Final Smashes. - Page 4

quote Gotenks

And Link and Toon Link having the same Final Smash. That's one of the issues I hope they fix in SSB4 as well as move-sets. Give each character their own unique Final Smash and move-set. It wouldn't be that hard to do.

Toon Link is probably the only clone character in Brawl. Others, like Falco and Ganondorf, aren't quite clones anymore, but still have some similar moves. I could see everyone be given their own final smash and have movesets differ more too.

quote StewieRox11

And Gotenks, agreed. The thing I don't get is, didn't Sakurai say there wouldn't be any clones in SSBB, especially with FSs? Because Toon Link is just a smaller version of Link, tbh. They didn't even keep the fire arrows that they had for Young Link in SSBM to make it at least a LITTLE different!

I believe his take on the matter was along the lines, "while characters may have the same moves, including final smashes, the characterization of these attacks (from startup speed to power, etc) varies." I don't think nearly any consumers of the game viewed this as truth, though.

For me, I don't mind the clones. Since the moves essentially do end up functioning pretty differently, I side slightly with Sakurai on this (assuming his thoughts are along the lines of what I stated above).

However, a very easy solution for this would be to change the animation (sprites) associated with each move. If the specials and final smashes, even if functioning equivocally to how they do now (with what I referred to above as 'characterization of attacks), the attacks would then function AND appear differently. Creator is happy because they are all technically different, consumer is happy because the results they are providing, differentiation, is then apparent. To do otherwise really just seems lazy to me. As Walt Disney stated, "All horses jump, no chipped paint."

It REALLY pissed me off that Peach's FS is what should be Jigglypuffs. I appreciate that both, plus Luigi's, are just based on the fun quirks of the character......... but

Didn't Peach's deal 40% damage to everyone?

Some of the Final Smashes were pretty sloppy and I felt that Sakurai just got lazy on a few of them. Like Peaches. It's suppose to be a Final SMASH! Not a Final let's put people to sleep while I restore HP!

DK's was horribly done. Interesting idea but executed poorly.

quote mattardis

jigglypuff: perish song

Hmmm, Perish song.... that'd be interesting. Each character has a short time frame to, say, get hit five times, or 'grab on' to something (stay a certain distance from the edge, or make it to a holding chamber) or they end up flying off the side.

Ganondorf gets Ganon but Link doesn't get Deity Link?