Z-air... what Z button?! G-air?

[Beard Hawk]

I'm always a bit lost for words when talking about Samus' air grapple move, 'Z-air'. The default grab button on 3DS is L, but calling it L-air seems confusing because it's not L on any of the past games. Should we carry on calling the move Z-air, as confusing as that may be for newcomers, or could we come up with a new name for the 3DS version? Is it worth renaming just for the 3DS? Off the top of my head, how about G-air (grapple air/grab air)? Do Link users still call it Zair as well?

EDIT: ooooo, I just thought of another option: Taser. I'm not sure if grab-air makes that much sense because you can't actually grab people with it, although you can grab the ledge. What do you think?

 

[Fox Is Openly Deceptive]

If it's all the same to you, I'd appreciate it if you raised this point about 'Zair' in my smash dictionary thread. I agree that it needs to be changed. A discussion needs to be had with the wider community on stuff like this.

 

[Beard Hawk]

Cool, I've brought it up in your thread. I don't know if this thread is still relevant now that I know yours exists, but if any Samus players can think of a good name for her one in particular, then this thread might catch their eye.

Other ideas: Whip? Lasso? Brab (beam grab) [yes, terrible, but just throwing names out there]? The Stunner? [we would have to change the name only if they put Stone Cold in the game...] Tether?

EDIT: I completely forgot Zero Suit Samus exists, of course stunner would already be confused with her move.

 

[Savez]

The name zair is fine D:

 

[n00b]

The physical button L is just programmed to act the exact same way as Z — I think it should still be Z-air. Calling it Taser is even less clear because it's never referred to as a Taser (which it isn't, anyway) anywhere else, G-air (grapple air?) can be mistaken for her using Z (L on default 3DS controls) to recover to ledge (also known as tether). If you are a newcomer you will need to learn a lot of Smash jargon anyway, with Wii U version coming soon and allowing Gamecube Controllers, where Z is used, this change would be even more confusing down the line.

 

[Conda]

It's Zair. Can't change it after this long. You can re-map the B button to Y but that doesn't mean you shouldn't still call moves side-b and such.

 

[Beard Hawk]

Fair enough... or should I say... Zair enough...

Yeah, I'll leave now.

 

[Mettie7]

Why change it? There IS a Z button on the GCN controller so...

 

[IsmaR]

Why change it? There IS a Z button on the GCN controller so...

Seeing how this remains true, and the GCN will most likely remain the "go-to" controller both for the community and for describing moves/buttons (we do have smilies for a reason, y'know), discussion for this can continue on Fox is Openly Deceptive's thread.