Since this was in todays update, I’d thought I’d mention this here, so those concerned about spoilers can at least know of this. Asside from the Special Moves of the new character, we learned today, straight from Sakurai that one atribute of Giga Bowser is going to be shared amongst some of Brawls Heavyweights.
<img src="http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mariopedia/trophy/giga_bowser.jpg" alt="He still looks bad-ass" />
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In Melee, Giga Bowser had 3 things that made him much more dangerous than Bowser.
1. He was bigger, so he had an increased range of many attacks (Even though a few attacks then were high enough to go over the heads of some characters)
2. He couldn’t be grabbed. Have at you Sheik! This also included immunity from Captain Falcon and Gannondorf’s Up-B attacks and Kirby’s Inhale attack.
3. He was able to resist a large number of attacks. Only really strong hits made him flinch. All others he’s just ignore and hit you.
Pretty obvious which one is going to be joining the heavy weights. However, while with Gigabowser, he had this all the time, it seems that only some attacks are going to be granting this effect. I’ll quote Sakurai (with spoilers removed) so you know what we’re getting this from. And the dashes aren’t replacing the letters, so don’t read too much into the number I’ve used per spoiler.
<blockquote>Of special importance is the fact that —- is resistant to attacks for a moment right after —–. —–’s not flinching?!
—-’s not really invincible— —- still takes damage. But —- won’t flinch in the slightest.
This time, there are several moves like this among the heavy characters, so watch out!
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So heavy weights now have something to counter the faster characters. Bowser might finally crawl out from the bottom of the pile now. Here’s hoping Cao, Gimp
<em>Wild Bowser Appeared!
Go, Pikachu!
Bowser withdrew it’s head!
Pikachu used Thundershock!
Bowser resists the attack!
Bowser used skull bash!
Pikachu has been defeated by Bowser!</em>
<img src="http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mariopedia/trophy/giga_bowser.jpg" alt="He still looks bad-ass" />
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In Melee, Giga Bowser had 3 things that made him much more dangerous than Bowser.
1. He was bigger, so he had an increased range of many attacks (Even though a few attacks then were high enough to go over the heads of some characters)
2. He couldn’t be grabbed. Have at you Sheik! This also included immunity from Captain Falcon and Gannondorf’s Up-B attacks and Kirby’s Inhale attack.
3. He was able to resist a large number of attacks. Only really strong hits made him flinch. All others he’s just ignore and hit you.
Pretty obvious which one is going to be joining the heavy weights. However, while with Gigabowser, he had this all the time, it seems that only some attacks are going to be granting this effect. I’ll quote Sakurai (with spoilers removed) so you know what we’re getting this from. And the dashes aren’t replacing the letters, so don’t read too much into the number I’ve used per spoiler.
<blockquote>Of special importance is the fact that —- is resistant to attacks for a moment right after —–. —–’s not flinching?!
—-’s not really invincible— —- still takes damage. But —- won’t flinch in the slightest.
This time, there are several moves like this among the heavy characters, so watch out!
</blockquote>
So heavy weights now have something to counter the faster characters. Bowser might finally crawl out from the bottom of the pile now. Here’s hoping Cao, Gimp
<em>Wild Bowser Appeared!
Go, Pikachu!
Bowser withdrew it’s head!
Pikachu used Thundershock!
Bowser resists the attack!
Bowser used skull bash!
Pikachu has been defeated by Bowser!</em>
