Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl General Thread - All Star Brawl 2 Available Today!

[Ze Diglett]

FELLAS.
I HAVE UNLOCKED.
THE FUNNY ORANGE CAT IS HERE.
AND IT'S THE SAME MODEL FROM THE LEAK, EVEN
SCHADENFREUDE LEVELS CRITICAL
I COULD NOT BE MORE READY

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Garfield's thought bubble seems to be lingering - which I guess would make him the first character with a non-special move projectile (unless you count Toph's stone idol)

 

[Guynamednelson]

I like how I thought Garfield and Friends' run on Nick helped justify adding him before he got an actual Nicktoon...

...and the first thing you see of him is him with his top hat and cane from its openings.

 

[Mamboo07]

YES!
YES!
YES!

MY BOY GARFIELD IS NOW A FIGHTER!!!!

 

[Flyboy]

A few fun little references/comparisons I found!

They even have his ears backwards when he's angry like in the comics!

 

[fogbadge]

Here's the video

finally the games worth getting

say this paid for or free?

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

finally the games worth getting

say this paid for or free?

Garfield will be free, as will Shredder, and then every other character will likely be paid.

 

[fogbadge]

Garfield will be free, as will Shredder, and then every other character will likely be paid.

hot dog (or cat I suppose) time to get me a copy

 

[Speed Weed]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

IT IS TIME

FOR LASAGA

 

[Mamboo07]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

IT IS TIME

FOR LASAGA

I agree.

 

[dlewis53]

Well...that happened.

In all seriousness, Garfield looks like a pretty fun character, and I'm always up for fighters that are more on the cartoony side (like Ren & Stimpy and Nigel). I got a good chuckle out of some of his attacks (particularly the ones where he's eating lasagna, where he whacks the opponent with a giant slab of meat, and the aerial where he basically burps at the opponent). I also liked the reference to the opening to Garfield & Friends with the tap-dance routine, as well as how his guard is just him holding up his hand; that's just hilarious! Also, the move involving his teddy bear (which if I recall is one of his specials) looks like it could be an interesting tool to use.

His stage also seems pretty good; visually speaking it looks gorgeous, and the simple layout makes it good for someone like me who mainly plays one-on-one matches unless I'm in the mood for a free-for-all. Not to mention I already know that the music is gonna be another banger!

Honestly, my only complaints about the reveal are A. Once again the trailer moves too fast for its own good (I had to slow it down just to get an idea of what was happening), and B. Once again, there isn't a concrete release date for the Switch outside of "December 2021"; I guess I should be happy that he's at least coming out this month for me, but it's still a bit frustrating that I'll once again be the last guy to play with the new stuff.

Again, curse you Nintendo!

But yeah, despite being firmly neutral on Garfield as a whole (my only real experience being incredibly vague memories of watching Garfield & Friends as a kid, and watching The Garfield Show as a teen and thinking it was "meh") and my initial impression of him being an ad pick, Garfield looks like a worthy addition to the roster and I'm excited to learn more about him in the showcase and play him for myself!*

*Whenever that happens

Edit: I'm still a bit bummed that the trailer song still hasn't been released in full.

 

[LimeTH]

I was so excited until finding out Switch owners have to wait two weeks while everyone else gets him this weekend. What a buzzkill.

He looks incredible though, like I can't believe Garfield is in a fighting game.

 

[Capybara Gaming]

I love that IGN forgot to ****ing upload the images to the announcement. They were supposed to have his moveset page.

 

[Megadoomer]

It's worth noting that Garfield's listed as being available December '21 (as in the short form of 2021), not December 21. So he could come out anywhere from December 10th to December 31st.

(do we know why the Switch version of this update has a different release date from the rest? I don't recall other DLC releases being delayed compared to the release dates on other platforms, but then again, a lot of the games that I play aren't multiplayer multiplatform games with DLC that came out at the same time as the other versions, as I look through my Switch line-up)

 

[dlewis53]

It's worth noting that Garfield's listed as being available December '21 (as in the short form of 2021), not December 21. So he could come out anywhere from December 10th to December 31st.

(do we know why the Switch version of this update has a different release date from the rest? I don't recall other DLC releases being delayed compared to the release dates on other platforms, but then again, a lot of the games that I play aren't multiplayer multiplatform games with DLC that came out at the same time as the other versions, as I look through my Switch line-up)

From my understanding, the reason the Garfield update for Switch is coming later than the other platforms is because Nintendo is paranoid that updates to games not made by them could cause issues with the Switch itself, so they basically go through the entire update with a fine-tooth comb...which causes it to come out quite a bit later than the other platforms.

Pretty much all the updates for All-Star Brawl have been like this on the Switch.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Today, history is being made. The cat's out of the bag. An acquired character on Nick's stable that didn't even have any original Nick shows made for them yet got used in something. You can just tell that Ludosity wanted to use him as soon as possible.

Luckily Switch users won't need to wait too long for the character to launch, should be ready by Xmas. At least it's not a few months from now, so I'm fine with waiting for this.

...Speaking of which, who's ready to watch the Garfield Christmas special?

I love that IGN forgot to ****ing upload the images to the announcement. They were supposed to have his moveset page.

I would bring up a certain meme about IGN's staff's usual performance, but everyone already knows it.

 

[Ze Diglett]

Sorry, folks, I had to. I'm probably the only one who still cares, but now that we've seen Garfield officially and his model's ostensibly the same one from the leak, I couldn't help taking a trip down memory lane and looking at the discourse from when that leak was still fresh. No offense to the people who made these posts, of course, it's all in good fun, but after how smug some of y'all got about that ****, I feel I've earned my moment.

 

[fogbadge]

man i hope he has his kick

 

[dlewis53]

man i hope he has his kick

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGByw-tXwAUXyZh?format=jpg&name=large

Is this what you're referring to?

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

By the way, the sabertooth expression move is a reference to Garfield: Caught In The Act on Genesis. I never actually thought they'd reference that gem.

Man, Ludosity does really care about making this game or what? When they get the breathing room, anyways.

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Sorry, folks, I had to. I'm probably the only one who still cares, but now that we've seen Garfield officially and his model's ostensibly the same one from the leak, I couldn't help taking a trip down memory lane and looking at the discourse from when that leak was still fresh. No offense to the people who made these posts, of course, it's all in good fun, but after how smug some of y'all got about that ****, I feel I've earned my moment.

The only reason I felt defensive was because whether Ultimate would get anyone that'd stack up to him, but that's no issue now. Though I embraced the possibility prior to this.

That said, I think this leak's helpful for publicizing the game. Here we have the first official Nick-related appearance for Garfield.

Garfield will be free, as will Shredder, and then every other character will likely be paid.

Pretty much. What I wonder about is how the season pass structure will look like, but at least we're getting steadily closer to finding out.

 

[fogbadge]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGByw-tXwAUXyZh?format=jpg&name=large

Is this what you're referring to?

sort of. Bar the stretching effect and the fact that he normally smiles when he does it, that does look like it

 

[dlewis53]

By the way, the sabertooth expression move is a reference to Garfield: Caught In The Act on Genesis. I never actually thought they'd reference that gem.

Man, Ludosity does really care about making this game or what? When they get the breathing room, anyways.

Yeah, when it comes to the actual characters and their movesets, it's clear that the devs really do care about the game and want it to be great.

It's in other stuff that Nickelodeon doesn't give them any breathing room for stupid reasons.

 

[amageish]

Garfield looks good! I find it funny half of his trailer is reusing old footage from previous trailers with the "Introducing" thing and we STILL HAVEN'T SEEN KORRA'S ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER. YOU COULD HAVE PUT IT INSIDE OF GARFIELD'S TRAILER, GUYS.

sighs

Anyway, yeah, the moveset has a good references. No question that there are some hardcore Garfield fans on the dev team.

And Rep is also surprised the Switch version is still lagging behind, so... um... That's awkward. I'm also kind of surprised Fair Play labs are the contact-point with consoles; shouldn't that be Game Mill's job?

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Garfield looks good! I find it funny half of his trailer is reusing old footage from previous trailers with the "Introducing" thing and we STILL HAVEN'T SEEN KORRA'S ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER. YOU COULD HAVE PUT IT INSIDE OF GARFIELD'S TRAILER, GUYS.

sighs

Anyway, yeah, the moveset has a good references. No question that there are some hardcore Garfield fans on the dev team.

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And Rep is also surprised the Switch version is still lagging behind, so... um... That's awkward. I'm also kind of surprised Fair Play labs are the contact-point with consoles; shouldn't that be Game Mill's job?

Should probably be out next week, then.

We can reasonably assume that every DLC character will come with an alt from the word go. Which one it is for Garf is the question today.

 

[dlewis53]

Should probably be out next week, then.

We can reasonably assume that every DLC character will come with an alt from the word go. Which one it is for Garf is the question today.

There are some screenshots on Twitter that show Garfield wearing a pizza bandana around his neck, so I think that's his alt.

Garfield looks good! I find it funny half of his trailer is reusing old footage from previous trailers with the "Introducing" thing and we STILL HAVEN'T SEEN KORRA'S ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER. YOU COULD HAVE PUT IT INSIDE OF GARFIELD'S TRAILER, GUYS.

sighs

...Yeah, it still kind of bugs me that we never got a proper reveal trailer for Korra despite there clearly being evidence of one in that Xbox podcast.

 

[MBRedboy31]

We can reasonably assume that every DLC character will come with an alt from the word go. Which one it is for Garf is the question today.

It seems that you can see his alt in the second pic here:

Surprise! Garfield is coming to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl on @PlayStation for FREE! #NickBrawl https://t.co/aiyk7rEGcE pic.twitter.com/MvJOiGpiCQ

— Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (@NickBrawlGame) December 7, 2021

 

[DeviousFish]

garfield looks really well animated. Really hyped for him

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Is anyone else not able to connect to Online mode on Switch?

EDIT: It works now.

 

[ivanlerma]

Well...that happened.

In all seriousness, Garfield looks like a pretty fun character, and I'm always up for fighters that are more on the cartoony side (like Ren & Stimpy and Nigel). I got a good chuckle out of some of his attacks (particularly the ones where he's eating lasagna, where he whacks the opponent with a giant slab of meat, and the aerial where he basically burps at the opponent). I also liked the reference to the opening to Garfield & Friends with the tap-dance routine, as well as how his guard is just him holding up his hand; that's just hilarious! Also, the move involving his teddy bear (which if I recall is one of his specials) looks like it could be an interesting tool to use.

His stage also seems pretty good; visually speaking it looks gorgeous, and the simple layout makes it good for someone like me who mainly plays one-on-one matches unless I'm in the mood for a free-for-all. Not to mention I already know that the music is gonna be another banger!

Honestly, my only complaints about the reveal are A. Once again the trailer moves too fast for its own good (I had to slow it down just to get an idea of what was happening), and B. Once again, there isn't a concrete release date for the Switch outside of "December 2021"; I guess I should be happy that he's at least coming out this month for me, but it's still a bit frustrating that I'll once again be the last guy to play with the new stuff.

Again, curse you Nintendo!

But yeah, despite being firmly neutral on Garfield as a whole (my only real experience being incredibly vague memories of watching Garfield & Friends as a kid, and watching The Garfield Show as a teen and thinking it was "meh") and my initial impression of him being an ad pick, Garfield looks like a worthy addition to the roster and I'm excited to learn more about him in the showcase and play him for myself!*

*Whenever that happens

Edit: I'm still a bit bummed that the trailer song still hasn't been released in full.

You're Not the only who plays the game on the switch, you know.

 

[ivanlerma]

Garfield looks good! I find it funny half of his trailer is reusing old footage from previous trailers with the "Introducing" thing and we STILL HAVEN'T SEEN KORRA'S ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER. YOU COULD HAVE PUT IT INSIDE OF GARFIELD'S TRAILER, GUYS.

sighs

Anyway, yeah, the moveset has a good references. No question that there are some hardcore Garfield fans on the dev team.

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And Rep is also surprised the Switch version is still lagging behind, so... um... That's awkward. I'm also kind of surprised Fair Play labs are the contact-point with consoles; shouldn't that be Game Mill's job?

I Wonder If they'll do the same with Shredder But with the TMNT Characters

 

[dlewis53]

You're Not the only who plays the game on the switch, you know.

...Um, yeah? I'm very much aware of that?

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I Wonder If they'll do the same with Shredder But with the TMNT Characters

I could see them do it. Doubly hilarious if Garfield's involved.

 

[LimeTH]

It's worth noting that Garfield's listed as being available December '21 (as in the short form of 2021), not December 21. So he could come out anywhere from December 10th to December 31st.

(do we know why the Switch version of this update has a different release date from the rest? I don't recall other DLC releases being delayed compared to the release dates on other platforms, but then again, a lot of the games that I play aren't multiplayer multiplatform games with DLC that came out at the same time as the other versions, as I look through my Switch line-up)

I looked again and yeah, youre right.

I can't tell if the fact we don't actually have a date for the Switch release is better or worse...

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

This must feel pretty cathartic for our tabby one. Any chances the Bikini Atoll explosion will be edited onto gameplay of this move?

 

[dlewis53]

This must feel pretty cathartic for our tabby one. Any chances the Bikini Atoll explosion will be edited onto gameplay of this move?

If you're referring to the explosion that occurs in "Dying for Pie" then I'd say there's a 99.99% chance that someone somewhere is going to do a video of this and edit it in.

 

[ivanlerma]

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Garfield reveal trailer but the music is the The Garfield Show theme song

youtu.be

Someone edited The Garfield Show Theme Song in the trailer, the ending felt pretty well fit.

 

[FazDude]

I'm a little late to the party, but even when we knew about it for a while, seeing Garfield in action was pretty hype. His moveset looks pretty fun (a lot of it feels pretty on-brand for Garfield, and I'm interested in that lingering thought bubble brings to the table), and it's nice to have a character in the roster I had an attachment to (not that I didn't grow up with Nicktoons or anything, I just stuck to a few and am totally out of the loop on the newer stuff). My one gripe is that his little top hat isn't his alt, which is a shame (though it makes me wonder what it'll be used for).

Overall, pretty excited for Garf. Was meaning to pick this game back up soon anyway, so this is a nice little incentive.

Also, just realized Garfield's our first acquired property to get a playable representative. Your move, Goku.

 

[DeviousFish]

something a bit minor,but someone dmed gamemill about the banner and they said it wouldn't be updated, but it could be in the future

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

something a bit minor,but someone dmed gamemill about the banner and they said it wouldn't be updated, but it could be in the future

I bet it wouldn't be until around when the paid DLC stuff starts. We have yet to get Shredder, after all.

 

[CapitaineCrash]

Garfield looks very good. It seems that giving the last 2 characters more time in the oven was a great idea, because his model and animations looks pretty clean compared to others fighters. Even his stages seems to have way more detailled than most of the others. This put my hopes up for the future of the game ansd I'm excited to see the other characters.