Useless Smash Facts! #8 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 

Unacceptable lol

Hey Pjiggles! I have an idea for a missed opportunity: So you already know that some characters have unique death animations/sounds. Well I've been wondering why Steve doesn't make his oof sound when he gets hit (or at least for his KO animation in Stamina Battle, kinda like Terry)

@@chamtheman551 the oof sound was never included in Minecraft, only in beta

You actually shared a useful fact in 5:00 in the video.

Okay, I really thought I was going crazy…

Sad toon link main noises :(

was gonna mention the back air being one frame faster than it looks but that may have been pkbeats

so true JJ

SAME WITH CLOUD MAINS Remember cloud’s weirdly cut shoulder?

Nah, PJ got our F-air buffed, remember?

Is that the only move he has in smash that he can cancel in Tekken

@@themanwithaplan5425 Personally I don't play Kazuya in Tekken (Paul Phoenix for life), but the ability to cancel that attack was something added in T7 Season 2(?). As far as I'm aware Kazuya doesn't have other moves that can cancel in that same fashion. Another tidbit is in Tekken 7, when you canceled Nejiri Uraken (which is a low hitting attack) it puts Kazuya in a crouching state, meaning you can do While Rising 2 (WR2) which is that gut punch he uses in Smash that uses the same input (Demon God Fist). In Tekken, you can only block low attack while crouching, but you CAN'T block MID hitting attacks while crouching. This meaning Kazuya can mix you up with either the low or the mid which is EXTREMELY rewarding when it connects, much like it does in Smash. When canceling Nejiri Uraken in Smash, it strangely leaves Kazuya in a standing state, UNLESS you hold down and manually input the WR attack, giving it the same function it has in Tekken 7. Sorry for the long reply, but I figured it would help explain it to those that haven't/don't play Tekken understand how this move works in its home game.

@A Yellow Yoshi this d+1+2 cancel exists since T6 or even T5

@TheManWithAPlan5 Kazuya never was the type of character with many move cancels so I don't think there is anymore moves other than this one.

@@gustavomartin2565 Ah. 7 has been the only game in the series I've put a decent amount of time into, and my brother plays Kazuya. Wasn't aware he's had it for a while lol

Similarly. Sonic and shiek have glitched special moves in W.O L. Shiek's burst grenade won't blow up if you have item buffs. And Sonic's homing attack when used on the ground wont rise into the air. But I'm not entirely sure why it happens.

@@leobardosantano8813 for sonic if he has stat changes homing attack doesn't rise

i swear i thouht ryu or ken didnt use fd either

@@ThatGuyThomas Ryu is on Omega Suzaku Castle, and Ken is on Omega Boxing Ring.

@@bumblebee8903 dang guess i was wrong

That is correct, but I'd like to add that both series have had games using 3D models (Street Fighter EX, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition and KOF: Maximum Impact to name a few) and in those, the characters on the right side have their backs face the camera, just like in Tekken. It seems like they wanted to stay true to their 2D games, as their more recent games using 3D models (like Street Fighter IV and The King of Fighters XIV) have them flip around like in Smash.

I think for the most part we can apply this logic to the other characters. Mario used sprite flipping for classic games, but so did King K. Rool (despite him not being symmetrical).

Heck I commented about this before seeing this comment. Ah well, at least we had the same ideas.

@@shroobfan101saccount4 ...frick, sorry for accidentally copying you.

@@dabluepittoo-aqua4213 You're fine, I accidentally copied you on this one. At least it's nice seeing people around who play Smash and other fighting games too. Usually it's just one or the other or so I’ve seen in some places.

ACKSCHUALLY you smell bad

ACKSUALLY I forgor 💀what I wanted to say

ACKSCHUALLY??

ACKSCHUALLY I am a comment

Acktchuaelley, you're not spelling this right.

was about to comment about this

Yep, so something like Wind God Fist/EWGF is always done with the right hand, no matter which direction he faces, because it uses the "right punch" button.

@@FuzzySumasshu same

beat me to saying it.

Basically Sakurai and his team putting extra attention to details once more.

I mean, the announcer says Mewtwo’s full name too. But I assume you meant out of the characters who have canon last names that aren’t used on the select screen, like Cloud Strife and Ken Masters and Sonic the Hedgehog.

@@snuffysam Yeah. Kazuya is the only character that has his full name spoken by an announcer.

@@apollorock3r244 The Tekken 7 announcer, to be specific

@@snuffysam Is "The Hedgehog" Sonic's last name? If so that's news to me

@@supernutz1262 Maybe it's not on his birth certificate, but that's the official name he's referred by. As opposed to, say, King Dedede. King Dedede is his official name - there's no "King Greg Dedede" - so King Dedede is referred to by his full name in Smash. If the announcer just called him "Dedede", that would not be his full name IMO.

also it's much more stance based

Additionally, in Tekken, every button is asigned to one of the fighter's limb (Left button is left hand, upper button is right hand, same goes for legs), so it would make sense to make him not mirrored, if they wanted to make the character more close to the source.

we all did

Cool profile pic bro

Same

I've been watching another channel that does the same thing for so long that I didn't realize how long it's been since his came out

I was way too close to learning something useful about this game. Thank God pjiggles came out with this video when they did

Now that you mention it, a left-handed salute is often considered rude and unprofessional (unless of course your right arm is injured or missing, but that doesn't apply to Falcon). The Smash team probably didn't want to risk sending a mixed message, so they made the taunt reversible. Although, they probably could've just made Falcon turn around before saluting. Maybe that would've made the taunt a little too long in the games before Ultimate, before you could taunt cancel.

I thought It was because of his gun 🤷‍♂️

@@jamesmichael794 I thought that at first, too, but then they mentioned the difference between "Functionally" and "Visibly" Symmetric. Similar to K. Rool, Falcon isn't visibly symmetric, but while K. Rool always faces the camera regardless since he's functionally symmetric, Falcon still turns. The only thing stopping Falcon from being functionally, is his down taunt.

@@keeganmoore99 huh. Neat. Lol. Anyways games?

@@jamesmichael794 Game?

You got a bit confused there ... "Wireless Switch GameCube controller" Lmao is it a switch controller or a GameCube controller ?

@@YounesLayachi It’s technically a pro controller that has the same look and feel as a GameCube controller, but it has an added left bumper and no rumble capabilities.

@@YounesLayachi the console identifies it as a pro controller but the layout is similar to the GameCube controller with a home button and an extra bumper

Really hoping to see that partial taunt pop up in a shield break flex or crazy read/punish sometime, ideally in a Salt is Real video

@@EthanGhere Yes it’s that one, thank you for correcting me.

I’d like to confirm that you are indeed an egg with ears.

@@That0neStup1dGuy Those are wings.

@@tjackknife6590 Well, you’d have to have ears too, otherwise you couldn’t hear those pronunciations

@@tjackknife6590 O.O crap..

XD

Yeah it needs a fix

I feel the exact opposite. I think its satisfying to hit. Of course, I play without rumble.

@@PandaFan2443 well you feel the opposite because you just play differently, that isn't even a matter of perception you just aren't given the same feedback, so why even say this?

Actually Richter ALSO has a dagger that he does not use.

Ok thanks, i didn’t knew that

Steve has a bow

@@martinhodges572 the weapons that i mentioned are visible in the characters artwork, Steve can craft a bow but in smash he may or may not have one

You forgot Isabelle

You gotta hear gimr's ones : Kazoo-yuh, Arson, Worry-oh, wayft (Kazuya, Arsene, Wario, waft)

its a focking power geezer ye

“I love the young people.”

its kinda like why jump cancelling worked in the older games

that may be it

It’s so easy for people to accidentally taunt when playing on sideways controllers It makes sense they would let taunt work as an input so it happens anyway

Not likely, because the same thing existed in Smash 4 on the Wii U with Ryu

@@jekrixlokan4507 That rhymes.

Susus Arangus

@@kroton09yt15 Yesz

Ametroigus

**Kazuya infinitely dabs on you* **...It's menacing*

Whoo boy, can’t wait to see what he finds on Sora

Yeah honestly may be far from useless if someone can apply it in a game

It's the same as landing Falcon's down taunt cancel to down smash.

you could ledge trap with geyser buy taunting so that the opponent reacts to it then you can let it rip but it would have to be frame perfect timing so you don’t lose the input

Another thing I researched was the fact that DK and R.O.B. both face the camera to both the left and right, but during their turn animation, THEY TURN AWAY FROM THE CAMERA FOR NO REASON and I cannot unsee it and I lie awake at night thinking about it. Also, I'd have to dig for a list I made somewhere because some characters with multiple jumps that can turn midair have some odd clipping error in their turn animations (easier to see in slow motion) Banjo is one of them. they'll turn a full 180 degrees but sort of "snap back" to the correct positioning. So I guess those are my Useless Smash Facts contributions.

I believe it will continue getting updates after the fighter pass ends

@@tezcanaslan2877 They won't update it forever though

That makes things a lot easier to visualize.

Some returning characters that got changed to be mirrored in Ultimate actually revert to their previous idle animation when holding an item. Wolf and I think Sheik do that

I think him using both busters Is a thing in one of the Japan only spin offs.

​@@Klonoahedgehog Yeah! It's in Super Adventure Rockman I think.

I'll never win :(

@@PJiggles :(

@@PJiggles :(

@@PJiggles :(

@@PJiggles :(

Probably sees it as a student passing with flying colors.

They’re also one of only two FE characters with more than one weapon Byleth has their lance, sword, axe, and bow The other is Robin with his tomes, levin sword, and bronze sword

@@lepurpleboi3266 corrin uses a dragonstone to transform

do you know why he deleted it? i only caught the last, like, 30 seconds of its existence on that day. did he make an announcement or smth?

Why’d you mention Eddy and Hwoarang as characters with back turn stances but not Lei Wulong? Lei has a full on backturn stance that’s a huge part of his gameplan, arguably one of his most important stances along with Tiger because of its mixup potential.

@@assassinonprozac Because I don't usually play with or against Lei, sorry.

Sky loft has always been semi solid like a platform

Younes Layachi no like you phase through the building too

Kazuya isn't a shoto. Far from it

@@rainer9931 Well yes, but actually no

@@OmegaM3TE0R only no.

@@rainer9931 he has the fundamentals of one but he isn't

Why do Smash players keep calling Kazuya a shoto

Another random little detail with team victory screen: Joker will override any other victory screens unless it’s Sephiroth if he’s the most important. If he isn’t he’ll do a down taunt then just stand there

Yeah, this actually lets you do things like N-air > art switch -- Buster and still combo into FS. The Shulk tips also tell you his FS is affected by Arts, meaning you can do more damage via Buster Chain Attack or kill faster with Smash Chain Attack. Shulk mains never lost their super specific tech.

Anyone else think we'll get Octoling as an alt..?

@@sherbertshortkake6649 Not in Ultimate. No. But maybe in the next game if it happens.

@@fr0stdr4ke95That's what I thought too, I was just being naiive.

TRUE!

I'm sorry but that dm made me laugh way to hard lmao

Me?

@@sherbertshortkake6649 unusual. But I respect it

@@edibleasbestos9467 He's just... weird. And that scene in SE is just so... adorable. Idk...

smash devs? putting effort into sonic? certainly you jest.

@@yourehereforthatarentyou Any developers putting effort into Sonic seems to be rare these days.

@@KingofBeasts444 unfortunately true

Powa Geezer is how Terry says it, yes. It’s how I’ve pronounced it all my life, at least :p