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What Super Powers/Mutations would you want?

Red Exodus

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Time control is a favorite of mine. Super speed used to be my favorite until I realized super speed is basically lesser time control, although, if a speedster were to attack a time controller before he realized it the time controller wouldn't be able to use his power to avoid the possibly fatal blow, but if one person were to have the power I guess it wouldn't matter.

If other people had powers I guess I'd choose empathy [the power to absorb other powers] similar to Peter's from Heroes. Why have one when you can have them all?
 

SkylerOcon

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I'd be Viewtiful Joe. Gives me an excuse to shout 'henchin-a-go-go, baby!' at the top of my lungs.
 

Circus

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Telekinesis, time control, invisibility, teleportation, elemental manipulation, etc
Etc? So you basically mean "all super powers/mutations that have ever been thunk'd up?"

I'd be Viewtiful Joe. Gives me an excuse to shout 'henchin-a-go-go, baby!' at the top of my lungs.
You never need an excuse to shout that. Do it at the library. In the bathroom. During intercourse. It's only appropriate.
 

jmlee337

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telekinesis
with an understanding of physics, it can be used for almost anything
 

crewster

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I know what powers I want: Mod powers!
Soz I had to do that
 

Xanthyr

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I've always been fond of being able to freely control electricity/energy. Imagine how much bank you would make if you rented out power grids to people.

But seriously, the whole Avatar: The Last Airbender universe has always intrigued me. If I could, I'd have that sort of control over earth, maybe water.

Yeah, everyone has to show their geek once in a while.
 

Lavos

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The one real answer here is gravity control. It's probably the most broken thing outside of complete control over time and space.

You can do ANYTHING with the correct control of gravity. You could fly, destroy anything, make diamonds, stop any projectile. Virtually everything can be done with the power of gravity. It's the ultimate destructive power!
 

_Phloat_

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I would like the power for everything that i write down to be true

not say, taht would get annoying lol
Smash would change forever.

I kid I kid.

If no one else had this choice, or the world was peaceful and I had no chance of being mugged or attacked by a super villian, mine would be the ability to wake up with a new random power every day.

Would be a fun day, essentially learning how things work and discovering things.

And constant flight, something to master so not all my practice is lost.
 

Neon Ness

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I would like the power for everything that i write down to be true

not say, that would get annoying lol
Death Note?

Sometimes I wish I could become invisible, teleport, had psychic capabilities, or have knowledge of every language.

Also, sometimes I really wish I could stop/go back in time...
 

Lavos

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I would like the power for everything that i write down to be true

not say, taht would get annoying lol
I wouldn't trust ANYONE with this power.

Say you're doing your math homework. With one swipe of the pen you could divide by zero and the whole universe would be gone. You could make 2+2 = fish! Or worse, if you were doing physics, and you made a mistake on some problem involving gravity, the entire universe would change to fit the problem.

Plane would fall out of the sky!
Buildings could crumble!
People everywhere would trip!
 

_Phloat_

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And he just writes "brinboy can travel back in time if something goes wrong, he also travels to a safe room with a pen & paper if he is killed" on a small piece of paper... and is safe!
 

MRS1

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That's creative, though kind of random. For what purpose would you want this power?

Making people's blood run backwards would put them in a state of fear, and uncertainty. They would also be kind of on edge, and a little out of control. Included in the power is the ability to make it happen outside of bodies as well; when I enter an area, all the blood starts dripping upwards instead of down. It's a power that lets me control others with fear.
 

Circus

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Making people's blood run backwards would put them in a state of fear, and uncertainty. They would also be kind of on edge, and a little out of control.
How do you figure? I don't see how those things are related to backwards flowing blood. It seems like what you really ought to be going for is some kind of mind manipulation.

Included in the power is the ability to make it happen outside of bodies as well; when I enter an area, all the blood starts dripping upwards instead of down.
You mean, like, back up into a wound? I really don't see what purpose that serves. And once blood is completely out of the body, what counts as "backwards?" If there's a pool of blood on the ground, how do you make it flow in reverse? Doesn't that have more to do with general telekinesis rather than reversing blood flow? I'm just very confused.

It's a power that lets me control others with fear.
Again, I don't see how. When you initially mentioned making blood run backwards, it sounded like a creative but kind of visually boring way of killing someone. But now it seems like what you want is really just the ability to induce fear, a'la Scarecrow from the Batman universe. And if that's the case, you really should be attacking the nervous system, not the circulatory.


Actually, it would kill them.
That's what I thought.

To me, just having the ability to stop someone's heart would be about as effective. And be just as (not) flashy.

Super powers = serious business.
 

choknater

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I would want the ability to control socks. I would have some crazy attacks like Special Sock Noose Lynching and Used Sock Stink Bomb. The colored socks would each have elemental powers, and I could use socks with different color patters like polka dots or stripes that have really awesome combo powers. I would have to knit all the magical socks myself.
 

_Phloat_

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I would want the ability to control socks. I would have some crazy attacks like Special Sock Noose Lynching and Used Sock Stink Bomb. The colored socks would each have elemental powers, and I could use socks with different color patters like polka dots or stripes that have really awesome combo powers. I would have to knit all the magical socks myself.

Double meaning.
 

PukeTShirt

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"The Quantum Brain"

I came up with this during a smoke session discussion on the same topic.

It works off the idea that there an infinite number of parallel universes, one for every single possibility there is. Your brain is able access and scan these universes, and gain knowledge from them at an exponential rate. Want to have super speed? Have your "quantum" brain scan the parallel universe where super speed is the norm, learn how it works, then apply it to yourself. Want to have telekinesis? Again, search the multiverse and gain the knowledge of how to obtain it. It's basically the end-all super power, as it gives you any super power you want, and also the ability to absorb any information at all at an exponential rate.

It's too good, needs the ban-hammer really.
 

Red Exodus

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I hate thinking about parallel universes, the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about them is me being a girl or a shemale instead of a boy.
 

Circus

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"The Quantum Brain"

I came up with this during a smoke session discussion on the same topic.

It works off the idea that there an infinite number of parallel universes, one for every single possibility there is. Your brain is able access and scan these universes, and gain knowledge from them at an exponential rate. Want to have super speed? Have your "quantum" brain scan the parallel universe where super speed is the norm, learn how it works, then apply it to yourself. Want to have telekinesis? Again, search the multiverse and gain the knowledge of how to obtain it. It's basically the end-all super power, as it gives you any super power you want, and also the ability to absorb any information at all at an exponential rate.

It's too good, needs the ban-hammer really.
Weed prevails, once again.

lol wut? thats kinda a wierd thing to default to. i usually just think of being able to fly...
I think about a bunch of different ways I could have died by now. Usually simple stuff—being randomly shot, car accident, falling off of something very high, etc.
 

Mith_

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Priestly powers.
I'd be able to heal anybody from anything.

Mend wounds, cure diseases, kill viruses, you name it.
 

Circus

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Priestly powers.
I'd be able to heal anybody from anything.

Mend wounds, cure diseases, kill viruses, you name it.
And as a bonus, your body would have a magnetic effect on all little boys within a 2 mile radius.

IF I DIDN'T MAKE THE JOKE, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE.
 
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