that's because people gave up trying to recreate the super YYG.Nobody really posts in any character specific boards anymore under melee. Occasionally I see some fox and falco posts and stuff but never really any low tier character boards anymore like ness
ness players couldnt settle for the good ol yyg.
50 foot grab of justice!!! I need to brush up on my ness for low tiers again. It wouldnt be so bad if he didnt get countered by Yoshi's Story. XD
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And actually, the link boards are pretty active.