Teeb147
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Bub & Bob (for smash)
These lil dragons are most known for the games of Bubble Bobble, and Bust-A-Move (including Puzzle Bobble).
Bubble Bobble was an awesome puzzle platforming game that was arcade-style, and really popular in the NES era (it also had sequels on the SNES). Later they were mostly known for the puzzle games.
In Bubble Bobble, you would have to clear boards before moving on to the next, and could shoot bubbles to incase enemies in them. You could then touch the bubbles with certain parts of your body to pop them. Popping enemies could turn them into items like fruits to get for points. There were also other items that served as power ups or abilities to use on boards. The variety of these made the game very interesting and fun, sometimes whacky and sometimes very challenging. When playing at two players, both Bub and Bob were present, co-operating to clear boards.
(Something interesting to note is that you could also jump on the bubbles you made, if you held jump, this could be an interesting mechanic to include somehow.)
Bust-a-Move on the other hand is a very fun puzzle game where you would shoot colored bubbles in attempts to clear numbers of them. It could have some parts in smash too, but less than Bubble Bobble, which was a platformer.
Bub & Bob could be characters together, either as playable or assist trophies. They could be a duo character, or simply one of them with alts.
Here's an earlier thread that was for Bub as Smash 4 DLC:
https://smashboards.com/threads/time-to-pop-some-bubbles-bub-for-smash-4-dlc.403438/
Here's some gifs that can give you a small idea about the games:
(bear in mind that the game a lot more complex and challenging as the stages progressed)
Implementation:
As assist trophies:
They could both pop up and blow bubbles as they roam around, trapping periodically those that get hit by the bubbles, making them unable to do much for a little bit like in a yoshi's egg. There could also be other bubbles with elements that if people touch it makes elemental effects like in the original game that can hit anyone. There could also be something where if a player in a bubble is touched by one of them they're send to the ground with some damage and maybe planted or paralyzed for a little bit.
As playable characters:
smileMasky
's idea:If they were to implement Bub and Bob they would come with one of their classic stages from the old arcade with transitions.
On to how they would fight, they would work like the ice climbers as a team and be more of a keep away character setting up traps with their bubbles. They would be as light or lighter than the ice climbers. They would have great recovery but lack any kill moves and be mostly projectile based. Or if you wana go crazy and make them an Echo of the ice climbers giving them claw swipe attacks instead of the hammer attacks. Tweak the specials giving them their bubble blowing and bubble recovery. The Final smash can be a call back to the spinoff can be a call back to Bust a Move with them shooting a bubble ballistic crossbow at enemies.
On to how they would fight, they would work like the ice climbers as a team and be more of a keep away character setting up traps with their bubbles. They would be as light or lighter than the ice climbers. They would have great recovery but lack any kill moves and be mostly projectile based. Or if you wana go crazy and make them an Echo of the ice climbers giving them claw swipe attacks instead of the hammer attacks. Tweak the specials giving them their bubble blowing and bubble recovery. The Final smash can be a call back to the spinoff can be a call back to Bust a Move with them shooting a bubble ballistic crossbow at enemies.
(More info may be added later.)
Bubble Bobble Dragons, Bub & Bob for smash!
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