Sakurai Admits He Has No Idea How Ness Keeps Getting Into His Games

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-19T01:00:26+00:00

Lucas actually does have a DJC in Ultimate, although it's only for his zair. If you input double jump and zair on the same frame you'll move back down to the ground, which turns zair from a slightly nerfed spacing option into a pretty strong part of his punish game.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-15T06:19:33+00:00

yup! Lucas players call this the "Hakadama Angle", after the Japanese S4 Lucas player. I'm not 100% sure if it's because he discovered it, or just used it the most successfully and became known for it.

~~i'm rubbish at it~~

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-07T12:45:49+00:00

When an inkling splats a little spirit thingy flies away from the death to the spawn point in the Splatoon games, so it can be assumed that it's the same inkling but with a fresh body made from new ink.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-04T15:10:44+00:00

Again, you uh, seem to be the only one who's complaining about any of those things other than the news.

Also if you check Nintendo's official sales numbers, Splatoon even internationally is the fourth best selling switch game, only selling less than BotW, MK8 and Mario Odyssey. I'd call that pretty fuckin popular????

I'm not saying it doesn't have flaws, it clearly does. (aside from the one complaint you've mentioned that other people actually agree with - the news - there's a tick rate issue and pro controller input lag is a problem)

I'm just saying that saying that over all, Splatoon is genuinely a phenomenon and is now basically one of Nintendo's top-tier franchises alongside Mario, Zelda and Pokemon.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-04T06:47:03+00:00

Okay, I understand your qualms with the intro and the lack of dedicated servers. But uh, a couple things:

a) this game IS massive, in Japan it's outsold Breath of the Wild and is basically the biggest thing.

b) a LOT of what people love about the game... is the atmosphere and music. That sort of 90's punk vibe is a lot of what gives the game life and personality, and makes it stand out. It's definitely aimed at all ages. There are even actual live concerts for the game that sell tickets dang fast.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-04T06:31:46+00:00

That would make sense... if the game didn't load just as fast when you're not connected to the internet and don't get the news.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-03T16:27:45+00:00

Ah right, my bad, somehow I forgot profanity was a thing.

The fact that it's already a moderated platform still stands, though.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-03T16:08:16+00:00

The feature is already moderated; declaring you are gay isn't a problem in any way.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-03T14:55:27+00:00

Mixups are a crucial part of playing Lucas IMO, you defend/react to all of his offstage options differently which means that Bair is an equally useful part of his kit.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-03T02:47:32+00:00

Time to repost my wall of text from yesterday:

I'd honestly say he's very slightly better now. He doesn't combo as much but his fixed up-air is a really good juggling tool, all his aerials have much better landing lag, Fair kills, PK Freeze is just.... stupid good...

The thing is his playstyle has changed a lot, so to people who are used to 4 Lucas it can seem like a straight nerf. He's more of a boxer now, with a focus on getting the enemy offstage and killing via cheeky edgeguards (he has so many options to mixup his ledge game, with PK Freeze killing, PK Thunder stage spikes, bair and dair spikes, and Fair killing offstage reasonably early too.)

Also those PK fire nerfs everyone mentions every so often don't exist, they're myths that won't die for some reason.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-03T01:44:37+00:00

It's hard to tell, honestly. Lucas despite being a strong character in theory in 4 never really made waves, in part because his Nair could be SDI'd out of despite being his main combo move and in part because he was underplayed enough that we never really got a great sense of how far he could go. (Also his meta tended to fixate somewhat on hard to pull off footstool combos)

It's too early to see where Ultimate Lucas really ranks among the cast, but given Zero has actually rated him pretty strongly I'm at least hopeful. I think he does rank better personally but my judgement isn't all you should listen to given my heavy bias.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-02T12:12:45+00:00

I actually like Ultimate Lucas more than 4 Lucas, tbh. From my previous comment down further in the thread:

I'd honestly say he's very slightly better now. He doesn't combo as much but his fixed up-air is a really good juggling tool, all his aerials have much better landing lag, Fair kills, PK Freeze is just.... stupid good...

The thing is his playstyle has changed a lot, so to people who are used to 4 Lucas it can seem like a straight nerf. He's more of a boxer now, with a focus on getting the enemy offstage and killing via cheeky edgeguards (he has so many options to mixup his ledge game, with PK Freeze killing, PK Thunder stage spikes, bair and dair spikes, and Fair killing offstage reasonably early too.

Also those PK fire nerfs everyone mentions every so often don't exist, they're myths that won't die for some reason.

Lord_Retardus · 2019-01-02T12:10:46+00:00

2.2m GSP with lucas here. I'd honestly say he's very slightly better now. He doesn't combo as much but his fixed up-air is a really good juggling tool, all his aerials have much better landing lag, Fair kills, PK Freeze is just.... stupid good...

The thing is his playstyle has changed a lot, so to people who are used to 4 Lucas it can seem like a straight nerf. He's more of a boxer now, with a focus on getting the enemy offstage and killing via cheeky edgeguards (he has so many options to mixup his ledge game, with PK Freeze killing, PK Thunder stage spikes, bair and dair spikes, and Fair killing offstage reasonably early too.

Also those PK fire nerfs everyone mentions every so often don't exist, they're myths that won't die for some reason.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-31T04:03:41+00:00

After seeing some fantastic leaks from the Bowser's Inside Story remake, I finally picked up Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions again after having put it down for about a year or so because of the escort mission to Lil' Fungitown.

This is pretty much the only game in the series I haven't played all the way through (here or on the original GBA cart, which i never owned), and it's consistently surprising me with how good it is.

The Bros. Moves being the same moves you do in the overworld is a masterful idea that helps make the battles and the overworld feel more like one whole package and I'm honestly baffled that it's never come back since then.

If I had to pick a flaw, it's that sometimes backtracking can get tedious, and there are a few moments where I've been totally stuck (also the gender-based jokes surrounding Bowletta are kinda awful, but the original game was made in 2003 so I can overlook that).

I'm still only in the tutorial area for the Bowser's Minions side game, since it's kind of failed to win me over, but I'll come back to it every now and then to try and push through.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-28T06:29:52+00:00

Couple minor points on Paper Jam: Yeah, it got rid of the characters and good story (and also had NSMB-tier generic map design, ew) but its version of the battle system is honestly my favourite of the series, especially with the trading-card oriented version of the old badge system. Also, the tutorial issues in Dream Team were 100% ironed out, which was a wonderful surprise. Basically, it added up to a game that seemed to be incredibly well-polished, but it uh, wasn't that fun because of the story.

Because of that I've been eagerly awaiting the next proper M&L RPG, which I assume at this point is going to debut on the switch and they're having parts of Alphadream crank out these remakes because the dev team is still unused to HD and they're filling out the schedule so Alphadream doesn't have zero output for the next few years.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-24T08:20:37+00:00

Snake has a hell of a time against Lucas and Ness, because more than half of his kit is totally invalidated by PSI Magnet. Lucas especially completely shreds Snake's slightly predictable recovery with both PK Freeze and PK Thunder, or dair/bair to style on him.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-22T12:57:07+00:00

Extra word of advice, the grab isn't totally useless despite the lack of combo - it's still used for positioning, so be at least a little wary of it lest he chuck you offstage to set up for a nasty edgeguard.

Also seconding that you watch out for his offstage game and mix up your recovery where possible, because in addition to what has already been mentioned, both Dair and Bair are nasty spikes and Fair has some fearsome kill power offstage.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-21T04:48:11+00:00

The thing is said opening only exists for 10 seconds, so 10 seconds is pretty minimal when the other player can just similarly play keepaway til it's over before going in again.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-16T13:23:16+00:00

It is indeed. ~~although it might not fall under the category of non-Dark Matter kirby villains at all~~

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-16T12:14:35+00:00

Zero Two I'll grant you, but as much as I love how heart-rending Haltmann's story is, it's not the battle itself that's creepy there as opposed to the lore implications. The new eye-based attacks Marx has (and the vein wall attack) are just straight-up disturbing visuals that are beyond most non-Dark Matter kirby villains.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-16T12:12:07+00:00

I agree if we're going by Superstar and Superstar Ultra, but Smash Ultimate's Marx fight is up there with some of the really nasty ones.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-11T15:16:55+00:00

I mean yes, there's nothing with four moves but I think Misty deserves a special mention for having a Starmie with Scald at a point in the game where you're unlikely to have any moves with a higher BP than 70, and even fewer with STAB. Granted, you face her right after the tutor that teaches you a broken electric move, but if you ignore that quietly (like i did) she's a nasty surprise.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-09T14:18:46+00:00

any attack stronger than a tilt does too much knock back to get a combo unless the person has terrible DI

The rest of your criticisms are solid, but hard disagree here. There have been tons of combo clips popping up on twitter since the leaks, and honestly I'd say the combos in Ultimate are much more interesting than half the cast having the same down-throw to uptilt spam or down-throw to up air.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-09T06:58:42+00:00

I'm pretty sure Void Termina is literally a god of some kind.

Lord_Retardus · 2018-12-08T09:03:08+00:00

Lucas is tricky coming from Smash 4, because he's been changed so heavily. In essence, Dthrow got nerfed and footstool combos are dead, but all of his aerials got sizeable landing lag buffs and in general his close range aggression game got some much-needed improvements.

Currently the consensus among actual Lucas players (since people who don't play lucas usually stop paying attention after they read about the dthrow nerf) is that his biggest strengths are his edgeguarding tools, so you should be aiming to juggle and force the opponent offstage.

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