x-posted from the brawl thread because i figure i can get better reactions from you guys:
mega brain fart:
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holy crap, Zelda is ridiculously buff!
i like how they used twilight princess model. i haven't played that game but she looks mega hot with blond hair.
with that aside:
F+B is the most awesomest move ever. it's mega fast, can kill at 90-120% (!!), you can edge guard with it... wow.
Fair has to crit at at least 60%+ to kill but it's still good. all her smashes are good and can be followed up with F+B. Uair can kill at 70%+, Dair can spike with a crit, all her throws can be followed by F+B. basically, you can F+B everything. you can even rush down with F+B, it's THAT good. and her recovery is insane... on all her air attacks there's almost no lag and a ton of range.
neutral B is a lot quicker than Melee and it has its uses... much better than melee where it wasn't really that great.
only flaws i see in her game are recovery... if you fall off the stage and drift inside, you can't recover. also, f+b in the air has recovery but it's not really worth using in the air anyway. but man, she's sooooo good. i might make her my main.
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i also like kirby. he's not dumb and slow like melee. f+smash has got good range and speed and you can kill with it easily. up+b has more range on the projectile and makes for good edge guarding, and i really like the priority and safety of his Fair. he's just fun to play as and pretty solid... not as ridiculous as zelda or...
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lucas is also really good. massive priority on attacks, his lightning makes for insane edge guarding ability, his recovery is a lot better because the post-drift after the lightning is pretty fast. he even has an easy spike!
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link sucks. he's super slow. i mean. damn. just slow and no good. toon link is a lot better. i love how his Dair spikes but how you gotta be so precise... makes for exciting fun! the angle on the arrow is weird though.
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i don't know why but i can't really see the hype behind marth or D3 or even metaknight right now... not with zelda and lucas being so ridiculous.
system-wise, i lamented the absence of wavedash but the basic dash is actually pretty cool. lack of L-cancel is also kinda sad, and i'm so used to it that i still l-cancel anyway =) i'm not really in the habit of shield-cancelling the run yet. i also need to learn how to glide cancel, that looks ridiculously good. looks like Just Defends are a lot easier and might even be important. ledges are way easier to grab... both a good and bad thing. you can grab from far away which is kinda annoying at times but i also like how you can grab from both sides.
yay, fun fun fun. can't wait to run the tourney scene. it's a lot more fun than i really expected once i started playing 1v1s.