Friday, April 17, 2015

Review of the Mewtwo DLC Character in Super Smash Brothers for Wii U and 3DS


At long last, the long awaited Mewtwo has been released as a DLC for Super Smash Brothers for Wii U and 3DS. Mewtwo was first introduced in to the series in Super Smash Bros Melee, but was absent from Brawl and the newest game. However, due to popular demand, he was added as a DLC character availible to purchase for 3.99 for one version, and 4.99 for both versions. Even though he's not available for purchase until the 28th of April, if you had registered both versions of the game, you could get a free download code for Mewtwo to be able to play as him early! However, I didn't do that, so I thought I would be stuck without being able to play as Mewtwo for the next two weeks. Thankfully, an online friend of mine didn't want the code for the 3DS version of the game, so I got myself a Mewtwo code early. I thought I might as well take advantage of this and write a quick review about how I feel about him as a fighter.

I never really liked Mewtwo in Melee, but I'm glad they brought him back. He's been greatly improved in speed and power, even though he mostly plays the same as before. My favorite part about Mewtwo has to be how he can easily keep foes at a distance with side Side B, his shadow ball move, and by swinging his long tail at his opponents. You can easily do some decent damage while staying at a safe distance. However, I feel Mewtwo's biggest flaw would have to be his rather poor methods of dealing with enemies up close, and he's easily overpowered by faster enemies. He's fairly slow, and if you're up against a fast character like say Greninja or Lucario, you could be in trouble. Overall, I think Mewtwo is a really fun character. He doesn't have that ridiculous power that other slower characters have, but he makes up for it for it with his incredible range and unpredictable floaty controls. I'm just happy he's back and improved from his Melee counterpart, and I'm excited to see what characters will be added next as DLC.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

My thoughs on the April 1st 2015 Nintendo Direct

Yesterday, Nintendo uploaded one of their Nintendo Direct videos. If you're unaware, these videos are made to showcase upcoming games and various other Nintendo products. Despite this Direct coming out on April first, it was no joke. Many things were announced, and I shall discuss them in this blog thingy.


Now, the first thing I'm going to talk about is the Super Smash Brothers related stuff. We finally got footage of the upcoming DLC character Mewtwo in action, and I couldn't be happier with how he turned out. I really do hope he was buffed from his Melee counterpart, since Mewtwo honestly wasn't that great of a character. I'm also super glad Lucas is back too, since as you should know from a previous post, I recently hacked my Wii to play Mother 3.

A large part of this direct seems to have been focused on RPGs, too, like Xenoblade Chronicles 3DS, the new Fire Emblem, and a cross over between Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei. I'm not very experienced in any of these series', so I'm not going to talk too much about them. Although, deep down, I was hoping they would announce Mother 3 for the Americas, since they revealed Lucas as DLC, and because they talked about so many RPGs, but at this point, Mother 3 being localized in English is as likely as Half Life 3 coming out.


The final thing I wanted to talk about is the new content coming to Mario Kart 8. Not only did they reveal more amiibo costumes, but they also announced when the next DLC is coming out, and a new mode to the game: 200cc. If you're unaware, the Mario Kart series has 3 speed settings: 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc. In the Nintendo Direct, they revealed the new 200cc mode, the fastest speed in the series thus far. I am super exited for this new speed setting, since going fast is quite fun indeed. Plus, with the Blue Falcon as a cart in the game, I can pretend I'm playing a new F-Zero. A man can dream...

But yeah, that's all I have to talk about for now. The only question is what will they be anouncing at E3 this year? Maybe they'll bring Mother 3 to America. Oh wait, that's never happening.