Firefoxing/Recovering with Falco: Possible trick?

[EdreesesPieces]

So everyoe knows when you UP-B with falco you can't really move forwad, making it really easy to edge hog him when he's under the stage. I noticed the problem is that when you UP B for some stupid reason he floats slightly backwards at top of the UP B. So i thought to myself, can't i Just use this to my advantage?

Is it possible to UP b reverse (facing away from the stage, but up b straight up) and use that whole backwards glide thing he does to get back on the stage? The problem is I can't test it because I keep grabbing teh ledge when I try it(there isn't a person there to hold the ledge since i dont have anyone to test it with me right now) Does anyone know if this will work? It could mean a huge deal to be able to get back on the stage from under it by doing this.

 

[clowsui]

...totally off-topic but Edreese is Falco your secondary?

Also could you describe your scenario better? I'm really confused as to what you're trying to say..

 

[Yuna]

It should be noted that despite the common misconception, Falco's Up B is called Firebird, not Firefox for obvious reasons (he's a bird and not a Fox). While similar, their recoveries aren't the same move and they're different animals.

It's like how Sheik Vanishes while Zelda uses Faroe's Wind.

 

[Beetle Juice]

so are you trying to say that you want to use falco's up-b backwards momemtum to get back on the edge so that he can have a better chance to make it back to the edge of the stage.

doubt that will happen...

 

[ES Lite]

I've tested it on Training mode and there's no difference between a backwards-facing Fire Bird than a normal Fire Bird. You don't get any extra DI from using Fire Bird while facing the opposite way.

 

[bobwaffles]

Well, it might work, but you wouldn't normally be facing away from the stage while recovering. Maybe you could wall jump, then up-B on certain stages.

 

[EdreesesPieces]

Ah okay, that's what I wanted to know. It was worth asking in case it was possible. Thanks guys.

Clowsui - Yeah he is.

 

[Fluke]

Yeah. Atm the curvefirebox is the "technique" to do to overcome the dodgy-ness of Falco's vertical recovery special.