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Smash Rebirth: Pokémon and Link - A Massive Overhaul

Pokémon I'm not going to claim to be a Pokémon expert. As such, I can't really say if these moves are accurate to the original Pokémon games. However videos like  RelaxAlax's "Know Your Moves" series  have educated me on just how accurate the Pokémon are. Having played very little of the Pokémon games this is pretty much all I have to go on. Jigglypuff has moves that are very iconic to her, so I think that these moves have become part of the character's identity. Pikachu could maybe use work, but as of right now, I can't say much on that topic.   Link However, on to the main event! The Hero of... I'm not sure, actually. When coming up with a revised moveset for Link, I was torn between a more traditional Link and a " Breath of the Wild (BotW) " style one. When thinking about how iconic the the Hero Clad in Green is, I didn't want to sacrifice that iconography for a current, but temporary Link. However, in my deliberation I r...

Addendum: Mario's Final Smash

I think Mario's Final Smash should be something truly iconic to him. When thinking of Mario iconography, there's only one true winner of "Most Recognizable:" The Mushroom. Up-Taunt For all one of you out there who don't know, Mario's mushroom let's him grow in size, similar to his  up-taunt.  For the final smash, I suggest we make Mario this size and have him rampage through the stage, like in " New SUPER MARIO BROS ." for the Nintendo DS.