Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[GoldenYuiitusin]

I don't think Jigglypuff should be cut.

I also don't think she should be put on some pedestal like she's "untouchable" just because "she hasn't been cut before".
She's just barely made it a number of times by the skin of her teeth just because she's been relatively easy to just copy data for. There will be a time she won't be so lucky and people need to accept that.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

speaking of puff got my second shiny one this morning anyone still up for Scream Tail?

Me, i am.

I feel likes its the easiest way to represent an era of Pokemon that they will most likely skip over.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

That was already the case with Melee, it's just more obvious when there's no wavedashing.

I knew it was always the case, but it became much more exaggerated in Brawl.

Jigglypuff should get Draining Kiss as a command grab.

You know how the Kirby cast used to smooch each other to transfer healing items in multiplayer? Yeah I just pictured something like that and just...That's the funniest thing I've seen all day. lol

Mental images aside though, how would you handle giving Jigglypuff a command grab, especially one that's a life steal in the source material? Would it act like Nosferatu?

I also would move Sing to one of Jigglypuff's other specials (and buff it) and then give it a new up special, since it's always bugged me a lot how it has the only up special that doesn't give recovery.

I think Rest is the reason why Sing was so terrible pre Ultimate, and I would say they've got to be careful with giving a character with a move like that free-er access to a stun.

Also, Egg Throw. I mean, it does boost recovery, but like, not really?

 

[Louie G.]

Jigglypuff should get Draining Kiss as a command grab.

I kinda love this idea, but it could be as simple as making it her pummel. She gives the opponent a couple smooches and sponges up some of their lost HP. She’s frail enough where I think getting a few HP back from a grab - which is pretty difficult to do as Jigglypuff to begin with - would be a justified risk reward.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

I kinda love this idea, but it could be as simple as making it her pummel. She gives the opponent a couple smooches and sponges up some of their lost HP. She’s frail enough where I think getting a few HP back from a grab - which is pretty difficult to do as Jigglypuff to begin with - would be a justified risk reward.

On top of this, I don't think Jigglypuff really gets anything off of her throws (aside from Melee where Up Throw -> Rest was a thing) other than a bit of stage control, so this could be a pretty cool way of giving her a unique reason to land a grab, preferably at high percentages where she can kiss them repeatedly.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

On top of this, I don't think Jigglypuff really gets anything off of her throws (aside from Melee where Up Throw -> Rest was a thing) other than a bit of stage control, so this could be a pretty cool way of giving her a unique reason to land a grab, preferably at high percentages where she can kiss them repeatedly.

They changed her forward throw's angle in an Ultimate patch so that it's easier to set up edgeguards if done near a ledge.

It's not much but it's still something that's very appreciated since Puff is very good at edgeguarding, so anything that helps this aspect of her is very good.

Draining Kiss could be a pummel so you get the risk-reward of keeping on the pummels until they mash out or lose out on some healing by yeeting the foe.

 

[Gorgonzales]

It just dawned on me that there isn't really anything stopping them from making the Mario Head from Mario Teaches Typing an assist trophy.

I didn't know where else to express this realization.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Crackpot Smash Ideas: Classic Mode now has a bunch of different minigames it randomly selects during its bonus round. These minigames are mostly stuff that's appeared before, but with one new addition: Jet Board.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Crackpot Smash Ideas: Classic Mode now has a bunch of different minigames it randomly selects during its bonus round. These minigames are mostly stuff that's appeared before, but with one new addition: Jet Board.

I'm sold on most of the idea but you're gonna need to explain Jet Board.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

I'm sold on most of the idea but you're gonna need to explain Jet Board.

Jump! Jump!


Slide! Slide!

 

[CannonStreak]

Jump! Jump!


Slide! Slide!

Oh boy, plenty of Megaman fans that were traumatized by that are not going to like this.

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

It just dawned on me that there isn't really anything stopping them from making the Mario Head from Mario Teaches Typing an assist trophy.

I didn't know where else to express this realization.

How they preserve Martinet's voice after updating the fighters to the new cast.

 

[The Prankster 16]

Crackpot Smash Ideas: Classic Mode now has a bunch of different minigames it randomly selects during its bonus round.

Monkey’s paw: There’s only one stage for each minigame. And the race to the finish one is the same one from Ultimate.

 

[NintenRob]

Jigglypuff will probably be cut one day. But the next Smash is absolutely the wrong time. Jigglypuff is more relevant than she has been in years and is decently prominent in Scarlet and Violet. Like, she's kinda set up to be the first wild tera Pokémon you come across. And of course she got her own Paradox Pokémon. I'd love to see a Scream Tail alt for Jigglypuff.