Smash Bros Thoughts on todays DLC release.

[PlasmaPower]

I thought they were all pretty cool.

I should make a thread about Miiverse posts seen in the Miiverse stage...

 

[Midoriya]

Holy crap, I just played as all four of the new DLC characters, and Ryu actually has grown on me a lot more than Roy in just one battle. His combos and the way he moves is super fun to play as. I'm going to start training as and maining Ryu in Sm4sh from now on.

EDIT: Does anyone else though find using Ryu's Down+B shadow punch attack hard to hit other players with??? You have to be really close for it to hit them.

 

[PinkWater]

tbh i feel like dark pit and doctor mario/lucina should have been switched with ryu and mewtwo

As nice as that would've been, next to no one would've bought it (okay, maybe Lucina) and there would've been a TON of backlash for having to pay $5 for the same person in different clothes. Nintendo would never try DLC again after that.

I sure as hell wouldn't pay 5 bucks for what's essentially a costume change.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

I never wanted Ryu as a DLC character honestly. I was hoping the one person was right about him probably being a background character, but nope. I haven't touched Lucas much, but Roy is cool. I bought Ryu anyways to have all the characters and stages. His gameplay style is alright. I named myself "Ballerina" online in for fun and just kept using his spin attack lol.

 

[Cam1]

I never wanted Ryu as a DLC character honestly. I was hoping the one person was right about him probably being a background character, but nope. I haven't touched Lucas much, but Roy is cool. I bought Ryu anyways to have all the characters and stages. His gameplay style is alright. I named myself "Ballerina" online in for fun and just kept using his spin attack lol.

Clever! That is pretty hilarious

 

[Midoriya]

I never wanted Ryu as a DLC character honestly. I was hoping the one person was right about him probably being a background character, but nope. I haven't touched Lucas much, but Roy is cool. I bought Ryu anyways to have all the characters and stages. His gameplay style is alright. I named myself "Ballerina" online in for fun and just kept using his spin attack lol.

Inb4 Nintendo makes DLC ballerina costume for Ryu

 

[Panazel Maria]

My opinions? Mmmm....
I love how much work was put into Ryu. He feels genuine in this game, and the fact that he introduces a mechanic that changes his standards and tilts by holding the button, and can use input commands to change the behavior of his specials, just gives an idea of how fleshed out he is. I mean heck, his light attacks (except F-tilt) are all special cancellable; you can even jab confirm into shoryukens.
His specials give him great air mobility, letting him change how he recovers each time.
Focus attack works EXACTLY like it does in SF4 and dash cancelling it in midair has low landing lag and decent distance, giving it mixup potential.
My only gripe is that you can't spam fireballs like in SF2 (I don't see why not, honestly). I'm fine with his range being the worst in the game given what else he has.

For Lucas...Hm. Back in Brawl I never really played Lucas, so playing him here was getting a bit used to controls. I can say I'm not disappointed though, because he has a high skill cap as a passive-aggressive character with powerful aerials and smashes combined with ranged specials.
I like that he can combo down throws into a true combo or a string that doesn't feel broken in the slightest.
Upsmash is sooooo satisfying to land, Fsmash comes out REALLY fast and has good knockback, and Dsmash is a good zoning/edgeguard tool.
Nair nair nair nair nair...Gosh I love that move. His other aerials (except maybe upair) are pretty sweet too. Landing a bair spike looks really stylish.

Roy...Well, I'll be honest, I did not expect Roy to return, let alone get an entire update. While there are other characters who I wish would take his spot, he is kinda okay. I can't say too much, except that at times he feels a little bit overpowered (or that just might be because he's so good against characters with poor range). In the end, he's okay, but this doesn't redeem his late promotion in FE6.
Fsmash, despite not being a good spacing tool due to his tipper mechanic, has amazing launch for its speed.
Pretty good fair, and bair is even better than Marth's.
"The fire!!" blast is back and now has enough launch with just a small charge to be usable in high level play. Also, Roy has a surprisingly low recovery time after using it. I miss the old shout though.
Run speed is now faster than most other characters in the game!? I don't remember that happening in Melee.
I'm sad you can't down-throw-UpB as a true combo though.

 

[N e s s]

I'm glad Lucas is in the game. In fact, Lucas is the soul character that got me interested in the mother series. Ryu is OK, my big brother bought him and he destroys me as him. Not to mention, if he gets in a smart players hands, he can be hell. As for Roy, I'm not gonna buy him. With Roy added to the party...that means 3 marth clones. But, the new stages are nice. As for the mii costumes, why on earth am I gonna buy costumes for characters I almost never use? Tell me, what do they do for me? No, I'm sticking to the actual smash roster.