Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Ridley Me This)

masofdas wrote:

I'm 99% sure I'm getting for Christmas, what's the best way to unlock characters?

If you want to get them all as quickly as possible, I think if you back out of World of Light every 10 minutes, you're guaranteed a fighter unlock. Personally, I found mixing up battling with the CPUs and unlocking them naturally through WoL to be the most satisfying way to do it.

I can see myself playing a lot of this with my sister.  I imagine we'll unlock a lot of them that way!

I've seen people complaining about how large WoL is.  Some people are never happy! Is it just the one beginning cut-scene though, fellas?

I unlocked most of them through some one-on-ones with my younger brother! It was fun egging each other on whenever a new challenger approached - "Oh, well you better not lose this now!" "...you lost? See, should have let me win that last one", and so on.

Regarding the length of WoL - I think when you've got myself, Mr. 500 Hours in Smash 3DS, feeling a bit fatigued with the campaign that it's maybe starting to drag somewhat! As for cutscenes, a few extra scenes but nothing substantial. Keep your expectations for Subspace style cutscenes well and truly tempered.

Don't worry, I'm expecting five shorter ones at most.

...maybe temper your expectations a little more...

I put two randoms online under a rest simultaneously as puff jiggly; never playing this game again, I have peaked.

There is something really satisfying about landing that move. One of my favourite games in this to date was bullying Andy rotten with Puff's rest over and over again.

No matter how my times I use her I'll just never get the best out of the puffy one.

It's all about the aerials and using her strong air movement - you can drift in and out of your opponent's range using her air movement, bait out an attack and then hit them with a forward and back aerial. Or go all out with a Rest.

I remember you saying this on skype when we were playing but it just doesn't seem to work out for me, it's not like I dislike floaty characters either as I've always like Kirby for example.

Puff is a monster in team battles. Sing and rollout really come into their own when you have a buddy covering for you. Most people seem slack off jiggly online too.

Just unlocked Snake today, was he this good in Brawl? Found myself knocking enemies out with ease using him. I can see him becoming one of my mains for sure.

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Hopefully me and my cousin might unlock some characters then from battling.

Treesmurf wrote:

Just unlocked Snake today, was he this good in Brawl? Found myself knocking enemies out with ease using him. I can see him becoming one of my mains for sure.

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Never played him that much back then myself so tough to say but he's quite good at range or up close and his up tilt attack kills in the high percents.

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I can probably count on one hand the fighters I'm not that keen on using and considering the size of the roster that is crazy, plus even then if I just practiced them enough I'm sure I could find something to make them work.

The_Jaster wrote:

I can probably count on one hand the fighters I'm not that keen on using and considering the size of the roster that is crazy, plus even then if I just practiced them enough I'm sure I could find something to make them work.

Back on Smash 3DS - and I can only presume I'll get around to this on SSBU - I would use a tournament bracket app like Challonge, plug all the roster into that, make a fake tournament and battle my way through the bracket. It'd give me an opportunity to play nearly everyone. I'd play against LVL 8s or 9s, but I'm not sure about using the LVL 9s in SSBU as they seem to parry everything with the perfect shield.

I finally got to the start of the game!

Muss wrote:

Totally unbiased but Rathalos is the best boss fight in the game

JayMoyles wrote:

I think I prefer Dracula, all told! Battling him with one of the Belmonts feels so close to an actual Castlevania game, so that's a big tick in the success column in my eyes.

Having now done them both I'll say . . . Dracula's castle was way better than chasing the Rathalos around a field but the actual fight with the Rathalos was a thing of beauty, while Dracula was an awkward exercise in trying to jump and hit him in the head (I was using Zero Suit Samus as I wanted it to be like Buffy).

JayMoyles wrote:

The_Jaster wrote:

I can probably count on one hand the fighters I'm not that keen on using and considering the size of the roster that is crazy, plus even then if I just practiced them enough I'm sure I could find something to make them work.

Back on Smash 3DS - and I can only presume I'll get around to this on SSBU - I would use a tournament bracket app like Challonge, plug all the roster into that, make a fake tournament and battle my way through the bracket. It'd give me an opportunity to play nearly everyone. I'd play against LVL 8s or 9s, but I'm not sure about using the LVL 9s in SSBU as they seem to parry everything with the perfect shield.

That's a good idea though after I done some of that Smashdown mode versus the cpu the other day I could probably just use that but make sure to pick fighters I need to practice with.

LADS LADS LADS I'VE GOT IT LADS

I've played through a few WoL levels, and they're rather clever, but I do think the Spirits could have done with a brief description of what they are. I got a random Fire Emblem mage and have no clue who it is.

Also: properly hard in places. Really struggled with Bethany for a while.

Ho ho ho. I just beat every WoL battle! Ok, I turned it down to easy after beating the main campaign on normal. Some of the stages were still right buggers, but it felt good cleaving through stages with young link

Young Link was my choice in the late game of WoL too especially when I had a ridiculous spirit set up for him, primary was a neutral type too so great for all situations.

Baubleadeer wrote:

I've played through a few WoL levels, and they're rather clever, but I do think the Spirits could have done with a brief description of what they are.  I got a random Fire Emblem mage and have no clue who it is.

The whole reason we have Spirits is to cut back on extra development work like descriptions and models for the trophies, so a bit of art of the character is all you get.

I don't mind the models, but I would have liked a two-line description, or at least a game of origin!

Anyway, Marth is an early fave in WoL. I wish I had more projectile focussed fellows though.

It was all about the heavies for me in WoL. I went from Bowser to K.Rool to Ganondorf. Chuck on a Spirit that makes them giant and the enemies were dying in one or two smash attacks, even on Hard Mode.

I also got lads and played through Classic Mode with Link, Mario and Sonic who was my first unlock then just played a lot with my cousin 1 v 1 but with items and random due to playing tabletop mode more than 1 v 1 seemed too much going on.

I don't like all the heavy characters that I have, Sonic as he's to fast (I know) but have found myself liking Link at the moment.

Does seem fun and can't wait to play some WoL.

Balla, this should help with identifying spirits.

masofdas wrote:

with items and random due to playing tabletop mode more than 1 v 1 seemed too much going on.

This is definitely a thing. I played entirely in handheld so far and there have been a few fights with loads of characters and items and all sorts where I was totally lost.