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Backflipping

tskodje

Smash Rookie
Joined
Sep 8, 2018
Messages
4
Is it just me or can ike not execute a backflip in this game. In smash 4 he wasn’t a character that couldn’t backflip, like Gannondorf, but in this game they seem to have taken it away from him. Could anybody prove/disprove me or give an explanation as to why he cannot?
 

XDaDePsak

BRoomer
BRoomer
Joined
Mar 16, 2001
Messages
10,074
Ike can't backflip in Ultimate. The animation simply does not exist.

No one knows why they took it out, and it annoys many Ike players.
 
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tskodje

Smash Rookie
Joined
Sep 8, 2018
Messages
4
It shifts your hurtbox further backwards when jumping back, and it also allows for easier backwards movement from a standing position.
 

Arrei

Smash Lord
Joined
Nov 25, 2014
Messages
1,303
I can only assume they wanted to change his overall stance to be more sturdy and less... twisty? I recall they originally animated him to make his combat stance look wild and unwieldy, which I guess translated into giving him really bad posture. Now that he stands and runs upright to fight with more control in his swordsmanship I could see the designers thinking a backflip was no longer really appropriate.
 
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