The removal of "Star K.O.'s"

[GreenReaperGod]

I never liked the feature, but it's probably returning

 

[HeroicWeasel]

I hope they make it not random. I personally haven't seen it happen but it would be pretty dumb if a match was decided because someone took longer to die due to a star KO as opposed to different KO from off the top.

 

[domriver]

Yea, that gets annoying. jejej

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I want Star KOs to return but not the whole "let's-take-20-seconds-to-KO-you" thing.

 

[Brickbuild101]

You can't cut star KOs in the first 3D Smash. They're the most 3D orientated feature the game has.

Actually, I think Screen K.O.s are more 3Der. They'll bounce off your face when dat slider be high!

 

[ryuu seika]

I actually thought they were the same thing...

 

[Deleted member]

The game is still in development.

Check 0:09.
Kirby KO'd Mario and Link at the upper-blast line, but there wasn't a Star KO. When this trailer was shown, Brawl was still in development.
While this is an older example, it still shows that things are subject to change. We might not see Star KOs now or maybe even later, but I think that they will be in the game.
If they don't return, I can see why. If Sakurai wants to make this game faster and believes that Star KOs makes Smash a bit slower, he might remove them.

Personally... I don't want them back. I hated it when I could have won a time match by getting one more KO... and then I was robbed of this by a few seconds because of the Star KO.

 

[Sun & Moon]

Personally... I don't want them back. I hated it when I could have won a time match by getting one more KO... and then I was robbed of this by a few seconds because of the Star KO.

This can be fixed if the KO counts as soon as the character begins his star KO animation.

 

[Awaji66]

I hope they do return... they were in the first 3 games and kinda like one of the charms of smash.

 

[Eternal phoenix Fire]

This can be fixed if the KO counts as soon as the character begins his star KO animation.

Basically this.

 

[N. Onymous]

I've seen off-the-top-of-the-screen KOs happen with no star KO animation in Brawl before, if that means anything.

 

[Sun & Moon]

I've seen off-the-top-of-the-screen KOs happen with no star KO animation in Brawl before, if that means anything.

That happens with the fighting alloy team only.

 

[HatsuneMiku]

Eh, Star KO's are pretty much a mainstay in Smash by now. The early trailers and footages of Brawl didn't have them yet either, yet they still appeared in the game.

 

[N. Onymous]

That happens with the fighting alloy team only.

I could have sworn it was during a normal match. Oh, well.

 

[CardiganBoy]

Why would they just take out something that defined the way Smash Bros. is?
Most likely they are adding visual effetcs or something for the Star KOs.

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

I could have sworn it was during a normal match. Oh, well.

This can happen when a character is launched diagonally and ends up going off the left or right blast zones in the corner of the screen. Even if they are traveling at a steep incline, the game will still sometimes count them as going into the left or right blast zone, whereas they visually appear to be going more toward the ceiling.

 

[guedes the brawler]

i`d be fine by it cause i`ve lost matches due to my opponent taking too long to be KO`d

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I'd be pretty gutted if star KOs were removed. They're a small part of the game but they have had a big impact on me.

 

[Depressed Gengar]

Like others have said, it's probably just because regular K.O.s are less time consuming than Star K.O.s.