Coincidentally, all have been DLC characters at one point. The battle with Master Hand can be softlocked by defeating him on the exact frame he is rendered invulnerable, causing him to be immortal and confuse the game to be in a fighting and victory state. Since blast zones are disabled, ...
First, some of the new DLC characters introduced during the pandemic period either outranged Mario -- abusing one of his worst weaknesses -- or had a better time fighting him up close. In addition, players began adapting to Mario's zero-to-death combos, making them less deadly. Finally, ...
This is compounded by various other veterans being buffed as well, and game updates introducing DLC characters, some of which Jigglypuff struggles against. Nevertheless, though Jigglypuff still falls behind compared to its appearance in Melee, its perception in competitive play is much better compared...
Mario has not improved significantly from his appearance in SSB4, which is made more egregious when coupled with the buffs other veterans have received and the introduction of plentiful, more powerful DLC characters Dr. Mario struggles against. Ultimately, despite his buffs, Dr. Mario is worse ...
Despite Lucario's subsequent buffs from game updates, they do not properly compensate for the numerous nerfs it has received, and this is further pronounced by the numerous buffs other returning veterans have received, as well as the introduction of various powerful DLC characters that perform ...
Although Shuton continued to perform well with Olimar as his sole main up and into the online metagame, he nevertheless adopted Pyra and Mythra as co-mains alongside Olimar, due to the introduction of several DLC characters who became more prominent in the metagame and boasted tools to deal ...
Game updates have also handed Palutena some impactful nerfs, including the aforementioned nerf to her grab; combined with various characters gaining buffs through said updates, the introduction of DLC characters, and general metagame optimizations, her overall viability is slightly worse than at launch...
Combined with several veterans receiving buffs just as significant as his, decidedly unimpactful changes from game updates, general optimizations to the metagame, and the introduction of powerful DLC characters, Bowser performs worse than in SSB4, being slightly worse relative to the cast. ...
They are the first DLC characters to be transformations. Unlike Pokémon Trainer: Pyra and Mythra have their own separate announcer calls used on the character selection screen and their victory poses. Their fighter spirits must separately be obtained, with the Blade chosen as the front on the ...
Additionally, Ludwig was the only Koopaling not present in any spirit battle until the DLC Toy-Con Car Spirit was introduced. Alongside Mr. Game & Watch, R.O.B and Yoshi., Bowser Jr. is one of the few characters with a Spirit battle where all of his alternate costumes appear in a sin...