New Character: Meowth

[Phinos]

I hope you'll like it!

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

Submitting Pokémons as characters is often a problem: since there are more than 350, it's always delicate to decide which ones should be submitted, and which one should not. However, Meowth deserves IMO a submission, because he is really popular. He had his own trophy in SSBM, and can be seen in almost every episode of the Pokémon anime, for he is the favourite Pokémon of Jessie and James (Johans may confirm this, I know he loves the anime).


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

Name: Meowth
From: Pokémon Red & Blue
Year: 1996
System: Gameboy


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

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


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






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

B: Cat Punch
B>/<: Scratch
B^: Fury Swipe
Bv: Screech

Cat Punch: Meowth gives a short-range punch in front of him, that deals 10% damage to the opponent. If this attack successfully hit a player, one or two items will be dropped onto the ground. Sometimes, it will be coins for the Lottery instead. Most of the times, it's a rather weak item (Food, Fan, Umbrella...).

Scratch: Meowth steps forward, slashing three times the air in front of him with his claws. The first slash damages for 7%, the second damage for 10%, and the last one damages for 12%. This move has a rather short range, but if you manage to hit your opponent two or three time,s it can be powerful. This is, more or less, like a mix between Bowser's Koopa Klaw and Marth's Dancing Blade.

Fury Swipe: Meowth leaps upward, making a powerful slash above his head with his claws ablaze. The attack deals 14% damage. However, it's not really a good recovery move, but Meowth largely makes up for that with his excellent jump abilities (check his Status). This move is a semi-clone of Roy's up B move.

Screech: Meowth shrieks a strident miaowing, that creates sound waves all around him. Any opponent touched by the sound waves surrounding Meowth will get 5% damage and will be stunned for 3 seconds, or until he gets hit.


[glow=red,2,300]EXTREME![/glow]

Pay Day: This is probably Meowth's most famous ability. The coin on Meowth's forehead will glow, and a huge rain of coins will fall from the sky during 6 seconds (it may seem short, but in a game such as SSBB, it is rather long). Each coin damages for 25% every opponent hit, so it can deal heavy damage to all playe'rs on screen. And even better: each coin that hits an opponent will be added to your total number of coins for the Lottery (ex: 5 coins hit the players= you get 5 extra coins for the Lottery).


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

Meowth pulls out an electric guitar, and plays a few notes.


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

Meowth comes out of a Pokéball.


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




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

You have to a wait a few seconds before it really starts being cool, so please be a bit patient: click here

So?

[Shrikeswind]

I challenge this submission on the grounds that, to be blunt, this sucks.

[Phinos]

XD Oh well...

[Johans Nidorino]

This might be a good addition to SSBB and SBL.

Indeed, Meowth is a very important and iconic Pokémon character Nintendo could add to the SSB series as playable without falling in minorness or fan favoritism among groups or equivalent Pokémon (only Skitty or Nyarmar could be compared to Meowth, but not in suitability to fight).

I like how you (unlike many others' opinions) didn't give him a guitar move or a Team Rocket-related move, which are things should only be seen as related spin-off resources that have given support to his fame (as a Taunt, it could work even though I'd use another one).

I'm not so fond of Screech, though. I remember having read Shrikeswind's move ideas for Meowth sometime; if I remember correctly, Thief was one of them and sounded good. Scratch sounds too "A". For those who are unfamiliar with Cat Punch, it's a move from the promo holographic TCG card Phinos showed in his post.

Here's a souvenir of mine for this idea, use it whoever wants to:


As a cultural note, this:
is why SSBM mentioned Meowth's Party so early.

phinos said:

for he is the favourite Pokémon of Jessie and James (Johans may confirm this, I know he loves the anime)

I'm not sure if Meowth is Jessie's and James' "favorite Pokémon". I can remember vaguely Jessie saying hers was Arbok, but I'm not sure. James' could be many... maybe Weezing, and even Growlithe or Chimecho (up to the episodes I've watched so far).

[WindSquirrel]

I don't like the moves

Cat Punch should be changed to Theif

Pay Day should be a regular B moe

Super Smash should be Power Gem

[Kriven]

I like the attacks, however Scratch should be changed so that stars like Yoshi's stars appear MOST of the time, coins around 25% of the time, and items around 3%.

Also, he could use a better recovery, a move that I, and many others, rely heavily on.

I like the idea for the extreme, but I think they are going to be a bit more cinematic then that.

B attack sounds like a short-range clone of Falcon Punch, maybe Cat Punch could have more of 1-2 feel for it.

I like the Down B, but I think energy would surround Meowth completely, at least, with the sound based attack (Sound waves can be heard from an object at all angles of the object, thus Sound Energy would be emitted from all angles of the object. Surrounding the object emitting the Sound Energy in a temporary shield.)

Also, PKMN first appeared on the GBC, not the GB

[IVIr.G]

I guess I'm the only one here that really likes this. Though, I don't Meowth to be in SSBB.

[Ansur]

I like it. Now to go look at Shrikes...