Sakurai is a LIAR

[Vasilicus]

Sakurai: However, if the character on standby gets hit, he or she may fumble the Smash Ball!

However, as we can see in this video, Donkey Kong gets hit lots of times and still doesn't lose it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JwDDSsxS1fA

Provocative title aside, do you think there's some sort of limit to how much damage you can take while holding the smash ball? What would this be do you think? DK takes 42% damage in the video and dies but doesn't lose the smash ball.

 

[Ouendanation]

It might be a bug.

 

[ChaoticTH]

I'd say 50%

 

[knuckles_18]

in other videos smash balls are fumbled if the carrier is hit.

 

[oxyborb]

maybe bigger characters, since htye are slower may suffer more damage

 

[SmashWolf]

Sheez, he got hit by only 2 attacks. MetaKnight's attack and Sonic's F-smash. Remember that it'll probably be lost quite randomly, just like it was with items in Melee.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

The key word is MAY

 

[MzNetta]

I would think it would work similarly to Kirby losing his hat, or a character having their item knocked off of them.

 

[KingKraken]

Lock Plz&thx

 

[brawl1994]

it was ONE move my metaknight, ONE

 

[adumbrodeus]

However, as we can see in this video, Donkey Kong gets hit lots of times and still doesn't lose it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JwDDSsxS1fA

Provocative title aside, do you think there's some sort of limit to how much damage you can take while holding the smash ball? What would this be do you think? DK takes 42% damage in the video and dies but doesn't lose the smash ball.

Erm, yeah.....


You remember how fumbles were handled in melee....

Think same thing.

Fumbles can happen, or they might not. A lot of attacks risk fumbles, but nothing is assured.

 

[Superninjabreadman]

Sakurai Also said the game would come out on Dec 3rd.

Things change. Bigger Characters probably take more damage to loose the ball.

 

[(jkk)]

OMG... It Says "MAY" fumble the smash ball. Its not going to happen every time. Its just luck. Its like dropping an item when getting hit. People need to chill out.

 

[the656]

I saw in a gameplay video a person got the smahs ball hit out of them

 

[RyokoYaksa]

I may drop my turnip if I get hit while holding one. If one occasion requires 5+ hits for me to drop it, and the next one takes only 1, does that make me a liar?

It seems just as random as any chance to drop an item when hit.

 

[TheJalapeno]

When I was Ike it usually took 2 to 3 Hits to slap the Smash ball out of a Metaknight at the E4A demo.

Then again, HE IS IKE.

Yes, it was a 1 on 1 match, I did win, Ike forever.

 

[plasman]

I can think of only one logical and completely objective explanation for this. DK is a BAMF and wouldn't loose his balls over sissy girls swatting at him.

In the vein of seriousness however I think it's got a little randomness to the fumbling. A la "he or she MAY fumble the Smash Ball!"

 

[brawlmaniac]

I'm thinking you lose it randomly with attacks. Kind of like Kirby in melee. He sucks someone up and gains their power but sometimes he loses it if he gets hit.

 

[Drake3]

From the videos I've seen, the player holding the smash ball needs to be abused obscenely before they drop the ball.