Smash Bros Cast Ep.18

Smash News

Countdown to Smash:

As of 7/6 153 Days

Washington Post Article on Smash

Sakari on audience focus

“When you talk about audience, I don’t really think too much about the audience per se,” Sakurai told The Washington Post through a translator ahead of the game’s unveiling at E3. “I feel like a game, at the end of the day, is about playing the game. But if we focus too much on the top level players -- or the audience -- then the game skews a little bit too much on the technical side.”

Bringing the community together

As of 2017, in terms of viewership and entrants, Melee and Smash 4 tournaments have been comparable. According to Newzoo, Melee and Smash 4 ranked 11th and 12th respectively in terms of viewership, with a combined 16.8 million hours viewed on the Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch. [Note: The Washington Post is owned by Jeffrey P. Bezos, CEO of Amazon.] If those audiences were in fact combined, the Smash scene would rank 9th, well above Capcom’s Street Fighter V, and below Psyonix’s car-soccer game, Rocket League. It would also make Smash the world’s top fighting game in terms of viewership.

Amiibo for All!

The returning characters that didn’t have amiibo will be getting their own, released when the game comes out!

Talking points

Should there be more of competitive focus in Super Smash Bros Ultimate?

More modes?

Melee mode with wavedashing and more Melee Mechanics.

Ultimate mode? Plays like Ultimate does now.

Smash Character: Lucas-Smash Boards

Full guide here

Pros

Amazing combos

Great aerial attacks

Little end and landing lag on most aerials

Special attacks with many uses

Amazing anti-projectile game

Good kill throws

Rewarding spacing and sweetspotting attacks

Cons

Struggles in some high tier matchups

Some attacks have a slow start-up

Huge end-lag on up-smash

Low damage and knockback if attacks are sourspotted.

Linear recovery with PKT

TheSkuxxedOne

Jtails-Mega Lucas Full Glory

Dragon SmashTop Ten Lucas Plays

GayBowser(Lucas) vs Emperor Eevee(Bayo)

Smash Resources

How to Git Gud from GameSkinny

Smash Boards Beginners Guide

Eurogamer's Beginners Guide

Event Hubs Character Move List

Super Smash Academy on Youtube

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