I`m OK with the removal of SS aerial landing lag cancelling since if they shielded you were left with even more lag than before but the Usmash nerf seems really bad. From the video it seems like it definitely won`t combo into itself anymore at low % and our Nair -> Usmash -> Jab approach (or just Usmash -> Jab) probably won`t be safe on shield anymore either.
I guess it`s only fair because honestly, I think it was the best Usmash in the game but it still sucks to have your best move nerfed so much.
I just hope that the rumors about the Hydro Pump nerf and Uair spike removal aren`t true because that would mean that Greninja`s best smash, special and aerial move all got nerfed, which would be a much bigger nerf overall than anything I`ve seen other characters receive so far.
Edit:
Also have you guys noticed at 0:58 in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh9vY5ip6Es they use a very slow Shadow Sneak which most likely means that they have customs enabled and used custom 2 Shadow Strike. But just to make sure, can anyone confirm that Shadow Sneak still has the same speed?
Also at 0:37 while the Hydro Pump range seems unchanged, the pushback seems very weak. Though Pikachu was hit at a vertical angle which has the lowest pushback and he could have minimized the pushback with good DI, so all hope is not lost yet, but normally the pushback would have been about twice as strong from a vertical hit and several times stronger from a diagonal hit.
However there are some positive changes as well. At 0:37 you can see that a single hit from Hydro Pump now deals 5% damage instead of 2%. But this also confirms that Hydro Pump was changed which unfortunately makes a pushback nerf seem more likely.
And I forgot that KERO confirmed that the Uair spike really is gone which can be seen at 1:45. Pikachu got hit by 4 Uair hits for 4% damage which means that the final hit was definitely missing since it deals 3% and despite this, Pikachu was not only not pulled down, he was actually sent upwards a bit which never happened in the 3DS version.