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Pikachu's Thunder does 42%!?!

Luminary

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I've had this video of Pikachu vs. Jigglypuff saved on my Wii for a long time, and I figured it's high time I showed it to people. I play games against computers sometimes, since I can't bring over an offline opponent every time I want to play Brawl. And online is laggy. So I played a CPU Jigglypuff on Corneria, and on her last stock, she roll-dodged into me as I was thundering. Three quarters of the way through her roll, she got struck by lighting. She took standard knockback, but Thunder gave her 42% damage! Try as I might, I can neither duplicate nor understand this phenomenon. And, frankly, I'm getting sick of watching two and a half minutes of me playing badly over and over again, just to see a second of consequential video. So I was hoping that I could send this video to someone else's Wii (that's possible, right?), so that they could record the replay using their own methods, and post it on the internet. This would allow people to see the video, and to more easily play the interesting part over and over again. If this move can be figured out, it would be greatly appreciated, because a 42% thunder just might be useful. :p As long as it's not too situational... So would someone with a decent quality recorder be able to upload this for me? I'll send the required information to the person who does.

Some notable details: we were on the slope of the Great Fox's tail, almost at the top. She spot-dodged right before she rolled. Jigglypuff took multiple hits from this one Thunder. I counted four, but I'm probably wrong.

I've seen Muhznit's thread regarding a high damage thunder, but as far as I can tell, these two techniques are not the same.
 

M15t3R E

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I'm fairly sure you timed the thunder so that its hitbox connected with Jiggz multiple time due to poor DI.
We have Stealth who uploaded a video some time ago of a thunder connecting with an opponent three times followed by a nair.

But I'm interested to see your find, so if you'd like I can take a look at it and record it and send it back to you.
 

Luminary

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Oh, sorry. So, then is this just a rare glitch, or something? Thanks for letting me know what happened!
If you're interested in the video, I can send it to you. My Wii # is 0479 3848 3517 4370, and my FC is 4553 9685 2445. But first, do you know where I can find Stealth's video?
 

Luminary

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I think that was what happened to me. If you still want to see the video, I can send it to you, but otherwise, I'm happy with my answer. Thank you!
 

M15t3R E

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Well if that's what happened to you then I don't need to see it lol.
Just know what you did is very difficult to pull off intentionally. It would make Pikachu top tier if it was easy stuff.
 

Luminary

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Sure, I'll send it to you if you'd like to take a peek. I'd need your Wii #, though, I think you can only send videos to Wii Friends. You'll have to excuse my horrible playing, though. I'm new enough to competitive smash to suck, and have played the game long enough to have picked up bad habits. The event happens on Jigglypuff's third life.
 

Luminary

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I can't send it yet. The FC I put in for you is still awaiting registration. I'll double check the codes I put in.
 

Tujex

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If Stealth can't get to it, I can. I have some CoD:WaW vids to make later on anyway soo....let me know.
 
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