Incitemaybe
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Block. When the punch lands there's a sound and a blue light, that's when you dash.
I have no idea how to follow up once you've done it though.
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Block. When the punch lands there's a sound and a blue light, that's when you dash.
I have no idea how to follow up once you've done it though.
The Xtortionist
Member
Is wakeup jump invincible? I was trying to meaty this Kid Cobra on knockdown and he was countering with jumping and grabbing.
Ranked is brutal. I've just beat unlocked it and 3 matches in, not a single win. I didn't even win one bloody round - I was close, but my opponents always had the last laugh.
Still, the game is so much fun.
PS: Does this guy remind you guys of another VG character? From a Sony exclusive series.. I instantly thought of him the moment I saw this guy.
Uh, Blasto?
Some things in general I've learned, from ragequitting level 4 Grand Prix yesterday after I couldn't beat the first match to only continuing like 4 times right now
- Try to use the normal boxing glove type arms to learn fundamentals
- Don't use the jump/dodge as your primary means of movement. Just walk and try to stay calm until something comes
- Throws are easily punished
- Tilting before you punch matters. You can do this to widen your throws pretty easily before you let the arms out.
- Watch where your opponent is going and tilt that way
- If your opponent is attacking from your right side, it's probably better to dodge to the right since their other arm will have less range
- Don't put yourself in the corner or against a wall
- Hitting a jumping target is hard, wait until the opopnent is about to hit the ground before attacking
- Only shoot one arm out unless you read a throw or can confirm a punch
- Charge whenever there's downtime
- You can move while one or even both arms are out, but much slower. Pay attention even after you've punched to see if you should dodge
- Try to use the normal boxing glove type arms to learn fundamentals
- Don't use the jump/dodge as your primary means of movement. Just walk and try to stay calm until something comes
- Throws are easily punished
- Tilting before you punch matters. You can do this to widen your throws pretty easily before you let the arms out.
- Watch where your opponent is going and tilt that way
- If your opponent is attacking from your right side, it's probably better to dodge to the right since their other arm will have less range
- Don't put yourself in the corner or against a wall
- Hitting a jumping target is hard, wait until the opopnent is about to hit the ground before attacking
- Only shoot one arm out unless you read a throw or can confirm a punch
- Charge whenever there's downtime
- You can move while one or even both arms are out, but much slower. Pay attention even after you've punched to see if you should dodge
It's not more difficult at all. The board does all the movement and defensive work for you. If someone jumps while on the board the Blorb will just hit the board and bounce off unless the person you played just didn't jump or mistimed it.
You use it to give the opponent longer recovery on the attack. If you deflect/parry the punch falls to the ground immediately and will sit there for a moment. It works best against heavy Arms, but if you're close enough when you do it the opponent will have a very difficult time avoiding your follow up punch.
donkey show
Member
Streaming now: https://www.twitch.tv/gevurah22
I thought of Captain Quark myself
AcademicSaucer
Member
Im sure ranked is full of people that had early access to the game
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Or no jobs...
God this game is fun. Grand Prix 4 is tough but in a good way. Waiting till my new router gets here to even try Ranked, which I should have opened tonight.
Twintelle has become my go-to, mostly because I like the Chillas so much. The slow effect is so helpful for setting up throws on fast enemies. I find myself throwing very little outside of this. Paying attention to my movement vs my opponent and throwing well-timed punches to build up rush seems to work best for me. I am basically Floyd Mayweather in this game since I passed rank 2 grand prix lol.
I will probably switch to Spring Man once I get around to opening up arms I like more for him. I feel like I charge my arms a lot through normal play, so his deflection ability would basically be a passive defensive bonus every once in a while.
This is all while trying to ween myself off Ribbon Girl. She is so strong, but I feel like her special ability will only be very useful vs less-skilled players.
Motion controls are so good. I am finally dialing them in. Nintendo done good.
Twintelle has become my go-to, mostly because I like the Chillas so much. The slow effect is so helpful for setting up throws on fast enemies. I find myself throwing very little outside of this. Paying attention to my movement vs my opponent and throwing well-timed punches to build up rush seems to work best for me. I am basically Floyd Mayweather in this game since I passed rank 2 grand prix lol.
I will probably switch to Spring Man once I get around to opening up arms I like more for him. I feel like I charge my arms a lot through normal play, so his deflection ability would basically be a passive defensive bonus every once in a while.
This is all while trying to ween myself off Ribbon Girl. She is so strong, but I feel like her special ability will only be very useful vs less-skilled players.
Motion controls are so good. I am finally dialing them in. Nintendo done good.
Yeah but that's why I dont like it. It's way too simple and straightforward. It's just "you're superpowered now go nuts!!!". There's not much more to it than that at all. With what this game's going for, I get why they made it that way, but it's just....boring. I wish there was more to it.
Even if it was the same basic idea but each character got their own type of super attack animation or something that would at least be more exciting. The closest we get with that are Byte and Bark merging for their rush.
WrenchNinja
Member
So I caved and bought it. I'm glad I did, really enjoying it. Hopefully this gets continued support like Splatoon did.
Really digging Ninjara. Love teleporting midair and chakramming right after
Really digging Ninjara. Love teleporting midair and chakramming right after
Outtrigger888
Member
Can you get different outfits for characters?
Nope, just color swaps by clicking in the left stick and holding Right/Left/Down
edit: you can get different gloves though
I feel the same. Seems you can only be so far from one another.
Refreshment.01
Member
Your controllers are already yellowing?Awww yeah.
Also fuck Spring Man on rank 4.
How's that for build quality. Huh Nintendo?
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Went from losing about 15 matches in a row to finally winning then perfecting max brass... lol
Nice! I've had quite a few matches where I lose badly, get mad, and then follow the loss up with a perfect.
I feel like this game is good about teaching through normal matches much more so than through the actual "training." I've yet to lose twice to the same cpu opponent (aside from trying grand prix mode level 7 for shits and giggles. OMG.)
I can't tell you we have a solution in the works, but I can tell you we hear you.
The Xtortionist
Member
Just won a three man free for all with magic pixel vs near-full health on the last guy once the first was taken out. Come at me
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Yea I felt like I would be stuck on fights until I learned to fight in a different way and experiment. Games really good about that.
Level 4 was pretty tough, I better start playing ranked before people start getting really good!
It has been confirmed that it will.
uncle_koploski
Banned
I think I hate this game. Bought it today.
Controls are unresponsive and I'm not having fun playing online.
I think I'll probably sell it on Craigslist
Shame... I thought it would be fun.
Controls are unresponsive and I'm not having fun playing online.
I think I'll probably sell it on Craigslist
Shame... I thought it would be fun.
The Xtortionist
Member
Block, land from a jump, or hold dash or jump after dashing or jumping.
Twintelle and Mechanica can charge in the air by holding dash and jump, respectively.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Play without motion controls.
Dark Ninja
Member
Just play with a Pro Controller.
OricWindstar
Member
Is there really no way to turn off time limits in local wireless play? That's so annoying if so.
Lol my copy is fucking stolen by the postman.... Was excited to play all day
Getting a new one tommorow for free really happy with that webshop.
No kiddin the track and trace even states it's delivered but it's not and my neighboors don't have the package too.
Pretty sad luck but ohwell the webshop is sending a new one
Sometimes it does happen that games etc get stolen sice it is a pretty poular webshop here the postman will then tear a corner off and look if anything worthwhile he or she wants.
It's very rare tho and only the second time it happened in the 4-5 years i order games online. I filled a complaint at the post service tho so the same guy won't probably deliver it again.
Edit: the package shows wich webshop it is and sice it is a popular one it sometimes although very rarely happens.
Getting a new one tommorow for free really happy with that webshop.
No kiddin the track and trace even states it's delivered but it's not and my neighboors don't have the package too.
Pretty sad luck but ohwell the webshop is sending a new one
Sometimes it does happen that games etc get stolen sice it is a pretty poular webshop here the postman will then tear a corner off and look if anything worthwhile he or she wants.
It's very rare tho and only the second time it happened in the 4-5 years i order games online. I filled a complaint at the post service tho so the same guy won't probably deliver it again.
Edit: the package shows wich webshop it is and sice it is a popular one it sometimes although very rarely happens.
Your movement is hindered and if one is thrown you both fall and take damage.
Hold block or dash and hold the dash button.
I can definitely understand some people not liking the game... but the controls are quite responsive in all regards (motion and traditional). If that's really your main complaint, you're doing something wrong.
Dangansona
Member
I've had a lot of fun so far. Two player with one joycon each is surprisingly doable.
uncle_koploski
Banned
Okay, trying the pro controller now...
Omg, this is so much better. lol
Omg, this is so much better. lol
Dangansona
Member
My favorite way to play is handheld mode (or whatever it's called with the joycons on the side)
I've mainly been using Spring Man and Ninjara with a combination of the three default arms. I tend to favour fast characters in fighters so Ninjara seemed like a good choice. Spring Man to learn the controls. I won't give up quite yet, but I suck way worse than I usually do in these games at the start.
Try Ribbon Girl. She's also a "beginner" character and she's one of the fastest in the game.
balladofwindfishes
Member
2 hours later and have yet to even beat a single opponent on level 4
I don't see how that doesn't raise the skill ceiling. If someone is using it properly, that level should look like "live" action beyblades. You also have another arm.
uncle_koploski
Banned
I've lost five times to the first opponent. Not a good start for me either
Renna Hazel
Member
yay my copy finally arrived in the mail!
Quick question, is there any way to turn off motion controls while using joycons to play?
Quick question, is there any way to turn off motion controls while using joycons to play?
Is there a way to access that opening tutorial again? I somehow set my two joy cons to P1 and P2 and I ended up accidentally skipping that opening tutorial. Try as I might I couldn't get it to trigger again. I tried deleting the game and that didn't work. I had to make a second account to do the tutorial but it really bugs me that I can't ever do it on my main account.