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

[Master Hero Sock-on-Rye]

It's a super scummy move. Basically people are being forced to pay extra to have a full set of four alts. If you buy the regular edition you'll only have three alts.

Are we sure Mr. Krabs is only a stage cameo?

 

[Faso115]

Are we sure Mr. Krabs is only a stage cameo?

They missed the perfect opportunity to make him a pre-order bonus.

I know WB games would have done that in heartbeat.

 

[Teeb147]

Mr. Krabs will be a deluxe Patrick skin;

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jk

 

[FazDude]

Charging extra for Mr. Krabs is definitely in-character if nothing else.

 

[CapitaineCrash]

Personally my stance on stages and characters cameo is that for the first wave of dlc, they're out of the question because I assume the dlc were already decided when they were developping the games so they wouldn't work on a stage cameo for something that would be dlc later. But if there's more dlc later, they could change their mind and use them (similar to Smash Ultimate who's first wave of dlc only had original stuff, and in the second wave they used Min Min and Pyra/Mythra who were spirits because those were not planned to be playable when they made the game).

 

[Gorgonzales]

beavers spotlight up

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

I can't believe a character in this game has a Y2K joke as an attack.

 

[fogbadge]

Ok they’re looking really fun to play as. Their stage looks good too but then that’s just the one layout

also I couldn’t help but notice top hat reptar

 

[AreJay25]

Yeah they look really fun. Pretty cool to have an assist based character like this in a platform fighter, and visually they look great too.

Speaking of which, I like how they just straight up gave them two of the most infamous assists in fighting games lmao.

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[Faso115]

I see Doom's hidden missile from MVC. These guys are gonna dominate for sure /s

 

[Capybara Gaming]

Yeah they look really fun. Pretty cool to have an assist based character like this in a platform fighter, and visually they look great too.

Speaking of which, I like how they just straight up gave them two of the most infamous assists in fighting games lmao.

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I'm quitting the second I see Daggett pull out the old FOOT DIVE

 

[Perkilator]

The way the Angry Beavers' tagging and assist attacks works reminds me of Source Gaming's Dream Smasher article on Noah & Mio, which discussed the concept of the two using Fusion Arts to switch between each other.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Angry Beavers look really really cool! I really wanna try maiming them. :0

great showcase.

 

[dlewis53]

Alright, Norb & Dag look pretty fun! I like there are (apparently) differences between the two (Dag's faster and more combo-focused, while Norb's more range and power-focused), and I like how the switching mechanic was implemented, particularly how you can swap during their respective Neutral and Side Specials and not just with their Down Special; that'll be fun to play around with. Also, I'll definitely have to play around with their other moves considering the showcase was kind of swallowed up by their Specials.

One thing I'll say is that it does feel a tad odd that the two only have one Special Move completely unique to them that involves that Beaver doing something, namely the Up Special; both the Neutral and Side Specials involve summoning the other Beaver for a unique attack, and the Down is what I'm guessing is the move that does the swap, so that just leaves the Up Special as the only one that Dag and Norb have to themselves without involving the other. It's not a huge deal, just an odd observation.

Also, this is something I've kind of been wondering since Norb & Dag's reveal, and this didn't really help much, but in-game, are they going to be referred to as Norb & Dag (or some variant) by the announcer? Or are they going to be referred to collectively as "Angry Beavers"? I wonder because both the reveal and showcase titles have collectively referred to them as such, and that would be kind of weird if they did.

Also also, I wonder if there'll be a similar thing to Smash where you can choose which Beaver you want to start with on the character selection screen.

All in all, though, the Beavers look like they'll be fun to play around with, particularly the plays with the swapping mechanic, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of their respective movesets look like!

 

[Teeb147]

Ok I really like the beavers. I'll probably be using them :D

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

I think the reason they got the GameXplain guy to do the Beavers showcase is because the GameXplain Plankton video, which I believe was the same guy, is the most viewed NASB 2 video on YouTube at 1.1M views

 

[Teeb147]

I would have liked to see more of their regular moves. I still don't know what norbert's range is, they mostly talked about the specials being different, and clearly a lot of aerials are the same besides f-air but what about the rest?

 

[dlewis53]

I would have liked to see more of their regular moves. I still don't know what norbert's range is, they mostly talked about the specials being different, and clearly a lot of aerials are the same besides f-air but what about the rest?

Yeah, that's one criticism I had of the showcase itself; I felt like they maybe focused a little too much on the Beavers' Specials without showing off a lot of their normal moves, which would've helped sell the idea that Dag is more combo-based while Norb is more range-based.

 

[Teeb147]

Yeah, that's one criticism I had of the showcase itself; I felt like they maybe focused a little too much on the Beavers' Specials without showing off a lot of their normal moves, which would've helped sell the idea that Dag is more combo-based while Norb is more range-based.

I can see how Norb has a bit more range on some moves but it really isn't big, so I don't think range is a selling point for him, considering dag has two ranged specials (even if norb performs them)

But besides wanting to see more, All in all, I like them more than I thought becuase of everything they can do and their movement. I think they'll make it into my main team :D

 

[LimeTH]

beavers spotlight up

They do look pretty nuts.

I like that they did more or less what I was expecting, Dag being a rushdown character while Norb is more of a zoner. Their Hawaiian shirt alts are hilarious, and while there are some "generic beaver ****" moves, it's apparently only two, both are assists, they're fitting enough for Dag as a character, and the rest appears to be actual references to the show, so whatever, all good!
Showing them fighting each other at the beginning was great (the sissy slap fight got a good laugh out of me) and the "playing as either beaver solo is a viable option" line had me feel seen.

That said, ehhh, I'm not crazy about them each only having one special to themselves, which is something I was worried about to begin with. The showcase really only focused on the assist moves so I still don't have much idea how each one actually plays on their beyond that. I wanted to see more of the light and strong moves and we basically just got "Norb's golfclub" as a token mention. Always a catch, I guess.

I see Doom's hidden missile from MVC. These guys are gonna dominate for sure /s

BEAVERS SWEEP AT EVO BABY.

 

[Teeb147]

I'm not crazy about them each only having one special to themselves, which is something I was worried about to begin with.

I consider the specials to still be theirs. Just because the other beaver is the one that shows .. they're great moves that have range,. Plus if someone plays both then it's like ying yang, you have a splodge of one in the other . but I guess you did say you felt seen for wanting to solo one of them.

I guess even if someone wants to use the switch mechanic to recover, you can switch back after, so technically I do think someone could do ok soloing.

But yeah I guess there's more we need to see on them, I still don't see norb as having that much or enough range to be a zoner.

 

[LimeTH]

I consider the specials to still be theirs. Just because the other beaver is the one that shows .. they're great moves that have range,. Plus if someone plays both then it's like ying yang, you have a splodge of one in the other . but I guess you did say you felt seen for wanting to solo one of them.

I guess even if someone wants to use the switch mechanic to recover, you can switch back after, so technically I do think someone could do ok soloing.

But yeah I guess there's more we need to see on them, I still don't see norb as having that much or enough range to be a zoner.

I mean, I get it, it justifies them being a duo, if there weren't the assist moves then yeah, they might as well have just been separate.

But like.... yeah why not? lol

Nah, I'm glad there's at least a reason, as opposed to Ren and Stimpy who still sorta, to me at least, mostly feel like just Stimpy with Ren included sometimes.

 

[Capybara Gaming]

I gotta give them credit, even if I don't like some of the characters they picked the move set creativity this time around is impressive. I'm interested in playing like half the cast haha.

The Beavers definitely got some extra care, and I'm glad to see that for their fans.

In regards to the costumes... Ember's pirate alt is totally the one you gotta pay extra for isn't it

 

[Ze Diglett]

Oh my GOD the Beavers look awesome. They really are CatDog done right. I'm loving what I'm seeing of the assist moves, and the fact that you can tag into the other Beaver while they're on the field is so cool. I don't even care if their recovery's ass since you can literally throw one Beaver offstage, then teleport to the other one if he's standing there. I'm already theorycrafting combos for these guys - Norb Side Special -> Tag Out -> Dag Side Special -> Dag Aerial Fstrong might be broken at the ledge, and that's WITHOUT using Slime. Can't wait to see if it works!
**** me, I legitimately wanna play everyone in this game. This might be the first time I cop out and main Random.

 

[LimeTH]

I don't even care if their recovery's ass since you can literally throw one Beaver offstage, then teleport to the other one if he's standing there.

The beavers would be a stance fighter, but instead of summoning out, the inactive beaver would remain on stage, meaning that the player functionally teleports to where the other beaver was left and creates a new teleport for the next stance change.

Well, there's our answer if that was happening with the Beavers or with ZIM and GIR.

 

[Geoffrey Druyts]

You know what. Losing CatDog hurts, but the way the beavers were created makes more than up to it.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

What I just experienced. My god...

It was the work of god. I had tears in my eyes. Never had I seen such beauty in my life...

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

I hope that when the Beavers get KO'd, they say "shut up!"

 

[LimeTH]

I hope that when the Beavers get KO'd, they say "shut up!"

I hope if there's an equivalent to Star KOs, they got the "YWOOOOOOOOO" and "EEEEEEEEEEEEGH" screams respectively.

 

[ivanlerma]

I hope if there's an equivalent to Star KOs, they got the "YWOOOOOOOOO" and "EEEEEEEEEEEEGH" screams respectively.

I'm hoping Norbert's Scream would come from the episode were the scientists keep zapping him.

 

[Teeb147]

wth gerald looks good and fun

 

[AreJay25]

Wow, Gerald looks nuts. Definitely wasn't expecting him to be a zoner, but it seems like he's got a ton of options to play around with. The skateboard move looks like it'll be pretty fun.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

He's got Wonderwing, and a weird mix of Jenny Fox's skateboard and Leonardo's leap. Awesome.

 

[Alicorn]

Gerald makes Belmonts look tame.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

He looked fine in the leaked footage, a "needs to get close to kill" zoner, which I think all NASB2 zoners seem to be in some form.

 

[AreJay25]

I love how insanely long his super is compared to some of the other characters, I can already see people getting tilted when they're hit by it lol.

 

[Faso115]

Gerald is one of those models where he looks really good on some shots and really bad on others.

Might be the cahracter design

 

[Capybara Gaming]

Gerald looks fun. I like that he's really different from Helga, I was worried he might just repurpose some of her moves. The music for the Hey Arnold stage is pretty rad too.

 

[fogbadge]

Am I seeing things or did he pull a piano out for an attack?

 

[dlewis53]

You know what, Gerald's actually looking more interesting than I initially thought. I like that he has four different objects through his Down Special that each have different properties (particularly the Wacko Watches, which seem like Pac-Man's Key with the limited use mechanic of Banjo & Kazooie's Wonderwing), and his skateboard looks like it'll be a good tool to get around the stage quickly as well as set up certain combos. And I think the Ghost Bride animation has improved since the reveal trailer.

Overall, Gerald's looking pretty good; again, like with the Beavers, I wish they put at least a little spotlight on some of his standard moves instead of focus exclusively on the Specials, but from what I've seen, my interest has been piqued.

Am I seeing things or did he pull a piano out for an attack?

I didn't see anything like that, and as far as I could tell, he wasn't shown fighting Grandma Gertie at any point, so I don't know what gave you that impression.