The Menacing Bull: Black Shadow charges in!

[FalconFire93]

Any more F-Zero representation is fine with me and Black Shadow would be a perfect fit.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Sakurai might do a mix of both. Wouldn't put it past him, if he wanted to do a "modern" update.

This.

He did it with King K. Rool who seems to be a hybrid of his classic and modern design. Smaller crown and jewel on his cape but otherwise golden belly and bloodshot eye. His face seems to also have features of both his classic and modern design too.

 

[zferolie]

So black shadow popped up in a new leak

 

[Uffe]

So black shadow popped up in a new leak

I wish people would stop calling these leaks. There aren't any images or videos. These are rumors. This isn't particularly targeted at you, but everybody so far who keeps saying "leak". And I wish people would be more skeptical rather than not questioning things, regardless of how "credible" someone has been in the past. Most people look at things that ended up being correct and pretend like someone who has made claims in the past never given false information.

 

[Mr.J]

Oh boy, it certainly has been a while since I last posted on my own Black Shadow thread, seeing so many people's support here is actually uncanny. But it makes me glad to see so many here. I'll make sure to add you guys on the supporters list, as for the inconsistencies I'll make sure not to disappear again, and I'll make sure to keep up with the thread as well. But either way, welcome aboard everyone, hope you guys enjoy your stay.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Tangentially related but Shin'En is back and will show something related to their Switch project tomorrow:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...ses_switch_announcement_to_be_shared_tomorrow

Of course, most think it might be an F-Zero game, but with them just having done original properties like RMX until now, I doubt it. Would be cool if so, however.

 

[Mr.J]

Now I've updated the list of supporters, if I happened to miss out on you make sure to reply to this comment, so I can go ahead and add you too.
That should all for now, thanks again everyone for the support, let's hope for the best for our favourite F-Zero Villain!

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Now I've updated the list of supporters, if I happened to miss out on you make sure to reply to this comment, so I can go ahead and add you too.
That should all for now, thanks again everyone for the support, let's hope for the best for our favourite F-Zero Villain!

Incidentally, I'm not on the list.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Been thinking, due to the fact that Echoes have to have similar heights, I don’t think Black Shadow will be an Echo. Maybe a semi-clone with a few different moves as well.

 

[Mr.J]

Been thinking, due to the fact that Echoes have to have similar heights, I don’t think Black Shadow will be an Echo. Maybe a semi-clone with a few different moves as well.

Now that is something I'd like more rather than have him be a carbon copy of Falcon. Especially since we already have one in the name of Blood Falcon (And sorta Ganondorf as well). We don't need anymore Falcon clones.

 

[Crap-Zapper]

Been thinking, due to the fact that Echoes have to have similar heights, I don’t think Black Shadow will be an Echo. Maybe a semi-clone with a few different moves as well.

Been thinking in these ways too!
He does have plenty of other things that would differentiate.
The thing Black Shadow actually would NOT fit is Ganon's old moves. (Speed is all wrong for starters)

I hope this would happen.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Black Shadow should honestly just be a semi-clone of Captain Falcon. He can have Captain Falcon's Up B, Side B and Final Smash (Instead of the Blue Falcon is the Black Bull) but his Neutral B and Down B would be different.

His Neutral B should be Bull Charge since due to the theme of his costume and vehicle charges like a bull, the longer you hold B the more damage and longer you ram into opponents.

Then his Down B could be Slam Fist where he slams his fit to the ground causing a slight tremor and shockwave with any opponents in range achieving damage.

 

[Saer2k]

I'm down for Black Shadow, we need more F-Zero reps.

I think it'll be nice for Captain Falcon to have a rival in Ultimate. It actually kinda surprises me that we haven't gotten another F-Zero character
since the 64. Add me to the supporter list, here's hoping we get our wish soon.

 

[jokermelee]

whoa i forgot to post here, but I definitely support Black Shadow for Ultimate, and not just as an Echo either. I feel Sakurai can make him unique with his own moveset like he did with Captain Falcon in 64. I don't see Black Shadow fitting as an echo fighter, as he'd just be another Ganondorf like clone, plus he's much bigger than Falcon size wise, so that would definitely set them apart. If we WERE to get another Falcon echo, i'd rather it be someone like Blood Falcon, Phoenix, or Beastman as they might fit better with the moveset more than Black Shadow.

 

[scoobymcsnack]

He’d be a great Echo, i support him

 

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"The coward's way...? You make it sound so noble. I just plan to eliminate anyone who stands between me and the prize. Simple as that."

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You dare bring light to my lair, you must die!​

Who's Black Shadow, you may ask? Allow me to explain to you a little bit about the bull himself and some backstory behind the character as well, Black Shadow formerly known to be a racer, and a badass villian with an interesting motive of his evil deeds.

Let's begin with a little bit about who Black Shadow is, Black Shadow has recurred as a prominent villian throughout the F-Zero franchise, he's been playable in F-Zero X, F-Zero GX and F-Zero GP Legend. He's been a very important character to the plot and he's been the biggest threat to Captain Falcon himself. Despite being a man who's hungry for chaos and mayhem, he's got an interest in creating things as well. As shown with his evil invention that is Blood Falcon, who's a clone of his arch-nemesis.

The history with Black Shadow started off in F-Zero X, where he was the main villian and he had a huge role in the game. He's always had a feud with Captain Falcon, since Captain Falcon was the one that ruined most of his plans. And because of that, he's always had a hatred for the bounty hunter. And that's not all. His main motive as a racer has always been to rule over the world and keep those who serve him as his underlings.

He has a vehicle which is based on a Bull, and is also called the Black Bull, the main car that he uses in every race he enters.

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Black Shadow's personality is evil, cold-hearted and cruel to those who oppose him. He's psychotic and very cunning. And he finds it amusing to destroy other machines and he's always had a thing for destruction in general, he's pretty much a pyromaniac. His shadowy figure can scare any common citizen, as seen with Mr.Zero in an interview with Black Shadow in F-Zero GX. Not even a bribe can change his mind, and he couldn't care less about the law, ruling out his dark idealism as his goal for domination. Never ask him to take off his mask, because he'll burn you to ashes if you do.

Now with all the talk about his backstory and personality out of the way, allow me to move on to my next point, the reason why including him in Super Smash Bros would be a fantastic idea.
To start things off first, I believe its in due time for a new representative for the F-Zero franchise. For quite sometime now, after several installments of the game, we've been stuck with Captain Falcon and Captain Falcon only. Which to me is upsetting to see, but also hard to understand.

While F-Zero is not one of Nintendo's most popular ips it's still been relevant throughout the years, despite it not having many games after GX, it has had a lot of small cameos as well as interesting crossovers with other franchises, such games include Mario Kart 8 with two stages called Mute City and the other one is called Big Blue, as well as a vehicle called the Blue Falcon. And they were also in Super Smash Bros Melee as stages. There was also another cameo featuring F-Zero in Nintendo Land with one of its attractions called Captain Falcon's Twister Race.
Black Shadow also has his own trophy and a sticker in Super Smash Bros Brawl and in Super Smash Bros for 3DS/Wii U he had only a trophy.

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But wait, these are just cameos you might say, and F-Zero has no chance of making a triumphant comeback because of that. However, in a January 5th 2015 Video from Smosh Games, Miyamoto was featured as guest star where he confirmed that the F-Zero franchise was not dead just yet stating that a new installment in the franchise could be possible if Nintendo were to develop a unique controller interface for one of their upcoming consoles ( the Switch?) that would be suited for a new game.

Either way, with that said. I'll move to my next point which is his moveset.
Now allow me to explain his moveset, since his features are mostly resembling a bull, I took ideas out of idealistics from a regular bull. Because they share the same features, so most of his moveset will be based on that.
Anyway, allow me to begin.

B - Bull Charge, based on the move Ganondorf does, Black Shadow charges his horns and the more you tap on the special the longer and stronger his charge attack gets.
Up B - Rising Bull, this is a move which Black Shadow jumps upwards with his horns and if he hits the bottom part of a stage, he gets stuck and has slight climbability which helps help maneuver in the corners of the stage, or even below a floating platform like in Battlefield. He can only stay climbing or in the magnetic horn idle position for about 5 seconds. If he doesn't move after that, he ends up falling.
Side B - Bind, Black Shadow releases a bind attack which stuns enemies that goes near the attack, it works similiar to the way Zero Suit Samus shoots from her plasma gun.
Down B - Stomp, he stomps on the ground causing an enemy to get trapped if he goes near him. But it affects the enemy very little if they're further away.

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Now onto his tilts, jabs, air attacks, throws and smash attacks, taunts as well as the rest of his moves.
A - Punching Bag, he uses three attack a regular punch a second punch and his horns.
Side A - Cape, he uses his cape which has a sharp edge and does a high amount of damage.
Down A - Horn Attack, Black Shadow uses his horns downwards as he attacks.
Up A - Sucker Punch, he uses a fiery purple attack in an upward direction.

Now for his air attacks.
Neutral Air - Umbra Twirl, he uses his cape as he twirls around once.
Forward Air - Horn Sting, Black Shadow uses his horns in the same manner Captain Falcon uses his knee, but it's harder to hit and has a high amount of damage if you hit its sweet spot.
Back Air - Elbow Blackout, he has an attack with his elbow which he hits backwards if enemies are behind him.
Down Air - Onyx Cape Cast, you slowly see a shadow cast from above and as soon as it ends, Black Shadow strikes down.

And onto his throws.
Pummel - he simply grabs the opponent and pummels them with his fist.
Foward Throw - while he holds the enemy he uses his horns to ram into them.
Back Throw - as he holds the opponent, he throws them backwards and kicks them with both of his feet sorta like a horse.
Down Throw - he places his opponent on the ground and stomps on them.
Up Throw - he throws them upwards and spikes them with his horns.

And now for his Smash attacks.
Forward Smash - Charcoal Charge, he uses his shoulder as an attack, similiar to Wario's old Forward Smash attack. The more you charge it, the harder it becomes and it has super armour.
Up Smash - Ebony Knuckles, he uses both of his knuckles and hits them upwards sorta like Ryu's Up Smash, but this attack has him standing and uses both of his fists.
Down Smash - Phantom's Trap, Black Shadow uses his bracelet with one fist to put out a trap, but if you charge the attack. He uses both fists to put two traps.

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Now for his taunts,
Side Taunt - Laughing Manically, Black Shadow folds his hands and laughs manically like he usually does.
Up Taunt - Insult, he shows his palm in a menacing manner and says one of his quotes from the game. "Are you prepared to die?" "This is beginning of the reign of evil!" "Bow down before my power."
Down Taunt - Autograph, he writes down an autograph and throws it at the opponent. It does only 1% damage.

And then lastly, it's his Final Smash.

Final Smash - Pyromania Apocalypse
Black Shadow calls for his car and shouts out "Come out Black Bull!", as he enters his backdrop he gets his car to transform into a mechanical bull and once he has it transformed, he rides ontop of it and controls it through the match but it's only avaliable for a limited time and it's a lot slower too but it does a great amount of damage if you strike someone with it.


And that's all of his movesets. There's also more stuff to mention, like his victory animations, losing animation, idle animation, music tracks, items etc. Although, I'd love to hear you guys offer your suggestions for that part, even though I have a few ideas myself. I am willing to listen to your ideas and suggestions. I'll be happy to hear what you all have to share.

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[RadEpicGaming]

Let’s put him in I lend my support cooking mama black shadow and king hippo let’s get these people in

 

[ryuu seika]

I actually see Black shadow being a faster, more weaker version of captain Falcon. Because that reflects his actual stats in the games.

What are you talking about? He's a high HP heavyweight with terrible steering. That feels like a slow hard hitter to me.

 

[XenoWarriorX]

What are you talking about? He's a high HP heavyweight with terrible steering. That feels like a slow hard hitter to me.

Its also one of the fastest machines.

 

[hustler713]

I'm thankful for every new F-Zero Rep. Even though I'd prefer Goroh.
Wasn't Goroh supposed to be Falcons Rival?

 

[XenoWarriorX]

I'm thankful for every new F-Zero Rep. Even though I'd prefer Goroh.
Wasn't Goroh supposed to be Falcons Rival?

Goroh seems to always be the rival. Though, there is also Pico...

 

[ryuu seika]

Its also one of the fastest machines.

It's a racing game. Speed is power. At best he's fast but comitment-heavy, since he clearly lacks the maneuvreability of Falcon.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I will support Black Shadow for 3 reasons:

1. I want matching villains to the original 12.

2. Having Black Shadow as a Echo Fighter of Captain Falcon would be like having Melee Ganondorf back which, I'm all on board for.

3. The F-Zero series needs another character in the roster.

 

[Koopaul]

So this is a tricky one. If there is another Ballot would most of you vote for Black Shadow? I know some of you want Black Shadow simply because he's a plausible F-Zero rep. But I think its important that if there was another Ballot we all rally behind a specific one.

If you just write "F-Zero Rep" I doubt that ballot vote would be taken into consideration. So it has to be someone specific. Will it be Black Shadow?

 

[GoodGrief741]

So this is a tricky one. If there is another Ballot would most of you vote for Black Shadow? I know some of you want Black Shadow simply because he's a plausible F-Zero rep. But I think its important that if there was another Ballot we all rally behind a specific one.

If you just write "F-Zero Rep" I doubt that ballot vote would be taken into consideration. So it has to be someone specific. Will it be Black Shadow?

If I were to vote several times Black Shadow would be one of the first I’d think about, for sure.

 

[Wurmple for smash]

I think F-Zero deserves a 2nd rep after years of it just being captain falcon. Can I be a supporter?

 

[ryuu seika]

So this is a tricky one. If there is another Ballot would most of you vote for Black Shadow? I know some of you want Black Shadow simply because he's a plausible F-Zero rep. But I think its important that if there was another Ballot we all rally behind a specific one.
If you just write "F-Zero Rep" I doubt that ballot vote would be taken into consideration. So it has to be someone specific. Will it be Black Shadow?

Yes. Actual plausible F-Zero characters are him and Samurai Goro and Goro just doesn't interest me as an inclusion.

 

[Isaac4SmashUltimate]

I'm in. I shall support Black Shadow because F-Zero needs another rep even though he would be an echo of Captain Falcon. (Captain Falcon is my main in the SSB games. : D)

 

[XenoWarriorX]

Well, I don't think Black Shadow will be base at this point.

Given the leak.

F-Zero getting passed over for a 4th time. I should've expected it.

 

[Wyoming]

Well after the slaughter he still stands.

Not on much though. Him being a DLC character? Very, very unlikely unless a new F-Zero comes out in 2020.

 

[Eldrake]

Well after the slaughter he still stands.

Not on much though. Him being a DLC character? Very, very unlikely unless a new F-Zero comes out in 2020.

Well, if there's enough demand for Black Shadow, Sakurai might consider him.

Though, none of the DLC fighters will be echo fighters according to Sakurai. Whether it helps or kills Black Shadow's chances, I don't know.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Black Shadow’s a spirit. Idk what that means for his chances

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Black Shadow’s a spirit. Idk what that means for his chances

At least F-Zero isn't as forgotten as many might think. That's for certain.

 

[Wyoming]

Black Shadow’s a spirit. Idk what that means for his chances

Actually, having thought about it, I could see Spirits being a disconfirmation for this season of DLC.

Sakurai doesn't think like us: these extra roles are important in representation for him. Assist Trophies, Pokeballs, and now Spirits are a way for non-fighters, in his own eyes, to be involved in Smash.

That's why he made a big deal about the souls. They aren't in the game physically, but they can replicate their behavior via this mode. It means they're in the Smash lore in some capacity.

So yeah, I think this is a bust for him and other spirits. And yes, I do know Kaptain K. Rool and Wii Fit Trainer pose 303 are "spirits" but they aren't THE character by name. They're merely the behavior of these alter egos/activities. Despite just being K. Rool in a pirate suit, the Kaptain still acts differently from regular K. Rool due to him being an insane crocodile with multiple personality disorder. It works within the logistics of the mode.

If DLC wasn't announced on the same day I'd honestly say it isn't a big deal, but...

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Actually, having thought about it, I could see Spirits being a disconfirmation for this season of DLC.

Sakurai doesn't think like us: these extra roles are important in representation for him. Assist Trophies, Pokeballs, and now Spirits are a way for non-fighters, in his own eyes, to be involved in Smash.

That's why he made a big deal about the souls. They aren't in the game physically, but they can replicate their behavior via this mode. It means they're in the Smash lore in some capacity.

So yeah, I think this is a bust for him and other spirits. And yes, I do know Kaptain K. Rool and Wii Fit Trainer pose 303 are "spirits" but they aren't THE character by name. They're merely the behavior of these alter egos/activities. Despite just being K. Rool in a pirate suit, the Kaptain still acts differently from regular K. Rool due to him being an insane crocodile with multiple personality disorder. It works within the logistics of the mode.

If DLC wasn't announced on the same day I'd honestly say it isn't a big deal, but...

Think there may be a second season of DLC if “this season”, as you put it, does well?

 

[Wyoming]

Think there may be a second season of DLC if “this season”, as you put it, does well?

Not too sure. The DLC has been said to last until February 2020. While Nintendo would obviously love it, it will boil down to the development team more than anything.

 

[Crap-Zapper]

Super Smash Bros Ultimate is amazing. The cast is very much fleshed out, and World of Light and the spirit system is a blast.
However, DLC is a thing, and it will make speculation again more fun, and interesting. Nintendo making the choices makes me a bit afraid for the first party picks, but we still got to support what we love, as the battle is not over.

Regarding something I love, F-Zero comes fast to mind. Being one of my favourite franchises within Nintendo, the Smash series has not been giving me too much, but at least we are graced upon the beauty of the Falcon Punch. However, with Ridley, K. Rool, Wolf, Bowser, we see a trend of villains presence in the game, and Falcon should definently get one of his greatest foe. (can't really say true rival, that honour goes to Goroh!)

Seeing how creative the team has been lately with the series, I believe Sakurai and the others could do Black Shadow justice, and I do admit that a F-Zero character sounds very slim, a revival of the series could make it a possibility, however, it's not on the radar as of yet, but a mere dream.

Still. While Samurai Goroh is an AT, I think Black Shadow is the most logical choice, and what a choice it is. Master of dark sorcery, and what people tend to forget is how fast this monster is. Not only strong, but damn fast !!! Nearly the speed of Falcon, so tell me how he should take over Ganondorf, haha.

My first encounter with F-Zero was on the Gamecube, F-Zero GX, and the game itself made me really enjoy the series.
It's hard as balls, it's fast as Sanic, and it's suuuper fun to me. Therefore, I would love to see more F-Zero content in general, and would love to support Black Shadow for the DLC speculation.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

I can’t find Black Shadow in WoL. Is he only on the Spirit Board and/or in the shop, or?

Ps. Happy New Year, Black Bull Brethren(TM)! Here’s hoping F-Zero Racer #30 shows up in a future DLC character season!

(Heh I actually turn 30 this year)

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I can’t find Black Shadow in WoL. Is he only on the Spirit Board and/or in the shop, or?

Ps. Happy New Year, Black Bull Brethren(TM)! Here’s hoping F-Zero Racer #30 shows up in a future DLC character season!

(Heh I actually turn 30 this year)

I remember getting him on the Spirit Board. He's also a summon to I believe.

Edit: Have you guys seen the Black Shadow Project M mod? It's amazing:

 

[Rie Sonomura]

With more DLC on the way, it would be awesome if Black Shadow was in there somewhere. Of course his best bet would probably be a potential F-Zero GX HD remaster, which... haha yeah good luck with that happening