Smash WiiU & 3DS Miiverse Daily Pic - May 29th

[Smashboards]

Smash Wii U & 3DS director Masahiro Sakurai says "Pic of the day. You can charge up Ike's Eruption attack by holding the button down, but remember to release it right before it fully charges to avoid recoil damage. Let go of the button at the moment the sword shines!"

 

[PWN3]

Well, there go some people's hopes of the Hero of Blue Flames living up to his name.

 

[Warchamp7]

That picture looks like Mario is tripping. Sakurai said it's gone, but I still get anxious every time I see something resembling it

 

[ChickenWing13]

Did this n***a just trip!?

...I need some tylenol.

 

[Ryu Myuutsu]

Well, there go some people's hopes of the Hero of Blue Flames living up to his name.

Right. Because Ike kept using blue flames as his primary form of attack in his games.

 

[Sailor Princess Twenty-Two.]

That is probably a roll or a spotdodge that mario is doing.

But it's sad to see that Ike doesn't get his Ragnell projectile yet again.

 

[1PokeMastr]

Hm.. I feel like they just made landing the 39.5 way easier now.
Timing wise at least.

 

[Element of Smash]

That picture looks like Mario is tripping. Sakurai said it's gone, but I still get anxious every time I see something resembling it

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's just an animation made to show off things like this...

 

[Sol_Vent]

Right. Because Ike kept using blue flames as his primary form of attack in his games.

Well, he got some blue fire-power from Micaiah in the last chapter of Radiant Dawn. So that's one more time than he's ever used red fire as far as I recall.

 

[RascalTheCharizard]

If that's an alt palette, it looks much better than the normal one. All Fire Emblem characters need more blue.

 

[~Burst~]

And just like that my hype level dropped. Confirmed or not, tripping is just a hype killer.

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

People, please. Sakurai has explicitly said tripping will not return. Did you forget already? http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/14/4429220/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-nintendo-3ds-removes-tripping

 

[LordShade67]

People, please. Sakurai has explicitly said tripping will not return. Did you forget already? http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/14/4429220/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-nintendo-3ds-removes-tripping

Apparently, they have forgotten. Also, RANDOM Tripping, anyways. Forced is still a thing.

 

[Ryu Myuutsu]

What the hell is wrong with you people? Sakurai confirmed that tripping was removed several months ago. Talk about short term memory.

 

[Element of Smash]

People, please. Sakurai has explicitly said tripping will not return. Did you forget already? http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/14/4429220/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-nintendo-3ds-removes-tripping

>>Multiple air dodges

Yeah, I forgot about that. I still have no clue how to feel about it.

 

[Gimj]

That Mario dodge animation needs a whole lot of touching up lol. His mouth is in his shoulder, his right leg looks like its connected only by skin, and his left leg just looks wrong. Dafuq.

 

[Tiptup]

It looks like Mario grabbed and then let go kind of animation

 

[Aninymouse]

I like how Ragnell glows now. It looks kinda like molten metal. Here's hoping it keeps the Super Armor, so that the move isn't totally pointless.

 

[Deleted member 212841]

Eruption causes tripping confirmed.

 

[TheLegendOfVenusaur]

Are we all agreed that this attack, and Ike in general, is pretty sexy

 

[Zatchiel]

My girl Eruption was already too good.

But DAMN.

 

[Gardex]

Holy ****, guys.

Do you seriously believe that random tripping is back when it's confirmed to be removed?
If anything, it's just one of Mario's taunts

 

[Wasp]

Sakurai be like "Trolololoooo here's the random trippin' back"

*i like to post inappropriate gifs*

No but seriously... people are stupid and naïve enough to believe their own made up ideas, don't forget to keep that in mind.

THERE WON'T BE ANY TRIPPING!!! Just by banana peels, nothing more.

 

[Asura]

That picture looks like Mario is tripping. Sakurai said it's gone, but I still get anxious every time I see something resembling it

I feel the exact same xD

 

[Zane the pure]

I think they actually used the blue Ike palette for this pic. Doesn't look terribly different, but the new spark on eruption (while somewhat pointless) seems like another tiny yet thoughtful gesture by sakurai and co.

 

[Tenchi Boom]

This was a boring picture. Apart from Mario. WHAT IS HE DOING? HE BETTER NOT BE TRIPPIN'

 

[Drazile]

Well, looks like they haven't fixed Mario's crappy neck shading yet.

 

[Mega Bidoof]

Mario's leg and head looks like this was GMod.

 

[Mr. KoopaTurtle]

Ugh, Mario looks awful in this picture. Why are his legs messed up in almost every picture of him?

 

[SuperHyperMegaTurbo]

Well, there was some reason they made up Eruption for Brawl, and they only have more reason to use it now, since not using it would be a moveset change...

In any case, if it's a bit more practical than it was in Brawl, then there really isn't a problem, in my opinion.

Sword beams are a nice dream, but I've always considered the possibility of Ike actually getting them to be rather unlikely. They're probably just too good, really... in Ike's games, after all, they're as strong as a close-range attack, so... how do you balance that? Making them weak would basically make them pointless, and keeping them strong just doesn't work. Avoiding them makes sense.

 

[ask_thedoctor]

This looks like a picture where Mario is in his "teetering on a ledge" animation, just facing the other way. Relax, internet. But blue flames would be nice for Ike.

 

[proxibomb]

Why are people asking for blue flames? I suppose it has something to do with Ike having blue flames in Project M, right?

 

[DrizzyDrew]

Sakuari is making the game, he can make any pose he wants, tripping is gone relax

 

[Hokori]

Why are people asking for blue flames? I suppose it has something to do with Ike having blue flames in Project M, right?

Because Ike is known as the Hero of Blue Flames as far as Fire Emblem goes. Sakurai has been making adjustments to other characters moves (DK and Link's Dash Attack) that are inspired by their respective games so people figured Ike would get that same treatment.

 

[itsameluigi1290]

Ike used Eruption!

It's not very effective...

(this is assuming Mario's a fire type lel)

 

[Magic_Shaunson]

I don't think it's a tripping animation, I think Mario is just stunned by Ike's buff new look. I suspect a lot of Ike's moves will have this effect on nearby enemies. Except in Ike dittos, where the two Ikes will just nod approvingly at each other.

 

[RascalTheCharizard]

Why are people asking for blue flames? I suppose it has something to do with Ike having blue flames in Project M, right?

No, this is why:

 

[egaddmario]

I'm hoping at least the Great Aether, assuming it returns, has Blue Flames. Or maybe Micaiah pops in for a new final smash and powers up his blade....i can dream, can't i?

 

[Oops!]

Well, there was some reason they made up Eruption for Brawl, and they only have more reason to use it now, since not using it would be a moveset change...

In any case, if it's a bit more practical than it was in Brawl, then there really isn't a problem, in my opinion.

Sword beams are a nice dream, but I've always considered the possibility of Ike actually getting them to be rather unlikely. They're probably just too good, really... in Ike's games, after all, they're as strong as a close-range attack, so... how do you balance that? Making them weak would basically make them pointless, and keeping them strong just doesn't work. Avoiding them makes sense.

Weak projectiles aren't pointless.

See: Fox, Falco

 

[DunnoBro]

On a character like Ike, weak anything is an insult.

Might be cool if his old side B always did the swing attack (if a target is there or not) and also did a wind push (no damage) that resembled his 2 range ragnell attack.

Would also make it okay to hit a shield as it'd push them away before they can shield grab