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Krystal - Dinosaur Planet

That unfinished Dinosaur Planet ROM leaking last year was one of the coolest little discoveries. Seeing Star Fox Adventures fleshed out in a different way was really nice, and most importantly, Krystal doesnt get trapped inside of a Crash Bandicoot collectible for 90% of the game. I really like the classic design of Krystal, teaming with pterodactyl princess, Kite, to solve puzzles and do basic Zelda combat. Shes a cute, fun character that plays just different enough from Saber/Fox in just enough ways to have her own sense of identity, and that is really enough to put it above her ten minutes of Adventures playability and being the worst character in Assault multiplayer. Plus Dinosaur Planet had a bunch of weird time travel stuff in its leaked story pitch, thats wild. I do love the ending of Command where Krystal gets with Panther and renames herself Kursed because she felt so snakebitten by Fox, though; thats some great stuff. Krystal isnt a character Im clamoring for to get a Smash invite, but shes a character who would make sense to be added and would have a fun enough moveset. Her Assist Trophy is fine, kinda forgettable in the grand scheme of things, but Im not disappointed at all to have her around. Shes just there at the moment, and Id hope for more.

Guile - Street Fighter II

Hold down and back. Its so simple, its so universal, its the building block on which fighting game interactions were founded. I know there are more fun versions of Guile out there - Marvel 2 or whichever one gives him the double flash kick is super good, IV 3D gave him sonic boom on a button which made him disgusting, I really like how he looks in SF6 - but theres something that I truly admire about the original design. Its so unabashed in what it wants to accomplish, a 50/50 of reads where you pressure your opponent until theyre so scared of a flash kick that you just walk up, grab, and absolutely destroy them. Guile is infuriating in a special kind of way, one thats more fair than someone like Vega or Dhalsim, but maddening all the same. And it feels good, being a turtle, that everyone HAS to approach and crack their fists on the shell of. It feels good shattering patience. It feels even better shattering the turtles stupid shell. Guile trading all of his utility for being the hold down and back joke is one of the funniest damn things in all of Smash Bros, though. Like, I dont care that hes not a great Assist Trophy. Thats just beautiful execution, 10/10, chefs kiss.

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Zelda

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80133166/967400789

Pikachu - Pokemon Yellow

https://youtu.be/_sBDoOwPdsk

Have said my thoughts on Pikachu in the past, but I really love how hes built up in the original games. Pikachu is either a rare encounter that your friends are far less likely to have in the early game, so hes gonna be your special little man, or hes your starter. And he absolutely SUCKS against Brock, the gym leader that youre probably gonna need the most help with. It wouldnt be surprising if a lot of players abandoned Pikachu then and there but especially in Yellow, you cant abandon your starter, can you? Thats the whole reason you picked up the game! So, you stick with him, and Pikachu proves to break the mold of starters everywhere as the game progresses. Usually, your starter is a Pokemon that can very well carry you through the game on its own, something easy to overlevel and throw out against anything to stomp any and all challenges. Pikachu aint built to do that - hes got paper thin defenses, pathetic HP, and really poor type coverage. Instead, Pikachu is loaded with all sorts of support moves - Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Double Team. The best use of your starter is as a support mon to set up your real heavy hitters to take down wounded foes with ease. Pikachu does an amazing job as the poster boy for better team composition in Pokemon, of actually using your party as a cohesive unit to take down any enemy. Its a shame MOST Yellow teams are gonna end up as Pikachu/Primeape or Nidoking/Charizard/Blastoise/Venusaur/Bird due to how the game is structured and, yknow, Ash + Needing Something To Beat Brock With, but Pika more than does his work in this game.

Best Smash Appearance: 64 - Look, I just like Pikachus sound design in 64. The way that the shocks sound are so punchy and painful, and its just funny how damn good his stanky leg nair is. Pikachu might be the most aggressively fine character in the whole Smash series. He does the Pikachu things, he electrocutes you good, he uses his physiology well, its sometimes annoying when he pancakes but is also sort of charming, Thunder is a fun move to spam when youre new to the game. Every base is always checked with Pikachu, every avenue explored of how to use his body in an interesting way for a moveset. He lacks any sort of attitude or uniqueness that hed show in either of his playable forms in Pokken, but if you want to represent Pikachu, the Pokemon Mascot, this is the most by-the-numbers but ultimately fine and fun way of doing so. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Pikachu. Hes cute, hes fun, hes unremarkable. B+