Melee
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Felt like talking about the game everyone agrees is at least one reason Nintendo owns: Super Smash Bros. Melee. I haven't found a soul who dislikes it, this ultimate-fighting game of Nintendo All-Stars. Well, now (especially with Brawl) It's more like the All-Stars and the Co-Stars and the Anti-Stars as well.
But what sparked this blogtry is that I finally regot the game. Not considering trophies, I unlocked everything I could before I got Mewtwo. This left me without Mr. Game and Watch, Battlefield, Dream Land, and no way to get the rest Final Destination because Event Matches 40+ were blocked until I got that psycho cat. Finally, yesterday, I did and unlocked everything else. Now all that's left is grabbing all 290 trophies. If I had an Action Replay, I could always get the 3 secret ones. But It's not worth the risk. Sorry, Tamagon.
So the first thing I started doing is practice wave-dashing. I want to get really, really good at this game so I can go back to CyberJocks and own the people who owned me. For some reason, I'm excellent at it with Luigi and Mr. Game and Watch. I'm considering making Gamey my prime character - simply because he's weird, and people underestimate him. That bucket can deal over a hundred damage if you happen to catch three of Samus's charged beams.
Speaking of Samus, that's my second character I want to get really good at. My top characters until now has been Link, Roy, and Ness. But Samus is a really good fighter. But the main reason I want to use her is her secret ability - you can make the Grapple Beam twice as long. To do it, you have to rapidly press Z and the up and down arrows on the plus pad. It takes a lot of practice to figure out how to do it right, but once you get it, you can accomplish the feat in the time it takes to shoot one Grapple Beam. This trick makes Samus's Grapple Beam twice as long. When you press L, it homes in on your opponents. You have to manually press Z to actually grab them, though. The trick is useless in a small, fast-paced battle because you'll probably never get the chance to pull it off. But still, it's an attribute that makes Samus deadly.
Unfortunately, Samus doesn't Wave-Dash very well. I'm still working on perfecting that move, particularly WDing backwards to grab onto a ledge to Edge-Hog. I still barely understand shuffling - the combination of short hopping, fast falling, and L-cancelling that lets you use your airs while still visibly on the ground.
I may stick with Link because of the fact that he's incredibly diverse. Though he's slow, he might have good Wave-Dashing, and I'm already used to all his moves. Roy's excellent against computers but his slowness is costly against quick-thinking humans. And Ness, he's too much of a tactician to do much good in a free for all. His moves are strong, but he himself is rather weak.
I was playing in Training to figure the differences between each of Peach's random vegetables. I'm discovered that the normal smiley face is by far the most common, and does 6 damage when thrown normally. Most other vegetables do 6 damage as well, but I think there's a difference in how far it hits your opponent. The winking face does 18 damage, and the miserable-looking face does around thirty! Plus, on rare occasions, Peach can pull a Bob-Omb out of the ground! It's funny to see the reactions on none-the-wiser opponents in a match with no items, who are perplexed as to where that Bob-Omb came from.
(o)
But what sparked this blogtry is that I finally regot the game. Not considering trophies, I unlocked everything I could before I got Mewtwo. This left me without Mr. Game and Watch, Battlefield, Dream Land, and no way to get the rest Final Destination because Event Matches 40+ were blocked until I got that psycho cat. Finally, yesterday, I did and unlocked everything else. Now all that's left is grabbing all 290 trophies. If I had an Action Replay, I could always get the 3 secret ones. But It's not worth the risk. Sorry, Tamagon.
So the first thing I started doing is practice wave-dashing. I want to get really, really good at this game so I can go back to CyberJocks and own the people who owned me. For some reason, I'm excellent at it with Luigi and Mr. Game and Watch. I'm considering making Gamey my prime character - simply because he's weird, and people underestimate him. That bucket can deal over a hundred damage if you happen to catch three of Samus's charged beams.
Speaking of Samus, that's my second character I want to get really good at. My top characters until now has been Link, Roy, and Ness. But Samus is a really good fighter. But the main reason I want to use her is her secret ability - you can make the Grapple Beam twice as long. To do it, you have to rapidly press Z and the up and down arrows on the plus pad. It takes a lot of practice to figure out how to do it right, but once you get it, you can accomplish the feat in the time it takes to shoot one Grapple Beam. This trick makes Samus's Grapple Beam twice as long. When you press L, it homes in on your opponents. You have to manually press Z to actually grab them, though. The trick is useless in a small, fast-paced battle because you'll probably never get the chance to pull it off. But still, it's an attribute that makes Samus deadly.
Unfortunately, Samus doesn't Wave-Dash very well. I'm still working on perfecting that move, particularly WDing backwards to grab onto a ledge to Edge-Hog. I still barely understand shuffling - the combination of short hopping, fast falling, and L-cancelling that lets you use your airs while still visibly on the ground.
I may stick with Link because of the fact that he's incredibly diverse. Though he's slow, he might have good Wave-Dashing, and I'm already used to all his moves. Roy's excellent against computers but his slowness is costly against quick-thinking humans. And Ness, he's too much of a tactician to do much good in a free for all. His moves are strong, but he himself is rather weak.
I was playing in Training to figure the differences between each of Peach's random vegetables. I'm discovered that the normal smiley face is by far the most common, and does 6 damage when thrown normally. Most other vegetables do 6 damage as well, but I think there's a difference in how far it hits your opponent. The winking face does 18 damage, and the miserable-looking face does around thirty! Plus, on rare occasions, Peach can pull a Bob-Omb out of the ground! It's funny to see the reactions on none-the-wiser opponents in a match with no items, who are perplexed as to where that Bob-Omb came from.
(o)
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