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As long as there's a generally decent balance to individual tiers (however those tiers may look) and the character at the top of that tier isn't leagues and miles beyond the character at the bottom of it (or worse, the character immediately one place behind in the tier) it's probably for the best that the game isn't totally balanced. I myself prefer having mid and low tier characters, they cause upsets, generate a lot of hype in the right hands and there's just nothing better than 3-stocking that one loudmouth you met at a local in a money match using Game & Watch.
The right amount of imbalance does a lot for the game, I wouldn't want to imagine a Smash game where every character was lumped into one or maybe two tiers and there was very little difference between viability of characters in those tiers as you went up the tier. Every fighting game has amazing characters and crap ones, imo it only really becomes a problem when a character is unbelievably busted beyond belief like Sm4sh Bayo or Brawl MK. It's also not super great when a character feels bad for really stupid reasons, but all-in-all I'm happy with the overall balance of the game in a general sense. I have a few things here and there I want done, yes, but nothing is egregious.
The right amount of imbalance does a lot for the game, I wouldn't want to imagine a Smash game where every character was lumped into one or maybe two tiers and there was very little difference between viability of characters in those tiers as you went up the tier. Every fighting game has amazing characters and crap ones, imo it only really becomes a problem when a character is unbelievably busted beyond belief like Sm4sh Bayo or Brawl MK. It's also not super great when a character feels bad for really stupid reasons, but all-in-all I'm happy with the overall balance of the game in a general sense. I have a few things here and there I want done, yes, but nothing is egregious.
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