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I pray to the almighty helix fossil that Link doesn't play like he did in Brawl. A Link like PM would be perfection. I just hope he doesn't make Link bad because he wants to have "ooo Toon Link is fast Link and Link is slow and heavy" for the love of God at least buff that God-awful recovery. It felt like when I used it Link decided to put on a pair of the Iron Boots. It's nice to see the outstanding attention to detail with the gameplay.
When we got the new footage from Little Mac gameplay it sure looked like it.
It looks closer to Melee. It seems to have brawls' air dodge mechanic though. That means no wave dashing. Honestly I'm cool with no wavedashing as it's an odd unconventional method of faster movement, but I understand it's usefulness and do use it in PM. We really won't be able to know until we see some solid gameplay of matches. The game looks like it's coming along amazing and I think it would be awesome if Sakurai had demo kiosks at E3 this year. Then people could analyze gameplay.
Well Link's down aerial is a meteor smash and from the first trailer it looks like his ground spin attack has more knock back now. Already I'd say Link plays a bit differently.
Sakurai said that the speed is in between brawl and melee
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if this move still has the horrible delay from when she releases it to when its hitbox comes out, sorry, but this move is still going to be worthless. Nobody ever considered dins fire a threat, not because its "damage was too low" but because its easily dodged.
So long as its just as easy to dodge as before, then zelda still won't have a camping game period.
Things tend to change a lot in game devlopement. What he said several months ago is not reflective of the game that will come out several months from now.
But I think he will stick to that, he wants to satisfy the melee and brawl players
The meteor smash is a welcomed addition. The spin attack looks aesthetically more powerful. But we have no idea of the percentages any of the characters were at during the match in the trailer. I do hope the spin attack gets a buff. That move is supposed to be risk/reward. It has a slower start up because it should be powerful.
Toon Link...although I think with how devastating and large the attack looks, Little Mac might be in there somewhere.
I could be wrong, but I think it's Toon Link
I agree with you to a certain extent. In my opinion, ground and air mobility should be just as quick as either of the two, preferably melee. However, (and this is my opinion) wavedashing should never have been a thing. It gives me the same feeling that I get when I watch the movement patterns in high level Tekken play (in the neutral game). It looks awkward and broken.
Watch the Mario VS Mega Man match that was shown at E3, and pay attention to the amount of damage Mega Man receives when Mario hurts him. I've noticed that Mario's damage output, if finalised from that point on, is definitely buffed.
Buffing moves don't necessarily make a character better though, since we've seen how terrible Zelda is in Brawl's competitive scene.
But thats cause she's so damn slow and floaty
Pretty much this, and for the fact that Din's Fire is way too predictable, and easy to shield against. Zelda pretty much had nothing that could offer any pressure on her adversary.
You make a fair point. Maybe make it so after using an airdodge, players cannot use another one for 1-1 1/2 seconds, along with a visual cue so both players and opponents know that character is vulnerable?
True, buffs to individual moves hardly ever means buffs to the entire character. But a buff is a buff nonetheless. I see what you mean, but just because one feature is highlighted doesn't mean the rest of the package is the same. It is also pointed out that it gets larger as it travels, hence making it more difficult to avoid and a decent edgeguard.@
if this move still has the horrible delay from when she releases it to when its hitbox comes out, sorry, but this move is still going to be worthless. Nobody ever considered dins fire a threat, not because its "damage was too low" but because its easily dodged.
So long as its just as easy to dodge as before, then zelda still won't have a camping game period, and unless they give her some truly insane buffs in other areas that she actually NEEDS THEM IN, she also won't ever be top tier.
buffing either moves that don't need it, or the wrong things about moves that do, does not automatically make a character better.
If the fatal flaws are still there, then no amount of damage increases will help it.
its the same thing with link, making his down air a meteor smash isn't going to help him much. judging from what we've seen, his recovery is still horrid like before, and with all the ending lag of Dair, it would be ridiculous for a link to ever even attempt to use it as a meteor smash to attempt to KO someone offstage. That would just be setting him up for disaster. It honestly better with its strong damage and knockback that sent players flying at the top of the screen, and if it lost that property of it then it could actually be viewed as a nerf.
