby knight · Sep 4, 2007

Originally Posted by Moon Monkey
Why does diddy kong have to have the gay moves his guns explode fox's gun never exploded no maker how long you fired. they better have some knock-back to it. his up b comes off when attack!?!? Wtf

I'm pretty sure Diddy kong had 2 pop guns in DK64 not 1

Originally Posted by Kirby knight
How do you know for an absolute fact that Fox's blaster won't have a disabling feature that is similar to Diddy's? This isn't Melee. Yes Diddy did have two popguns in DK64 however SSB isn't entirely canon to the respective franchises.

-Knight

Originally Posted by Moon Monkey
They would of displayed if fox would have his Gun knocked off of his hands in his special moves update as they did for Diddy's

Perhaps, but Sakurai doesn't reveal absolutely everything about the characters now does he? So you really don't know if Fox has any negative repercussions of using his blaster.

-Knight

PRINCESS PEACH 777 · Sep 4, 2007

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