How Out-of-Place Does Ness's Down Air Look?

[Beets]

I love PM Ness and how his down air is essentially Falco's in function now. However I cannot quite shake the fact that it looks so ridiculous. Falco is at least animated when he uses his dair, but Ness just turns towards the screen with his mouth wide open and his leg sticking straight out. I really appreciate how Smash 4 added little PSI flairs to his down aerial. Perhaps adding little flairs to PM Ness's down aerial so that it doesn't look / feel so unsatisfying to hit with the meteor? I'm not sure, I just really believe that it looks messy. What do you guys think?

 

[EarthboundHero]

It's kind of awkward because he does that twist and elongates his legs, but you just need to remember the hit box for the DAIR is anywhere on his body. I usually do stomp combos on the training bag, or in training mode against a character.

 

[silkys]

Yeah Ness has some really awkward moves for some reason, but honestly it's just kinda part of his character. His uptilt is his hands expanding lookin like he's playing some volleyball, and his downtilt is him just kicking someone's shins at turbo speeds.

 

[Beets]

Yeah Ness has some really awkward moves for some reason, but honestly it's just kinda part of his character. His uptilt is his hands expanding lookin like he's playing some volleyball, and his downtilt is him just kicking someone's shins at turbo speeds.

Being awkwardly animated since 1994 does not equate to character trait, my friend.

 

[EarthboundHero]

Being awkwardly animated since 1994 does not equate to character trait, my friend.

lol yeah it does

 

[Boiko]

We call that the face of no mercy.

 

[ilysm]

What an odd topic.

Yo.

He honestly looks kinda like he's looking directly at the camera, Fuzzy Pickles style. Actually, a few of his weird animations give him some personality in my eyes (Earthbound was great but it wasn't the pinnacle of graphics in SNES games). I kinda like it.

 

[Beets]

@ ilysm MOTHER 2 happens to be my favorite game of all time.

 

[ilysm]

Eeey, same! It kinda reminds me of how when they all pose for a photo, Ness smiles and does his peace sign thing

and everyone else is just

:|

 

[Boiko]

Another good one is his up throw. Look at his face. Cracks me up.

 

[Turkzee]

Personally, I love ness' down tilts; so much energy and character: like a little boy going to town against the shin of some old man. However, I also think his down and neutral aerial, as well as his up tilt, could be spiced up a bit, maybe with more psi effects!

 

[Turkzee]

I could see how that opinion might be unpopular though, messing with such classic moves