Sakurai presents new DLC character himself

[MeowMan]

yeah i watched it

pig?????????????????

[DarkZero]

^^Throw Robin, Inkling, & Olimar into a blender. That's how Steve will play.

See, I don't play any of those characters. I just like to be Isabelle and shoot my funny little slingshot.

Pig Brawler might actually be my favorite of the Mii costumes in this round, its such a bizarre choice that I can't help but love it. The Bomberman costume looks fantastic too, I like that they went the extra mile with it. Travis (from Travis) getting a Mii costume is also cool, though I know a lot of people would have preferred him as a fighter.

[MeowMan]

Creepers originated as Notch's failed attempt at making a model for a pig (their shape, obviously not their color), which is probably why they decided on a pig brawler to go alongside the creeper brawler, but there are so many other MC mobs that are actually humanoid and wouldn't have looked so weird.

[DarkZero]

yeah but if they did that then we wouldnt have pig brawler

[MeowMan]

that's fair

[CaptHayfever]

Test driving the new guy:
Even if you run out of resources & weapons, you're never truly defenseless; your mobility is far more limited, however.
You also can't summon your table if you only don't have wood, nor will it respawn(!), but you *can* mine barehanded.
Classic route is all horde battles. The bonus stage is terrifying with such low jumps.
9 board spirits. The first 8 are all pretty fair challenges (relative to their ranks). I haven't tried the Ender Dragon yet, but I expect it to be complete bullcrap like all the other Legend-class DLC spirits.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[spooky scary bearatons]

i finally got off my arse and played steve recently good lord he's bad but hes very fun

[DarkZero]

Mark your calenders.

[CaptHayfever]

^Perfect, that's right when I get off of work.

Trailer says he's coming out this month:

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[CaptHayfever]

Live from a rented studio decked out to look like Sakurai's office:
Sephiroth

--Releases 12/22, UNLESS you beat the limited-time Sephiroth Challenge (available starting today!) before then!
--Big hurtbox & lightweight, slow attacks, weakish throws.
--Masamune sweetspot in middle for slash, tip for stab
--Only speaks Japanese
--Winged Form when "in danger" (varies based on circumstances): faster, stronger, 3rd jump, super armor on smashes, goes away when you die or you kill.
--Down smash: shield breaker
--Fair: wall stab
--Dair: Hell's Gate, goes through platforms
--B: Flare/Megaflare/Gigaflare, can't store charge
--Side B: Shadow Flare
--Up B: Blade Dash/Octoslash
--Down B: Scintilla, doesn't require attack to counter, doesn't cover back, breakable
--Final: Supernova, gives status effects (stun, sleep, slow, flower, mushroom)
--(Cloud's even-numbered costumes now have Omnislash Ver 5.)
--Classic route: BOSS RUSH. Rathalos, Galleom, Marx, Dracula, Ganon, Giga Bowser, Master & Crazy Hand on Omega Northern Cave.

Stage: Northern Cave
--Looks like hazards-off Kalos.
--Plays entire finale of FF7 in background.
--9 new songs

Mii Costumes:
--Brawler: Tifa
--Swordy: Aerith
--Gunner: Barret, Geno
--All: Chocobo hat

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[DarkZero]

kinda bummed they couldnt make the geno hat be a full head cover, at least then he could have been like the sans/cuphead/fallout boy costumes where they actually look like the character.

marth-joker looks fun, i'm interested to try him out.

[CaptHayfever]

Marth-Joker is extremely light & has plenty of lag on his moves, so you can punish the crap out of him (if you can get him to miss). Hella fun to play, though. His Classic route flies by on low difficulty. Bahamut Zero is shockingly easy for a Legend.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[DarkZero]

Yeah I've noticed in fighting Sephiroth that staying fairly close to him and having a good trigger finger on your shield makes him a lot easier to deal with.

^Ditto for Bahamut Zero, I went in with my best spirit loadout expecting a really tough battle but I ended up beating him first try with little difficulty.

[CaptHayfever]

Thanks to a covid spike in Japan, Sakurai is back to filming at home, where I just noticed he appears to have every PlayStation alongside his Nintendo consoles.

Coming later today: Pyra & Mythra!
--Rex appears in taunts/Finals/victory screens
--Pyra is stronger, has better reach, & uses fire; Mythra is faster, jumps higher, & uses light.
--Down B: Swap
--DLC Board: 5 new spirits (along with the past Xenoblade 2 character spirits), new fight for Poppi (previously a summon), first official art for Pneuma, Rex now enhanceable?

Pyra:
Fsmash: Flare Smash
B: Flame Nova
Side B: Blazing End (can be smashed)
Up B: Prominence Revolt
Final: Burning Sword

Mythra:
Foresight activates in dodges
B: Lightning Buster
Side B: Photon Edge
Up B: Ray of Punishment/Chroma Dust (same opening leap on each)
Final: Sacred Arrow

Stage: Cloud Sea of Alrest
--Gramps's head moves
--background characters
--16 new songs + past Xenoblade music (all can be used on Gaur Plain too)

Mii Costumes:
--Rex already came with Ultimate Fighter Pass 1.
--Swordy: Monster Hunter Equipment, Rathalos Equipment, Arthur from Ghosts N' Goblins
--All: Felyne hat

Full video:

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[CaptHayfever]

Brief info from E3:
Next DLC fighter is Kazuya from Tekken. Sakurai will do a full presentation on 6/28 at 7am PDT, but for now, here's the movelist:
Tsunami Kick
Searing Edge
Flash Punch Combo
Steel Pedal Drop
Flash Tornado
Nejiri Uraken
Crouch Spin Kick
Twin Pistons
Sternum Smash
Jumping Sobat
Spinning Demon to Left Hook
Dragon Uppercut
Tombstone Crusher
Gates of Hell
Wind God Fist
Crouch Jab
Roundhouse to Triple Spin Kicks
Rising Toe Kick
Stature Smash
Crouch Dash (this is a crawl, not an attack)
Left Splits Kick
Stonehead
Demon God Fist
Oni Front Kick
Double Face Kick
Demon Scissors
Jump Side Kick
Demon's Wrath
Leaping Sidekick
Jumping Knuckle
Air Inferno
10 Hit Combo
some kinda bat form

I know what you're thinking, "wait, that's like half a dozen more moves than even Terry has; how the hell is that gonna work?" And the answer is I have no freaking clue.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

I know they're old now but I didn't get to complain about the last few character additions, so I will bestow these complaints upon you all now; I don't like them as choices. A 3rd Square character should've been Crono/Sora, or basically anyone not from Final Fantasy 7. And Pyra/Mythra are just generic waifus, they're not iconic and many don't even know who they are. Even Steve made more sense than them despite not fitting well.

Anyway, I can't complain about Kazuya. I don't care about him but he's the kind of character to expect.

There's only one character left, right? I'm pretty sure they're going to be a Rabbid at this point. I can definitely see them closing this out with another cross-marketing choice.

[CaptHayfever]

Square being how they are, they probably demanded that it be an FF7 character or nothing.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

Yeah, you're surely right about that. He's still a cool character, could've been much worse. I just think it's disappointing that we'll end up with the whole cast of FF7 in the Smash series before we even get a whiff of Tidus or Squall, let alone more obscure characters.

[CaptHayfever]

Some of the notes I took while watching (saving full detail for Character of the Month later this week)....

--The staff is very far away.
--"One day, I heard a voice from the heavens. It might've been from a company with the Japanese character for 'heaven' in its name. I wonder how this'll be translated overseas..." That means Nintendo made him do this.
--Mario attacks much faster than Kazuya.
--Kazuya was picked over Heihachi because of his "Devil's Gene" trait.
--Explains SSB controls to Tekken fans.
--Extra Rage, once per stock, triggers above 100% or below quarter HP. Extra move: Rage Drive, replaces grab, Heaven's Door, or Dragon Uppercut, ends Rage state (as will wiffing Rage Drive a few times or taking too much more damage).
--Auto-facing in 1-v-1. Minor super armor.
--Needed buffs before release, or else too slow & weak to stand a chance.
--All the extra moves from E3 trailer are ground attacks & pummel/throws, not specials/aerials/smashes. Ground attacks are kinda 8-way directional moves, with combos for many of them.
--Jab combo & dash attack change based on rhythm.
--Crouch attacks require full crouch before inputting, separate from down tilts.
--Smashes have super armor.
--Sakurai thinks not a lot of moves attack up through platforms, is not correct.
--Crouch Dash is movement option with Shoryuken input, "makes your upper body invincible," grants access to Wind God Fist, Dragon Uppercut, Spinning Demon to Left Hook.
--Damaging side taunt: Demon's Wrath.
--Victory "fanfare" is Tekken announcer.
--Available tomorrow.

Stage: Mishima Dojo
--Breakable walls/ceiling.
--39 songs, 5 are new arrangements

10 spirit board challenges:
--Jin is upgradeable
--Heihachi Mii will change costume if you bought the Heihachi outfit.

Mii costumes:
Brawly - Shantae (with Burning Town song)
Swordy - Lloyd (ToS), Dragonborn, Dante.

Other:
--Sakurai loses his first 1-v-5 Squad Strike!
--Min Min amiibo in 2022.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

It's so weird that many of the Mii costumes are way more interesting than most of the characters we get. Shantae, Dante, and Lloyd would be great. Then, of course, Geno.