Q7 (or someone else) was talking about Sami move set potential and really, I keep thinking that the Toy Soldier angle would make for one of the coolest designs you could give her:
Neutral B -
Disposable Infantry - Sami releases a unit(units) with a toss upward (think Snake's grenade) that marches forwards with their bayonets out. This toss can be angled similar to Snake's grenade toss.
Forward B -
Rocket Launcher/Bazooka - Fires a faster and longer distance rocket the longer B is held (or whether or not the stick is smashed). Can be angled but angled rockets travel a set distance before becoming subject to gravity and falling downward. Explosions have multiple lingering hitboxes for a short period of time.
Downward B -
Cover Fire - Generates a soldier in the ground that Sami stands on. Sami stomps one of her infantry sprites into the ground where they then lie in wait. Anything that moves along the same plain or meets their eye level is immediately fired upon as the soldier pokes their head out and fires their gun forward. (Think of Perfect Dark's Laptop Gun, the
Colonel Force chip in Megaman Battle Network 6 [
another example from the same game], turrets, etc.) If Sami presses this again over the unit she's placed in the ground (noted by their helmets on the field), she'll kick them a certain distance away so as to cover new ground. (Essentially, hockey puck turrets)
Upward B -
Helicopter Unit - Generates a Advance Wars GBA helicopter sprite that aids her offensively or for recoveries. When B is pressed, Sami hitches a ride by either comically holding on to the helicopter's handles despite the size difference (the helicopter isn't much bigger than her upper body) or hangs off of a rope ladder released out of the contraption. When B is held, Sami calls a helicopter that hovers for a few seconds while pointing downward at a 60 degree angle. If an opponent wonders into its line of fire, the helicopter unloads a hail of fire from the air for a few seconds before vanishing. Pressing Up B again forces it to disappear. Holding the B calls it to hover over the new position Sami issued the call from. While this Helicopter is out, Sami is unable to use the unit for recovery. The unit also disappears/is destroyed by opponent's offense.