New Character: Paula

[Phinos]

We have added Ness, and Jeff has been submitted, so...

[glow=red,2,300]Character[/glow]

Name: Paula
From: Earthbound
Year: 1995
System: SNES


[glow=red,2,300]Pic[/glow]



And a sprite as well:


[glow=red,2,300]Status[/glow]

Speed: 4/5
Strenght: 2/5
Falling speed: 2/5
Weight: 3/5
Jump: 4/5


[glow=red,2,300]B Moves[/glow]

I've modified a little bit her B^, but all the moves are from the game.

B^: Concentrate
B: PSI Freeze
B>/<: PSI Thunder
Bv: PSI Lifeup

Concentrate: Paula starts meditating, and a pale pink glow surrounds her, lifting her upward. It doesn't go far, so it's not a great recovery move, but it will increase the strenght of her other B moves duing three seconds.

PSI Freeze: Paula uses the PSI power of ice to freeze an opponent. This move damags the enemy for 10%, and traps him in a huge icicle for two seconds. It doesn't send him flying though.

PSI Thunder: Unlike what we could think after playing SSBM, Ness has never been able to use PSI Thunder. As they probably won't remove it, this a different version of the same PSI move, which is more close to Earthbound. When Paula does this move, lightning falls from the sky in front of her. It damags for 16% but it can't go through ceilings and platforms.

PSI Lifeup: Paula is surrounded by a pink aura while she recovers 5% damage using the power of PSI. You can't move or attack while using this attack. Be sure to be far away from your opponent so that you don't get more damage than the amount you will regain.


[glow=red,2,300]Extreme Attack[/glow]

Pray: Paula starts praying "with her whole hearth" from the game). The damage percentage of all her opponents will increase radically, damaging everyone for 70%. This is unavoidable, thus super efficient, but Paula will stay stunned for three seconds after praying.


[glow=red,2,300]A Moves[/glow]

Paula's A moves use her Frying Pan, her Slingshot and basic attacks like kicks.


[glow=red,2,300]Taunt[/glow]

Paula hugs her Teddy Bear


[glow=red,2,300]Entrance[/glow]

Paula uses PSI Teleport onto the stage


[glow=red,2,300]Homestage[/glow]

Twoson


[glow=red,2,300]Ending Theme[/glow]

www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/snes/paula.mid


So?

[IVIr.G]

Awesome. Just Awsome.

[Phinos]

Thanks a lot!!!

[Shrikeswind]

Great, but one question.

Slingshot for A attacks? How so?

[Kriven]

I like it, though I think PSI Freeze and PSI Thunder should be switched. Also, Ness' attack in SSB isn't PSI Thunder it's PK Thunder (I think it even says that in his trophy)

[Shrikeswind]

Yup. On the same end, though, they've kinda switched it to PK again, I think.

I only really see three problems.

PK Life-up: Seems to over-power her slightly. It's like, she recovers HP, minimal though it may be. I think a Shield move should work, such as Psycho Shield. How it'd work would be a counter-attack, but heals her slightly too (like a cross between PK Magnet and Deflector.)

Slingshot: How would it be used? Projectiles are generally B moves, so would it be like when you snap a rubber band at someone?

Concentrate: Nice, but I'm not sure. Maybe it would be better for horizontal than vertical?

[Phinos]

@ Kriven, thanks for your approval!! Switching B and B>/< doesn't seems important, but why not?

@ Shrikeswind, here are three answers to the three problems

1) About PSI Lifeup, it won't really overpower her, because you can't recover much, and it takes about three seconds to use this move. Moreover, Paula wasn't able to use PSI Shield in Earthbound.

2) I made a mistake while mentioning the Slingshot. Actually, I wasn't thinking about A moves, but Z moves. Remember Mewtwo in SSBM? After tossing his opponent upward, he was able to shot him with dark energy balls. Paula can make the same thing with her slingshot

3) Concentrate was a bit made up as Paula doesn't hav in the game any move similar to a B^ move from a SSB. But she needs a recovery move, and making this one horizontal would be rather useless. Moreover, have you ever seen in video games, movies or comics a meditating guy moving horizontally? They usually hover while meditating!

[Bestgamer1]

Great idea.

[Phinos]

Thanks for your approval, Bestgamer1!!

[Shrikeswind]

phinos said:

@ Kriven, thanks for your approval!! Switching B and B>/< doesn't seems important, but why not?

@ Shrikeswind, here are three answers to the three problems

1) About PSI Lifeup, it won't really overpower her, because you can't recover much, and it takes about three seconds to use this move. Moreover, Paula wasn't able to use PSI Shield in Earthbound.

2) I made a mistake while mentioning the Slingshot. Actually, I wasn't thinking about A moves, but Z moves. Remember Mewtwo in SSBM? After tossing his opponent upward, he was able to shot him with dark energy balls. Paula can make the same thing with her slingshot

3) Concentrate was a bit made up as Paula doesn't hav in the game any move similar to a B^ move from a SSB. But she needs a recovery move, and making this one horizontal would be rather useless. Moreover, have you ever seen in video games, movies or comics a meditating guy moving horizontally? They usually hover while meditating!

1) I never said PSI Shield. I said Psycho Shield, which she COULD do.

2) Gotcha.

3) Oh really? DK gets better horizontal than vertical distance with his Up-B. Also, yes I have. They can concentrate the hovering in a direction, such as to a side. So, the move would be like a non-damaging hover that lifts her slightly but carries her a bit well horizontally. Like DK's Up-B, except it doesn't do damage.

[Phinos]

1) I know as a matter of fact that Psycho Shield doesn't exist in Earthbound! Shield and PSI Shield exist, but not Psycho Shield.

2) OK!

3) You can add it as an horizontal move if you want to. I would have prefered as I submitted, but you're the admin, so I can't tell you what you have to do.

[Shrikeswind]

Then either Wikipedia is wrong, or you didn't notice it. I'm leaning towards the former on this, of course.

Also remember that you don't need to be entirely purist on this. Remember PK Fire? Or Thunder?

[Phinos]

I didn't see that on wikipedia, where there might be some errors, but in two other places:
- starmen. net, which the absolute reference about Earthbound
- the game Earthbound itself! Paula doesn't have any "Psycho Shield"

[Kriven]

3) Concentrate was a bit made up as Paula doesn't hav in the game any move similar to a B^ move from a SSB. But she needs a recovery move, and making this one horizontal would be rather useless. Moreover, have you ever seen in video games, movies or comics a meditating guy moving horizontally? They usually hover while meditating!

Raven from Teen Titans moves herself through the air by concentrating her energies on herself. "Levitation + movement = flying."

[Shrikeswind]

That's pretty much what I said, Kriven. Except with no direction towards it.

Anyways, remember, it doesn't have to be purist, Phinos. Go play Melee and pick Ness. You'll see what I'm talking about.