ZeekeXIV
Smash Journeyman
Sup guys. I'm wondering if anyone thought of this as a possible item. Which item? Of course I'm talking about the 1-UP Mushroom.
Smash Brothers is more or less a gathering of the most iconic Nintendo characters and items around, right? What's more iconic than that classic sound when you get an extra life? I don't hear enough when I play SMB: Lost Levels, but I digress.
I'm sure you all know exactly what it would do: you get the mushroom and you get an extra life (or stock). Sounds kinda cheap, right? You know what, it probably would be. But with ridiculous Final Smashes, overpowered items, and Ike (the so-called "n00b killer"), it might not sound like such a bad idea.
Here's the twist, though. You wouldn't want it to be as simple as touching it and you go from 3-stock to 4, right? Since it'd be such a valuable item, you'd want some really epic struggles to come about when it appears. So if you were to pick up the mushroom, you'd "hold" it the same way you hold parts of the Dragoon or the Smash Ball. If you get smacked around enough, you can drop the 1-UP Mushroom and someone else could pick it up. Of course, you'd hear the 1-UP sound every time the mushroom's picked up.
So when exactly would the mushroom actually do what it's supposed to do? Simple: when you get KO'd. You'd die, as usual, but instead of going from 3-stock to 2, you wouldn't lose a life at all. Think of it as a second chance. Very helpful if you get caught by Galaxia Darkness... Oh yeah, the 1-UP 'shroom only takes effect WHEN YOU ARE KNOCKED OUT. If you kill yourself, you lose the life AND the 1-UP. Booya, preemptive cheaters.
This could be the turning-point in a Stock match, but what about in a Timed match? Really really useless... or would it? Let's say you grab that 1-UP Mushroom then someone KOs you. They'd get that +1 and you get the -1, right? NOPE. They'd get the +1 since they KO'd you, but you won't lose a point. Another turning point, indeed.
So... sounds like a plausible item, huh? Tell me what you think, and remember, real men use items.
Smash Brothers is more or less a gathering of the most iconic Nintendo characters and items around, right? What's more iconic than that classic sound when you get an extra life? I don't hear enough when I play SMB: Lost Levels, but I digress.
I'm sure you all know exactly what it would do: you get the mushroom and you get an extra life (or stock). Sounds kinda cheap, right? You know what, it probably would be. But with ridiculous Final Smashes, overpowered items, and Ike (the so-called "n00b killer"), it might not sound like such a bad idea.
Here's the twist, though. You wouldn't want it to be as simple as touching it and you go from 3-stock to 4, right? Since it'd be such a valuable item, you'd want some really epic struggles to come about when it appears. So if you were to pick up the mushroom, you'd "hold" it the same way you hold parts of the Dragoon or the Smash Ball. If you get smacked around enough, you can drop the 1-UP Mushroom and someone else could pick it up. Of course, you'd hear the 1-UP sound every time the mushroom's picked up.
So when exactly would the mushroom actually do what it's supposed to do? Simple: when you get KO'd. You'd die, as usual, but instead of going from 3-stock to 2, you wouldn't lose a life at all. Think of it as a second chance. Very helpful if you get caught by Galaxia Darkness... Oh yeah, the 1-UP 'shroom only takes effect WHEN YOU ARE KNOCKED OUT. If you kill yourself, you lose the life AND the 1-UP. Booya, preemptive cheaters.
This could be the turning-point in a Stock match, but what about in a Timed match? Really really useless... or would it? Let's say you grab that 1-UP Mushroom then someone KOs you. They'd get that +1 and you get the -1, right? NOPE. They'd get the +1 since they KO'd you, but you won't lose a point. Another turning point, indeed.
So... sounds like a plausible item, huh? Tell me what you think, and remember, real men use items.
