I don't like Kumatora either. Am I the only one of the few here who actually like Paula better than Kuma? I know many men like Kumatora because they think she is sexy and she is awesome because she is a tomboy, but her tomboyishness doesn't really go well with me. She doesn't have the charm that a young innocent girl like Paula does, cuddling her teddy bear and having a very devout faith in whatever god she prays to. Paula isn't all fluffly wuffly and super girly like Peach either, she is quite serious when she needs to be too, but not so overly spunky.
Maybe I am just too old school.
I think if there is SSB4, I'd pick Paula over Kumatora because she has more chances of having a varied moveset with the teddy bear and frying pan along with her praying as well.
Nice picture of Kumatora though. I think Kumatora I heard is about 19 in MOTHER 3, but that is when they are older during later parts of the game.
I liked thinking of how Paula was where all the power PSI was in your party. She had PK Fire, she had PK Freeze, and she had the Psi Shield for beating Starmen and whatnot.
Ness was the tank/fuel... a tough guy who looked out for the rest of them... Paula actually did the business.
And yet, yeah, she was still a
girl. I didn't think about the teddy (I'm really bad at getting a sense of age), but I did get a big impression from the Polestar school and what the people there said about her.
We've got our own Artwork Emporium up in here.
Ness Boards are jam.
Also, I always got the feeling that if Paula were ever to appear in a Smash game she'd be incredibly broken.
And all of the tier slaves would flock to her like the lost souls that they are.
I speculated that Paula would appear in Brawl, as a replacement to Ness with Ness' moveset, so that Ness could be remade with. . . like, his actual moves from EB. (I also did the same with Poo). I also once speculated on a Paula that would have her own moves... but got held up if I didn't allow her to have a yo-yo (which, although canon
fully supports, I just couldn't visualize it).
I thought PK Freeze would be a cool move where she deals massive damage in an area right in front of her... like an fair, except on a special (neutral B). The mechanics of being a special (B reversals) would make it valuable. And free up a different fair.
But come on... true to the games, she'd be one heck of a lightweight. She's dealt mortal damage every turn in my save. *shakes head*