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'Best SSB Character Ever' Bracket - Round 1A: Hammer Bracket - vote thru 9/16
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September 15, 2016, 05:18
 
As we near the holiday season it's good to reflect upon the fact that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS released about two years ago! Many of our own Negative Worlders are still deep into the Super Smash Bros. scene on either system and some still play regularly on previous versions like Brawl, Melee, and the Nintendo 64 version. So lets take some time to reflect on the fighter scene and vote in a bracket to find out Negative World's favorite and best Super Smash Bros. character ever! Take in everything when considering your choices… the character design… the style of fighter… the move sets… anything that you see fitting.


The bracket will be divided into four segments as per usual. First we have the Hammer Bracket. Then the Dragoon Bracket. Then the Lip's Stick Bracket. Finally, there's the Smash Ball Bracket. I hope you all have fun talking about Super Smash Bros. and debating each character's strengths and weaknesses. Each poll will last roughly two days. This seemed to work just fine last time. With as many rounds as there are, it's important to keep things moving!

A note about selection: If I were to consider every possible character alternate as a specific character, then we would have had way more than the usual 64 for the bracket. So concessions were made. Alph is combined with Olimar. The Koopalings are lumped into Bowser Jr. All three Mii Fighter types are also in their own single entry. So if you feel strongly for any of them, consider that when voting. The three Pokemon found on the original Pokemon Trainer character were split as Charizard is it's own character now and all three really did play differently from most other characters in the series. Everyone had their favorites! In doing all this, we ended up with 63 characters, also not the right amount. So that's why the wonderful Sandbag has entered the fray! It was entered in the list with the rest and then I used a Randomizing List Generator. It was randomized once and then placed on the bracket.


First up is the Hammer Bracket, named after the powerful weapon of the same name. Whenever the hammer comes on screen, most people flock to it so they can have one powerful punch! Of course, watch out for the squeaky version as it might leave you un-protected! In this bracket we have some of the new DLC characters, some of the classics, and a wide array of franchises to boot! Funny enough, the Nintendo/Game Freak character who won the last Negative World Bracket is now in position one. Coincidence? (Yes, actually.) Who will you choose? (Be sure to tell us why in the comments along with your votes!)

Squirtle vs. Cloud
Peach vs. Dark Pit
Pac-Man vs. Bayonetta
Kirby vs. Zelda

Dr. Mario vs. Lucas
Ryu vs. Link
Mewtwo vs. Wario
Rosalina & Luma vs. Luigi

Vote for the character that you think should win the matchup. Please vote on every matchup.
Please cast your votes in the following format, bolding the character that you choose to advance:

Meta Knight vs. Falco
Bayonetta vs. Toon Link

Polls are open until Friday, September 16th, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST. Who will enter this fray!?

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09/15/16, 05:18   Edited:  09/15/16, 06:06
 
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I'm sure my faves don't stand a chance once again, so I won't bother commenting this time.

Squirtle vs. Cloud
Peach vs. Dark Pit
Pac-Man vs. Bayonetta
Kirby vs. Zelda

Dr. Mario vs. Lucas
Ryu vs. Link
Mewtwo vs. Wario
Rosalina & Luma vs. Luigi

Posted by 
 on: 09/16/16, 02:30
@Mop it up

Remember, last bracket your choices were Oi ked more than half the time, so don't feel like your voice doesn't matter. I mean, you're voting which is great, but I'd enjoy reading your more in-depth thoughts.

Posted by 
 on: 09/16/16, 05:52
As we enter into the final hours of this round I need to remind some people of some things;

@gojira

You didn't bold your Dr. Mario vs. Lucas choices! Please pick one, edit your post, and let me know when you have.

@carlosrox

Would you be interested in actually participating? Even if you post that when Samus is up for vote, your vote won't count unless you do all eight (and not just replacing all your answers with Samus either, lol). Completely your decision, but I'm just trying to be helpful in some way.

Thanks again to the 19 folks who already have voted so far! This bodes well for the tournament as a whole!

Posted by 
 on: 09/16/16, 13:18
Squirtle vs Cloud
Never played a Final Fantasy game, but this character is amazing. You get to keep people away with a huge sword AND have a tool to force their approach. Speed! Range! Power! Have I mentioned how fun is it to hit 3 to 5 up airs in a row? Or edgeguarding with Limit Blade Beam and Cross Slash? Or doing reads with Finishing Touch and killing at, like, 55%? I love this character so much. Yeah, I main Cloud now.

Peach vs Dark Pit
He's a clone and she's a bunch of references to super mario 2. Peach can do some sick stuff with turnips and has so much potential with her float combos. Dark Pit doesn't have anything special, besides his side b that kills much earlier now. Still, you'd need a read for that and I can see Peach winning neutral more often with her turnips than DP with his arrows.

Pac-Man vs Bayonetta
I love how both characters work, but I think Bayonetta is more fun playing with and against, nowadays. She used to be insufferable with her absurd down tilt and dive kick, but after the nerfs, she's more enjoyable to face on the battlefield (and still a top tier!). Playing against her fills me with adrenaline like when I faced pre-patch sheik. It's one of those characters that forces you to play your best.
As for Pac-Man, I LOVE seeing how creative people can get with him and rooted so much for Abadango, back when he still played the character. Still, playing against the average pac can be very boring, since they'll do their best to wall you out at all times and that's how I remember the character when I think about it. Not very exciting.

Kirby vs Zelda
Cute and fun. Zelda always lacked in frame data and combos. She's a very good character in low-level play, with din's fire and her fast smash attacks, but I can't do much with her against better players, so I just don't have as much fun with her as I do with Kirby. It's not like he's an amazing character, but at least I can fool around with the copy abilities and use his jumps to keep people off the stage.

Dr.Mario vs Lucas
I really like both characters, but Lucas is my favorite from the two, because of his game (hoping for western mother 3, waiting for the mother 4 project to be finished and etc). Also, Lucas was the first character I tried jab-lock and footstool combos with. Good memories.

Ryu vs Link
I really like how Ryu works, but Link is so iconic. Sure, Ryu is iconic and faithful as well, but I like Link more. I don't have much to explain here.

Mewtwo vs Wario
Mewtwo is fast, has really nice damage combos going on for him with down tilt and fair, has a great projectile for the neutral game, a reflector, disable, amazing kill options with his throws and smash attacks... Wario just has to run away for 2 minutes and pray his fart works. I liked him more in Brawl, but his concept didn't change much since then. Also, Mewtwo is a LEGENDARY POKÉMON! Way cooler.

Rosalina & Luma vs Luigi
I love how she works, but I hate luma so much. The concept of a puppet master is fantastic and they did a good job making luma a threat (maybe too threatening). The game really changes around her, because you need to get rid of luma before doing anything, since that thing is really dangerous. It's pretty much the matchup against Ice Climbers in Melee, but without wobbling and Rosa gets a renewable partner.
Still, I think Luigi is a much more charming character, being so goofy. I play him more often, too. Luigi it is.

Posted by 
 on: 09/16/16, 17:45   Edited:  09/16/16, 17:45
A Wild @HammerLord Appears!

Posted by 
 on: 09/16/16, 21:24
Squirtle vs. Cloud
Peach vs. Dark Pit
Pac-Man vs. Bayonetta
Kirby vs. Zelda

Dr. Mario vs. Lucas
Ryu vs. Link
Mewtwo vs. Wario
Rosalina & Luma vs. Luigi

Posted by 
 on: 09/16/16, 21:40
Squirtle vs. Cloud
Peach vs. Dark Pit
Pac-Man vs. Bayonetta
Kirby vs. Zelda

Dr. Mario vs. Lucas
Ryu vs. Link
Mewtwo vs. Wario
Rosalina & Luma vs. Luigi

Posted by 
 on: 09/17/16, 04:56
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