Great Potato
Smash Cadet
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Sort of inspired by KitKats thread on Ridley dittos. I feel there's always generally more discussion on matchups that give us a lot of trouble or can annoy us, since we're generally looking for advice to improve and get better, but I'm interesting in the other end who some of your favorite matchups to fight are. What characters will you see pop up as your opponent and get excited because you're in for a fun match?
For me Bowser might be my favorite character to fight against at the moment. It does have that feel of a big kaiju battle like Rodan vs Godzilla, and Bowser always seems like such a straightforward character that the battle stays up close and personal without ever having to worry about Bowser turning you into combo food or trying to projectile camp. It always feels like an intense no holds barred smack-down where one wrong move can send you packing and we each have to worry about the other command grab while both having our own strengths that make it feel like a balanced matchup.
I'd give honorable mention to Samus, which is odd because I actually find her annoying to fight against, but this one is less about gameplay and more on a thematic level. Just the fact that I'm Ridley and they're Samus just adds a sense of personal stake to the fight, like I'm not going to have a friendly match with the player, this is a blood feud fight to the death and I'm in it to win it. It almost plays out like a Metroid fight with Samus throwing out everything in her arsenal to keep us at bay while we're flying around trying to close the distance so can rack up the massive damage and maybe get her airborne. The fact that it is a match I struggle with makes the victories more satisfying like I just took down my arch-nemesis after a grueling battle and not some pushover, and just the fact that this match is actually finally happening at all after so many games is always something that keeps me grateful.
For me Bowser might be my favorite character to fight against at the moment. It does have that feel of a big kaiju battle like Rodan vs Godzilla, and Bowser always seems like such a straightforward character that the battle stays up close and personal without ever having to worry about Bowser turning you into combo food or trying to projectile camp. It always feels like an intense no holds barred smack-down where one wrong move can send you packing and we each have to worry about the other command grab while both having our own strengths that make it feel like a balanced matchup.
I'd give honorable mention to Samus, which is odd because I actually find her annoying to fight against, but this one is less about gameplay and more on a thematic level. Just the fact that I'm Ridley and they're Samus just adds a sense of personal stake to the fight, like I'm not going to have a friendly match with the player, this is a blood feud fight to the death and I'm in it to win it. It almost plays out like a Metroid fight with Samus throwing out everything in her arsenal to keep us at bay while we're flying around trying to close the distance so can rack up the massive damage and maybe get her airborne. The fact that it is a match I struggle with makes the victories more satisfying like I just took down my arch-nemesis after a grueling battle and not some pushover, and just the fact that this match is actually finally happening at all after so many games is always something that keeps me grateful.
