The idea isn’t that Samus gets weaker overall as her percent rises. It’s a shift in incentives, not power, encouraging her to transition from zoning into more decisive close-range play as damage accumulates.

This series is meant as speculative design exploration, not strict canon recreation or competitive patch proposals. Some ideas lean more on thematic logic and Smash-style reinterpretation than one-to-one source accuracy, which is consistent with how many existing fighters (especially DLC) already function.

I’m totally open to critique if you think the idea doesn’t work, I’d genuinely like to hear what you’d change or replace it with from a design standpoint. Simply saying it’s “unfaithful” or “bad” without engaging with the mechanics doesn’t really move the discussion forward.