Way back in the baby days of this blog, Sm4sh was a new game. I wrote
two posts on my 10 favorite characters. Bowser Jr. made both lists. To show how much I have grown as a human being...behold my Smash U Top 10.
10. Link
So as of this writing, I am just now coming off of a play session where I realized two things that should have been obvious to me. 1) I like characters with lots of projectile options. 2) Because of 1), I therefore am pretty decent with the Links. This Link is my favorite because his new bombs are fun.
9. Chrom
Oh man. I didn't want to like Chrom. I hate Chrom. I hate the fact that like 4 characters in this game more-or-less have the same moveset. But Chrom is fun to play. His movement and attack speed are fast, and he hits hard, to boot. And he has a Kellam color scheme, which makes me feel slightly less bad for using him.
8. Ganondorf
What a difference a big swingin'...sword makes. Now Ganondorf plays like a steroid-ridden bastard lovechild of Captain Falcon and Ike. You don't even have to be good to use Ganondorf. Just keep mashing smash attacks or the twisty neutral special, and eventually you'll launch someone. Then you taunt.
7. Corrin
I ain't even like Corrin either. I love Fire Emblem so much but none of the characters that made it into Smash are cool. Luckily, this one is fun to play. Corrin is queen of the midrange, with her long-reach smash attacks and side special. I don't even know why any of her moves involve the Yato. Just let her transform her limbs and/or head into pointy dragon parts and stab away. I know what I said.
6. Lucas
I am so bloody happy that I finally can have fun playing one of the Mother Babies. Lucas' close-range game got buffed significantly, covering a major weakness that he and Ness used to always share. But the biggest change is a modified PK Freeze. While harder to manipulate in the air, it has excellent lateral launch if it connects, making it one of the deadliest side specials in the game.
5. Bowser
Bowser was a lot of fun to use in Sm4sh and nothing has really changed here. The drop kick is still the most satisfying side smash in the game. Pro tip for World of Light- giant Bowser can solve a lot of problems.
4. Ridley
As a die-hard Metroid fan, Ridley was my most-anticipated character coming into this game. He finds himself outside of my top 3, however, because he friggin sucks. He has the big hitbox of a heavy, but not the, well..heaviness. Why King K. Rool has a better recovery than an actual flying character is beyond me. His specials are a lot of fun to use, but the tiny range on his side smash is maddening, and his aerials leave a bit to be desired. This is slightly mitigated by how cool the Meta/Mecha-Ridley costumes look.
3. Bayonetta
Out of all of the wonderful things the Switch has to offer, the ability to finally play the Bayonetta games has been my personal high point. And Bayonetta as a character? Well, she's an amazonian fashionista dominatrix with a quartet of magic pistols who stylishly eviscerates angels and demons in her spare time. Thank you, Mr. Sakurai. Just...thank you.
2. Simon Belmont
Smash U just happened to drop when I was in the middle of a major Castlevania kick. In Smash, Simon's fidelity to his source material is masterful. The variety of projectiles and the versatility of the Vampire Killer make Simon a deadly mid- to long-range fighter. For me, Simon takes the edge over his descendant, Richter, due to the fact that I've played two Castlevania games staring Simon, but none of the games starring Richter. And Mickey kind of called dibs on Richter so
1. Samus/Dark Samus
Yeah, nobody else besides Ridley had any chance of taking this spot. Unlike Chrom, who I think plays better than his echo (echee? echer? idk), and Simon, who I prefer as a character to Richter, I don't really have a preference between Samus and Dark Samus in this game, and I frequently switch back and forth between the two. Still my favorite; still my best.
Hit me up with your Top 10
@CalebOvershield. Thanks, as always, if you made it this far. You the real MVP.
