User:John3637881

John3637881
Character info
Smash 64 mains	Ness, Captain Falcon
Brawl main	Snake
Other Brawl character	Zelda
Smash 4 main	Ganondorf
Other Smash 4 characters	Cloud, Marth, Ness
Project M main	Ness
Other Project M character	Zelda
Personal and other info
Real name	John
Location	United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill	... ; Average at best ; Average at best ; Mediocre

This user has Rollback, which means he has some control of t3h ph1re!

Hello, my name is John. I knew about Smash more than 10 years ago with Melee, and again with Brawl in 2009, but it was only until the spring of 2014 when my friends really got me into it. Credit goes to Snake for getting me to play. If it weren't for his presence in Brawl, I probably wouldn't be writing this page. Back then, I thought Nintendo made dumb games for kids and stuff. Naturally, Snake getting cut from SSB4 has disappointed me, but luckily, I've warmed up to the other characters, and have since enjoyed playing games such as Fire Emblem and EarthBound.

I am probably one of only a small amount of people who plays using the Wii Remote + Nunchuck. I am also one of the only people who would enjoy seeing Optimus Prime added to Smash. Yes, the chance of him being in Smash is pretty much impossible (you thought Ridley was too big). Nevertheless, I thought of Optimus's whole moveset. Here it is.

My opinions on the Smash games

Smash 64

Smash 64 is the first Smash game, and ironically, the last one that I've gotten to play. The game's graphics aren't spectacular, but that's never something that bothers me. I think that Smash 64 holds up pretty well. The biggest problem in terms of content is that it needs more stages. I think it's the hardest game to play, but that's probably because I have to use the Classic Controller to play when I'm accustomed to the Wii Remote + Nunchuck. The worst part of the entire game imo is that you can't turn off tap jump. It's really something I dislike. Overall though, the game is a very decent and sets the stage (no pun intended) for some great future Smash titles.

Melee

I haven't played Melee in years, but I've seen lots of cool tournament videos for it. I believe Melee is the most fun game in the series to watch competitively. If I played it again, I would enjoy it, considering it was the basis for Project M.

Brawl

I don't dislike Brawl, especially since it was my first Smash game I was really into, but nowadays, I think it is too slow. That said, I don't think it is fair to compare Brawl to Melee, considering how radically different both games are. It's like comparing apples to oranges. I can respect the chess like nature of competitive Brawl matches, and the skill needed to pull off some of the advanced techniques, but I dislike the game's campy nature and the lack of character balance. If I'm going to play a Smash game nowadays, I would rather play one other than Brawl, although I still occasionally have fun with it.

Project M

I enjoy playing Project M. What I really like about modding Brawl is that you can really do whatever you want. For example, by replacing music files, I have put in many EarthBound/Mother songs and many Ace Combat songs, among other things. My personal favorite is Agnus Dei from Ace Combat 4, which I put on Final Destination. You should listen to it sometime. I just want to know how to change song names. If anyone knows how to do that, and tells me how, I would be thankful! Project M has ceased development, and I am disappointed that the community does not allow Lyn and Knuckles to be used in competitive gameplay. To me, that would be similar to competitive Smash 4, but with the DLC characters being banned.

Smash 4

I really like playing Smash 4. It's not as difficult as Melee or Project M, but is still challenging. Some great things about Smash 4 include the large roster, the general character balance, and omega stages (still wish there was "no hazards" mode, but what we have is good).

There are some problems though:

Fox's and Ness's new voices are terrible. Also, in my opinion, Ness looks a bit creepy. His face lost color and his eyes are kind of blank.
Some new characters. I don't think Palutena, Dark Pit (yes, I know he was a clone, but still), and Wii Fit Trainer are good additions to the game in terms of valuable Nintendo characters. Little Mac and Villager probably deserve to be in the game, but their movesets seem to be designed to be cheap. They rely on a campy playstyle that isn't too fun to play against.
Snake and Wolf were cut...
The Kid Icarus and new Star Fox Smash Taunts. They are SO annoying lol.
I love me some Pac-Man, but I am disappointed by his moveset. It should have been based off of the Pac-Man World series.
Smash Tour was a waste of development time. Also, I dislike Wii U Classic Mode. It is really random and boring to me. It's a shame all of the trophies couldn't be in the Wii U game...
Where are Big Blue and Fourside? (New Pork City would have been good for 8 Player Smash, in any case)
The new custom stage builder is great, but they should have kept the ability to just put down some basic blocks as well as the new stuff for times when you don't want to mess around with tracing or making the ledges grabable.
Bayonetta...

Competency Charts

Taken from Toomai. Thanks for the template! These are mostly based off of how well I do with a character, but characters I dislike playing as will be lower. Characters are ordered by universe.