the grim lizard
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The youth with the psychic powers has appeared—it’s Lucas! He makes his anticipated debut from the Japan-only release MOTHER 3.
While he is timid in nature, he fights splendidly. Is it possible he can surpass even Ness?!
Well, the blond one has indeed made it after weeks of...nobody really caring apparently. In any case, Lucas is in the Brawl, and it's anybody's guess whether or not that is a Ness moveset or not or weather our baseball-capped friend will also return in the fray.
So, again, feel free to discuss all things Lucas- and Mother-related here, especially possible moveset ideas.
Here is a possible moveset posted in the thread (with the idea of being different from Ness):
A, A, A = Punch, punch, PSI Punch
Light punches that lead to a PSI infused punch.
Side A = PSI Kick
A PSI infused kick for a bit higher damage.
Down A = Bombs
Light explosion form at his sides, little damage, but good knock back.
Up A = PSI Spin
He spins with PSI energy around him, knocking the enemy above and to the side.
Air A = Yo-yo
I think he should use a Yo-yo, since it’s kind of iconic, but at least he could use it differently. He gets it out and spins it around him, fast, and several times.
Air Side A = Salt Water Gun
Shoots a small blast of salt water to his sides.
Air Down A = Honey Shower
Throws a Honey jar that breaks, and bees surround the area where it breaks, doing damage. If it hits someone, then the bees follow that character for a while, doing damage.
Air Up A = Insecticide
Doesn’t do a lot of damage, but it will stun an opponent for a while. (I’m not sure for how long though)
Running A = Bombs
A trail of bombs explodes behind him as he runs.
Side Smash = Magical Scepter swing
Lucas swings the Magical Scepter, if you charge it, magic/PSI energy build at its tip.
Down Smash = Salt Water Gun Spin
Spins and shoots a blast of salt water a short distance around him.
Up Smash = Magical Scepter upward jab
He jabs the scepter up, same effect for charging.
B = PK Love
Since the animation for this move is very abstract, it could be a lot of things. I think it would be cool if it were a wave-y beam(s?) or orb(s?) he can charge up, since there’s alpha to omega, and it’s an attack that spreads out, since it hits all enemies. Also, after they spread and travel a distance (not a very long one) the beams/orbs meet and explode. Thoughts?
Side B (ground) = Sprinting Bomb
A bomb that runs!
Side B (air) = Pencil Rocket
Lucas launches a Pencil Rocket that is light and flies very awkwardly, but does heavy damage.
Down B = Counter
Lucas stands still and glows red, and any physical hit he receives will be ignored, and he will attack back. One would have to try to “catch” the attack, like with Ness’ PSI Magnet.
Up B = Thunder Bomb
He gets a Thunder Bomb out and raises it above his head, if an enemy makes contact it explodes for lighting damage. He can throw it too, if he doesn’t, it explodes after about 3-5seconds then he is propelled in the direction of the control stick, like Ness’ PK Thunder, but since it’s easier to use, it should be weaker. (I think that it makes him a bit parallel to Ness, but I think it would be awkward as a recovery, I want to think something else up.)
Grab =
Attempt to grab an opponent.
A =
PSI Slap! (The Head butt = Stupid)
Front Throw =
Throws forward, using PSI to help him.
Back Throw =
Throws diagonally, and throws a bomb for further distance and damage.
Up Throw = Blast of PSI knock the opponent up
Down Throw =
Throws down and does a PSI infused kick.
Final Smash = New Years Eve Bomb
In Mother 3, this reduced all enemies’ HP to 1. It could deal a lot of damage, but with little to no knock back, so no one can be knocked out with it, but it would be easy to knock them out afterwards.
Another possibility for the final smash would have to make it PK Love Omega. And think of something else for the B move (PK Flash?)
Oh, I also found this in the "Sakurai's comments" thread...
"Mother Characters
I'm gonna lump this together, because there isn't really one specific character. Essentially, the entire party of Mother 2, Ninten from Mother 1, and Lucas, Claus, and Kumatora from Mother 3 all popped up on Sakurai's poll. Claus got a bigger deal of attention, considering his "LOL SECRET," and Sakurai, who DID WORK ON MOTHER 3 *hint hint*, mentioned amongst the letters that he would be including stuff from the game. Now, firstly, he confirmed in Famitsu that Mother 3 music was appearing in Brawl. Secondly, he confirmed that had EB2/64/M3 been released pre SSB64, Ness would've been replaced by Lucas. He even held out for it to be released prior to Melee, to try and put in Lucas then. So, now that Lucas is out, what happens to Ness....?"
That's it...Lucas for Brawl!