Remake It! Kirby's Smash Moveset
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2023
- This is Remake It! Where we take another look at characters in Smash Bros. whose fighter designs have aged poorly, wandered too far out-of-character, or could otherwise benefit from a revisit, then theorycraft what a reworked and improved version of their moveset, playstyle, and other details might look like!
This time we're looking at everyone's favorite adorable pink ball of mass destruction. Kirby has been a Smash cornerstone since the series' beginning, with a fighter design meant to appeal to new players and help ease them into the game. But while he's done a decent job with the role, his actual moveset's become more and more dated, a product of Smash 64 and Melee's more basic design ideas with hardly any changes or updates since the early 2000s. It's also led to him falling behind competitively, struggling to keep up with the metagame for multiple titles in a row because his current kit has been too flawed for him to overcome.
But what if we could do something about that? A rework of Kirby in Smash could update the duller parts, make some of his weak points less debilitating, and help him better embody the design principles his series has become famous for. All (hopefully) without going overboard with the references to the point of losing all cohesiveness. Time to Remake It!
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Additional Sources:
Smash Wiki Article on Kirby in SSBU: www.ssbwiki.com/Kirby_(SSBU)
WiKirby Article on Spray Paint: wikirby.com/wiki/Spray_Paint
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You forgot the religious cross move
Honestly, I like this. Though I'm not sure on having Big Rig Kirby as the final smash - feels a bit too
Victory Screen Ideas (only 2, since he should keep at least one Kirby dance):
I honestly think Kirby’s Final Smash is fine as is, but everything else in this video is fantastic. As a Kirby main myself, it would feel wonderful to see my little pink boy get some well deserved buffs and changes like these ones.
Maybe Kirby could drop his Copy Ability through a Shield Special instead of through his taunts
Down throw was such a cute addition. Hopefully it also gets the fireworks effect from recent titles as well.
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Not a full-blown move, but Kirby could use a unique shielding animation based off the Ice ability. (Kirby has had the ability to guard in lots of games, but on multiple occasions, Ice has been the only ability that completely blocks all damage.)
The big problem I’ve always had with his inhale in smash is that it can’t consistently catch and spit out projectiles, which is his main way of counteracting long distance problems, and it heavily cripples his character in smash too because he has no real way of fighting ranged characters, despite being able to do so in even his earliest games
This is almost exactly how i imagined it. The slide down tilt, hammer F smash, Needle Up Smash And Weel Side B are ideas that have been brewing in my head for years.
Hammer Flip should honestly be a forward smash at this point. The new smash attacks (especially the up and down smashes) were definitely eyebrow raisers. Overall, this was a fine remake.
putting down slide in the thumbnail is very respectable because thats one of the most prevalently wanted and Obvious moves to add to his moveset in smash bros
The only new moves I agree with are down tilt, Up B, and down throw. But that happens sometimes.
My boy's finally getting the remake he needs! Very interested to see how you buff the pink puff.
Very interesting take on reworking the pink puff! I'm surprised to see you were even more restrained then I was when pulling from copy abilities, but I'm also glad to see that we shared some of the same ideas, like having slide as his DTilt and hi-jump and his USpecial, and keeping DSpecial, FTilt, Dash Attack, and most of his throws and aerials the same.
I personally think the problem with Kirby's Smash moveset is how his copy abilities only have one or two moves or aren't their game counterparts. I'm not a big fan of Kirby movesets relying on giving him multiple attacks from multiple abilities, but for what it's worth, this is one of my favourites (though the Bomb move was not a good enough replacement for the Ninja kicks. Yes, they're just kicks, but the move is really cool).
As a Kirby main, I would greatly welcome any moveset upgrade and modernization. Him, DK, and Samus feel like the three characters who have changed the least but are in desperate need of upgrades. Mario and Link at least got minor upgrades even if it didn't go far enough.
Kirby’s new forward smash should also turn grey when using his 6th alt.
Fawful's Minion feelings on this pink puffball was that he needs way less foot. He's effectively Sonic but
Great moveset. I was always mixed on Kirby redesigns because they mostly felt like references without keeping the core moveset but this was a great way to do it. The only criticism is that I feel like the sword ability should be somewhere in the moveset (I know that it is because Bandana Dee will probably have it in your moveset but I never really accociated him with a sword) and I prefer the old neutral air and down throw (bomb should be in the moveset but put it somewhere else). And also the Final Smash should have the Truck, Big Sword and Drill along with allies because that would be pretty epic.