Why Falcon got weaker

[Zeldasalsa]

the nintendo folks found out cf's power combined with insane speed is way too strong. cf didnt get a lot weaker, but there is an obvious difference between melee and brawl.

 

[Mann]

the nintendo folks found out cf's power combined with insane speed is way too strong. cf didnt get a lot weaker, but there is an obvious difference between melee and brawl.

So you actually talked to the developer's of the game. This is truth. So this is why Marth wasn't changed that much!

 

[Ayato]

Excellent find. I'll apply this new reasoning to my Falcon gameplay and I'll be as good as Isai was in Melee OMG.

 

[Dragnil]

I think that a lot of people are comparing C. falcon too much to his old "Pwn All" melee form, and not at him compared to other characters. But also I see the Marth point and know that was a mistake. Also look at jigglypuff, nerfed a whole bunch.

 

[Elbow]

So you actually talked to the developer's of the game. This is truth. So this is why Marth wasn't changed that much!

They figured that since Marth and everyone who uses him is gay, they might as well make him good.

 

[Hestix]

lol. Seems like nerfing cf was a bad idea, but you never know. Maybe there was a bad exploit in late production, and they had to nerf him hard to avoid starting him over?

 

[cwjalex]

The main reason falcon seems nerfed is that they took pretty much the same move set that he had in Melee, and just put him in the new world of Brawl which has very different physics/mechanics.

Imagine playing Melee falcon without being able to dash dance, L-cancel, and now make characters floatier so it is harder to combo...

Without changing/reducing the lag of moves it is not surprising at all that falcon does not perform as well as in Melee.

 

[Mann]

lol. Seems like nerfing cf was a bad idea, but you never know. Maybe there was a bad exploit in late production, and they had to nerf him hard to avoid starting him over?

Whatever it was, playing C. Falcon competitively is going to be harder then before. If not harder, then at least annoying.