Diddy Redux

[Shrikeswind]

Yeah yeah. I know. He's in. He's got other moves. Sue me, if Cartwheel isn't in the list then the list means nothing I tell you!

Name: Diddy Kong
Game: Donkey Kong Country
Year: 1994

Moves

Up-B: Monkey Flip
Diddy lunges upwards. If he hits his target, he flips off of their face.

B: Peanut Popgun
Fine. I'll do it. But I won't like it. Diddy shoots a peanut out of a gun. Hold the button to rapid fire.

Side-B: Cartwheel
Diddy hops forward and begins to cartwheel at high speeds. It may be controlled. Very much a rip-off of Yoshi's Egg Roll, except Diddy is faster and harder to control than Yoshi.

Down-B: Simian Spin
Diddy spins around, whapping anyone around him with his tail.

Final: Konga Jam
Diddy pulls out an electric guitar and begins to rock out on it. Press the button in time to scatter notes that deal more damage.

Stats
Speed: 8/10
Power: 2/10
Jump: 8/10
Fall: 6/10
Size: 5/10
Weight: 4/10
Traction: 3/10

Entry: Diddy bursts out of a DK Barrel.

Taunt: Diddy throws his hat in the air and winks at the camera.

[Kriven]

Why not add two lists for the official chars? An SBL list and a Brawl list.

[Shrikeswind]

'Cause. That enough a reason for you like it is for me?

[IVIr.G]

Simian Spin seems like a down A to me. Just doesn't fit.
And what don't you like about the peanut gun, it's one of his signature moves.

[Shrikeswind]

I'm talkin' more 'long the lines of a Mario Tornado-like spin, not some cheap side-to-side tail-whap.

I just never liked it. I always felt the little monkey could have had a better one.

[IVIr.G]

Okay I see. I approve that. Overall, good sub.

[Kriven]

I feel the kartwheel, while being his most used and well-known attack, is more suitable among the basic attacks. Running + A = Kartwheel.

[Johans Nidorino]

kriven said:

I feel the kartwheel, while being his most used and well-known attack, is more suitable among the basic attacks. Running + A = Kartwheel.

That's true, it should be a plain cartwheel regular move or a plain special move.

[Shrikeswind]

kriven said:

I feel the kartwheel, while being his most used and well-known attack, is more suitable among the basic attacks. Running + A = Kartwheel.

But the Cartwheel is his signature move and from the very first game it was played just like that (if you time it right you can land into a Cartwheel, and it can be turned around.) Bit out of the league of a dash attack.

[Kriven]

I still feel it would be better repped as a Side A or something and Smash B goes to something from DKR or DK64 or Original.

[Johans Nidorino]

admin said:

kriven said:

I feel the kartwheel, while being his most used and well-known attack, is more suitable among the basic attacks. Running + A = Kartwheel.

But the Cartwheel is his signature move and from the very first game it was played just like that (if you time it right you can land into a Cartwheel, and it can be turned around.) Bit out of the league of a dash attack.

Thing is, that's not a move that kept going when you performed it. It tended to stop. What are you thinking by it being a clone of Egg Roll? What you saw in Donkey Kong Country was perhaps a sprite flip that couldn't even happen twice after pressing B. The DK64 version of the Cartwheel shows it's just a tackling cartwheel that ends quickly.

Off-topic: EEEK! A spoiler avatar. I don't even want to learn whose avatar is that, and I'm going to take a break unless there's some sanity-demanding topic like this one (actually that's what I was already doing)

Off-topic 2: People could feel bad if you submit stuff while they can't make submissions.

[Shrikeswind]

nidorino said:

admin said:

But the Cartwheel is his signature move and from the very first game it was played just like that (if you time it right you can land into a Cartwheel, and it can be turned around.) Bit out of the league of a dash attack.

Thing is, that's not a move that kept going when you performed it. It tended to stop. What are you thinking by it being a clone of Egg Roll? What you saw in Donkey Kong Country was perhaps a sprite flip that couldn't even happen twice after pressing B. The DK64 version of the Cartwheel shows it's just a tackling cartwheel that ends quickly.

What I was thinking was adapting his signature move to a B-friendly format while maintaining a level of purity.

Off-topic: EEEK! A spoiler avatar. I don't even want to learn whose avatar is that, and I'm going to take a break unless there's some sanity-demanding topic like this one (actually that's what I was already doing)

I will handle that ASAP.

Off-topic 2: People could feel bad if you submit stuff while they can't make submissions.

That this discussion exists makes that comment hilarious.