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Official G&W Stage Discussion #19: Distant Planet
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Mr. Escalator
G&W Guru
First off, you can do the instant edge getup here, if you remember it from YS and Pictochat. Also items spawn for glidetossing fun. ALSOOOOO, a good main stage where you you can come from below.
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Noa.
Smash Master
The main area of the stage are nice since you can play shark. >=D I'm not exactly sure how the slope would be useful to G&W. Any uses?
_Phloat_
Smash Champion
I avoid this level all the time.
I hate the water, I hate the layout.
I hate the water, I hate the layout.
PentaSalia
Smash Master
it can also go well for bucket breaking,kinda
great for coming down from below the stage
glide tossing i guess lol
there isn't enough straight ground to be gliding on;P
great for coming down from below the stage
glide tossing i guess lol
there isn't enough straight ground to be gliding on;P
_Phloat_
Smash Champion
I died glide tossing into the blastzone once.
Pissed me off: never came back.
Pissed me off: never came back.
ShadowPhoenix951
Smash Ace
I'd give this stage a solid 5/10. The center platform allows for under the stage nair shenanigans, but the items that spawn hurt G&w more than help him, as there isn't enough flat ground on which to glide toss, and the items are fairly powerful. The frog thing on the side (I've never played Pikmin) is deadlier to G&W than most other characters. His get up ability sucks, so if you're knocked onto the thing and you're down, say goodbye to a stock. Not a bad stage for G&W, but it pales in comparison to other counterpicks (RC, GG, and Corneria being the main ones). Avoid it if you can.
On the rare chance you actually play on this level, it's decent at best. Shouldn't be hard to fair someone into the giant mouth, however since you're light and bounce around you have a good chance of being eaten also.
Just don't play it, there's nothing good about this stage.
Just don't play it, there's nothing good about this stage.
Ruse
Fox
There are TO's crazy enough to allow this stage?
_Phloat_
Smash Champion
A few, yea.
This is a pretty cool stage; I think it may be deceptively good for Mr. Game & Watch. The under the stage antics here are pretty powerful; you can play on the double ledges really well, and you can approach from beneath at will. The water and pellets let you pretty easily say no to people who want to play near the walk-off. If you get a good lead, camping near the bottom of the slope is pretty powerful; judicious fishbowl use makes you really hard to approach there.
The low platforms in the leaves are pretty good for the key; the fact that the heights aren't static lets you trick people pretty well. Things like charging up smash as they land on the platform and hitting under shields work out really well; subtle shenanigans with the variable height surfaces are pretty strong here.
Attack the flowers to recharge stale moves. I'm pretty sure you can attack the things you can throw pellets into to refresh stale moves as well.
The monster is nearly a non-factor. Gimping (which the monster protects against) is rare on both sides in nearly any matchup here, but the monster is never a good platform to go to voluntarily. Use him as you recover if it happens to be useful, but in general just avoid being on him and treat opponents who choose to be on him as over the edge.
I'm thinking this stage is more like 7/10; it's not your best stage or anything, but Distant Planet seems to be pretty clearly one of the better choices for Mr. Game & Watch. If you want to maintain the option to approach from below, this is the main alternative to Norfair (I like being able to approach from below against Meta Knight personally). This stage is almost never picked so, if you are lucky enough to be at a tournament where it's legal (and there's not really any reason for it to be banned even though it so often is), picking it could probably throw people off.
The low platforms in the leaves are pretty good for the key; the fact that the heights aren't static lets you trick people pretty well. Things like charging up smash as they land on the platform and hitting under shields work out really well; subtle shenanigans with the variable height surfaces are pretty strong here.
Attack the flowers to recharge stale moves. I'm pretty sure you can attack the things you can throw pellets into to refresh stale moves as well.
The monster is nearly a non-factor. Gimping (which the monster protects against) is rare on both sides in nearly any matchup here, but the monster is never a good platform to go to voluntarily. Use him as you recover if it happens to be useful, but in general just avoid being on him and treat opponents who choose to be on him as over the edge.
I'm thinking this stage is more like 7/10; it's not your best stage or anything, but Distant Planet seems to be pretty clearly one of the better choices for Mr. Game & Watch. If you want to maintain the option to approach from below, this is the main alternative to Norfair (I like being able to approach from below against Meta Knight personally). This stage is almost never picked so, if you are lucky enough to be at a tournament where it's legal (and there's not really any reason for it to be banned even though it so often is), picking it could probably throw people off.