Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Discussion

Oh man, Viridi looks amazing in the background.

Also I'm surprised nobody posted this:

Caption was "Where am I?"

Pic of the day. The heroic Aura Pokémon, Lucario, joins the battle!! We've increased the influence of Aura this time, so a damaged Lucario is truly a force to be reckoned with.

Additional Comment:

Lucario joined the battle for the first time in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was released six years ago. The production staff of Brawl worked really hard to expand the character roster--without their efforts, Lucario probably never would have joined the battle.

Geeze, it was really six years ago?

I'm beginning to wonder how limited the roster actually is.

I would have thought he would have been cut for sure. Or, well replaced for some newer pokemon.

Oh man lucario was already really REALLY strong with maxed aura. I wonder how much stronger they made him...

Oh man lucario was already really REALLY strong with maxed aura. I wonder how much stronger they made him...

I presume they buffed his power at lower aura and left his maximum about the same.

I presume they buffed his power at lower aura and left his maximum about the same.

"We've increased the influence of Aura this time, so a damaged Lucario is truly a force to be reckoned with."

I read this as the opposite - increasing his maximum but decreasing his minimum.

"We've increased the influence of Aura this time, so a damaged Lucario is truly a force to be reckoned with."

I read this as the opposite - increasing his maximum but decreasing his minimum.

Heavily damaged lucario was already "a forced to be reckoned with". That can easily mean any amount of damage from low damage to high, but there's no reason to buff the higher end more.

I presume they buffed his power at lower aura and left his maximum about the same.

That would make sense. His effectiveness below 100% was kind of lackluster and at some percentages it kind of looked like how strong lucario is supposed to be normally. With how the knockback, hitstun, and combo systems work in this game, lucario would probably need the buff to be able to compete especially if the new systems and new characters/character changes result in him dying earlier. I could see lucario being the sort of character where if you get him to high percentage and don't finish the stock, he's going to bring you to kill % if not kill you.

Pic of the day. A size comparison of Lucario's standard special attack, Aura Sphere, in its weakest and strongest states. The attack is faster and more powerful when the Aura Sphere is bigger.

Looks bigger than brawl at both stages. Plus it doesn't seem to travel in that weird arc and only in a straight line now.

Looks more like a dark than aura sphere.

The fact that it speeds up is the one thing I was really hoping they'd put in, and Nintendo has delivered. Hopefully Lucario is much more viable now.

Pic of the day. When Lucario shoots out Aura from its hands to fly with ExtremeSpeed, you can control its flight direction. If Lucario's Aura is fully charged, it can fly extremely far, so be careful not to accidentally launch out of the area.

Wow now that's interesting. Only character in the game whose recovery improves as he takes damage/the longer he lives.

Looks bigger than brawl at both stages. Plus it doesn't seem to travel in that weird arc and only in a straight line now.

The twisted arc was from uncharged aura sphere, that screenshot shows fully charge ones.

Pic of the day. Palkia appeared in the Spear Pillar stage of the previous game…but now it's coming out of a Poké Ball?! Here's Palkia's signature move, Spacial Rend!

oh dear, now what is spacial rend going to do? can't be just a simple downward slash.

I guess this confirms Spear Pillar won't return as a Past Stage.