C.Olimar788
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So Sonic still has his Neutral-B Homing Attack? Dang, that move was boring. I hope they at least give it some >flair< like Project M did.
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Troubled Bat
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Yeah it could be that. Hard to say now that Bowser's had an overhaul of his moveset though.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Maybe his shell should be like Link's, where any attacks that struck the shell would be nulled.
OrangeGrayBlue
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I almost wish Sakurai would just post nothing on days that reveal nothing new. Bah humbug!
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Well we haven't seen any Shields yet, have we?
Would be interesting if they changed the ambiguous generic shields and gave everyone unique animations, although that'd certainly change things up quite a bit and I can't imagine how they'd make it clear that, say, someone like Pikachu is shielding itself (unless it creates an electric shield or something) and where the shield is focused at.
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Nah, she is just little. It's in the Mac families DNA.
Troubled Bat
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The first trailer shown.
foxuzamaki
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ﾉThat Pic of the Day depresses me. Even though its been seen on other pics Sonic's been it, it STILL bothers me that he has that funky elliptical and often times inaccurate Homing Attack. Project M has spoiled me on theirs sooo much lol. Oh well. Still gonna play the shit outta Sonic on Smash U.
Smashman45
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Quote: "Pic of the day. Sonic, failure."
Troubled Bat
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So, Little Mac is going to be revealed soon! We have a Galaxy stage to show off, but he went and showed the boxing ring? Why? Why, it must be a hint!! 
You see these hearts? ♡♡♡
They are empty!
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You see these hearts? ♡♡♡
They are empty!
OrangeGrayBlue
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RomanceDawn
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So what does this picture imply? Sonic missed or does Bowser's shell have some sort of armor? I suppose he could be doing an up smash.
lazybones18
Banned
I still see the pic showing the new designed ray gun 
DICKS AHOY
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It'd be weird and broken, but kinda neat if Bowser's spikes can inflict damage on overhead attacks while he's ducking. Dude was a joke in Melee and still didn't compare that favorably in Brawl, so I'm glad his moveset's getting shaken up.
Spring-Loaded
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I would rather he be broken than underpowered. It's always the light/fast characters that dominate tourneys. Let's switch it up.
Force refresh.I still see the pic showing the new designed ray gun
And I find it funny that people still get surprised when the daily pic shows nothing new. I wouldn't be surprised if 80%+ of the daily pics showed nothing new.
superpickleman
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It still blows my mind that Sonic is in a Nintendo game with Nintendo characters sometimes.
RMS Gigantic
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Happy 200th page, everyone!
At least the dumb curve it has is accurate to the games as of Lost World...
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
tbqh people draw Chesnaught fat/chubby but he's actually pretty lean/muscular in build. The cape shell makes it look fat.
Oh I know chesnaught is lean, spiky shield was the first thing to come to mind seeing the pic lol.
foxuzamaki
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So, Little Mac is going to be revealed soon! We have a Galaxy stage to show off, but he went and showed the boxing ring? Why? Why, it must be a hint!!
You see these hearts? ♡♡♡
They are empty!
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IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Look like early frame of Up Smash.
It would be awesome if it happened but I doubt it anyway. I think they would go with Dr. Light, Roll, Dr. Wily or Proto-Man.
It would be awesome if it happened but I doubt it anyway. I think they would go with Dr. Light, Roll, Dr. Wily or Proto-Man.
Neoriceisgood
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Has anyone discovered anything resembling a pattern yet btw?
Whenever Sakurai manages to get to a pedestrian crossing just as the lights change to a green man he'll post a new character the next day (or Monday if it happens on a Friday)
Pic of the Day:
I think, the picture shows Bowser crouching and having a natural armor on his back. There are too much indifferences to his Up-Smash from Brawl. First Browsers looks forward in the screenshots and not up as he did in Brawl and like any good animator would model him. Second Bowser doesn't mainly attack with his shell in his Up-Smash. He actually tries to hit his opponent with the top thorn of his shell, which premature blinks to indicate danger. In the picture Sonic hits the middle part of his shell, which hasn't a thorn on top.
For references a picture of the attack:
It is actual a great idea for Bowser to give him this protection against attacks from above. It forces his opponent to attack him mainly upfront and ground based, where Bowser has much more options and suits him more as air-battles.
It could be the "blocking-attack"-effect,
I think, the picture shows Bowser crouching and having a natural armor on his back. There are too much indifferences to his Up-Smash from Brawl. First Browsers looks forward in the screenshots and not up as he did in Brawl and like any good animator would model him. Second Bowser doesn't mainly attack with his shell in his Up-Smash. He actually tries to hit his opponent with the top thorn of his shell, which premature blinks to indicate danger. In the picture Sonic hits the middle part of his shell, which hasn't a thorn on top.
For references a picture of the attack:
It is actual a great idea for Bowser to give him this protection against attacks from above. It forces his opponent to attack him mainly upfront and ground based, where Bowser has much more options and suits him more as air-battles.
I think it is Bowser's Up-smash on the very start of it.
Here are two Brawlbox pictures showing Bowser's Crouch and Up-Smash on the first frame. Ignore my Melee Bowser model please.
It's entirely possible that they revamped his animation for the attack / crouch, but him looking up in that SSB4 picture is very close to the up-smash compared to his crouch.
Re-hosted btw.
That's generally how brightly colored reptiles look in real life outside of dry climates.
As cool as that would be, I can't see it being very likely. It'd be punishing you for not using a projectile character if you had to face Bowser on conditions he prefers.
Given all the animation tweaks that we've slowly been seeing (and with Bowser having a radically new model to begin with), I'd guess that it's his U-Smash.
Other than link's shield, that's unprecedented right? I mean, i guess crouching vs downward aerial attacks is just as limited as link's shield, if not more. How many people are going to be doing downward air attacks on land, other than link's downstab?
Shell protection is something I've always wanted for Bowser... I really think he's a character who needs more defense / approach options.
Many characters had nice downward aerials iirc: Sonic, Sheik, Rob, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Yoshi... Not sure if an armor would block them all though.
Sakurai is a Doctor Who fan?
theprodigy
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How did you leave Meta Knight off your list
Aren't all of his moves broken in some way, lol
I left a lot of characters out of my list but I didn't use Meta Knight much so I don't really remember his moves
Link's down aerial on ground is a pretty risky and extremely punishable option, though...
But many characters have great down-air attacks to ground... for Falco, Lucario, Fox, Meta Knight and Yoshi it's some of their best options. I know there's probably more but that's what comes to mind.
Oh, and Ganondorf. Without his down-air, he's nothing to me.