Recent content by children's_novel

A thing that I do a lot is Dair my opponent on stage and then immediately Bair them at high percents. I also like to try to be flashy and end up SDing. Missing the sweet-spot on the ledge is also neat.

So an issue that I struggle with sometimes is that I go on autopilot with Falco. When it happens, I end up spamming SHL until I make an approach with Nair or Dair. I'm hoping I can learn how to mix up my approaches more often as well as working on my SHL game (pretty much not mindlessly spamming...

When you see Falcos on stream make those quick shines, he is actually jump-cancelling. This is done by simply jumping out of your shine once you do it. This is essential for waveshining (wavedashing out of a shine) and other techniques. A pillar combo is shine>jump>Dair. Rinse and repeat as...

Okay, so I just got melee netplay, and as soon as I tested out the controls, I noticed that I couldn't dash to the left. I tried to reconfigure the controls in the gcgamepad configuration, but I'm not getting any luck whatsoever. Does anyone else experience this? I use a Mayflash GC controller...

Spacies (Fox and Falco) are considered the best characters in the game. However, the problem with Spacies is that they are generally more difficult to pick up as a main because they demand a considerable amount of tech-skill which in turn, requires a high learning curve. Although it's awesome...

The difference is that a player can execute basically any tech with ease and that a player who is considered one of the best has very well-developed fundamentals (good spacing, good zoning, strategic baits, etc) and knows what and what not to do in a given matchup. A good player can immediately...

For both techs, it took me a matter of minutes to learn and be able to do. I'd probably say that it took me about two or three months to be consistent (it probably would have taken longer if I did not practice in training mode). It shouldn't take too long to become consistent at WDing or...

Let's be honest here: Who really expected a character such as the Duck Hunt Dog to be in Smash 4? I was really surprised when I heard about it at first, but after thinking about it, we did have announcements for characters such as Wii Fit Trainer and Pac Man in the past, so I guess I wasn't...

I would have loved to see Paper Mario in Smash 4 and what his moveset would be like and what his final smash would be. I don't think that Paper Mario would really be a clone of Mario because there's a lot about Paper Mario that's unique to him. Even though I'm a little upset that Paper Mario is...

My favorite out of all of them is the dark blue. The green and the black ones are pretty good too.

Blue doc looks the best IMO.

I've played the Ness matchup a considerable amount of times since my brother mains Ness in PM. I would say that Ness can combo Falco with relative ease and Ness, as you mentioned, has an increased mobility. I would say that the matchup is even or that Falco has a slight disadvantage. Aside from...

I have a lot of trouble with the Falco ditto. What am I supposed to do and how can I do so effectively?

I mostly practice multi-shines, WD OoS, SHL, LCs, that sort of stuff.

Kankato has good advice. Depending on what character you face, you either have to shine>full-hop>fast-fall Dair (this works well against characters such as Marth, Mario, etc.) in order to keep effectively pillaring or you have to shine>waveshine>short-hop>Dair (assume the Dair is L-Cancelled)...