If your most wanted character would get in Smash, what kind of unique mechanic/gimmick could they have? How would it work?
The most obvious one for Elenor (or any PSO rep) would be Just Attack windows.
Timing (almost) any move appropriately after a prior move increases its power (and secondary effect where applicable).
To be accurate to the original PSO, this could only work on every 2nd or 3rd move, but if you decide to go with the PSO2 implementation, it could work on all moves after the first, just with an added delay after every 3rd attack.
Thought about also switching shielding over for a dodge roll, but that may be too busted. >_>
There are other novel things you could do with certain weapon specials, some of which would work better than others, but the most fun ones would be busted in some way (looking at you, Heaven Punisher), so eh...
If they went with a Katana-user from PSO2 instead, they
could give perfect shielding Just Counter (counter-attack) and Katana Gear (boosts attack temporarily by spending gear accrued through normal combat) properties. But I don't want any of them, so nah...
The only other character I actually considered a similar gimmic for is actually Pyramid Head, and it's another one that just sounds good on paper, but would likely be kind of rubbish in practice.
Judgement: the more kills an opponent has (on their current stock, at least), the more attack/defense Pyramid Head has against them, specifically.
or it could be based on the amount of damage they've done if that is too limiting.
here's a fun Q: if your number one most wanted character was in, what assist trophy would come with them and how would it work
While I don't think they're going to add assist trophies, this is kind of hard since there's a number of ways you could go to source them.
- There are obviously a number of characters in the OG PSO story to run with. I'd probably give Ep.3 the focus if we were looking there and go with Castor and Pollux. But since PSO would be contributing the primary character, the stage, most of the music, spirits, etc. it would probably be better to spread the love.
My next thought was to go with Lou, but I'd rather the Universe/Portable sub-series remain its own thing.
- They could take someone from PSO2es (Annette or Seraphy [since Gene would... pose a problem*]) to give that some representation.
But in the end, I actually think the most fitting character for an AT would be
She could do her dash attack back-and-forth, kick out shockwave blades, and do the jumping meteor stomp.
*I just realized, you can't spell CERO without ERO, and that's just plain backwards...
