MFGG Vote 001 - Voting Closed, Winner: Pikmin and Olimar

Bear with me,

I just want to finish this so this doesn't end up in my pile of "things I lack motivation to finish"

I'll edit it though

Boring!

This post has been edited by Admiral Delmore on Apr 22 2008, 04:53 PM

MFGG Voted Sonic as their 2nd favorite Brawl character

Sonic is a fast, speed character whom everyone loves. He's blue, he's got red and white shoes, and he gives people thumbs up while running about 90,000 mph. There's really nothing more to say about this guy, he's awesome, kicks ass, and runs really fast ...
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... Okay, perhaps there's more to say; you see, Sonic originated from, personally, one of my favorite old-school platformers ever created, Sonic the Hedgehog. after the release of the game, Sonic, almost over-night, became a household name. The Sonic Team soon made two more sequels for the game, entitled, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, each just as good as the classic original. There's no doubt about it, even when his most recent games suck, Sonic still manages to live on in our hearts as one of the coolest video game characters ever created.

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MFGG Voted Pikmin and Olimar as their favorite Brawl character

Ah, good 'ol Pikmin. A game that I'll never forget, a game that truly redefined "amazing" and "immersed". Pikmin was one of the first gamecube games, and one of our first tastes of next gen gaming. After years of dealing with the n64's choppy frame-rate, low polygon count, and horrible texture handling, we got this: A game that's graphics amazed us, and a game that's gameplay immersed us. But what amazed us most, were the characters. Pikmin were the cutest things ever created, hands down; You gotta love those little buggers. About 2 years after Pikmin was released, a sequel was released aptly named, Pikmin 2. This game was, if not more, popular than the original, adding new and intuitive gameplay elements to an already well established game. And then, you guessed it, Pikmin was included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl; and it stuck. The moveset and pretty much everything else about this character was awesome. Not to mention you can now throw pikmin at your enemies, watching them claw their faces away like a bunch of cute cuddly ravenous dogs. Hehehe ... sounds fun ...

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Sorry if this entire thing seemed half-assed, I've been rather busy lately, so it's understandable that I forgot about this. Next time I do this I'll be absolutely sure that I can finish it on time, 'k? Thanks for your time guys :D

Fun fact: Sonic doesn't actually kick ass. He has terrible offense.

What the hell, I don't even remember this thread, I would have voted augh why do I miss everything?

And how the hell could Pikmin win, he's the worst in the game

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Apr 22 2008, 04:59 PM

Actually he's one of the best in the game, just due to how powerful his moves are, how fantastic his range is, and that he can withstand any knock back by using his whistle.

The only one who's probably worse is Ganondorf since he is so outrageously slow.

But Pikmin is just limited and unneeded IMO. Wasted B moves too. Whoopie a whistle to bring his Pikmin back.

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Apr 22 2008, 05:01 PM

His B moves can all serve a wonderful purpose. I think Ganondorf and Captain Falcon are apparently the worst this time around, some argue and say Sonic is actually the worst.

Don't get me wrong, there isn't really anything wrong with Olimar himself. Ever since the day he was announced though, I could just see someone a lot better as a playable character.

His only B move I find to be worthwhile is the Pikmin throw, where they attach and attack. And since his Pikmin's effects are random based on the luck of what he pulls out, you can't really plan attack until you get the right Pikmin.

When I play as him, all I can pretty much do is
Throw a few times, then when they're done attacking, Whistle.
And maybe some of his smashes.

Limited limited limited

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Apr 22 2008, 05:10 PM

Ganondorf has a superb pressure game. The only person I can think of that really tops him in that area is Snake.

Olimar's B+Up is a great surprise attack and has really nice range, I don't see it coming half the time either

Honestly, how in the world can you SAY Olimar is limited PK? You can hate the character, that's fine. But you can't say he's limited at all. Every one of his Pikmin acts differently. Because of this, you have to be constantly micro managing your Pikmin WHILE fighting at the same time. You can't say his whistling is useless since that goes right along with his micro managing. That determines the order of your Pikmin. You don't throw all the pikmin either. The electric and fire ones and the big blue ones are great close range, especially the big blue one since that one doesn't grab onto the enemy. A really good Pikmin player can pretty much not let a single attack near him.

And okay the Pikmin he pulls out are random, so what? That all goes right into managing them. It's not about luck at all. It's about how well you can manage them with what you get. Honestly, he's just a few steps above Snake, because there's a lot of micro managing with him too, just not to the extreme of Olimar.

honestly dude i can't figure out your huge vendetta against Olimar. blah blah you hate the character, he's one of the best in the game despite that.

I don't hate Olimar himself. I loved Pikmin 1. I just think someone a lot better could have been picked for something like Brawl.

Also I explicitly remember a few other MFGGers saying that Olimar should be replaced in that one hypothetical who-would-you-want-in-and-out thread.

Every single time I've faced him in battle, it's been no problem. In order to be good as Olimar, you pretty much have to think a lot differently from other characters, and the risk doesnt seem to balance out the reward.
This doesn't mean there isn't someone out there in the world who might play really well as him, but come on, micromanaging while fighting? o_o
Personally, do not want

Until I get my ass thoroughly kicked by Olimar, I will continue to think this.

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Apr 23 2008, 10:05 AM