So, does Smash Bros have the best roster in a fighting game ever made ?

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Kotastic said:
Honestly, I think Project M had the best roster. Each character had something that made them special. You can pick out any character in PM, like Mario, Jigglypuff, or Samus, and I can think of stuff that separates them from everyone and what's really unique about them for a looong time.

However in Smash 4, while the roster is impressive, some of the characters...just don't seem as impressive compared to other characters. Swordsman are often look down upon, and some characters have simply less unique things over other characters. If you were to tell me what makes characters like Lucina, Jigglypuff, Palutena, and Samus unique...I honestly can't go on very long.

Let's take Samus for example. What makes Samus so unique compared to the rest of the cast is that she has the ability to perform a Super Wavedash, can crawl in her morph ball form and actually attack, has an ice mode where half of her move changes and can be used strategically, and can cancel her missiles lag on landing and can effectively send a barrage of missiles when using platforms. Just only a sample of what I can give.

Whereas Samus in Smash 4 (which I play a lot btw)...honestly all I can think as unique is that her zair is a good approach option compared to other tether characters (which is also applicable in PM, just missiles are better) and...a sandbag character. :/

 

That's an interesting observation. In my opinion, PM made all of the characters level with each other; it basically destroyed the melee tier list for me.