Super Smash Bros. Dream Fighters

[Shrikeswind]

Good. Let there be Blue.

Yeah, I've noticed that myself. Ridley and Daisy are freaking ancient, and Inkling is from maybe the one new franchise worth mention since Smash 4. At this point, it's really down to older stuff.

Fun fact: Since Ridley was included, there are now 7 playable villains in the Smash Bros. franchise, one for every starter character in Smash 64 except for Donkey Kong - Bowser, Ganondorf, Ridley, Bowser Jr., King Dedede, Wolf O'Donnel, and Mewtwo. Of course, there are some caveats worth mention (Should Dark Pit or Wario count? Isn't Bowser Jr. a Mario character? Is Mewtwo really a villain?), but it's an interesting point. A very interesting point.

[The Qu]

Simon Belmont

Appearance: Based on classic American NES design, specifically the NECA action figure.

Series logo: The stylized C in the classic logo.

Colors: Japanese design circa Castlevania Chronicles (Red color), Richter Belmont (blue color), Soma Cruz (white color)

Standard attacks: The bulk of Simon's attacks use his whip, Vampire Killer. Much like Lucina's sword, the sweet spot is on the tip of the whip, making him more dangerous at medium range and more vulnerable up close.

Standard Special: Axe: One of the classic sub-weapons from Castlevania, Simon throws an axe upwards in an arc

Side Special: Holy Cross: Simon throws a crucifix forward. It can be angled upper or lower, similar to Link's boomerang. What separates this from that move is that it can be thrown through walls, allowing you to damage enemies otherwise untouchable.

Up Special: Whip Grapple: Drawing inspiration from the grappling in Super Castlevania IV, Simon casts Vampire Killer in a diagonal up direction, latching on to ledges similar to Samus' grapple.

Down Special: Holy Water: Simon throws a vial of holy water. If it hits the ground, it leaves a puddle of sacred fire, causing damage over time to anyone standing on it. Careful use of this move allows the player to control where enemies can stand safely.

Final Smash: Hydro Storm: this is an idea from before Ultimate changed how Final Smashes worked, so bare with this out of date idea. Simon causes a rainstorm of holy water, dealing passive damage to anyone caught in the storm. The player can control Simon as normal, allowing you to focus on Smashing enemies off screen without worrying about dealing damage.

[Manspeed]

Show me his normals, Smashes, aerials and grabs and then I'll be impressed.

Edit: While I'm at it, let me point out something interesting...

Let's look at the (first-party) Mii costumes from For:

· Captain Falcon
· Flying Man
· King K. Rool
· Knuckles
· Toad

Captain Falcon is obviously already in. Knuckles is confirmed to be an Assist Trophy in Sonic's character video. This leaves Flying Man, Toad and King K. Rool. Since Magicant is back, it might be safe to assume the Flying Men are still just a stage hazard. Toad is confirmed to still be a part of Peach's move set, though redesigned to be a little more active like Rosalina's Luma and Zelda's Phantom. This leads me to think Toad is not in. Which just leaves King K. Rool. If we assume that the costumes were based on the Smash Ballot votes, then that makes me wonder if K. Rool actually has a chance at full-fledged Fighter status this time...!

· Ashley
· Black Knight
· Chrom
· Dunban
· Link
· Takamaru
· Viridi

Ashley still hasn't been spotted as an Assist Trophy this time, so that means she may have a chance! If Sakurai truly is responding to fan demand this time, I don't think Black Knight has much of a chance considering the number of people who complained about Corrin last time. Robin's Final Smash hasn't been seen yet, so there's no way to confirm if Chrom is still part of it. Dunban is confirmed to still be part of Shulk's Final Smash. Link is already in. Takamaru, as mentioned earlier, is confirmed to still be an Assist Trophy. I have no idea if Reset Bomb Forest is even in this time, but if it is and Viridi is still in the background and stuff then that means she probably isn't in. Otherwise she may have a chance. So that puts Ashley as the most likely one (so far!).

· Fox
· Geno
· Inkling
· Isabelle
· K.K. Slider
· Samus

Fox is obviously in. Square-Enix is on board again this time, so that means Geno might actually have a shot (?!). Inkling is confirmed to be in, and the reason I'm even looking to these costumes as evidence for anything. Isabelle has apparently not been spotted in any footage so far (!), which means she could very well get in if only as an Echo for Villager. K.K. Slider probably has no chance since he needs to be at Smashville every Saturday night. Samus is naturally in.

So yeah, if I had to hazard a guess I'd say K. Rool, Ashley and Geno might actually be the most likely candidates for newcomers, with Isabelle a likely candidate for an Echo. Of course, I could just as easily be chasing epileptic trees and be deadass wrong about all of this.

[Shrikeswind]

I'd be goddamned ecstatic to see Banjo (and Kazooie! Don't think I forgot ol' chicken legs.) But, of course, that's really unlikely and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.

Just leaving that there, to establish the context of this post: I would be happy to see this, not I ever expect it. With that reiterated, here's my thoughts on how Banjo could work in Smash Bros., if I could make it so.

Banjo-Kazooie, from Banjo-Kazooie, (c) 1998, owned by Rare (and by extension Microsoft). Series icon, naturally, would be a Jiggy. This moveset is based on the idea of Banjo and Kazooie explicitly working together - the Banjo-Tooie separation thing is not part of this moveset, though I do take a few things from Tooie. I'd have taken from Grunty's Revenge, but there's not much to take from that game. I'd have taken from Nuts & Bolts, but that means willfully remembering Nuts & Bolts exists and I should very much like to not. I ended up giving Banjo and Kazooie an equal amount of moves, as well as 3 team moves where both are involved in the attack, so it actually feels like a partnership instead of Kazooie being Banjo's weapon or only being there for the idles or whatever would have turned out (and anyone who's ever played a BK game knows that would have been "Banjo is just there so Kazooie can fight.") Moves will be highlighted as Bold'n'Blue for Banjo, Under-Red for Kazooie, Under-Bold Magenta for Team.

Oh, as a side note - I'm running this based on the format I use for character pages for SBL, though I will provide more detail below each group of moves (Specials, Standards, Smashes, Aerials, Grappling) regarding move origins, general notes, and so forth. The one exception is that I will not be using alternate specials like at SBL, because something tells me that's a thing of the past (exceptions are for the Up-B, for reasons I'll explain later, and the taunts, because I never did update SBL to have three taunts. I need to fix that at some point.)



Some alternate outfits could be white-furred with red pack and red-and-yellow checked shorts (Boggy) with blue Kazooie (Blue Jinjo), pink pack and purple shorts (Tooty) with pink Kazooie (Magenta Jinjo), gold-furred with pink pack and brown shorts (Mumbo Jumbo) with red-on-gold Kazooie (Humba Wumba), or dark green-furred with black shorts and purple pack (Gruntilda) with Dragon Kazooie (...Dragon Kazooie). I could keep going, but I'd rather not.

Name :: Banjo-Kazooie
Game :: Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo-Kazooie
Year :: 1997, 1998
Speed :: 4 / 10
Power :: 7 / 10
Jump :: 6 / 10
Fall :: 5 / 10
Height :: 9 / 10
Weight :: 8 / 10
Stop :: 3 / 10
Lift :: 8 / 10
Banjo's Flap Jump reduces falling speed when held.

I'm not really keen on that description of the Flap Jump, but the idea is akin to a less beneficial version of Peach's hovering - it only works for the mid-air jump, and you're still descending, just...y'know, slower. Now, regarding those stat numbers: That's kinda just how I do things at my site, and obviously don't mean as much without context, so that context is: Banjo's as tall as Donkey Kong (because I wanted him to be able to look DK in the eye,) and he's about as heavy as Samus (the Weight number is a reference to the max number of honeycombs you could have in Banjo-Kazooie, not counting the red honeycombs). Jump and Fall mean he jumps about as well as Mario, Speed means dashes slightly faster than Link, and Power means their attacks generally do above-average damage. Stop means that Banjo turns and stops a bit slippy, but he's definitely no Luigi. And Lift means that Banjo loses only a little bit of speed when carrying heavy objects - on par with Samus.
Oh, and though I would presume the game the trophy would list as their first would be Banjo-Kazooie (because that's kinda how Smash does things, let's be real,) I mention Diddy Kong Racing because...yeah. Sorta like how Roy's first game was Super Smash Bros. Melee, and not Fire Emblem: Binding Blade.

Up-B
Flight :: Kazooie begins to fly, temporarily allowing free reign over the air.
Beak Bomb :: Kazooie bolts upwards in a flying peck attack to the sky.
B
Talon Torpedo :: Kazooie darts out of Banjo's backpack in a controllable flying peck.
Side-B
Blue Egg :: Kazooie spits an egg out of her mouth, or bounces one from behind.
Down-B
Wonder Wing :: Kazooie shields Banjo with her wings, repelling incoming attacks and enemies.
Final Smash
Jinjonator :: Banjo-Kazooie summon a giant blue Jinjo to rush enemies.

Alright, let's unpack a bit. So first off, let's talk Flight and Beak Bomb. I would consider Flight the ideal move here, and it'd operate like Pit's Up-B in Brawl, letting Banjo-Kazooie fly around the stage for a few seconds. That said, that move was cut and I don't see moves like it coming back even though they're pretty cool moves, so the alternative is the Star Fox-like Beak Bomb. Either way, Flight and Beak Bomb are straight lifts from the original game, learned in Treasure Trove Cove and Freezeezy Peak, respectively.
Talon Torpedo is based on the underwater attack from Banjo-Tooie, which you learn in Jolly Roger's Lagoon. There's not too much to this move except it'd function identically to Snake's Nikita Missile (except, y'know, the exploding thing) and Kirby's would use a Jinjo because let's be real? Adorable.
Blue Egg would basically have two ways to control it, depending on which direction you tap the control stick. Forward means Kazooie spits it, backward means Kazooie...lays it. (You didn't think I'd say "shits it," did you? =P) The whole multi-directional thing is why I assigned this to Side-B instead of Neutral. Again, lifted straight from the original, learned in Mumbo's Mountain.
Down-B is the Wonder Wing. I kinda ripped off my description from the one I use for Fox's Reflector, but you'd have Hammer controls while holding B - off-ground jumps and moving only. Lifted straight from the move you learn in Clanker's Cavern.
And last off is the Jinjonator. Which isn't really a move so much as a thing that...happens...in the Grunty fight in the original game - the big blue Jinjo that knocks Grunty off her tower at the end of the fight. And don't whine about spoilers, the game is 20 years old this year.

Up Taunt :: Banjo waves a Jiggy, which Kazooie eats.
Side Taunt :: Banjo and Kazooie play their namesake instruments.
Down Taunt :: Banjo bows to the camera twice.
Entrance :: Banjo-Kazooie teleport in on an Exit Pad.
For the up taunt - yeah, that's pretty self-explanatory. It's the Jiggy Get animation from BK1. Down taunt is from the Open Note Door animation (incidentally, also the "Got 10 Jiggies in a World" animation). Side Taunt is based on the intro animation - presumably it'd be like a note or two. And the Entrance is...well, how Banjo enters a level.

A Combo :: Claw Swipe
Banjo scratches with his claws three times.
Up-A :: Upper Peck
Kazooie pecks straight upward.
Side-A :: Pack Whack
Banjo swings his backpack in front of him.
Down-A :: Low Kick
Banjo kicks out from a crouch.
Dash-A :: Forward Roll
Banjo comes to a halt with a quick somersault.
Okay, let's try and bring this down to a paragraph or two - Specials needed more since I thought basically every move needed more background. So: Claw Swipe is the still attack from Banjo-Kazooie, while Upper Peck is the still attack from Banjo-Tooie. Pack Whack is based on Banjo's solo attack from Banjo-Tooie (I can't imagine Kazooie's happy to know Banjo forgot she's in there, but it could - and in fact will - be worse), though this is intended to be a horizontal swing because...reasons. Low Kick is an original move, and Forward Roll is specifically the roll from Banjo-Kazooie. Why so specific? You'll see later.

Up Smash :: Flap Flip Kick
Banjo kicks upward in a Kazooie-powered flip.
Side Smash :: Breegull Bash
Banjo swings Kazooie downward hard.
Down Smash :: Beak Barge
Kazooie drags Banjo forward in a lunging peck.
Up Smash, of course, is the Flap Flip Jump, but used offensively. Technically a team move in that Kazooie's involved, but Banjo is the one actually attacking - not really relevant unless you're keeping score. Side Smash is the Breegull Bash from Banjo-Tooie, which you get by bringing the Pink Stop n Swop[/i] Mystery Egg to Heggy, proving to Kazooie that yes, it can get worse than the Pack Whack - Banjo could remember she's in there.

Up Air :: Bear Claw
Banjo swipes his claw up above him.
Neutral Air :: Wing Roll
Banjo-Kazooie roll mid-air.
Forward Air :: Rat-a-tat Rap
Kazooie pecks forward three times.
Back Air :: Bear Kick
Banjo stretches out and kicks twice behind him.
Down Air :: Beak Buster
Kazooie slams down, beak first.
Bear Claw is an original move. Wing Roll is specifically the Forward Roll from Banjo-Tooie, the difference being that Kazooie's wings are involved so it can constitute a team move (no seriously, that's how it was in Tooie as well.) Rat-a-tat Rap is the aerial attack from the original, and Beak Buster is another move you learn on Mumbo's Mountain. Lastly, the Bair kick, Bear Kick (I could write for Rare with jokes like that), is based on the slow underwater swim animation.

Pummel :: Peck
Kazooie pecks the target.
Up Throw :: Hill Flip
Banjo does a backflip, kicking the target upward.
Front Throw :: Bear Lob
Banjo throws the target in an over-head lob.
Back Throw :: Talon Kick
Kazooie kicks the target back away.
Down Throw :: Claw Thrash
Banjo slams the target down, then claws them.
Peck is - again - based on the Still attack from Banjo-Tooie. Hill Flip is based on the animation when you activate a molehill you're standing on. Bear Lob is the animation for throwing items. Talon Kick is based on the third move from Mumbo's Mountain, the Talon Trot, though obviously is not the same thing. And Claw Thrash, though a subtle reminder that Banjo is a freaking bear, is again an original move.

I could also work out a stage (and even pick out some music!), an Assist Trophy, and maybe even an item or two for the Banjo-Kazooie franchise if anyone's interested, but they'd obviously go to their respective threads.

What's that Manspeed? You wanted full movesets? =P

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I meant to use another picture as a joke but after editing the picture I realized that alt text doesn't actually work on ProBoards, which ruined the joke. So here's the picture I meant to use anyways, apropos of nothing. Credit to Cryptid Creations.

[Shrikeswind]

Jun 14, 2018 19:23:42 GMT -5 Shrikeswind said:

Fun fact: Since Ridley was included, there are now 7 playable villains in the Smash Bros. franchise, one for every starter character in Smash 64 except for Donkey Kong - Bowser, Ganondorf, Ridley, Bowser Jr., King Dedede, Wolf O'Donnel, and Mewtwo. Of course, there are some caveats worth mention (Should Dark Pit or Wario count? Isn't Bowser Jr. a Mario character? Is Mewtwo really a villain?), but it's an interesting point. A very interesting point.

Quick update: Since Ridley and K. Rool were included, we now have a playable villain for each starter character in Smash 64, counting Bowser Jr. for Yoshi, a point that was actually addressed in K. Rool's trailer. Rolling my dice here, Porky Minch and Samurai Goroh for Smash Ultimate. Come on, big money. (Unless they've already been confirmed no's, but I mean this is for dreams, so...) I'll post movesets sometime this week.

Also interesting to me: The first two posts on this page are me predicting King K. Rool, and The Qu suggesting a possible moveset for Simon Belmont. They were both confirmed on the Direct, making them the first new non-Echo characters on the dojo since our posts. COINCIDENCE? Well, probably, but again, I can dream. EDIT: And now we have Banjo-Kazooie official. Hm...

[Evie ❤✿]

Jun 12, 2013 15:08:48 GMT -5 parrothead said:

I hope Little Mac's look would be based on his Super Punch-Out!! appearance, while they will make a new Super Punch-Out!! for either Wii U, 3DS or both.

For my character speculation:

Starfy might return IF a new game in the series is planned. DeMille is down. No Custom Robo representation other than regular trophies. Sakurai said he would never add Sukapon (u is silent). Hakkun from Sutte Hakkun, not very unique nor popular enough. For Alice from Balloon Kid, though less generic and represented in Nintendo eShop, Nintendo and their fans only know and love a Balloon Fighter. Sable Prince has a chance slightly larger than Alice's, because he seems more unique. Takamaru is gaining some love from Nintendo and their fans, while his move set is unique enough for Sakurai to admire. Tin Star, though unique, he is nearly unknown due to being an American exclusive, and his game hasn't even been rereleased for Virtual Console. Fighter Hayabusa from Pro Wrestling, too much like that real wrestler, and he might be owned by Human Entertainment (who developed Pro Wrestling, then known as TRY according to GDRI). Mike from StarTropics couple, has the best chance out of all American exclusives, and I heeard that a new StarTropics is being developed by Retro Studios, but not sure if that is correct. A Card Hero character is unique, but too bad it's Japan-only. And a giant mech character might be too large to fit in SSB4.

I feel too like Nintendo may have mistreated AlphaDream when they made him less than the hero class, he saved a king from corruption in darker ways than the game stereotypically is seen. I mean Starfy got hero, well he is a hero of small things it doesn't make him any less of a hero (both Tomato Adventure and Starfy have strong yami Nintendo themes), and in quirky ways Villager and Wii Fit Trainer made it). On the other hand, it gets very hard considering who is "hero" and who is "not"; like Animal Farm. But at the same time, I feel that Masuhiro Sakurai deserves a pat on the back for his effort even if Smash Ultimate robbed some of the features. I understand him when he says it's extremely stressful trying to assess who gets in and who doesn't - I worry though I mean once you get in power you become a labour of love, and then the media it feels plays scapegoat it's sad but a fact of life - at the same time don't ever mask though, speak your voice.

I love rabbits and really want him in too. But I guess too the reception counts. I think Starfy and Tomato Adventure used to be popular (at least were a lovechild of AlphaDream given their unused Tomato Adventure theme song in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) but at present they have had a low sales count even after their re-release on Japanese Wii U Virtual Console - if I remember the lesser known F-Zero games got more than them (?), and (??) Custom Robo V2 on Nintendo 64? I love however the effort put into Spirits list. It's far from exhaustive but seeing DeMille and Tomatrio (and Hakkun, the Hajimari no Mori girl makes me happy - (Parrothead is it true the Hajimari no Mori girl has a name?) makes me happy. I think they may have got the Number Battle protagonist name not necessarily right (Fu Sei?), at least in the EU version. I have an affinity for mathematics but not great talent. I believe he goes by a different name in the EU version (and possibly NA version). Don't quote me on this though.

I've always loved Starfy and Sutte Hakkun for the music. (I recall nocturnal yl is a fan of Sutte Hakkun too). I got it on my Japanese Wii U recently, and a Finnish person started a fan translation of Sutte Hakkun. The game if you have a guide is relatively short, but the puzzles get extremely difficult/it practices the game in trial and error due to the nature of the mechanics, or if you're the type of person who plans lots, this game is really testing in that way too! I also love Hakkun's design he is very cute.

I relate with your views on the other characters too. On StarTropics it reminds me of how Japan treated the Xbox, which is understandable re: culture clashes. This time however is on a multiculturalism way of life: the US and Europe is getting more Japan inspired games, and I notice Japan too (Undertale being a big example Japan love it). Yet I guess we don't know if times are going to be darker with the Trump government, and Brexit (money and independence is not everything! we should learn from the East but also the West because, protection can be a very good thing when needed, the ancient Aboriginees were too kind and got exploited for their imagination).

Alice would be nice. I just worry because Balloon Kid/Balloon Fight GB is obscure, and reception is mixed. I want Nintendo to revive Balloon Fight though, and it gives me condolences of Iwata's death remembering it. So maybe an official Balloon Kid 2 should be released. (as for fan games, I know Nintendo don't like them maybe there should be official Nintendo Maker games - so Mario Maker => Zelda Maker => Balloon Adventure Maker => Pokémon Maker). Human nature perhaps is that Nintendo must continue the popular games until only if they lose their popularity; which I wonder if Pokémon is starting to - in Japan Yokai Watch was a sign, as so the removal of some Pokémon this time both the West and the East express concern online (and as Leon mentioned the series getting like factory work in a perspective - in some senses it feels the games have lost their depth compared to Black 2/White 2).

Hmm, *thinks*, for new symbolic fighters as in changing the game industry (however I feel awkward in this segment because all games do in some way) (I'm thinking theme of Wii Fit Trainer (motion controls), Villager (simulation), etc.) If some characters have to go; maybe less Fire Emblem replace with more villains or include a Fire Emblem villain :> so e.g. Porky and/or Masked Man from Mother, Dr. Wily, an incarnate of Nightmare from Kirby (these are my heart's biggest cries), a Pac-Man villain (know little about the series though, Sepiroth if Square Enix wants to let them and Dracula). Also, an Advance Wars hero? Style Savvist sounds like an interesting idea for inclusion, it may not be public interest with everyone but should not be dismissed, as there seem to be quite a lot of fans(?).

[Boo Destroyer]

Jun 14, 2018 20:35:37 GMT -5 The Qu said:

Simon Belmont

Jun 17, 2018 3:30:37 GMT -5 Shrikeswind said:

Banjo-Kazooie

I do hope that you're both happy.

(You were really close with Simon too, Qu!)

[The Qu]

I'm pretty happy with both of 'em. The fact that I was fairly close with Simon is icing on the cake!

[Shrikeswind]

Okay, I've floated the idea of a Runescape Smasher before, years ago on another site. And before I get into detail on this, I want to explain why I'm returning to it. For one, we have characters like Robin, Villager, and Dragon Quest Hero showing that a character from a game with character customization (and in the latter two cases, without a set name - seriously, "Hero"?) is in the cards. Two, I've...uh...I've been playing perhaps a bit too much lately. I blame quarantine, although I do enjoy it, damn it. If anyone else plays, please help me start my clan! =P

And three, Runescape has advanced very heavily, both mechanically and in terms of popularity (to quote the RS Wiki, it's got "over 9.5 million active free accounts and more than 500 thousand paid member accounts," and is both "the second most-played MMORPG in the world, and the most popular free MMORPG in the world for three years in a row." Their citations may be out of date, though, but it's undeniably true that it's a long-runner and one of the oldest MMO's around, if not outright the oldest (for context, World of Warcraft released in 2004. Runescape Classic launched in 2001, and updates have been ongoing, by this point, for 19 years.) There's some history to the game.

If this gets any interest - which is to say, literally one positive comment given how quiet NinDB's been - I'll also post a stage, item, and assist trophy to go along with it. I have a couple items and trophies in mind, though stages...there's options. Perhaps too many, perhaps not enough, I dunno. It's weird like that.

But enough talk! Have at you!


Our hero in the default green team skin, casually standing in a grassy crater wearing Juna's Gift and carrying the Sword of Edicts.¹

Name :: World Guardian²
Game :: RuneScape
Year :: 2001

Stats³
Speed :: 3 / 10
Power :: 8 / 10
Jump :: 8 / 10
Fall :: 9 / 10
Height :: 8 / 10
Weight :: 4 / 10
Stop :: 5 / 10
Lift :: 7 / 10

The World Guardian can Wall Jump.
The World Guardian's mithril grapple gives him¹ a tether grab.

Moves⁴
Up-B
Surge :: World Guardian blasts out in a streak of fire. In air, this is guidable; on ground, WG moves in the direction he's facing.
B
Balanced Strike⁵ :: World Guardian stabs with his sword, both healing and dealing damage based on how much damage both WG and his target have taken; this attack can hurt WG and heal his target if he's not careful.
Side-B
Dazing Shot :: World Guardian fires his crossbow, stunning whoever the arrow hits. Fundamentally, this is Mewtwo's Disable with the range of Link's Hero's Bow.
Down-B
Quake :: World Guardian slams the ground with his sword. This move works a lot like Ike's Eruption, but without the fire.

Final Smash
Guthix's Blessing :: World Guardian triggers a magical sunlight that deals 4% damage per second across the stage; meanwhile, a butterfly flies around WG, healing him the same amount per second. This ability lasts 10 seconds, during which time WG gets 1.5x knockback.

A Combo :: Fury
World Guardian swings his sword back and forth. If not combo'd, the first attack is just the standard RS auto-attack for a 2h sword.
Up-A :: Curse
World Guardian makes a cloud of chaotic energy above himself.
Side-A :: Slice
World Guardian sweeps forward with a quick crescent slash.
Down-A :: Binding Shot
World Guardian fires his crossbow at the ground, tripping targets.
Dash-A :: Barge
World Guardian slides forward with a roundhouse kick.

Up Smash :: Bombardment
World Guardian fires a bolt upwards that shatters into a rain of shrapnel.
Side Smash :: Pulverise
World Guardian drags his sword in a 360-degree upward arc.
Down Smash :: Detonate
World Guardian charges with magical power that blasts from him on release.

Up Air :: Backhand
World Guardian sweeps above him with a backhand. There's a 1/8 chance that he'll instead use a stronger headbutt.
Neutral Air :: Hurricane
World Guardian spins his sword around himself.
Forward Air :: Sever
World Guardian thrusts forward with his sword
Back Air :: Smash
World Guardian swings his sword backward with a downward crescent.
Down Air :: Overpower
World Guardian drops from the sky in a falling slash.

Pummel :: Punch
World Guardian punches his target.
Up Throw :: Meteor Strike
World Guardian jumps to slam his target into the ground.
Front Throw :: Sonic Wave
World Guardian launches his target with a magical burst of sound.
Back Throw :: Wrack
World Guardian magically slams his target against the ground behind him.
Down Throw :: Dragon Breath
World Guardian spits fire down on his target.

Entrance: World Guardian teleports in.
Up-Taunt: World Guardian does a jump for joy.
Side-Taunt: World Guardian salutes.
Down-Taunt: World Guardian dances in place.

¹ The concept for the World Guardian I'm running with is that each alternate color changes the World Guardian's outfit and sword design, with four costumes male and four costumes female, each matched to a divine faction⁶ within the game. I'd post screenshots for each alt, but I don't have all the outfit pieces and overrides in-game I'd be using and frankly speaking I'm not shelling out a billion gp for a degradable sword I don't even have the level to wield yet anyways. Default skin, shown, is green team, and is associated with Guthix.
² Without spoiling anything, World Guardian is a title that the player character picks up through a plot-heavy quest; the game spoils this with the explanation for Sixth Age quests outright stating "You are the World Guardian." Since it's a very unique title and it's something specific to Runescape's player character, I figured it'd be the appropriate name.
³ As with Banjo-Kazooie, I again will be using my site's standard stat array, despite the admitted vagueness of the whole situation. I really need to get back to updating it to make it less clunky and also less bare. Basically, World Guardian is on par with Link in most respects, but trades Link's shield and weight for aerial agility.
⁴ This moveset is very melee-heavy, obviously, in no small part because WG's primary weapon is a two-handed sword. However, several moves (including his tether grab) are based on ranged or magic abilities, using a rune 2h crossbow and an Armadyl battlestaff, respectively.
⁵ Okay, so Balanced Strike is a bit of an ability, so a more thorough breakdown is necessary. In this moveset, Balanced Strike will cap at 30% damage and 15% healing, since Smash Bros. doesn't use an HP system and so can't be perfectly pure (I won't go into the full details on what that would look like, but basically, it deals damage based on a percent of HP.) This version is simplified; World Guardian will hit for the difference between his current percent and his target's, and heal half that, so if WG is at 100% damage and Bowser is at 75%, Balanced Strike deals 25% damage to Bowser, and heals WG for 12%, end result is WG 88%, Bowser 100%. However, this can also work in reverse - if WG is at 75% and Bowser is at 100%, Bowser will heal for 12% and WG will take 25%, end result WG 100%, Bowser 88%.
⁶ In an earlier edit, I promised to describe each outfit, though in retrospect I might just go with screenshots where I either do have or can easily get the outfit put together, and where I do not, I'll link to the Wiki. Faction groups posted below, listed as Faction/Team color, with dumb commentary by me, and the sword in detail.

So: Guthix/Green - See above. Unlike the 5 below, this is a skin, not an actual in-game item, so I can't get the sword in detail.

Saradomin/Blue - I was trying to look like Zilyana (left), but my options were frustratingly limited. If she'd only talk to me I'd trade her the sword for fashion tips. Sword in detail.

Zamorak/Red-Black - Totally not suspicious, what ever are you talking about? I'm just your average every day door-to-door Bible-and-totally-not-the-Necronomicon salesman. Sword in detail.

Armadyl/White - Actually this is Me/White, since I have the higher perch than Bird Jesus, which means, in accordance with Bird Law, I am the actual supreme bird to whom all worship is owed. Sword in detail.

Bandos/Brown - The perfect outfit for a lady who's just about had it with all the sexist remarks. Bathe in the blood of any who would dare dishonor you. Crush the cowards beneath your feet. Sword in detail.

Zaros/Purple - You know your hocus-pocus isn't tough enough and your mumbo-jumbo doesn't measure up. Let me pontificate upon your sorry state, you're only second rate. Sword linked here. Sword in detail.
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Seren/Cyan - Pic was supposed to be this (thank you RS Wiki), but unfortunately, it was broken somehow when I posted it as a pic? The Wiki doesn't have it in women's sizes anyways, and I don't want to get it myself because ugh reputation grinds suck. "Sword" in detail. (It's a dagger; Seren doesn't have a godsword and even just swords in general aren't a thing the elves do, the weirdos. This would scale up to match the others.)
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Icthlarin/Yellow - I don't know how I'd go about making the outfit happen so I'm not bothering coming up with a full outfit here; honestly, the alt list is just me being thorough about costumes anyways. I've spent a surprising amount of time on this given that most of it was pretty much just taking screenshots. Sword in detail if I go with Icthlarin - like the crystal dagger, it'd be scaled up to two-handed size since khopeshes (and relevantly, the Khopesh of Tumeken) are one-handed weapons. And also really cool.

[nocturnal YL]

Well, it's hard to comment on something I'm not familiar with.

I thought RuneScape is older than 2001. Like dialup-on-Windows-95 old.

Balanced Strike sounds like an interesting concept, but I do wonder if it will work well in practice. There's a reason there aren't many healing moves in Smash. 15% max may be a bit too much, depending on how fast and accurate the move is.

Final Smash sounds a bit too overpowered and not quite like how they work in Ultimate. Dealing 40% to a single target is not unheard of, but stage-wide attacks aren't usually that strong. Healing 40% is completely unheard of. Final Smashes that let you move while it's active are also getting out of fashion, although a few still remain, including newcomer Piranha Plant's.

If healing moves can be carried out casually without much balance issue, they'd have done it with Aether already. (Or not; in my books Smash is still pretty bad at acknowledging mechanics in original games.)

Don't really have anything to say. Can't talk about the accuracy of this depiction, but it sounds fun. I also like how the fighter feels relatively standard (like Banjo & Kazooie) among all those other gimmick-oriented newcomers.

Finally, a little trivia about me: whenever I read anything about RuneScape, I can't resist mentally pronouncing it as run-escape.

[Shrikeswind]

Aug 26, 2020 10:57:10 GMT -5 nocturnal YL said:

Well, it's hard to comment on something I'm not familiar with.

I thought RuneScape is older than 2001. Like dialup-on-Windows-95 old.

Nope, January 2001. Although its predecessor, DeviousMUD, was out in 1999. That being said, the fact that you associate it with dialup-on-Windows-95 is perfectly reasonable - hell, I'm pretty sure that's what I was playing it on when I first started, though more likely that was a result of money.

Aug 26, 2020 10:57:10 GMT -5 nocturnal YL said:

Balanced Strike sounds like an interesting concept, but I do wonder if it will work well in practice. There's a reason there aren't many healing moves in Smash. 15% max may be a bit too much, depending on how fast and accurate the move is.

As someone who keeps Balanced Strike on his hotbar, its name is surprisingly apt. It can turn the tide of a fight any time you use it, entirely because it can absolutely damage the user instead. In Smash terms, it'd be best used as a simultaneous combo-breaker and combo-starter, but the first step in building a strategy that allows you to consistently use Balanced Strike is, effectively, "Get rekt."

Aug 26, 2020 10:57:10 GMT -5 nocturnal YL said:

Final Smash sounds a bit too overpowered and not quite like how they work in Ultimate. Dealing 40% to a single target is not unheard of, but stage-wide attacks aren't usually that strong. Healing 40% is completely unheard of. Final Smashes that let you move while it's active are also getting out of fashion, although a few still remain, including newcomer Piranha Plant's.

The idea is sorta like Palutena's Heavenly Light move, but expanded. It's not actually unheard of for a move to allow a 40% healing, either; I took heavy inspiration from Peach Blossom, which, perfectly executed, has the ability to heal Peach for 65% (you have to eat all 13 peaches to do it, which is entirely doable with all the sleepyheads around.) The Sunshine effect would make it more difficult for opponents to effectively counteract the healing, but getting a 40% combo in 10 seconds isn't just doable, it's easy. It may be worth it to make the butterfly destructible like the in-game Guthix's Blessing, but that wouldn't make a huge strategic difference for opponents.

Aug 26, 2020 10:57:10 GMT -5 nocturnal YL said:

Don't really have anything to say. Can't talk about the accuracy of this depiction, but it sounds fun. I also like how the fighter feels relatively standard (like Banjo & Kazooie) among all those other gimmick-oriented newcomers.

Yeah, that's the point! Glad you liked that. In principle, I could patch up some of the issues you had by introducing RuneScape's Adrenaline meter - which would basically just be Cloud's Limit Break or Little Mac's Power Meter - but I'm not about that. All a good fighter needs is a solid moveset and the game's core mechanics will handle the rest. I'm opinionated about it though, so I'll cut my rant here. As for accuracy...Honestly, there weren't too many liberties taken. I tried to match abilities to a two-handed swordsman, and there's more than enough of those to make a working character. Honestly, I could probably make him a full melee fighter if I really wanted to, but I wanted to showcase at least some ranged abilities and magic tricks.

Aug 26, 2020 10:57:10 GMT -5 nocturnal YL said:

Finally, a little trivia about me: whenever I read anything about RuneScape, I can't resist mentally pronouncing it as run-escape.

You're not the only one. There's actually a music track in game named "Run, Escape!" It's got a bit of a Metal Gear vibe. Pretty solid, but a bit repetitive. I'm still waiting on my Runes Cape though. It's exactly the kind of awful pun I've come to expect from Jagex.