Ike... overused?

[Parassita]

I was browsing through SSBB videos on Youtube and watching a few, hoping to find more Toon Link gameplay, but as I scrolled down the page, I noticed something. Ike vs DDD, Ike vs Diddy Kong, Ike vs... you get it. Ike is an overused character in the Japanese online community. Will it be the same here in North America? Is Ike basically the new Marth? (Wasn't Marth nerfed?)

 

[Miller]

Well Ike is a very popular character among both nationalities, so I can guarantee he will be over used. I have brawl now and I can tell you, I main Ike

 

[The_Corax_King]

Yeah... even if he is my favorite... I would like to see more of others...


There really isn't much variety among youtube videos yet...


Not a lot of jiggly, GW, toony, CF, yoshi, luigi... and more...

 

[Parassita]

But it's like overuse to the max. It's like... Fox overuse in Melee. That's just scary.

 

[elbryan]

I wanna say part of it is definitely that he had all this hype about being super strong, slow, and hard to use, yet badass. He was always being brought up, so I think people naturally wanted to see if all the talk was true.

 

[Parassita]

I guess the talk was true. There are a lot of better characters out there though. I actually expected Marth to be more popular this time around as well, but Ike has definitely taken the franchise by storm.

 

[Miller]

Parassita, that is because he is known to both the Americas and Asians.

 

[Parassita]

Yeah, but there's a lot more to it than that. Is there any glitch he can exploit? Just wondering. That seems to make a character really popular.

 

[Miller]

There is no known Glitch, its just as it is. He is popular around the world. Thats it.

 

[Parassita]

I've never played Fire Emblem. Popular or not, it could become an annoyance that he's overused. I'm just saying, not trying to get anybody angry...

 

[Miller]

Dont worry, im not angry

Im just trying to get a point across that when people know a character that they like, their going to use him.

Like in Melee I use Captain Falcon, Ganondorf and Roy, I play them because I like them. Its the same for everyone else. Like how you like Toon Link, your going to play Toon Link.

 

[Gen2K]

It's pretty simple; Ike is new character, lots of things to explore with him. Even though there are new things to learn from Marth as well people basically already got a feel of him from they're Melee days. Basically just a refining of his gameplay from the transition from Melee to Brawl so you won't see him as much. Ike is a completely new beast (no pun intended). Also character wise he is more dynamic and interesting than a majority of other new characters which leads to more people wanting to play him.

 

[Cronos_Rainbow]

Marth is not nerfed at all - he is pretty widely voted as the top character in Brawl as it stands.

 

[Miller]

That is Below Ikes position at God Tier I assume

 

[A2ZOMG]

Marth is not nerfed at all - he is pretty widely voted as the top character in Brawl as it stands.

Technically Marth is severely nerfed by the physics of autosweetspotting.

And btw, Ike is awesome. You should play Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. He's by far the best protagonist ever created for the FE universe.

 

[Jx31]

Ike's the new Link....woopie -_-.

 

[Windlord]

Technically Marth is severely nerfed by the physics of autosweetspotting.

And btw, Ike is awesome. You should play Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. He's by far the best protagonist ever created for the FE universe.

I second that.

 

[Vortok]

Or it could be that Ike hits like a freight train, and since people are still getting good at Brawl (and you could cite lag in online play) it's probably fairly easy to hit with many of Ike's stronger moves and online you have quite a few casual players... netting lots of fairly easy KOs. Once people learn how to defend well against him, we'll see if the popularity continues longterm or not.

 

[The Frog]

Its likely that people who record video are also using Ike. Its just coincidence.

 

[TelpeFion]

To me it seems like Ike is just like Roy in Melee. Easy to use, seems amazing at first, you seem to win easier with him than with other characters that might in the end be much better. At Melee's dawn, Roy was used by something like half the players.

 

[Fodder]

Its likely that people who record video are also using Ike. Its just coincidence.

What he said.

 

[Black Waltz]

people use him alot because he just looks so badass.

 

[Parassita]

I was actually thinking Sonic would be overused. And... he really isn't. Ike does hit like the Bullet Train at maximum speed, but isn't he slow? Therefore easy to dodge with swift characters?

 

[Deathparasol]

Because he looks cool, I bet.

But it could be these people loved Path of Radiance? I did ^^

Or it could be a weird coincidence/ people wanting to try out the new slowish swordsman character.

 

[reothepenguin]

Definitely cause he's awsome. I hope those dissin him have played with him or else SHUT UP! No one wants to hear that. Be careful, there's a good chance you'll be whooped by him too.

 

[/~Dogma~\]

refer to above post to get owned....

 

[WhiteOblv]

Lol ditto what the above posters said. An to whomever said ike is lyke roy lol no. Just straight up no.
Ike is actually pretty good, he is in fact too good for how strong he his. The only character ive had trouble fighting with him so far is marth and even then ike still owns and owns in style as a matter of fact.

 

[Brawlmatt202]

I believe the reason why people are using Ike a lot is because they believed he'd be "top tier material". Either that, or they thought he'd work like Marth, who apparently was a very good character in Melee.

I'm pretty sure I'll play as Ike from time to time, seeing as I wanted him in Brawl.

 

[sagemoon]

Technically Marth is severely nerfed by the physics of autosweetspotting.

And btw, Ike is awesome. You should play Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. He's by far the best protagonist ever created for the FE universe.

Not as nerfed as ppl make it seem. He cant gay ppl anymore with f-smash or d-tilt. All good marths stopped relying that way to edge guard anyways (because ledgeteching becomes a pain after a while). Plus his new up-b move works as an edgeguard pretty effectively w/ its new range.


Onto the topic though. Ike looks cool so ppl use him. Plus he has a sword. And power....