Month: August 2016

Famous for his “What If?” series where he changes attributes of certain characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, MagicScrumpy has now created a more theoretical heavy video, concerning how someone would make the perfect “Spacie.” For those of you who aren’t aware, Spacie is a shortened form of ‘Space Animal’, referring to the characters Fox and Falco in Melee. In the video, Scrumpy runs down how someone would create the ultimate hybrid of these two characters–by carefully taking moves from each character to make a space animal better than the sum of its parts.

He starts off by singling out what makes a character good in Melee: having multiple options. Fox’s shine is the best example of this, as it’s a move which can be used at almost any time and still be useful, it beats out many other character options–and it can set up kills easily. However, this kit must flow into one another so that the combination of moves results in optimal option coverage, rather than just having a sampling of the best moves which don’t necessarily link into one another. As such, MagicScrumpy’s ultimate Spacie takes Falco’s easy juggle capability with moves like up-tilt, down-air, and shine, and combines it with Fox’s ability to get easy kills off the top with moves like up-air and up-smash.

What results is an absolute monster of a character, one that can send opponents into the stratosphere in a matter of seconds. The only suitable costume for such a creature would be a texture of Slippy Toad plastered over Fox’s model to create something truly horrifying. While the end product may be something that inspires nightmares for Melee players everywhere, this theory video is a great analysis of what makes a good character in Melee and how designers create a character’s moveset in order to fulfill a specific job.

Source: MagicScrumpy