Smash WiiU & 3DS Miiverse Daily Pic - March 20th

[Smashboards]

Smash Wii U & 3DS director Masahiro Sakurai says "Pic of the day. The Peanut Popgun now deals a powerful attack when it explodes. It'll be difficult to hit your target, but when you succeed, the explosion will really blow your enemies away. Give it a shot when you break someone's shield."

 

[KuroganeHammer]

Overcharged peanut popgun has a hitbox now? That's kinda neat I guess.

I wonder what data and attributes it has...? *sigh*

 

[Elyssa Xey Hexen]

Overcharged peanut popgun has a hitbox now? That's kinda neat I guess.

I wonder what data and attributes it has...? *sigh*

Cool, I can quote this.
I bet its part of giving every character at least one super powerful attack despite how bad it might be.

 

[KuroganeHammer]

@ E Elyssa Xey Hexen I want to mention that I hadn't seen the caption when I posted that because it wasn't up at that point in time.

*folds arms*

 

[Mavrek]

What a coincidence, I actually tried doing this in Brawl recently to see if it would work. I'm glad they're including it as an actual attack in the new game.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Really, this should've been like this in Brawl! Am glad they changed it. So far, am loving what they're doing with Diddy!

 

[Man Li Gi]

Sakurai has just done the most obvious thing for Diddy. Progress is finally happening

 

[KuroganeHammer]

Sakurai has just done the most obvious thing for Diddy. Progress is finally happening

cool progress

now all he needs to do is nerf everything else of diddy's.

 

[ぱみゅ]

Balanced Brawl yo

 

[Sashimi]

Give it a shot

Oh you...

10Kappa

 

[Mr. KoopaTurtle]

Anyone else notice Diddy Kong doesn't have a shadow? Creepy....

 

[Wasp]

another buff to Diddy... I think he's going to be more used than Brawl for sure!

I'm also very curious about Bowser's new attacks... His totally new way of playing picks my interest since I was kinda used to playing Bowser in Brawl... He looks very detailed. Great new look!

Anyone else notice Diddy Kong doesn't have a shadow? Creepy....

Well not to bring down your post, but he's in the air, so the shadow must be somewhere below the picture... besides, the light comes from behind and above the characters, so there shouldn't be any shadow in here anyways. ^^

 

[proxibomb]

So, is this move like jigglypuff's down-b? I'd assume this has a high knockback but isn't that strong.

 

[Wasp]

So, is this move like jigglypuff's down-b? I'd assume this has a high knockback but isn't that strong.

I don't think it's the same... Jigglypuff has to stand inside the other character... this explosive blast has a wider hitrange...

talking about jiggs, I hope she's not in the new smash anymore... always hated this character.

 

[Pyra]

I don't think it's the same... Jigglypuff has to stand inside the other character... this explosive blast has a wider hitrange...

talking about jiggs, I hope she's not in the new smash anymore... always hated this character.

I hope she's in it and is 700% more obnoxious.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Anyone else notice Diddy Kong doesn't have a shadow? Creepy....

Work in progress...

 

[grandpappy]

It's official... Sakurai's been playing P:M

 

[Sonicguy726]

I hope she's in it and is 700% more obnoxious.

Here's hoping

 

[Louie G.]

Diddy buffs are cool and all, but I'm getting impatient for a character reveal.
Here's hoping for a Direct tomorrow...

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

Diddy buffs are cool and all, but I'm getting impatient for a character reveal.
Here's hoping for a Direct tomorrow...

If there is a Direct tomorrow, you give me Krystal or Shadow!

 

[pikachugamer21]

I don't think it's the same... Jigglypuff has to stand inside the other character... this explosive blast has a wider hitrange...

talking about jiggs, I hope she's not in the new smash anymore... always hated this character.

well then your going to be very disappointed when she is confirmed

 

[Scoliosis Jones]

Diddy buffs are cool and all, but I'm getting impatient for a character reveal.
Here's hoping for a Direct tomorrow...

Nah, it'll just be Wario or somebody probably. There won't be a Direct until April.

 

[Tollhouse]

Diddy's peanut pop gun has been buffed?! Oh man. This is gonna drive me nuts.

*drum rimshot*

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

Stop buffing characters that were already good.

 

[Aguki90]

I like all diddy special attack buff but, Diddy kong is ridicus strong, seriusly I have trouble defeating this guy, even the smash attack, mean every normal attack are very strong and they need toned down a bit instead of buffing in. Even myself to say this but diddy is one the most powerful character in brawl with no joke, especially with the banana peal but, the recovery is pretty bad especially is your very deep to your death... the air attack need to nerf that too, their fast and kinda anoying.

 

[LF2K]

Diddy doesn't have a shadow? Shadow confirmed! (Not really)

 

[Man Li Gi]

cool progress

now all he needs to do is nerf everything else of diddy's.

You're joking right? I believe, instead of nerfing characters, he should buff everyone on varying degrees.

 

[EmceeEspio]

This is the second time this month that I expected a character reveal and didn't get one. What disappoints me is that it means that I must have a low memory capacity since I expected Sakurai to be predictable.

 

[DaDavid]

I definitely agree that buffs are more important than nerfs. Rather than making characters weaker or robbing them of tools, he should be trying to give others improvements.

I can only assume that because of that process, Diddy ended up needing these buffs we're seeing him get.

 

[Your local Hipster]

How is bowser staying on that plane? Why hasn't it fallen yet?

 

[itsameluigi1290]

It does damage? Awesome. Though highly situational...

 

[smashbroskilla]

Cool, a move mechanic I will never use.

 

[The Slayer]

I think Din's Fire buff has been outbeaten by this in the weakest buff department, but fortunately Diddy has a more reliable moveset to make up for it.

 

[Nkguy01]

Geez...like Diddy Kong needed anymore buffs. Diddy kong already receiving the extended limb buffs...and now this? I don't know...if he's as good as he is in brawl, and if Smash 4 does not have a strong gimp game, I can predict Diddy Kong being Top 10...Obviously, we don't know the game's mechanics, so maybe I'll just stop posting lol

 

[Diana's Safe Landing]

You can't judge whether or not Diddy needs buffs or nerfs based on how good he was in brawl. Characters change radically in the switch between games and we really have no idea how strong Diddy is in SSB4.

 

[The Slayer]

Well, if there's going to be a limited number of water downed moves in this game, then all I'm going to see are situational buffs for returning characters. Otherwise, I get the feeling this game isn't going to change too much from Brawl except for the obvious changes.

 

[Man Li Gi]

You can't judge whether or not Diddy needs buffs or nerfs based on how good he was in brawl. Characters change radically in the switch between games and we really have no idea how strong Diddy is in SSB4.

Ganon agrees.

 

[Alex Night]

I definitely agree that buffs are more important than nerfs. Rather than making characters weaker or robbing them of tools, he should be trying to give others improvements.

I can only assume that because of that process, Diddy ended up needing these buffs we're seeing him get.

That's not how balance works. If a character is seen as being toxic during play where his moveset has options for everything or if he has a "one beats all" move, then there's a problem. I mean, just look at Meta Knight in Brawl.

 

[egaddmario]

I've posted this in other threads but i'll post it here as well-
While i don't agree with Diddy getting buffed either, we have to consider something- From Melee to Brawl, we lost wavedashing, a mechanic used in a way it wasn't supposed to. From Brawl to 4 we could lose glide tossing, a mechanic never intended for use. Glide tossing is THE reason Diddy is so good. Being able to chain bananas and combo into d-smash is an important function of his game and if they remove that, he might need buffs. I'm trusting Sakurai with this one.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

The funny thing about this buff is that it'll probably be useless against anyone who's not reckless with their approaches.