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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

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  • Tim is on the InternetTim is on the Internet On the Internet Edmonton, ABRegistered User regular
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    What happens at eight? Crazy challenge?

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  • GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    What happens at eight? Crazy challenge?

    Challenge for getting 8 in general, and 8 for Lucina. There is another for 4 with Pit that has me completely lost on. Cruel smash has a lot of challenges.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Pit has a custom move that's a counter

    Honestly the counter method on a TV should be much easier than the 3DS

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    I got 5 by using the recovery move from under the stage technique with Lucina. Not because that attack actually killed any of them (it seems to have zero launch ability) but just from Miis trying to chase me off the edge and falling to their doom.

    I can get 2 or 3 kills by using counter, but the problem is Cruel Smash Mii Fighters only need to land one hit on you for a KO. The only way to get 8 kills is dumb luck, it seems.

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  • Care Free BombCare Free Bomb Registered User regular
    Gnizmo wrote: »
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    What happens at eight? Crazy challenge?

    Challenge for getting 8 in general, and 8 for Lucina. There is another for 4 with Pit that has me completely lost on. Cruel smash has a lot of challenges.

    What I did for Pit:
    Bait them to a ledge, grab it, and attack to climb up when they get near. If at any point there's a single mii fighter standing around nearby, either because they were just out of range of your get up attack or the rest are gathering farther away, run up and back throw them, even at low percentages Pit's back throw is usually too low for them to recover

    also probably use the right ledge because there you can angle his recovery into the platform to grab the ledge immediately instead of flying straight up in smashing range of the miis

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  • Ov3rchargeOv3rcharge R.I.P. Mass Effect You were dead to me for yearsRegistered User regular
    Gnizmo wrote: »
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    What happens at eight? Crazy challenge?

    Challenge for getting 8 in general, and 8 for Lucina. There is another for 4 with Pit that has me completely lost on. Cruel smash has a lot of challenges.

    Do you get anything good for it? At least a CD?

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    I got 5 by using the recovery move from under the stage technique with Lucina. Not because that attack actually killed any of them (it seems to have zero launch ability) but just from Miis trying to chase me off the edge and falling to their doom.

    I can get 2 or 3 kills by using counter, but the problem is Cruel Smash Mii Fighters only need to land one hit on you for a KO. The only way to get 8 kills is dumb luck, it seems.

    You start launching them at around 180~+ % Whether they decide to return to platform our not is seemingly random though as I've seen one get up to 260 and keep returning and some seem to give up on life at 26.

    So... some one give me advise on the Robin vs Villager matchup because it felt like that little murderer was picking me clean apart.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    I could only get them up to about 150% before Lucina would decide to randomly pull herself onto the stage and get smashed into oblivion. Hmm.

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  • GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Gnizmo wrote: »
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    What happens at eight? Crazy challenge?

    Challenge for getting 8 in general, and 8 for Lucina. There is another for 4 with Pit that has me completely lost on. Cruel smash has a lot of challenges.

    Do you get anything good for it? At least a CD?

    A couple trophies I think. Not really worth it unless you habe a burning desire to do all the challenges. I kind of do, but I know my resolve will be tested by some of the more obnoxious ones.

    Edit: Equipment for Lucina and a trophy for all the other Cruel Smash challenges so far save for getting one kill. Sorry for the double post. On medicine that has me all loopy.

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  • GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    Pit has a custom move that's a counter

    Honestly the counter method on a TV should be much easier than the 3DS

    Can't use custom moves. Good idea though.
    Gnizmo wrote: »
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    What happens at eight? Crazy challenge?

    Challenge for getting 8 in general, and 8 for Lucina. There is another for 4 with Pit that has me completely lost on. Cruel smash has a lot of challenges.

    What I did for Pit:
    Bait them to a ledge, grab it, and attack to climb up when they get near. If at any point there's a single mii fighter standing around nearby, either because they were just out of range of your get up attack or the rest are gathering farther away, run up and back throw them, even at low percentages Pit's back throw is usually too low for them to recover

    also probably use the right ledge because there you can angle his recovery into the platform to grab the ledge immediately instead of flying straight up in smashing range of the miis

    This is shockingly effective. Killed one from mid stage with it. Only up to two kills so far, but I am also ironing out the kinks. Thanks for the advice!

    Edit: It worked! Got my fourth kill a fraction of a second before flying off the stage. Man this method is risky but kind of fun.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    Found this and thought it was too adorable. Not sure if it's been posted though

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    I'm only decent at smash, but I was able to get the Lucina Cruel Smash trick to work. The trick is to quickly push down before anyone can get to the ledge, immediately jump into that little half-box, and up B. You have to get the rhythm -- down, jump, up B. It's doable.

    (Edit: I'm actually finding that "survive a minute as Luigi" Cruel Smash challenge to be harder, since I'm trying the same method but the fighters don't get knocked back by the up B, leaving them free to sit there and whack me while I'm on the ledge.)

    Unlike that #$*@?! Smash Tour Metroid challenge. Since the only time I saw one someone else got it, I've resorted to playing with all four characters controlled by me. Five more runs and that little fucker hasn't shown up. I can't hammer it, since I know I'm not good enough to do all the upper-level ones.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    I got the metroid one without even knowing it was a challenge. Just rolled a 12 and wanted to see what would happen.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Unlike that #$*@?! Smash Tour Metroid challenge. Since the only time I saw one someone else got it, I've resorted to playing with all four characters controlled by me. Five more runs and that little fucker hasn't shown up. I can't hammer it, since I know I'm not good enough to do all the upper-level ones.

    I was lucky to have this come up the 2nd time I played Smash Tour.

    Now I don't have to play it ever again. At least I hope not...

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Granted you get a nice pile of stuff after every Smash Tour, but it still doesn't change the fact that I've just played a board game with myself for 25 minutes.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    Tried getting 8 kills on Cruel Smash. Best I can get is 5. Fuck Cruel Smash.

    The Lucina trick works wonders but you have to be patient. The attack isn't strong enough to make them go flying but it will knock them off here and there and in most cases the Miis are terrible at making it back to the platform. In most cases it'll take 5-8 minutes to get all eight kills. You just have to get into the rhythm of drop-jump-up special. It takes some doing to get the right rhythm, but it feels awesome when it's done.

    I still need to tack the Pit cruel challenge. I'll try the method mentioned above tonight.

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  • GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I'm only decent at smash, but I was able to get the Lucina Cruel Smash trick to work. The trick is to quickly push down before anyone can get to the ledge, immediately jump into that little half-box, and up B. You have to get the rhythm -- down, jump, up B. It's doable.

    (Edit: I'm actually finding that "survive a minute as Luigi" Cruel Smash challenge to be harder, since I'm trying the same method but the fighters don't get knocked back by the up B, leaving them free to sit there and whack me while I'm on the ledge.)

    Unlike that #$*@?! Smash Tour Metroid challenge. Since the only time I saw one someone else got it, I've resorted to playing with all four characters controlled by me. Five more runs and that little fucker hasn't shown up. I can't hammer it, since I know I'm not good enough to do all the upper-level ones.

    Here is what I did. I managed it my first try I think, but it can require a little luck.
    Grab the ledge and wait like you do with Lucina. When they come to attack do a recovery Attack and then jump back off and grab the ledge. This will re trigger the invulnerability period fortunately and send them all flying. Repeat until a minute has passed. Watch out for people waiting just outside of your Attack range especially if they are gunners. Shouldn't be too hard if you are only looking to survive, and might get a kill or two accidentally along the way.

  • EidolonOrpheusEidolonOrpheus NoatunRegistered User regular
    Also good in Cruel Smash for knocking droves of them off at once: Meta Knight side-b + liberal dodging.

  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    I kind of like Smash Tour. It's a nice way to play random special smash without sitting there going "well, how about this time I do nothing but warp stars?"

    It needs to either be faster paced with less power up bullcrap or just a tad slower to help the never ending onslaught of random be a little more understandable. They put it right inbetween "strategic board game" and "random ass crazy" and I feel it could have been a lot more fun one way or the other.

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  • Tim is on the InternetTim is on the Internet On the Internet Edmonton, ABRegistered User regular
    When my wife sets Smash up for us to play, she usually picks Smash Tour. It's dumb and we have a great time. I'm glad I'm not the only one here who doesn't hate it.

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  • SurfpossumSurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    Cruel Melee stuff:
    Some (most? Lucina and Pit, definitely) back throws on the edge will result in a KO because the Miis aren't good at recovering. No damage needed, they'll just fail to jump back to the ledge.

    I got the 8 KOs with Lucina with a combination of that, forward smashes, and counters. Just wait for one Mii to approach on its own, grab it, toss it, then go back to smashing/countering the rest away until you can repeat. Oh, and at the very start if you dash right, wait a split second, and then counter, you can KO the first 3 Miis if you are lucky. You can consistently get 1 or 2 KOs if you get the timing down.

    The ledge dropping trick works too, but takes way longer.

    For Luigi, I think I mostly dropped down, did a jump and an up aerial, and then used up-B to recover while they were knocked back.

    With Pit I just stood on the edge and threw them back.

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Welp , adapter and GCN controller in the mail , paid $60 ish for both so it wasn't too bad. Can wait to get back on for glory. I loved playing on the 3ds but my hands hurt so bad.

  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    When I get home I'm going to have to find out who wins amongst my various Amiibo.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Cruel Melee stuff:
    Some (most? Lucina and Pit, definitely) back throws on the edge will result in a KO because the Miis aren't good at recovering. No damage needed, they'll just fail to jump back to the ledge.

    I got the 8 KOs with Lucina with a combination of that, forward smashes, and counters. Just wait for one Mii to approach on its own, grab it, toss it, then go back to smashing/countering the rest away until you can repeat. Oh, and at the very start if you dash right, wait a split second, and then counter, you can KO the first 3 Miis if you are lucky. You can consistently get 1 or 2 KOs if you get the timing down.

    The ledge dropping trick works too, but takes way longer.

    For Luigi, I think I mostly dropped down, did a jump and an up aerial, and then used up-B to recover while they were knocked back.

    With Pit I just stood on the edge and threw them back.

    Attempting a throw seems risky as they only need land one hit on you for a KO in most instances. I might give it a try later but I'm pretty close to just saying fuck it.

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  • SurfpossumSurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Cruel Melee stuff:
    Some (most? Lucina and Pit, definitely) back throws on the edge will result in a KO because the Miis aren't good at recovering. No damage needed, they'll just fail to jump back to the ledge.

    I got the 8 KOs with Lucina with a combination of that, forward smashes, and counters. Just wait for one Mii to approach on its own, grab it, toss it, then go back to smashing/countering the rest away until you can repeat. Oh, and at the very start if you dash right, wait a split second, and then counter, you can KO the first 3 Miis if you are lucky. You can consistently get 1 or 2 KOs if you get the timing down.

    The ledge dropping trick works too, but takes way longer.

    For Luigi, I think I mostly dropped down, did a jump and an up aerial, and then used up-B to recover while they were knocked back.

    With Pit I just stood on the edge and threw them back.

    Attempting a throw seems risky as they only need land one hit on you for a KO in most instances. I might give it a try later but I'm pretty close to just saying fuck it.
    The trick to throws is to wait until only one is approaching, shield until they attack, and then grab right after. It's really safe if you just wait for the right situation.

    And if you go the ledge route, then as Gnizmo mentioned, getting fully back on stage will refresh your invincibility on grabbing the ledge. That can be a pretty important trick to have handy, too.

    But yes a lot of this stuff is just insanely unfair. I'm pretty sure I was almost literally hopping mad at the Lucario event.

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Cruel Melee stuff:
    Some (most? Lucina and Pit, definitely) back throws on the edge will result in a KO because the Miis aren't good at recovering. No damage needed, they'll just fail to jump back to the ledge.

    I got the 8 KOs with Lucina with a combination of that, forward smashes, and counters. Just wait for one Mii to approach on its own, grab it, toss it, then go back to smashing/countering the rest away until you can repeat. Oh, and at the very start if you dash right, wait a split second, and then counter, you can KO the first 3 Miis if you are lucky. You can consistently get 1 or 2 KOs if you get the timing down.

    The ledge dropping trick works too, but takes way longer.

    For Luigi, I think I mostly dropped down, did a jump and an up aerial, and then used up-B to recover while they were knocked back.

    With Pit I just stood on the edge and threw them back.

    Attempting a throw seems risky as they only need land one hit on you for a KO in most instances. I might give it a try later but I'm pretty close to just saying fuck it.
    The trick to throws is to wait until only one is approaching, shield until they attack, and then grab right after. It's really safe if you just wait for the right situation.

    And if you go the ledge route, then as Gnizmo mentioned, getting fully back on stage will refresh your invincibility on grabbing the ledge. That can be a pretty important trick to have handy, too.

    But yes a lot of this stuff is just insanely unfair. I'm pretty sure I was almost literally hopping mad at the Lucario event.

    Yeah, did that one last night for the secondary conditions.

    It was less than fun.

    Oddly, the Kirby one, which I hated the first time, was enjoyable once I knew the trick. Still hard, but fun.

  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    skeldare wrote: »
    Found this and thought it was too adorable. Not sure if it's been posted though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QW7do9-kvwo

    One time I was playing coop Super Mario Wii U with Wiimotes, having a good time, and then a little platform pops up on the screen

    I thought, "Huh, must be a part of the level," and a few more pop up in various places as we're running around

    And then they're popping up all over the screen and I cannot figure out what is going on, but I hear lots of tapping behind me, and it was my cat pawing all over the gamepad screen trying to get Mario and Luigi

    It was hilarious and cute, and then he bit onto the silicone cover on the gamepad and tried to drag his prize away

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited December 2014
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    Woof. Feels bad man. :(

    So many close matches...

    I have difficultly getting smashes in; that's generally my biggest problem. I generally have no issue dealing out a ton of damage but I can never get them flyin' off the stage.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Learn your non-smash kill options.

    For instance, sneezing on people during Monado Smash. ZSS's up+B. Iai Counter (omg I love this move).

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    The dash up-smash is a really good kill option for a lot of characters. It's important to be able to predict how people are going to react when you dash at them. For instance, if you notice that they usually roll away, you can predict that and keep running to where their roll would take them, which gets you a free up-smash.

  • TDawgTDawg Registered User regular
    I booted up Smash Tour to try out for the first time last night, and similar to other people here, I thought it was amusing. I probably won't play much beyond getting a few unlocks out of it on my own, but I can see it being a go-to mode for crazy parties. I like the idea of your characters being prizes for winning battles, and then counting as your stock at the end of the game. Similarly, the item rolls and stat boosts make things pretty interesting- clearly it and Smash Run were sort of conceptually parallel (short game of power-up collecting followed by duke it out battles), but further developed to play to each system's strengths.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Cruel Melee stuff:
    Some (most? Lucina and Pit, definitely) back throws on the edge will result in a KO because the Miis aren't good at recovering. No damage needed, they'll just fail to jump back to the ledge.

    I got the 8 KOs with Lucina with a combination of that, forward smashes, and counters. Just wait for one Mii to approach on its own, grab it, toss it, then go back to smashing/countering the rest away until you can repeat. Oh, and at the very start if you dash right, wait a split second, and then counter, you can KO the first 3 Miis if you are lucky. You can consistently get 1 or 2 KOs if you get the timing down.

    The ledge dropping trick works too, but takes way longer.

    For Luigi, I think I mostly dropped down, did a jump and an up aerial, and then used up-B to recover while they were knocked back.

    With Pit I just stood on the edge and threw them back.

    Attempting a throw seems risky as they only need land one hit on you for a KO in most instances. I might give it a try later but I'm pretty close to just saying fuck it.
    The trick to throws is to wait until only one is approaching, shield until they attack, and then grab right after. It's really safe if you just wait for the right situation.

    And if you go the ledge route, then as Gnizmo mentioned, getting fully back on stage will refresh your invincibility on grabbing the ledge. That can be a pretty important trick to have handy, too.

    But yes a lot of this stuff is just insanely unfair. I'm pretty sure I was almost literally hopping mad at the Lucario event.

    I gave Cruel Smash another go using Lucina tonight. Got 10 kills on my first attempt, took about 6 mins. Entered a zen like state doing the up special from beneath the stage trick.

    I very sincerely hope there are no challenges that require more than 10 kills in Cruel Smash.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    I got 5 before I slipped up and got smashed off stage. Whoops. Decided to leave it for another day. It's definitely within reach.

    One match I actually got so much damage racked up that I got cocky and jumped up to smash a few myself. I got two...

  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
    So... any news on when Adapters will be restocked in the US? Wii pro controller is losing it's charm.

  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
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    This one one of the major reasons I never was very interested in online gaming, no matter what the platform or what the game: I don't like being reminded how terrible I am.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    You have played less than 30 matches. That's maybe an hour of playtime. In my first hour of Wii U on For Glory, my win rate was like 12.5%. I am now at like 68.5% or something.

    Furthermore, I don't think For Glory has any kind of matchmaking, so there's no expectation of being around 50% win rate there. You can two-stock a bad player all day to increase your ratio, or tank it trying to learn to beat a hard opponent or bad matchup.

    Basically, win percentages in For Glory are one of the most meaningless numbers out there.

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  • edzeppedzepp Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    I have a few potential mains, and I've gotten to 'Good enough to not completely embarrass myself while I'm losing'.

    Control-wise,The default gamepad setup of 'Y to jump' is kind of awkward for me. Putting standard attacks on Y, leaving special attacks where they are and shifting jump to A is more natural for me. Took me several tries to get to it.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Woo. Finally beat All Star on hard.

    Was over 200 percent when Mr. Game and Watch went down. Immediately followed it up by using a hammer on "clear all star on hard with all characters." Because yeah. Ain't gonna happen.

  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    I am loving Wii Fit Trainer. A lot of weird tools, but so much fun to use when everything is clicking.

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