Perkilator

yyyyyyyyyyUP, this is dry season all right.

But I can handle it. I've been through Sm4sh DLC dry season and Kingdom Hearts dry season.

We;re 30 minutes into Gamescom opening night and ONE piece of gameplay has been shown so far.

Imagine if we get a Dark Souls character...and Scorbunny is the next character after that.

I freaking CALLED it in the Spirit Battle thread.

I know we all clown on the "my uncle works at Nintendo" meme, but to be honest...I'd actually love it if my mom worked there, purely so I can indirectly be associated with my childhood icon.

The late 2000's-mid 2010's were a dark time for kids' media. I would know because I'm a veteran from that era.

This bears as much exposure as possible: JP-centric characters deserve as much recognition in Smash speculation as West-centric characters do.

Here's how I'd write a tutorial script:

-How To Play-

Welcome to Super Smash Bros.! In this game, fighters launch their opponents off the screen to K.O. them.

THE END.
(Just kidding!)

Tilt the left control stick left or right to move. Tap it quickly to dash. Tilt it up to jump, and then again to double jump (the X and Y buttons work, too).

Press the Attack button to attack; multiple consecutive presses allow for a combo. Tilt the LCS forward, up or down in conjunction with Attack to do a Power Attack.

Once the opponent takes enough damage, quickly tap the LCS with Attack to launch them with a powerful Smash Attack (The right control stick works, too)! The higher their damage, the farther they fly.

Once you get launched yourself, don't throw in the towel just yet. Tilt up and press the Special Move button to recover back onto the stage!

There are four types of Special Moves; you use them by pressing the Special Move button without tilting...or tilting to the sides...or tilting up (as mentioned earlier)...or tilting down.

Press the Shield button to block attacks when needed. Your shield breaks after a while...which leaves you vulnerable.

Tilt the LCS in any direction while shielding to dodge attacks. You can also dodge by pressing the Shield button in the air.

Don't let an opponent's shield daunt you! Press the Grab button (whatever the case) when close to them, and tilt the LCS in any direction to hurl them!

Press the Attack button near an item to pick it up. When called for, press Attack again to use it or press Grab to discard it.

One special item, the Smash Ball...is used by attacking it until it shatters and pressing Special without tilting to unleash a devastating Final Smash!

Show 'em what you're made of!

You know what the Sakurai presentations have been doing wrong all this time?

None of them use the iconic How to Play music during the moveset demonstrations.

You know, Dragalia Lost could greatly benefit from a Switch port.

Let’s imagine for a second that this was Ultimate’s base roster:

-Inkling (revealed in March 2018 Nintendo Direct)
-Simon (revealed at E3 2018)
-Richter (65ε, revealed alongside Simon)
-Crash Bandicoot (revealed at E3 2018)
-Ridley (revealed in August 2018 Smash Direct)
-Shadow (38ε, revealed in August 2018 Smash Direct)
-Dark Samus (4ε, revealed alongside Shadow)
-King K. Rool (revealed in August 2018 Smash Direct)
-Isabelle (revealed in September 2018 Nintendo Direct)
-Caeda (revealed in November 2018 Smash Direct)
-Alph (40ε, revealed in November 2018 Smash Direct)
-Ken (60ε, revealed in November 2018 Smash Direct)
-Incineroar (revealed alongside Ken)
-Piranha Plant (revealed in November 2018 Smash Direct)

With how big Fall Guys is right now, do you think we’ll get a Spirit Event if/when it gets ported to Switch?

If Snivy were in Sm4sh (and came back for Ultimate), this would be my special moveset idea:

“Snivy Blows Away the Competition!”

B: Magical Leaf; Snivy summons an array of leaves that home in on nearby opponents.
B + Forward: Grass Knot; Snivy grabs its tail with its vines and rolls around in a wheel shape.
B + Up: Leaf Tornado; Snivy spins around on its head, rising way up in a gust of leaves. It can also use it on the ground to quickly move left or right.
B + Down: Leech Seed; Snivy tosses three seeds out onto the battlefield. Any that hits an opponent inflicts the flower effect.

Final Smash: Leaf Storm; Snivy flies around and spins rapidly, in a giant tornado of leaves, for about 14 seconds.

Reaction: Instead of WoL, we got a proper story mode with more cutscenes...

but they only feature the original 12 + Ultimate's base game newcomers (only counting Dark Samus and Richter for Echoes).

I created a thread for making WoL sub-areas: https://smashboards.com/threads/create-a-sub-area-for-wol.506804/

Well, good to see you all today. I’m gonna be on other sites during the SmashBoards maintenance.

Is there a thread for characters you want after playing their game? I was thinking of making one myself.

Happy 50th birthday, Sakurai!

Source Gaming did a video on all the possible Dark Souls content in Smash Ultimate.
https://youtu.be/3vZ8Ip_rDYE

SPOILER ALERT





Only complaint from me is the lack of Seath the Scaleless for pretty much anything. No Spirit or theme.

Take a shot for each P5 Spirit Battle that uses Last Surprise.

I get why, but still. (And on a side note, it just goes to show that P3 Makoto, Aigis, and Yu should've been Spirits).

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/SuperSmashBrosUltimateSpiritIdeas

The lack of Crash Bandicoot in the "Other video game characters" section is kinda depressing.

....I don't think I've ever actually seen anyone prefer Ultimate's All-Star (which is just reduced to Multi-Man Smash, but with the entire roster that's already less than Century Smash).

https://smashboards.com/threads/newcomer-support-thread-directory-check-here-before-making-one.446333/page-23#post-24029858

Anyone who may or may not've been to the Support Thread Directory might be in for a pleasant surprise.

People complained about the Primrose Spirit Battle?

They clearly ain't seen the Ophilia battle. At least the former can be cheesed by equipping two Assist Killers and going for Black Knight before targeting Bayonetta.

Tomorrow’s the supposed deadline and Nintendo still said nothing so far.

Mini’s looking likely at this rate.

I’d better wake up to a Direct announcement tomorrow morning.

Man, I want a Netflix series based on Kirby Super Star just so we can see Dyna Blade in a show that isn’t RBAY.

HI-JUMP SHOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF DEDEDE'S CUSTOM UP SPECIALS IN SMASH 4, not Rising Dedede.

R RetrogamerMax I just heard about your uncle through the status updates. My aunt’s dad just passed away as well a month ago, so I know how it feels. May your uncle Rest In Peace.

Small nitpick about Byleth: His specials are just named after the weapons he uses for said specials even though each one is used for multiple moves. I would name them like this:

Neutral B: Verdant Wind
Side B: Azure Moon
Up B: Ruptured Sky
Down B: Crimson Flower

Just saying, Sakurai-if you’re going to end most routes with Master Hand, at least have a different Omega Form stage (like woth Donkey Kong and Joker).

You know, the more I think about it…Crash and Sora are two characters I can’t see as anything less than a fighter, lest there truly be complications that prevent either from becoming one.

https://smashboards.com/threads/create-a-classic-mode-for-your-most-wanted.464868/

I can always make a 2.0 version if this thread, if that’s okay.

My left Joy-Con’s drift is starting to get bad. Is it possible to trade my Joy-Cons in for a Switch Pro Controller, or something?

I just realized; certain characters’ playstyle are the way they are to (possibly) fill a playstyle archetype.

Mario: Mr. Basic playstyle
Donkey Kong: Gorilla playstyle
Samus: Space Marine playstyle (kinda?)
Kirby: Mimic playstyle
Ice Climbers: 2-in-1 Fighter playstyle
Sheik and Greninja: Ninja playstyle (in case you couldn’t tell from the latter’s name)
Zelda: Mystic Girl playstyle
Marth, Roy, Ike, Lucina and Chrom: Bare Swordsman playstyle
Diddy Kong: Small Animal playstyle
Olimar: Commander playstyle
Mega Man and the Belmonts: NES Platformer playstyle
Little Mac: Boxer playstyle
Miis: ANY playstyle the player chooses
Robin: Magical Knight playstyle
Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings: Mech Suit playstyle
Ryu, Ken and Terry: Traditional Fighting Game playstyle
Incineroar: Wrester playstyle
Joker: Master Thief playstyle
Hero: Turn-Based RPG playstyle
Byleth: Master of Arms playstyle
Min-Min: Master of TWO Arms playstyle

I’m not necessarily defending or knocking these playstyles. Just wanted to get analytical about them.

HWYR if Dragalia Lost had a collaboration with Crash Bandicoot, where you fought all the bosses from the original trilogy?

Man, even if Wii Music wasn't a mess with how it controlled or how instruments sounded...talk about a steaming pile of wasted potential. Instead of songs from all around Nintendo's catalog, we get basic stock nursery rhymes out the wazoo.

Is something big happening tomorrow? I have it on my brain for some reason, but I don't know why.

So who do you guys think might be the Terry and Joker of Vol. 2? Characters who we don't really talk about but come from a relatively small, yet influential franchise (and may be very recent or very old)? I got this idea from the Newcomer Speculation thread: https://smashboards.com/threads/newcomer-dlc-speculation-discussion.453424/page-3265#post-24006483

My bet would be Sakura Shinguji from Sakura Wars.