Carrill
Smash Journeyman
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Despite my issues with the heels themselves, this is not a discussion on sexism. This is purely dealing with the way Zamus' new playstyle matches her character.
So with the aid of her new rocket shoes, Zamus has gained lots of buffs... including her Dash Attack, her A combo, and her Forward Smash. But while I'm all in favor of previously disappointing moves becoming more useful in this new iteration, I can't help but feel that a lot of these changes are very uncharacteristic of her.
In Metroid: Zero Mission, the moment her ship crashed, Samus was left with nothing but her Zero Suit and her stun gun and she was forced to rely entirely on her skill and athleticism alone. Essentially, Samus losing her Power Suit means she loses all her power... and in a lot of ways, the Brawl incarnation of Zero Suit Samus seemed to reflect this. Most of her grounded A moves were not powerful at all. Only her aerial attacks were really good and she heavily relied on the stun gun to trap opponents into set-ups and combos. It was a style that really appealed to me in Brawl and she became one my top characters to use.
And now with all her new rocket shoe attacks, she's suddenly gained some more powerful moves? It just seems bizarre. I'm happy that she'll likely be a high-tier character but I'm not sure if this change of playstyle is the most faithful to her character.
Discuss.
So with the aid of her new rocket shoes, Zamus has gained lots of buffs... including her Dash Attack, her A combo, and her Forward Smash. But while I'm all in favor of previously disappointing moves becoming more useful in this new iteration, I can't help but feel that a lot of these changes are very uncharacteristic of her.
In Metroid: Zero Mission, the moment her ship crashed, Samus was left with nothing but her Zero Suit and her stun gun and she was forced to rely entirely on her skill and athleticism alone. Essentially, Samus losing her Power Suit means she loses all her power... and in a lot of ways, the Brawl incarnation of Zero Suit Samus seemed to reflect this. Most of her grounded A moves were not powerful at all. Only her aerial attacks were really good and she heavily relied on the stun gun to trap opponents into set-ups and combos. It was a style that really appealed to me in Brawl and she became one my top characters to use.
And now with all her new rocket shoe attacks, she's suddenly gained some more powerful moves? It just seems bizarre. I'm happy that she'll likely be a high-tier character but I'm not sure if this change of playstyle is the most faithful to her character.
Discuss.
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