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Frostwraith

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Yeah, I know, I know... But being able to do what Sakurai forgot to do with those two, changing even one attribute, would help me accept them a bit better.
Consider Lucina and Dark Pit as glorified alt costumes.

They were meant to be alts, but the very slight changes (which by the way Sakurai talks about Lucina seem to be somehow accidental) were the reason they were given their own slot, as to not mess with the game records.

Given the statistical nature of game records, no matter how minimal changes may be between two different characters, they would be skewed if two different characters shared the same slot. If the records are meant to be exact, no detail, no matter how small, should interfere with a precise tracking of character usage.

My theory is that the development team was tweaking around with Marth and Pit and came up with those now alternate versions and decided to keep them by splitting Lucina and Dark Pit, upgrading their alt status to a standalone character. It's not that outlandish, considering things during development are never set in stone until the project is declared finished. Tweaks and slight changes happen all the time during development: I know it from programming experience.

It also likely helped Lucina and Dark Pit have a significant amount of popularity, mainly in Japan, to the point there's merchandise of them there. This makes their inclusion a bit more justified. They're very much this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse

The fact they're very similar may also have to do with balancing, given they were made late in development.
 

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One thing that struck me as odd about that list is that a lot of characters from the same series are right next to each other. Fox/Falco. Lucario/Greninja. DK/Diddy. Now that I think about that, it is a bit suspicious.
 

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Why is duck hunt at the top? He's not that good. I think the only reason he's so high up there is because who he is. If it was any other character with the same exact moveset I think they would be lower.
Why do you think he's not so good?
 

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One thing that struck me as odd about that list is that a lot of characters from the same series are right next to each other. Fox/Falco. Lucario/Greninja. DK/Diddy. Now that I think about that, it is a bit suspicious.
Favoritism? What's that?
Are you taiking about me?

I don't know any spiders, and if a spider told me to post this, I'd need a change of pants.
Ahem *points at username*


Did I ever mention I love Sakurai?
And hot springs, like everyone with two thumbs do.
 

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One thing that struck me as odd about that list is that a lot of characters from the same series are right next to each other. Fox/Falco. Lucario/Greninja. DK/Diddy. Now that I think about that, it is a bit suspicious.
It's pretty much all opinion. The most glaring thing is this whole tier list seems to based heavily on a purely offensive tactic, for example I can tell you right now Bowser is not going to be S+ due to still having his inherent flaws of being a grappler/mighty glacier. Respect his space, and he becomes more managable. If you don't, you're going to get crushed.
 
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It's pretty much all opinion. The most glaring thing is this whole tier list seems to based heavily on a purely offensive tactic, for example I can tell you right now Bowser is not going to be S+ due to still having his inherent flaws of being a grappler/mighty glacier. Respect his space, and he becomes more managable. If you don't, you're going to get crushed.
He'll still definitely be at least some trouble, though. He can kill at 60%, which simply shouldn't happen.
 

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Why do you think he's not so good?
From what I've seen, granted I haven't played the full game so I can't say with 100% certainty, he doesn't seam very strong. All of attacks look super slow and weak. His recovery is slow. His smashes are multi hit moves and don't have a lot of knock back. His side b (I think it's his side b, the guy that comes out and shoots) Is incredibly slow and useless.
 

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He'll still definitely be at least some trouble, though. He can kill at 60%, which simply shouldn't happen.
Then don't get hit. His strongest moves leave him wide open, allowing you leg room to either block the attack and retaliate with a grab or attack, or stay your distance and approach with your attack of choice.

Remember, he's powerful but slow, which goes back to what I said about the inherent flaws of his design because of it.
 

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From what I've seen, granted I haven't played the full game so I can't say with 100% certainty, he doesn't seam very strong. All of attacks look super slow and weak. His recovery is slow. His smashes are multi hit moves and don't have a lot of knock back. His side b (I think it's his side b, the guy that comes out and shoots) Is incredibly slow and useless.
I think we've been watching different Duck Hunt players then, because from what I've seen, quite a lot of that isn't true.
 

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So I've had a lot of fun these past few days. As I think I'm coming down with something. I'm hoping it's just allergies, but knowing my luck it could be something else.
 

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From what I've seen, granted I haven't played the full game so I can't say with 100% certainty, he doesn't seam very strong. All of attacks look super slow and weak. His recovery is slow. His smashes are multi hit moves and don't have a lot of knock back. His side b (I think it's his side b, the guy that comes out and shoots) Is incredibly slow and useless.
Actually, I believe the Gunman is his Down Special. His Side Special is the clay pigeon he throws.
 
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What do you guys think about this tier list? Found it on SonyGAF:



Why is the majority of the Zelda cast bottom tier yet Sheik is at the top?
It's a tier list some guy made by watching videos of the game and is posted everywhere to get a rise out of people.
People are being extremely hasty when it comes to tier lists, especially since the game isn't even released worldwide. It took like, what, months to get Brawl's first tier list? And even from there, it evolved drastically.
 

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What do you guys think about this tier list? Found it on SonyGAF:



Why is the majority of the Zelda cast bottom tier yet Sheik is at the top?
As people have mentioned, it's fake. The person that made it said he made it to get a rise out of people.

Here is a more legit teir list: http://apps.warchamp7.com/smash/tierlist/ curtsey of @Warchamp7

WAAAAY too early to begin thinking about tier lists guys.
 
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I think it's going to take an even longer time for Smash 4's tier list to be made than Brawl's was, especially since we've got characters like Rosalina and Luma, who has a very high learning curve.
 

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In other news

gallade-ex-promo.jpg

I'm glad. I guess I never really expressed my liking for the tcg. I like the tcg a lot, not as much as the vg, but still a lot. The only problem is, this sucks. Mewtwo destroys it completely.
 

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Wow, I'm surprised Stop It is S tier. I was expecting B or C tier honestly.
That's what I always hate about it. People always call it lower tier without reason, and then when people find out what it's really like they call bias.
 
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What do you guys think about this tier list? Found it on SonyGAF:



Why is the majority of the Zelda cast bottom tier yet Sheik is at the top?
Seeing that most of my planned mains (minus Peach and DK) are in B tier or higher, I think this is interesting for now

Also WHY do the Triforce trio need to be on the bottom again? I wanna bet it's someone's personal opinion on them and want to see them suck. Feels weird for Marth and Falco to be bumped down hard
 

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The fact that Bowser is shown at the top still makes me happy.

Wario and Falcon seem to be doing well.
I would display Wario as my Wii U main,if the mods ever noticed they just added Classic Wario on the options.
Mods confirmed Biker haters.
 

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The fact that Bowser is shown at the top still makes me happy.

Wario and Falcon seem to be doing well.
I would display Wario as my Wii U main,if the mods ever noticed they just added Classic Wario on the options.
Mods confirmed Biker haters.
You know what? You can tag Warchamp yourself.
 

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The fact that Bowser is shown at the top still makes me happy.

Wario and Falcon seem to be doing well.
I would display Wario as my Wii U main,if the mods ever noticed they just added Classic Wario on the options.
Mods confirmed Biker haters.
Why would you care about Biker Wario when Classic Wario has a giant car?



Now that should have been a custom move!
 

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Pardon me if I don't see the problem with that. ¦D
Copy paste from pokebeach
Gallade-EX - Psychic - HP170
Basic Pokemon

[P][C][C] Assault Sword: 40+ damage. Does 40 more damage if the opponent's Active Pokemon has no Energy attached to it.
[P][P][C][C] Cross Cut: 130 damage. This Pokemon can't use Cross Cut during your next turn.

When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Ewwww
 
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