Characters you have dropped

[El Fonz0]

Let's see here...

I don't remember much about melee, except I played as Mewtwo alot. And we all know how that ended. I also got really good with Jigglypuff and landing Rests. Though, I'm getting good with her again.

In Brawl, I got really good with Lucario and Falco, and I think I also played Wolf and Meta Knight quite a bit, before I started to settle with Ganondorf.

In Smash 4 I got really good with King Dedede and Pac-Man, and I'm learning how to play as Wario, Marth, Yoshi, Samus, Zamus, and a few others I can't think of right now.

 

[Arcadenik]

From Brawl to SSB4, I dropped Mario (sorry, I always preferred Dr. Mario), Peach (I don't like her new Aerial Up+A, the old one was part of my playstyle), Kirby (don't like the charging hammer), Meta Knight (the gliding was part of my playstyle), Pit (the gliding and his old Side+B was part of my playstyle - ironically I prefer Dark Pit), and Olimar (I wanted 6 Pikmin, not 3).

 

[Zethoro]

Well, let's start at the beginning.
64: Dropped for
Melee: Dropped for , also dropped again for
Brawl: Dropped AGAIN for , Dropped for , then dropped yet again for
PM: Dropped again for
dropped for
Sm4sh: Dropped after a particularly bad evening after 1.0.4 where I had Side B used against me several times, with my opponent getting a free stock since Claw/Side B is glitchy now.
Also dropped ...but I might pick him up someday since this is the best incarnation of Luigi we've ever had.
I now use ,,and occasionally and

EDIT: Have now dropped and .
Now looking like:
,,,,,,. I picked up again. He's now my secondary, but only when I can use customs since I'm never going to give free stocks with Side-B ever again. Shame too, normal Side-B is one of my favorite moves. Also picked up , a character I was never interested in before unlike the others in that list. He's also a customs only character since his customs are what make him the awesome character he is. At least with I'm sorta willing to play him without customs, but 's customs are like levels of important, ESPECIALLY his Side-Bs.

 

[Altais]

In Smash 64, at first I didn't really have a main and just tended to select a character at random--but in the end I stuck with Ness.

In Melee, I traded Ness for Marth, because I hated how much they nerfed Ness.

In Brawl, mine original main was Meta Knight, but after learning how ridiculously overpowered he was and that he was banned from most competitive matches I stopped using him and just stuck with Zelda.

In Smash 4, I originally mained Pit and Lucina, but nowadays I mostly use Robin and Link. I still use Pit and Lucina every now and then, but not nearly as much as before. I mained Palutena for a while, but in the end I traded her for Link. Again, I still use her every once in a while, but not as often as I used to.

 

[YoshiandToad]

Smash 64
Dropped: (Luigi was my most beloved video game character, but I wasn't great with him)

Picked up: (Main for life)

Melee
Dropped: (Bowser was my most wanted newcomer, alas he was a massive useless punchbag)

Picked up: (Mario's cape is a thing of beauty, Peach's dress was tons of fun and Roy's fire blade felt great even if he was pretty inferior to Marth)

Brawl
Dropped: (sort of forced too with Roy, Peach was nerfed way too much, Wario felt weird despite being my most wanted Brawl newcomer.)

Picked up: (Finally got good with Luigi!, and forced myself to play Bowser a lot until he felt okay. Couldn't play as Charizard, but the other two felt fine to me and found a spacie I liked finally.)

Smash for 3DS/Wii U

Dropped: (Fricking dammit enforced cuts, no wonder I stick with Mario characters most the time, they're not likely to get cut...)

Picked up: (Clearly a lot of these will get dropped, as so far having this lot plus Yoshi, Mario, Luigi and Bowser in rotation is a ridiculous amount to try and get good with. I prefer the way Wario feels this time for some reason.)

 

[JSG]

I initially thought that I would end up maining Palutena and Ness. They're now my backups, but even then, I don't use them too often.

However, I did eventually drop Wii Fit Trainer, Kirby, Dr. Mario, and Zelda.

I started using Wii Fit Trainer on the 3DS because for some reason, I kept winning with her. Same for Zelda as well (plus, I was inspired by Nairo's incredible 3DS Zelda...). Then when the WiiU version was released, I kinda stopped using them for nor reason.

As for Kirby and Doc, I thought I would like them because they were my mains in Brawl and Melee, respectively. I kinda stopped playing them as well, and mostly dropped Doc in favor of just regular Mario.

 

[Burruni]

64 to Melee
was just made god-awful due to the heavy nerfs.
just felt far too slow to be able to fight properly

Melee to Brawl
& , my mains, were just made down-right unplayable with their speed cuts.

Brawl to Sm4sh
just lacks his old ability to kill like he used to have.
the nerf of the Pikmin changes just makes him feel a lot less potent in his full arsenal
his changed aerials, d-tilt, and just a few changes all around really made him feel significantly worse in this game.
his floaty first jump makes him so incredibly awkward to play an air-game like I do.

rest in peace.....

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

The last time I dropped a main for another character was in 64, and I only did it twice.
The first time, I switched from to . I think it was because I wasn't a big fan of Yoshi's lack of a triple jump, and I played Mario occasionally, so at some point I just started playing with Mario more than anyone else.
Then I switched from to when I unlocked him later. It was more or less because Ness' character resonated with me; not his playstyle at first, though, which took me a while to get used to.

Ever since, I've only added secondary and tertiary mains up to 4 without dropping any of them. I keep playing them because I like them as characters.

Since Smash 4 has been out for only a bit of time, I'm still getting used to playing each character, so it'll take some time to see if I've dropped a main or not.

 

[Sari]

This may sound a bit odd but I'd have to say...


I sort of played him in Melee and he was my third main in Brawl, but for some reason he feels incredibly nerfed in Sm4sh. A lot of his attacks feel much weaker (especially his d-air and b-air), he's a bit more floaty, and I find his new voicelines to be a tad annoying.

 

[CatRaccoonBL]

I've essentially dropped Pikachu in smash 4 because I like the playstyle of Rosalina, Shulk, and Jigglypuff better. I will always use him in previous smash games though.

 

[HotNTasty]

Dropped cause throws were nerfed in Melee.
Dropped and my secondaries due to all of the new characters was working with at once and the simple fact that I play smash less than I used to by nature of time constraints.
While I technically never mained, dropped him due to simply being unable to kill with him.

 

[Aguki90]

Melee:Start with , It was drop because its recovery was tedius to me.
Start using Pikapik.

Melee>Brawl

Drop:(Olimar is the real murder of this case.)(I think was better than mewtwo, Play him alot and somehow never use it because I don't like Lucario in pokemon games, So I stop.)
Pick Up:
<MAIN FOR LIFE.

Brawl>Smash 4 (Oh god.)

Dropped:
-This one hurt me the most... Its my favorite character of all time.

Pick Up:<--Welcome Back Pikachu!
<Even many people stop using him, He always gonna be... MAIN!!!

 

[Nd_KakaKhakis]

In terms of serious play my playing of smash games was not at all chronological
I was a brawl but then lost interest in the game.
Started playing some melee (my Down Smash is so wow!) but that really wore on my health over time so I went and got some treatment from .

His real message was to go back into my past in order to see what I could truly become. And I listen to medical professionals and value their opinions, which led me to 4 years of practicing and TOD combos. Which was a satisfying life for sure.


But then Smash 4 emerged. seemed like a worthy candidate cuz she beat my ass like 8 times before I unlocked her. What a worthy champion this female marth clone would be for me. But then the returned, telling me to once again be more basic and control the game with grab combos, just like you did in original smash. Little did I know that was actually a deviant. Doc appeared as a Shedinja, an evolution but down the wrong path. So I went Ninjask.
And I'll probably be maining Ninjask for a long long time.

 

[Bobert]

Played as Marth mainly in Brawl and Ganondorf in Melee. I really wanted to like Marth in Smash 4 but he just doesn't feel rewarding to use as he did to me, so I decided to drop him in favor of Samus who was a character I always liked despite being bad in 64 and Brawl. I'm really enjoying her in this game and I think she's pretty underrated but I also like her because she kind of reminds me of Megaman X(Missles and Charge Shot). I also dropped Ganondorf mainly because he was nerfed horribly from Melee to Brawl and didn't get that much of a buff in 4.

 

[AEMehr]

The only characters I feel I have "dropped", so to speak, are and . The former feels unplayable sometimes, despite my great desire to want to learn how to play as her. The latter simply lacks feasible recovery options for me, I'm not good with spamming the tornado and the lack of a boost when using the sheet doesn't help much. Pretty sure Doc is second to for worst recovery in the game.
I play them from time to time, but it always seems to feel like an uphill battle (mostly with WFT tho).

 

[JimmyTheCaterpillar]

In SM4SH, I've been on a hunt for a decent secondary for pretty much ever.

Eventually, one of them will win, and the others will definitely not be used as much from then on.

In Brawl, I really liked playing with , but I pretty much abandoned him when I discovered .

In Melee, I played and , but while I still use them frequently, I don't use them nearly as much as I now use (don't laugh) .

 

[SirPulse]

dont think i would consider a change in characters between games as a drop. different game, different feel

 

[Diddy Kong]

64 main:
Secondary:

I rarely played though, but was pretty damn good with him. If I ever went 64, I'd probably want to play most. Followed up with and .

Dropped in Melee due to a too big change in his aerial game. Picked up .
Dropped later when I discovered this site and discovered he was at that moment 'Bottom Tier'. Watched videos of Captain Jack's and how he wrecked the Top Tiers & mercilessly. This became an inspiration. became my main from that day and loved his powerful aerial game (which I missed in ). Picked up later again after seeing videos of Taj. Kept with them till Brawl's release, and when I came back I started to use some more viable characters as secondaries, starting with & & & then later adding & after using them a lot in Brawl.

Ironically, I'd be most interessted in playing out of all those characters if I'd pick up Melee again thanks to AXE. Of course will still be my main however. Am also really interessted in .

Also remember playing a lot of and at some point, but I completely lost interesst in them one day.

Brawl was simple. Picked up , and discovered all of his ATs quickly. was always a close secondary because I loved the way he plays in Brawl. Still do. was most played next, and never dropped either. Picked up a lot of characters in Brawl actually, never really dropping anyone outside of which was not my choice. I picked up again for example cause Brawl's Pika reminded me more of . Because I became so good with , I mastered and as well, which I felt was a lot of fun.

Guess you could say I dropped in Brawl. Cause of nerfs.

For this game, I think I basically play every character I once used before...

 

[kikaru]

In Melee I loved playing and in Melee, both got dropped for in Brawl.
Knowing my luck, will probably be cut in Smash 5.

 

[Zethoro]

Dropped because, while I love Punch-Out, I don't love it enough to deal with all the crap he has to deal with.


EDIT:

In Melee I loved playing and in Melee, both got dropped for in Brawl.
Knowing my luck, will probably be cut in Smash 5.

If hasn't been cut yet, I think it's pretty clear they won't cut the character who's pretty much the mascot of Smash.

 

[smashingDoug]

I dropped wolf in smash 4

 

[Zethoro]

I dropped wolf in smash 4

Overused joke is overused.

 

[smashingDoug]

Overused joke is overused.

It's overused I don't spend a lot of time on here

 

[Zethoro]

It's overused I don't spend a lot of time on here

Here's a few examples from this thread alone.

Snake was forcefully taken from me.

Other than that, never.

From Brawl to 4 I dropped ...


Seriously though...
I dropped and as my top mains from Brawl to 4. That's pretty much everyone I dropped moving from game to game.

Snake, but not by my choice

I dropped Lucas and Ivysaur from Brawl to 4. ;_;

Brawl -> 4

(y u do dis) (o god y u do dis)

Yes.

 

[smashingDoug]

Here's a few examples from this thread alone.











Yes.

Would you believe me if I said I sometimes post before I read all of the replies

 

[Zethoro]

Would you believe me if I said I sometimes post before I read all of the replies

Yes, but why should I be lenient seeing the same joke for the tenth time or so when you decided not to read all of a two page thread?

 

[smashingDoug]

Yes, but why should I be lenient seeing the same joke for the tenth time or so when you decided not to read all of a two page thread?

Because that would be nice unlike most people on the internet are, so you could be different. and two it wouldn't be off topic

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I can't really say much about 64, Melee, and Brawl, but the following is whom I've dropped in Smash 3DS/Wii U, unless I'm forced to use them, or just want to play for fun.

: Greninja is not an easy character to use, and it's too risky as well, as it doesn't exactly have any approaches that can't be punished; anyone who anticipates Shadow Sneak can just shield it, and then grab Greninja afterwards.

: Wii Fit Trainer's moveset is quite unorthodox, and a good portion of her/his attacks feel very inconvenient with their hitboxes.

: Tome limitations is what really bothers me with Robin. You can't really spam his/her projectile attacks because of them. And to add insult to injury, Robin is quite slow on foot.

: Much like with in Brawl, Olimar's moveset can be inconvenient with his reliance on the Pikmin for portions of his moves. And not having the right Pikmin for the job can make scoring KOs tougher to pull off.

 

[16bit]

I first started Sm4sh with ZSS, but then gave her up because I just kept losing with her, and winning with every other character. I then decided to search around, and in the end specialized in Diddy Kong.

 

[JamesDNaux]

Overused joke is overused.

Here's a few examples from this thread alone.

Snake was forcefully taken from me.

Other than that, never.

You say that as if I were making a joke. The loss of Snake was no joke.

 

[Rikter]

I dropped Kirby for Ike when I went from having absolutely no idea what I was doing in melee to brawl where I finally started to have a clue what I was doing. And because of Ike when I finally ended up being dragged into melee I discovered I actually enjoyed playing Ganondorf and haven't dropped him despite not being project M Ganondorf in 4. I still play Ike but less and less since brawl days because something feels missing.

 

[Bobert]

In Melee I loved playing and in Melee, both got dropped for in Brawl.
Knowing my luck, will probably be cut in Smash 5.

The world ends the day Falcon gets cut.

 

[Funkermonster]

Brawl to this game:
Because I wanna play someone new this time, and I honestly felt he was better in Brawl. I feel he's been slightly nerfed in this game with Fair being weaker and smaller, Dair being a whole hell of a lot worse, and harder to kill with Bair due to bigger blast zones. I still like playing Ness from time to time though

Why Sakurai? Why did u nerf him so hard? Falco is still cool as a character, but I don't find him that fun anymore. If they at least let me be able to keep my Auto Canceled Blasters.......

I liked him better when he had his Banana shenanigans, not the annoying Down Throw to Up Air Kill combos and everything. He felt a little more unique in Brawl to me, and the key to his past success has been heavily nerfed and replaced with something a little more generic in my opinion.

Smash 4:
Used to be my tertiary, but not anymore, I now use her almost exclusively for casual play. Honestly, I absolutely love Lucina in Fire Emblem, but her incarnation in Smash Bros was done pretty badly in my opinion. The Lack of Tipper and Low Shieldstun is basically a straight downgrade from Marth and a worse character in pretty much every aspect. Marth was already nerfed considerably in this game, and Lucina is essenially an even more nerfed version of him. Admittedly, all 3 clones are looking to be worse than their originals right now, but Lucina is the only one who doesn't really offer anything significant. I mean she's cute and can do PP Utilts, but that's all she's got going for her. I wish they just made her an alternate costume for Marth like they originally planned to, so I could still play her and be on the same level as her great grandpa.

Her character artwork in this game kinda creeps me out though, she looks pissed and her eyes are like staring into my soul.

 

[TechnoThePotato]

I didn't drop anyone between 64 and Brawl (I have never played Melee.)

Brawl to 4 i dropped quite a bit of characters:

Because he doesn't quite feel the same anymore.
^^^
^^^
Seems slower and less powerful than he used to be.
Still doesn't feel the same.
He lost one of my favorite attacks from him, I can't remember which though.
They took them away from me DX

 

[RadiantTactician]

I was forced to give up Snake and Wolf.

When it comes to the veterans, I've kinda neglected . People keep telling me how he's really great this time around, but idk, he just doesn't click with me. From the newcomers, I wanted to try out , but I can't control his moves at all, which is strange because I like .

 

[SleuthMechanism]

Smash 4: Marth/lucina; marth has been my main since melee but he feels like a pitiful shadow of his former self that just doesn't play at all like he did previously, lucina was just dissapointingly marth without the tipper.Metaknight: nothing to do with brawl, he just interested me here but his lack of range and terribly mismatched hitboxes killed it for me along with his ptiful damage output.Dedede: I love this character and sill play him every now and then but got so sick of being camped and the sonic vs dedede matchup is the least fun thing to ever play in this game, good grief..Megaman: Megaman is one of my favorite videogame series of all time but his playstyle didn't fit meSamus(subbed in melee):The new nair is unforgivable. I can't deal with no sexkick ;.;

 

[JimmyHedgehog]

I kinda picked up Toon Link in Brawl toward the end of it but dropped him again in Smash 4 in favour of standard Link again. Other than that (if that even counts) no one really, unless you count the forced-drop of Snake but I don't count that really. In fact it's more I've gained a bunch of characters ^^;