Are You A Pikachu Player? - Super Smash Bros. Melee

[@pikapika1639]

The year is 20AxeAxe. Everyone works at walgreens and SilentWolf struggles to escape pools

[@brucewayne4172]

pika pika second part made me laugh

[@coolguyc4sey]

pika pika Walgreens Drake

[@jharris9898]

and here we are. two years later, 2019 is 20AxeAxe

[@luzsherlynalmonteabreu1773]

Ronaldo

[@Spenfen]

You missed an opportunity at the end to make the last line "You want to be the very best, like no one ever was"

[@Nintega2K]

even bigger opportunity missed! He could've brought Veronica Taylor to voice Ash for this video as well! V Taylor is surprisingly active on twitter, so it's not out of the question

[@clem5419]

I would have killed myself if he said that. I'm so glad he didn't

[@Amerosing]

Spenfen And add when D1 and Prog sang the Pokémon Theme in Apex

[@KhârnTheAngry]

damn you dont value your life for a whole lot

[@SSBMTutorials]

u right

[@Glooberloob]

famous pika players: basically just axe

[@ThrowupDoll]

pikachad is at least a recognisable name for some and everyone knows who anther is.

[@giantclaw138]

@@ThrowupDoll aka the guy who saved Smash Ultimate online

[@kurtmagbujos]

Anther

[@Fluid_O]

Just wanted to revisit this 2 and a half year old video to remind everyone that our boy axe won smash summit 8 which is his first supermajor he's ever taken with his trademark solo pika.

[@ColdFridge1]

Famous Pikachu players: Axe! Netplay guy! Some inactive dude! A fox main! 4 players no one's ever heard of!

[@glubby2262]

Dude I started playing Pikachu yesterday. Stop looking through my window.

[@EliasGames7]

Steven Cervantes play as Dr.mario

[@tipsybun]

Relax, Alax

[@chase5654]

Elias Games I can only play Doc in Sm4sh. I can't play Mario or Doc in Melee for the life of me.

[@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx]

glub best comment.

[@Bowserslave]

1:01 BUUUUUUUUUTTTTT he'll suddenly lose to a Level 5 Snivy when a New Trainer battles with it and it's possibly the Snivy's first battle ever. Consistency in the Pokemon World man lmfao

[@NovaSolarsis835]

Snivy is secretly a mew.

[@lapplandkun9273]

and people say dbz is an anime with shit powerscaling that defies logic. Ha! Yeah right

[@Delightfully_Witchy]

I mean, DBZ does but to it's defense, it was probably intentional. Toriyama was supposedly annoyed how fans constantly talked about who was stronger, so made power levels to shut them up. DBZ also goes out of its way to show how power levels weren't realiable by having character hide their level and showing how it doesn't account for techniques.

[@tabbender1232]

Are you a Pikachu player ? Well, uh, technically uh, nah. Have you ever killed a strong guy like a, like a real top tier character ? Nah. Have you ever tried to wavedash ? Nah nah. Alright. I can see that i will have to teach you how to play Pikachu.

[@josephpolk9660]

PI. PIPIPIPIPIPI KA. PIPIPIPI KA PI KA PIKA PIKACHU. PI!

[@jayrpg9114]

This is the best comment ever.

[@misskristina617]

*sweet Pichu saxophone solo*

[@DrKFC69]

We are Pikachu PIKA

[@johnnycrash4892]

What is this referencing

[@bradyroose9401]

You should start making videos of the most important tech for each character. You could have them in multiple tiers ranging from the most necessary to master early to the most situational/difficult. An example for ICs: Crucial: wave-dashing, wobbling(or some equivalent) Important: L-cancelling, fast falling, wd jab grab, short-hopping. Good: up-tilting, handoffs, shiek chain grab, roll/spot dodge desyncs, nanapult Advanced: pivot desyncs, ledge canceled up-bs, all the harder stuff I haven't heard of. Of course, get good players to make the lists, but this would be an amazing resource for learning new characters. I haven't seen this kind of resource anywhere else. These could be hour long tutorials showing every technique and how to preform that people can reference over and over again, or could just as easily be 5-10 minute videos that simply list/ showcase each technique along side a brief explanation of why they are in the category. thanks. notice me senpai!

[@Werten25]

Are you a Sandbag player? next

[@SanicTehHegehog]

Are you a Master Hand player? next

[@paettie444]

Are you a Female Wire Frame player?

[@SanicTehHegehog]

+paettie444 Are you a Giga Bowser player?

[@DrKFC69]

Are you a Crazy Hand Player? Next

[@xSolBadguy]

:o

[@DerkDurski]

Love how there are two different instances in this video where Axe is rocking M2K, and M2K is just genuinely enjoying it

[@DukeReduker]

"Here are some famous pikachu mains:" Axe, axe, axe, ...

[@DrKFC69]

Axe, axe, axe, and DJNintendo

[@cleavly7706]

DukeReduker I think you forgot Axe.

[@DrKFC69]

Also Axe, Axe and Axe

[@kurtmagbujos]

Anther

[@MrJack8700]

Finally! I've been waiting for this video

[@Justinbyleth]

Same here! I just got melee and this is the exact character I wanted to see

[@ToastYT]

"Are you a Ganondorf Player" next?

[@MechaGV]

Toast I would love this

[@Nick-yq5uz]

Toast it already exists.

[@ToastYT]

? no it doesn't

[@DrKFC69]

You like EEEASSYY MONAAAAAAY

[@thepxlgaming1033]

You're a pikachu player if: You're AXE

[@MaraudingManiac]

Hooray, the return of this series! I love how much fun matches with Axe are to watch. How can you not root for Pikachu?

[@Benjawin6671]

Melee Pikachu: Has a good combo game and an excellent edge guarding game but has low kill power to compensate 64 and Ultimate Pikachu: Lol

[@BreakfastKids]

2:18 "up air does everything, there really isn't anything else you could ask for" me: more than 3% damage please

[@Amerosing]

Kira congrats on your SSBM ranking. Wish you the best this year

[@spinsk5071]

make are you a dr. mario player

[@epikhllo9767]

THE ULTRA GAMING CHANNEL or a link player

[@spinsk5071]

Epik Hllo or young link

[@chocolatelovin6982]

>all of socals top players >no mang0

[@natevanslyke990]

I've been maining as Pikachu since the original Smash Bros game on N64 and now have played as him for Smash 64, Melee, Brawl, and the Wii U/3DS versions and shown I can hold my own as a Pikachu player

[@milashiv]

When you were talking about Pikachu's up air I think you should have mentioned it does very low percent especially when stale but is otherwise a good move.

[@RaFaReAcH]

Are you a YOSHI player next pls

[@bradyroose9401]

RaFaReAcH yes please. I tried and am not a Yoshi player. but Yoshi players are the best.

[@RaFaReAcH]

yeah, aMSa's yoshi is SICK (just a example)

[@bradyroose9401]

RaFaReAcH well yes, but I actually meant personality wise. They don't buy into going meta. want a character that can run in, get hit, and not care. Appreciate a good combo or hard tech, but don't preach the gotta go fast ideal. They are just as much of a troll as ICs mains are, without our need to make the opponent squirm in frustration. They're so much fun!

[@timwinterhalter5233]

tbh yoshi when he gets going is so fast i literally cannot follow him

[@gravity8120]

Are you a Yoshi Player? The answer is no. You are not aMSa.

[@Ggamergoodson]

"Are you a male or female wire frame player?" Next? also where is Gen 4 gonna be held?

[@CoBeX31]

Garret Goodson I believe that was Sinnoh fren

[@mrman6594]

+CoBeX31 thenks Fam I dednt no

[@crispianmcdaniel8934]

Love this kind of video. The stats at the end are super cool and easy to understand.

[@carlbarrera9283]

I love how in the desc. Said pikachu the slayer of GROUND POKEMON

[@hatty418]

Nice guide, as usual! I'd like to see "Are you a Mario/Doc player?" next :p

[@MrDanjg4]

Great video to start the New Year off right! Great job Kira.

[@Popmycherryyo]

really awesome music choice this time around !

[@Uhcip]

or if you were spoiled by the N64 version :P

[@MC-sd6dp]

4:34 vs. lusamine music from pokemon sun and moon?

[@SSB_Seal]

Isn't sheik's tipper upsmash the strongest upsmash in the game?

[@SSB_Seal]

Also shoutouts to Trix at 6:40. Chi town stand up!

[@CoBeX31]

SSB_Seal Uncharged I believe it's 3rd behind Pika and Fox

[@weaselsdawg]

Fox has the strongest and pika has the strongest charged up smash i thought.

[@SSB_Seal]

Ok I did some research and found these two threads: www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2dtfia/the_strongest_upsmash/?st=ixgkjtpr&sh=bb7070d3 www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/35lflg/the_strongest_uncharged_upsmash_xpost/?st=ixgk0ucn&sh=eaa42c22 Basically, pikachu's upsmash has higher base knockback than fox's, while fox's has higher knockback scaling. This means that pikachu's upsmash is ALWAYS stronger than fox's upsmash, except at extremely high percents where they would both kill anyway. As for sheik, there are only a few situations where her upsmash is the strongest, those being tipper uncharged at low percent (4-5% on most characters) and a bit higher percent on heavier characters. So overall, in MOST situations, pikachu's can be considered the strongest charged and uncharged, however, it is impossible to truthfully say it always is. Here's the final breakdown: STRONGEST UNCHARGED UPSMASH: Sheik until (4-5%), then always pikachu STRONGEST CHARGED UPSMASH: Pikachu until extremely high percent, then fox TL;DR Melee is fucking complex and all three of these characters have really good upsmashes

[@CopperScott]

SSB_Seal clearly Ness has the strongest up smash in the game #feartheyoyo

[@KidOrochimaru]

Why you gotta end the video by bringing my feels into this? They just showed the movie in theaters on the anniversary about a month ago, ok? This is "too soon" territory for me all over again.

[@SquattingxBear]

Now all you have left to do is Dr. Mario and then you're done!

[@madisonh4239]

The best part about this video is that you used a Glitchxcity remix

[@rocketchris853]

(1:01) Pikachu is even able to lose to a level 5 Snivy!

[@dappafuster2120]

I think if you do neutral into jabs or a grab, it would be a reliable follow up in front of shield. Depends on how much shield stun his neutral air does and whether or not fox and falco can shine out of shield his aerials.

[@TheAfroKidz]

that Lusamine battle theme remix thoo

[@AdNintendogs]

I enjoy, (even personally to a extent) these videos because it shows the charm in Melee's core gameplay Sakurai/Iwata worked extremely hard on. Despite it being slightly unbalanced, even when they're not "best character ever" like Fox/Falco/Shiek/Marth, ANY character in Melee can be a badass if put into the right hands. Yep, even Bowser and Kirby. Sakura/Iwata could've added more base content (even the menu's show room for a possible 2 more characters, 1 more item and 1 more stage), but nope. They went for the core gameplay to make it as tight, flexible and (most importantly, no matter your skill) FUN as it is.

[@DrizzyDrayg]

4:24 should have probably cropped out your bookmarks

[@josephpolk9660]

4:05 Wait a second. I thought Mario was in the not-viable section. Is he now viable?

[@shmurdy]

That's the 2013 tier list

[@NightmareSnake]

YESSSS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

[@Delightfully_Witchy]

It's telling that Esam doesn't main melee Pikachu despite doing so in every other game.

[@MATTierial]

"Pikachu is your main if:" ... you've ever watched AXE play melee. Every one of his matches is exciting!

[@thebesttdog8]

People often use the phrase "All of Socal's best/top players will be there" but they never include Mang0

[@DanielGomez-wn5lo]

thebesttdog8 mangoBuster

[@MisterHumanMan]

thebesttdog8 mango lives in Ohio now my dude

[@AxiomApe]

*Please do more of these* *:)* *(Mario, doc, etc.) love ya*

[@Sylnic]

Pikacu's Up air technically has 3 hitboxes! The reverse tail spike is just like the reverse knee. It's the same hitbox, just reversed based on the character's positioning relative to the other player.

[@SSBMTutorials]

i think it technically has 10. 4, plus 4 reverse hitboxes, plus 2 grounded or osmething like that

[@ness_from_smash6134]

3:05 "Grabbing with pikachu can also lead to a lot of damage..." Gets 22%

[@loyalty8843]

Road to Genesis may have all those brackets, but will it have Cactuar Stamina Pancake? That's the only REAL way to play melee.

[@tovlssb7343]

"Are you a Pichu Player" should be next, Pokémon, Kira, Pokémon!

[@Nordanix]

4:05 that tier list triggered me

[@KareemHillJr]

Asking me if I main Pikachu is like asking Miyamoto if Mario's hat is red.

[@maisel97]

I have to say, I like Pikachu's play style more than any other character in the game.

[@TunaDMoney]

on a side note that lusamine remix was fire

[@potatlePaladin]

3:07 that phantom hit tho

[@Gamerman9000]

Now I see why Mango says Pikachu is a poor man's Fox

[@callingblades]

Please make a Doctor Mario and Yoshi one. These are your best videos

[@albertm.7190]

pikachu gets no love in this channel. glad you made a video about him :)

[@JustAaron94]

"Are you a Doctor Mario player?" or "Are you a Ganon player?" please :) I know a lot of people are probably looking forward to these. It was a great series over-all and should be continued.

[@SwiftyF]

Wow, I never knew Anther played Pikachu. No wonder Smash Ladder's icon is Pikachu.

[@nucle4rpenguins534]

I'm trying to go with a samus main and a pikachu secondary because thery're both fun as hell and challenging to master.

[@SonicFan011]

Well if this answers the question, Pikachu is one of my favorite characters to play as in Smash along with Sonic the Hedgehog. The other characters I often main in Smash are Lucario and Yoshi as well. I think.

[@cyanariesdw04]

Who is next? I think its Ganondorf, Yoshi, Pichu or Ness

[@logasoba]

C.A. Gaming or mario/doc

[@cyanariesdw04]

That is possible. He did do Luigi for the most recent one

[@SpaceTiger9]

I don't know if I'd consider Pikachu well rounded. HIs aerials have a tough time beating out other aerials because of their incredibly short range. His grab range is one of the shortest in the game despite most of his combo game being based off landing a grab or uair. His aerials often have deceptively long landing lag making them extremely risky unless guaranteed to hit. Many of his moves are quite weak despite mediocre hitboxes and long landing lag and he dies off blast zones relatively early due to being so low in weight (Roughly the same as fox). Pikachu is good if you want a character that has a strong juggle/tech chase game (Similarish to sheik) with awesome gimp potential. He has a fairly weak neutral game however and struggles in nearly every MU you'll experience on a regular basis. He loses to all the high tiers except Marth and is very boring to play against floaties and ICs. He also can struggle in all the Mario Bros MUs (Doc, Mario, Luigi) due to their setups on Pikachu and quite good aerials making it hard for Pikachu to win in neutral. It really just shows how insane Axe is at this game. Oh, and you can M2K fast fallers on FD. You have a 0 to death chain grab which is preeeeeeeeeeetty good.

[@Soleryth]

Awesome video ! :) Could you do "Are you a ganondorf player?" I'm waiting since a long time for this one :D

[@broccoli7941]

Where are videos for the rest of the characters?

[@DSMusic394]

Could you do more Pikachu tutorials in the future? You don't have a single one and my sis wants to be a competitive Pikachu :3

[@nnarcus]

I want to play Pikachu but I have a hard time learning how to play him since there are like no youtube tutorials of pikachu..

[@chanitalaposolera]

Are You A Yoshi Player???

[@jayrpg9114]

I miss pikachus back throw killing almost as much as ness' back throw in 64.

[@kirjian]

pichu is your main if: 1. you're a massive memelord

[@temp1534]

you should have noted about his tech in place, it recovers faster then most iirc.

[@justwungo]

Probably shouldn't compare your new event to SS if you want to push it. Sounds fun though.

[@yoonbum4877]

can you do a "are you a Mewtwo player" video or a "are you a link player" video or a "are you a young link player" video or a comparison video with link and young link please?

[@CoBeX31]

Isaiah Martinez I assume they have a higher priority on doing viable characters.

[@brycegriffin9271]

CoBeX31 This comment crushed this casual's hopes and dreams.

[@1001011011010]

Isaiah Martinez They will do all characters eventually. But as they have done Roy I don't think they have such a set in stone idea for only viable characters. Heck, we're on as video for Pikachu, who sucks and only has one player within the top probably 100.

[@CoBeX31]

I wasn't trying to say there's anything wrong with low-tiers, I play a lot of G&W myself, just that more people are probably interested in learning about better characters.

[@1001011011010]

CoBeX31 I was just saying they don't only do top tiers, since they've done Roy and Pikachu and will eventually do all characters. Though if you play G&W, can I venture a guess that you also play Marth? It's a trend I see with G&W players myself included.

[@c.w35t87]

Are you goin to do "Are you a Mario main" I main him in all 4 games. Is a long time since I play Melee and I goin to get the game soon... (maybe)

[@NewGabeOrder]

Will you upload "Are you a Pichu player" in the future?

[@VestedUTuber]

You're a Pichu player if: You want better framedata than Pikachu and are willing to put up with an otherwise worse character to get it. You like to humiliate and troll your opponents with arguably the worst character in the game. Your name is Mew2King. You REALLY want to challenge yourself. You enjoy competitive-level gameplay without caring about tournament performance. AND/OR You want to be a danger to yourself and others.

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

Pikachu is still going to feel like that death scene when you fight a good Sheik ;)

[@bradyroose9401]

Collin Leger but it is a difficult one. It's like being falcon vs jiggs. It's arguably even, you have the tools to win it. But youre the character in the match up that can't afford to screw up, which makes it seem incredibly difficult at anything but the top level.

[@FlergerBergitydersh]

Are you a Pichu Player? ......Make it happen.

[@orangesya7649]

great video as always! also bring back comment wars pls

[@Alandus64]

Odd that pichu is the icon but you haven’t made a pichu vid yet 🧐

[@calebbeckering7998]

how is mele so high defenition and fluid in this video

[@wkurtin]

"pikachu is a great battler and can defeat even legendary pokemon." but still loses to a lv 5 snivy in xy

[@JtCoronaOnTheMic]

Up air is his best move? Idk about that Kira.

[@jakeheez]

still waiting on the doc video!

[@chaoticentity9513]

Recovery should be 5-5. Axe is easiest the hardest to edgeguard. Armada is great too but Axe is more efficient with getting back on. You barely see anyone catch that pika

[@orangesya7649]

since these are character overviews, why not mention what stages these characters do well on? just a thought

[@SSBMTutorials]

depends heavily on matchups is why

[@orangesya7649]

SSBM Tutorials okey dokey

[@NubbleHub]

I always wondered why you had a roy video but no pikachu video

[@robinnibor2671]

Why isn’t Esam in the famous players section

[@asup759]

nice video but i feel like you might have gone overboard with the pokemon font. still great quality but imo that font is too flashy to be used like it was at the end in blocks of smaller text

[@MechaGV]

does any of these characters have an ability that is ranked 5/5? lol I though Pikachu would have a 5 on recovery. or at least 4.5

[@SpaceTiger9]

I believe Falco was a 5 on offense? Pikachu's recovery would probably be a 5/5 if it didn't have awful lag when landing on stage and didn't extend his hurtbox to the moon. Just try having a pikachu quick attack to the ledge from below and see how easy it is to hit him. It forces Pikachu to use predictable angles to the ledge and on stage recoveries can be very risky.

[@elim9054]

Falco was 5/5 on overall offense and Samus on overall defense iirc. I think Puff has a 5/5 recovery as well. Edit: All of the 5/5s so far are: - Fox on speed _and_ offense - Falco on offense - Marth on range - Sheik on defense - Puff on recovery - Samus on defense

[@sw3gl0rd25]

+Collin Leger 20 frames is fucking terrible

[@medicineman5344]

Collin Leger Dude that's nearly less than 1/3 of a second.

[@snoutieFM]

Can you make "Are you a doctor mario player" next please? :)

[@LeviairDragon]

Yes!

[@thesaucypickle9866]

voorhese is in my area he's really fucking legit

[@somerando35]

ARE YOU A DOCTOR MARIO PLAYER PLEASE

[@AndyThomasStaff]

i feel so uncomfortable seeing "score +1"

[@xDisast3rr]

I love how he only does the popular characters damn

[@CoBeX31]

Basically it comes down to: Do you wanna play the best character in the game, or a worse version of him that happens to be really cute and popular? Not saying that isn't a perfectly good reason to play Pikachu, it totally is.

[@timwinterhalter5233]

god the "just a bad fox" argument pisses me off he has a strong up smash, that's it it's like saying luigi is just a bad falco because he has a good combo game, it's retarded

[@timwinterhalter5233]

the main difference is that falco is a clone character, while pikachu is another technical and fast character it's like saying falcon is a bad fox i mean pikachu is an objectively worse character but obviously not unviable

[@ruebnn]

What is this 2006 youtube video music?

[@JohnSmith-dy4do]

can you make video on how to chaingrab pikachu as mario?

[@SSBMTutorials]

just dash > JC grab. pika can probably get out ~40% or so