Dedede has momentum control when Neutral B-ing but not Kirby?

[B00nes]

Not sure if this belongs in character discussion or not, but whatever.

I don't quite understand why kirby really needed a nerf on his swallowing. His dash attack needed a tweaking, sure, I'll give the PM team that. But why nerf his ability to control his momentum while swallowing? It was a nice tactic that if you could coax your opponent onto the ledge you could swallow them off. Being able to control which direction you went added a little help in doing that. It added a little bit more uniqueness to kirby, because the only other person who could do that was dedede, and he's a hellofalot different from kirby.

Not only did they remove the function kirby, but they kept it with Dedede? That's just kind of a middle finger to kirby-mains like myself. Did the PM team just forget about the fat guy over there with a giant hammer? Or did they think that he for some reason deserves easier swallow-cides than kirby?

 

[shairn]

It added more uniqueness to kirby in being the most horrendous character to play against in the wrong hands.
I never hear about Dedede mains swallowciding myself.

 

[Strong Badam]

You'll find a variety of inconsistencies in the cast with regards to what moves have what features. It makes characters unique and there are often other things surrounding the move that give context to why they are different. Dedede's has more endlag, and his reward for swallowing someone is quite low (~10% and sometimes a good position) compared to Kirby, who gets a new move or can attempt a suicide KO. Kirby also has more multijumps than Dedede does, giving him more opportunities to use it from the ledge.
On the subject of swallow cides, Kirby's swallowing is significantly more effective in suicide than Dedede. The way characters are released when they mash out of either is significantly different.