Been a bit since I posted here. Been mostly in the Shantae thread. Still would like Lip in the game. She, Hikari and Donbe, Ayumi, and Mach Rider are the 4 possible retro characters I want the most.
Seems like a few people got worried with Lip's stick being an item, but Diddy uses a Banana Peel,and Ness uses a Home run bat. I think Lip could still be in the game using her Lip's stick item. Heck we got the launch star item when that is Rosalina's recovery, The Pikman ship item which is Olimars FS, and Black Hole with is Palutena's FS. Lip's stick does not Exclude her as a fighter.
I am curious though, has anyone seen Kirby use the Garbage Block as one of his Down B options? Any gameplay footage of that yet? Its possible Zelda;s Chest replaced that so Lip could use it as her Down B like a lot of people have suggested
As for movesets, I think Having her smash attacks place flowers like the normal Lips Stick item could work well and be a cool function of her playstyle: a Dot and set up character. Maybe her some of her Air moves could also place a flower if she sweet spots as well. Her B moves would focus on her Puzzle aspect.
B. Panel spawn. She waves her flower rod and a panel spawns next to her, damaging anyone in the spawn location. She can spawn multiple panels and they act as obstacles for enemies, having to be attacked to destroy them. Panels float in the air till they are destroyed or after some time passes, and can be used as platforms. Lip can attack with her flower rod to change the panels color, and if 3 of the same color panel are in range of each other(touching may be too difficult to always happen, so I'm saying in a short radius around each other), the panel quickly attach to each other then explode in flowers, doing damage and adding a flower to anyone caught in it.
Side B, Panel Swap. The panel swap icon appears next to her, and while she holds B she can move it for a short time in a short range around her. When she releases B She the icon rotates, reflecting projectiles in the spot, and turning around any enemies while damaging them but not flinching them. If you swap a Panel it does extra damage and the Panels turn into matching colors.
Up B: Watabou. That puff ball thing everyone else has said. Lip hangs on as it flies her into the air. Lip can press B while doing this to attack with her rod, damaging and putting/growing flowers on her head. She can also pas through any of her Panels during this move, and can change the color of the panels with her rod attacks.
Down B. Garbage Block. As others have said, this would be a good down b. She summons a garbage block slightly in front of her at Pikachu's thunder cloud hight, which after a moment come crashing down to the ground. If it hits panels it will bring them down as well, but stop after hitting 3 panels. The Garbage block stays on the ground for 3 seconds before vanishing, and can be walked on or grabbed on. Matching any panels touching the Garbage block will cause a much bigger explosion, doing a lot of damage.
Final Smash, Lip spins her rod around her, and traps anyone hit by it. She then jumps off screen as a 4 player Panel De Pon game appears. She quickly does a massive combo on her screen, filling up the the other players screen with Garbage blocks and causing them to lose, having them take massive damage and are launched off. If there are less then 3 other players trapped the other screens use other characters from Panel De Pon, Ruby and Player 3 and FLare in Player 4. If its an 8 Player smash characters are doubled or trippled up in they Player slots as needed.
If she gets a Stage, I think her flower area could work well, with the other characters in the background cheering for the fighters or doing other things. Falling platforms would be a theme on the stage.
