The "Alright, you grew on me, come in" thread; Pittoo edition

[Morbi]

I did "hate" him about a year ago; however, once Sakurai released the article that alluded to his inclusion, he began to grow on me. By the time he was revealed, he was my most wanted character, easily.

 

[DoubleDeeEddBoy]

There is also one other reason why I grew welcome to Pitoo and I just realized it when replaying Uprising.

I'm just gonna say that I'm gonna attempt to main Pit, go to a doubles tournament and partner up with someone someone who mains Pitoo. Why?
THIS!

Yeah, I got bored. But it would be awesome.

 

[Oniric Spriter]

There is also one other reason why I grew welcome to Pitoo and I just realized it when replaying Uprising.

I'm just gonna say that I'm gonna attempt to main Pit, go to a doubles tournament and partner up with someone someone who mains Pitoo. Why?
THIS!

Yeah, I got bored. But it would be awesome.

The best part would be screaming this in the middle of a match while making some sick ass combos.

 

[Maikou]

The best part would be screaming this in the middle of a match while making some sick *** combos.

And that's why I will never play a single Team Battle Match as Pit and Palutena.

 

[LordVacation]

It took me like 48 hours to not care anymore.

 

[Reila]

I was never bothered by his inclusion and after playing Uprising, I actually think he is a pretty cool character. I still wish he wasn't almost an 1:1 Pit clone, tho.

 

[Berserker.]

I can't force myself to like or be neutral on Dark Pit. I hate his addition to death but it's something I'll have to deal with anyway

Maybe he'll grow on me but I'll probably hope he won't return in the next Smash. Sorry guys. Feed on my tears

 

[Frostwraith]

I can't force myself to like or be neutral on Dark Pit. I hate his addition to death but it's something I'll have to deal with anyway

Maybe he'll grow on me but I'll probably hope he won't return in the next Smash. Sorry guys. Feed on my tears

Pretty sure the dark angel himself is enjoying some tasty tears.

 

[Kevandre]

I'd have chosen others over him, but I know he probably took such minimal development time that he never really bothered me much. I'm still pretty indifferent.

 

[Luigi#1]

"So Dark Pit, let's try to know each other."
"Do I look like I give half a **** about getting acquainted?"
"I'm doing this so that I don't constantly use you as a punching bag."
"(Sigh)"
"Okay, so, why do you think you got in Smash."
"Cause I'm awesome."
"Be honest."
"I am."
"Punching bag. Training mode."
"Fine. Well, probably a little bias, but I make an okay clone."
"Up and down, I guess. Don't like bias."
"If Bandana Dee got in you wouldn't say that."
"Shut up. Anyways, how much of a clone are you?"
"As much as one of your mains. Doctor Mario."
"Not really. Down B."
"Final Smash"
"Down B affects much more. Also other moves are more different than your's."
"Whatever."
"This isn't going well. One last chance for you: What's your opinion of Doctor Who?"
"That show? It's rubbish"
"Nope, we are done here."


I tried.

 

[Eisendrachen]

Salty. Still. Not quite as much as it could be, though... the creampuff came back and Sakurai decided I needed two more characters to use exclusively as punching bags.

And "Dark Pit" was a secondary in Brawl anyway, Pittoo might reprise that role now.

 

[GunGunW]

I thought it was hilarious when I saw how much of a clone he is.

 

[Lazyboy0337]

I was, and somewhat still am, upset about the KI bias and Wolf getting cut so I started to play Dark Pit ironically. Only "problem" is that I realized I was pretty good at him and ended up warming up to him.

Lucina on the other hand...

 

[SilverSoul24]

At first, I was a tad disappointed in Pittoo's inclusion. But I decided to go back and play Uprising again, really wanting to give his character a chance. He's definitely interesting, and at the end of the day, I'll never be "mad" at Sakurai for wanting to add another character to the roster, clone or not. I do wish he weren't as blatant of a clone of Pit Prime, though.

In terms of gameplay, I've come to vastly prefer Dark Pit to his goody-two-shoes counterpart. His arrows feel more consistent and his Electroshock Arm is very satisfying to land. Not to mentoin that badass Final Smash. He's fun, even someone I could see myself mastering as a backup Main behind Shulk, Greninja, and Robin. I can definitely say that he's grown on me.

 

[wingo]

I will never accept this pathetic excuse of a character.

 

[PolarPanda]

To be honest, yeah. At first I didn't exactly care for his inclusion, but then I got more into Kid Icarus and I started to grow on him some more and actually use him in Smash.

 

[Maikou]

At first, I was a tad disappointed in Pittoo's inclusion. But I decided to go back and play Uprising again, really wanting to give his character a chance. He's definitely interesting, and at the end of the day, I'll never be "mad" at Sakurai for wanting to add another character to the roster, clone or not. I do wish he weren't as blatant of a clone of Pit Prime, though.

In terms of gameplay, I've come to vastly prefer Dark Pit to his goody-two-shoes counterpart. His arrows feel more consistent and his Electroshock Arm is very satisfying to land. Not to mentoin that badass Final Smash. He's fun, even someone I could see myself mastering as a backup Main behind Shulk, Greninja, and Robin. I can definitely say that he's grown on me.

I feel exactly the same on the "blatant clone" part. Seriously, the least they could've done was give him the more relaxed/calm Bow stance from Uprising so you can tell at a glance the difference between Metal Pit and Metal Dark Pit.

 

[toadster101]

Dark Pit was such an atrocious choice for a character that I now adore him. I g-guess I'm tsundere after all.

 

[Maikou]

Dark Pit was such an atrocious choice for a character that I now adore him.

My Pichu recognizes the paradox in that statement, and is intrigued by it.

 

[MarioFireRed]

I've always liked Dark Pit in Uprising and at first was indifferent about his inclusion to Smash as a clone, considering that I like playing Lucina as well.

Then I saw the usefulness of his Silver Bow and Electroshock Arm compared to Pit's weapons and was sold.

 

[plasterbrain]

HE'S MY MAIN NOW.
I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON.

 

[TheDarkKnightNoivern]

I'm fine with it now tbh, Although doctor mario is still the worst character idea to ever appear in smash and I'd much rather have alph

 

[Erimir]

So his standard attacks all work identically? Only two specials and his FS are different?

Then what's even the point? Lucina might have identical animations, but the change to the tipper mechanic makes basically all her moves operate at least a little differently. Doc has the tornado, a different dair, and his other specials have slightly different characteristics and has differences in several of his standards as well.

He literally could be replaced with two custom moves for Pit. All he does is make me have to complete classic/all-star/multi-man/home run contest/target blast/etc. with Pit twice in order to finish challenges. What fun.

 

[KRBAY]

So yeah, at first I didn't like him, because he used to be a color swap and could have stayed that way, but then I played him...

I now use him regularly in For Glory mode.

 

[Comorant]

Dark Pit has grown a bit on me because of one reason alone.

SUPER ARMOR ELECTROSHOCK ARM.

But really Dark Pit is essentially going to be Pit for people who give very little about arrow control.

 

[Space Stranger]

Edgy Pit >Pit

All jokes aside, I love his recolors and his electroshock's super armor.

 

[DoodleDuck97]

He definitely grew on me but I think I understand now why he is a clone we all know he could have been an alt as Sakurai Stated but I think Sakurai was tying to give Dark Pit (when he was still an alt) a different Final Smash to replicate the way he created him in Kid Icarus Uprising so when the opportunity to put in Clone characters came around he just said eh why not I like Pittoo better than regular Pit now X3

 

[VioletSmashfan]

Dark Pit has grown a bit on me because of one reason alone.

SUPER ARMOR ELECTROSHOCK ARM.

But really Dark Pit is essentially going to be Pit for people who give very little about arrow control.

Electroshock Arm also deflects projectiles as well (just like Pit's Upperdash Arm), and I agree with the arrow control part which is why I took Dark Pit over Pit, plus Dark Pit has some of the best recolors in the game.

 

[Valzy]

In general I don't like clones, but I do prefer Dark Pit over Pit. What I really hate is Wii Fit Trainer and Villager. This is a fighting game with the mightiest heroes and villians from nintendo's games, and then they deicde to put in a ****ing Yoga Trainer and Farmer. Would much rather have Snake, Wolf, or Mewtwo back.

 

[SmashWolf]

In general I don't like clones, but I do prefer Dark Pit over Pit. What I really hate is Wii Fit Trainer and Villager. This is a fighting game with the mightiest heroes and villians from nintendo's games, and then they deicde to put in a ****ing Yoga Trainer and Farmer. Would much rather have Snake, Wolf, or Mewtwo back.

Thank YOU. This bothers the hell out of me if nothing else. Let's not even start with the generic dog that's less dangerous than the first grunts you encounter in Metroid games.

 

[Captain Norris]

I wish he was more luigified, but it is whatever. Be warned. Speed is a monster with Dark Pit.

 

[Saikyoshi]

There was another period when I hated him again when someone told me they're absolutely identical save for those specials, but it turns out I was lied to and there are some concrete differences in their standard attacks. Specifically, either their knockback or their knockback scaling algorithm. I'm not entirely sure which yet. So I'm not mad at him anymore. Again.

 

[Robertman2]

Yeah, Pittoo's grown on me. Mostly because I realized how much of a hypocrite I was being about him making it in.

 

[LunarWingCloud]

I deicded to use Dark Pit for 2 reasons. One being that I was already using Pit in PM and two being that people were hating on him. :3 Started using him as a joke and then he grew on me as a fighter and now he is one of my 5 mains. : D

 

[Bingoshi]

I don't quite mind Dark Pit that much anymore. He's pointless (to me), but it seems many people (if not most) prefer him to regular Pit. It's kind of funny, I actually prefer normal Pit to Dark Pit both as a character and as a fighter in SSB4. I appear to be one of the only ones who feel this way. They feel pretty much the same to me, so I don't know why I seem to get beat up with Dark Pit, but I'm actually pretty good with regular Pit. It makes no sense...

 

[Valzy]

I don't quite mind Dark Pit that much anymore. He's pointless (to me), but it seems many people (if not most) prefer him to regular Pit. It's kind of funny, I actually prefer normal Pit to Dark Pit both as a character and as a fighter in SSB4. I appear to be one of the only ones who feel this way. They feel pretty much the same to me, so I don't know why I seem to get beat up with Dark Pit, but I'm actually pretty good with regular Pit. It makes no sense...

Considering that this is the Dark Pit forum, most people probably like him lol

 

[Bingoshi]

Considering that this is the Dark Pit forum, most people probably like him lol

That is obvious, yes. Perhaps I should have made it clear that I'm not just talking about this forum, but random places and sites on the net. I notice a lot of people prefer Dark Pit. I know this is the Dark Pit thread, I'm not an idiot.

 

[Clemente]

It's pretty inexcusable that he's using a bow. He should be wielding a rifle/melee staff the whole time.

 

[Comorant]

In general I don't like clones, but I do prefer Dark Pit over Pit. What I really hate is Wii Fit Trainer and Villager. This is a fighting game with the mightiest heroes and villians from nintendo's games, and then they deicde to put in a ****ing Yoga Trainer and Farmer. Would much rather have Snake, Wolf, or Mewtwo back.

Lets be honest here, are the Villager and Wii Fit Trainer really that out of place when Smash Bros initially started with a green dinosaur, a singing balloon, and the world's greatest racer? Or how about the damsel in distress, the seal clubbing kids, the silhouette, and the toy robot that didn't even work half the time? A few silly characters here and there are good for Smash.

More than 3/4ths of the roster consist of classic and generally all around cool characters. Even the 13 year old with a baseball bat is a cosmic horror fighting champion. What's 2 more silly characters going to do?

 

[Erimir]

WFT, Villager, and Duck Hunt are all better choices than Dark Pit. They're all unique move sets (and even with more time to work on Dark Pit, he'd still end up similar to Pit). For another, they've all significantly more well-known. The Duck Hunt dog is pretty iconic, being that there were over 30 million copies of that game and it was an early NES game that everyone played. Maybe you young folks don't get it because the NES was before your time (it might've been before my time if I didn't have older siblings - I don't even remember when we got the NES). I think Duck Hunt was actually one of the best retro choices they could've made (better than Japan-only suggestions).

Villager represents a high-selling series that people definitely wanted a rep for - people might've been split between Villager and Tom Nook but they definitely wanted one or the other.

And like @ Comorant said, it's not like Jigglypuff vs. Ganondorf makes any more sense. And we had Dr. Mario, Ice Climbers and ROB too, not the most bad-ass characters out there. Add in the fact that Fox and Falco were only pilots at the time they were added without being canonically great fighters... yada yada.

Dark Pit is whatever, fine as a last minute, minimal effort addition. But there's no way he's preferable to those others.