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JWeinCom on 01 December 2012
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happydolphin said:
F0X said:

Normally I wouldn't, but it seemed like an assumption that could be made without much thought given to how Super Smash Bros. is designed. Fighters aren't the only factor - items and stage events are the great equalizer. It's true that a character like Meta Knight will always have an advantage on, say, Final Destination with no items turned on, but that's not how two new players would typically play SSB. Further, I think you overestimate how much more powerful Meta Knight is compared to even the weakest of fighters (according to the opinion of those who play the game in a specific fashion). You must understand that professional-level SSB is a whole different style of play than normal, meaning that certain advantages given to certain fighters have a magnified impact. Better balance is plus, for sure, but I think this issue has been blown out of water by a small vocal minority.

For that matter, I haven't heard good things about PSABR's character balance either.

This guy is part of the smash community, and they have mulled over the topic over and over, I don't see how anyone could miss the "assumptions" you're referring to, and even if, we've all been beginners at smash at some point and CAN relate when it's brought up. Don't pretend to know more because you don't. I've played smash for as long as it's existed and even participated in the competitive scene as well, I know what it is.

As much as we both played smash the facts are that player against player (which many new players do, items turned off as well, I've been a beginner myself and have turned off items because I quickly realized how annoying it is to just die for no reason - Hammer in smash 64), certain players have priority over another. And Metaknight is one such character, and from what I understood it's because he's Sakurai's own creation.

The fact is the game is unbalanced, and player against player, with minimal items, for beginners who care about that kind of thing, it causes a lot of complaints and/or confusion (why do I suck?).

Just not good overall for what is entertainment value for a lot of people. When you fight against your friends, and you like a character, you don't want to have your ass handed to you repeatedly because your other friend is always picking the overpowered character.

In melee, I was able to handle sheik with Mario though she was pretty strong. Now, Mario against Metaknight, I just get raped all the time. I'm sure newbs know how to spam MK's moves too.

The idea that MK is OPed because Sakurai made him is silly.  Kirby was made by Sakurai and he's been mediocre to bad in all three games.  Dedede is pretty mediocre as well.

MK is not particularly unbalanced in low level play.  If you gave two brand new players Link and MK to play with, I think the results would be about 50/50.  MK's best tools relate to stalling, planking, and his aerials, particularly D/Uair.  I'm a very good Smash Bros player and MK is one of my worst characters because I never put any effort into learning how to play as him.  It's not nearly as simple as "pick up controller and win".  If my life depended on winning a Smash Bros match and I could pick between Ganondorf and MK, I'd pick Ganondorf every time.