Can I FINALLY Win the Smash Bros Nuzlocke??

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[@HopCatSmash]

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[@shart_squelcher]

no thanks

[@cgosos9227]

Yo hopcat I won the turnement the one you told me to simply win and I did

[@stevendoodles465]

Peter you wanna hear a joke about Poppt1

[@thetrueinsaniac]

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[@wyndhamfreeman1489]

"I'm never going to use Ken." Proceeds to completely forget he has Ken for the rest of the video.

[@ArcherOfHoshido]

Well, he wasn't wrong then.

[@owenicewater9704]

Ken was the true MVP of the team, didn’t lose a single STOCK, what a king

[@jenniferfrankenbach2165]

Bro ngl I forgot he even had ken

[@ofanichan]

@@jenniferfrankenbach2165so did he 😅

[@owenicewater9704]

@@jenniferfrankenbach2165 (that’s the joke)

[@bungo2514]

nah wasn’t it he picked wii fit over ken and wario??

[@Jan-oe4cc]

Ken didn't even take a single percent of damage!! I couldn't agree more!!! 😂

[@hinata2000100]

Okay, but hear me out. What if we add a little spice by adding "rival battles" to the nuzlocke, where every couple matches you go up against one of the other Underdogs, or another Smash KZbinr? For added flavor, you could tell them what three random starters you got at the beginning, and tell them to pick one of the two that you didn't.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

GENIUS!!!

[@Steve_SBU]

Or for even more content, they are also doing a nuzlocke, and it’s a competition to see who wins and who loses, and they do exactly what you added, that way they each get a perspective as well so even more content to watch

[@nebobmaz7307]

that'd be cool

[@rockytoprecordingreviews4167]

Absolutely brilliant addition!

[@wrennbirdbro9380]

That would be, CRAZY!

[@nathannia]

that clip of poppt1 in the surf shark ad was just perfect

[@keima7733]

SURFSHARK VPN!!!

[@iswiftyfox8997]

Now you’ve made me have to go and watch the ad. LOL

[@SiebayPlays]

Jordan’s SurfShark ads always got hard

[@zekewatson2299]

Lol facts

[@tomasribbeck]

I swear hopcat, sometime, casually forgets he has a KZbin channel, until he gets a new sponsor and he goes like "right, I need to do videos for this to work. Wait a minute, I have a KZbin channel!" and he comes back

[@neoronin3325]

Hop: None of the characters I've ever played have counters Incineroar crying in the corner: ;(

[@jacobalonso2859]

Hopcat: sorry

[@GhidorahMight]

Cuckle: :(

[@AdamGraves557]

Fun way to make this more interesting is have an underdog “rival” fight where out of the three starters they pick one as well then fight if you win. You get an encounter, if you lose that character dies

[@jakebernardin]

Hop, I came from little Z, just like every single other one of your fans. But you’ve quickly become my favourite underdog. Your style of video is insanely entertaining

[@alister6907]

It feels very chill

[@SoulEmperor3813]

Bro the 7th gym was like " Y'know your gonna have to take this seriously ".

[@anthonym1880]

Really enjoyed this one Hop Props for keeping the salt in check too

[@Hired_Merc]

31:22 For all the fellow Ken mains here☹

[@darklion2704]

I love these nuzlockes theyre actually great to watch and play

[@MayoIsSpicy]

You should add a rule that if you get three stocked by a wild character you lose yours. (like getting crit killed by a wild mon). It wouldn't happen very often, but it raises the stakes of wild matches a bit

[@ZexalDSJAsh]

Hahaha. Poor Ken. He didnt get included as an encounter. Lol In all honesty tho, holy crap that was amazing. You really came out to play when it really counted, and you made sure that this content was good content to end the year off. Hell yeah. Great job HopCat. Glad to have been watching you for the past few years, and I hope to see you for many more, making content here. Keep up the good work, and happy new year.

[@UltraSteven32]

As a ken main. I will take this personally.

[@monsieurslurpy3071]

LETS GO IM THE SECOND ONE

[@ArcaneArmor2321]

brothers

[@trippi_3999]

For future champion fights I find the original Diamond and Pearl champion theme to but much better than the smash cover, love the video!

[@boftungol9423]

Ngl that Poppt1 surf shark bit made me stay for the sponsorship. So much nostalgia.

[@pauldavison2856]

'Why is it so strong? This character's for babies' - a Ganondorf main

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

At least Ganon has a bad recovery

[@penguin_king2759]

I love the "fuck it falcon kick"

[@elitenano]

Yo more nuzlocke content, I had a lot of fun with your last one and I hope this one will be no different, will we see another unsuspecting low/mid tier put in work for hop? I hope so!!

[@ANerdWithAPiano]

"It's very hard to play against patient people with characters that you're not very good at." *deletes Sephiroth * "Never mind, I'm awesome."

[@DrMd-jr3xt]

Your live commentary is amazing! I think even out of all the underdogs I like your online smash content the most. The point is that your suffering is worth it lol

[@mikeberg6407]

You thought I was dead didn't you? Everyone thought I was dead. I thought I was dead. 😂😂

[@anonymous7024]

31:21 I cannot be the only one who saw the picture and thought "Why is there a random picture of Ken?" I feel so bad

[@carletonjillson7757]

Joker getting Arsen is him terresrializing.

[@e.m.2168]

Honestly, if you’re not planning on using a character you match into as your encounter, it might be smart to intentionally lose. That way, your gsp goes down with the character you were using, hopefully making future fights with that character easier

[@noahfelldown]

-Not Salty -Good at the game -Funny and entertaining Hopcat is the best

[@whisp6964]

"not salty" 💀💀

[@Pigismal]

@@whisp6964 I mean compared to Little Z..

[@ThisAintGood.]

“I’m gonna go with the Wii fit” I think we all know where this is going

[@xraenon1664]

That Sonic Unleashed fail music will never not be funny

[@theotaconguy701]

To answer the question about who uses Kirby's Up B projectile for edgeguarding: I do that all the time, when the opponent likes to go past the ledge or tries to recover horizontally. As soon as it hits, you can just go for runoff->dair. I don't think it's a true combo but it still works 100% of the time for some reason. So don't you underestimate Kirby's projectile game

[@CanisInfernus]

Ken is important, he's the level 16 HM slave that's also registered as part of the winning party. Way to go Ken

[@DekiVen]

HopCat: “It’s summer in Australia” Me: Is it ever not?

[@thedolaclub2734]

The wierd thing is that Peter is my favorite underdog

[@WDinATX]

12:17 “It was at this moment that he knew… He *bleeped* up.”

[@natgel17]

Dammmn I was waiting for it ! Nice video as always !

[@hisvoid2521]

w hopcat getting sponsored

[@dallinhunter7385]

that falcon punch to roy's jaw was clean

[@jacelyons6580]

Been waiting for a new upload! Let's go!

[@DatDude0925]

He literally forgot that he had Ken on his team LOL

[@captainnikolai25]

Just need to add my two cents, because it's irking me. When you encounter dupes in a Nuzlocke, you don't get an additional life for your Pokemon. You must run away from the encounter and search again until you find a Pokemon you haven't caught yet. In this case, you should have run away from the Falcon encounter (SD or just play it out and not count it), then start another random match. For all intents and purposes, the Nuzlocke wasn't necessarily broken, but you forfeited that specific encounter.

[@connorquig8607]

I haven’t seen a nuzlocke like this before in Smash Bros, but wouldn’t when he died to Joker at the beginning he would have had to restart because in actual nuzlockes in Smash Bros and Pokémon, if an character dies it dies.

[@JDLong006]

The way the run works in Smash is only the gym leaders can kill your characters, because you're able to run away from wild Pokemon if you're losing to them to not risk something dying (you can't run from trainers)

[@connorquig8607]

@@JDLong006 I feel like if you want to run away from your encounter to not risk dying you should just purposely SD.

[@godzilla6911]

6:40 captain crackhead effect I've never heard of that.

[@bolanos1537]

Hop after playing ness "so this is what having a garchomp feels like..."

[@Matpit18]

“I keep getting Elite Smash and this challenge just keeps getting harder for me” Wow. It’s almost like that’s how a Pokémon playthrough/nuzzlocke actually works.

[@SavageJarJar]

okey

[@Abhorrantpsyche]

That was awesome to watch. Nice one.

[@imJojie]

Very much enjoyed this idea! Well executed

[@lobohobo8203]

As a Ken lover myself, he was an embarrassment, you need to block a lot as ken and strafe around while spacing with fireballs. Ken has a really fun rhythm

[@thetrueinsaniac]

I'm so happy you won with Falcon like for real dawg :D

[@AFoundVagabond]

I like that you don't play characters with a counter, when the quintessential Hopcat (Incineroar) has the REVENGE!

[@nobodiestnobody2132]

I honestly love pyra mythra, the change mechanic always reminds me of Zelda sheik from brawl and the moves are cool, idc if they’re easy, they aren’t that bad

[@funkboy2850]

17:45 wait a minute…. This video was recorded in the summer? Bro 😂😂😂

[@sukmykrok3388]

Play every match like you're on your last stock!

[@Autisticjesus]

I love how ken was entirely forgotten by me too

[@user-lx5gf4fb1q]

joker has an ability where he becomes op nah he has an ability where he enters demon mode and transcends all space time and shadow realms

[@minutestomins2379]

NUZLOCKE CONTENT! LET'S GOOOOOO! Always look forward to your videos, Hopcat.

[@aeresys]

I've never seen HopCat pop off about PK Fire and Ness back throw

[@liyotaman128]

Can you tell the underdogs to invest in a face cam

[@sammyflynn3024]

YES

[@optimisticcharizard602]

It's fun watching someone who doesn't play Roy discover Roy side B

[@mikachu0626]

I have faced that EXACT same kirby before LOL!

[@Pigismal]

Moment of appreciation for Gay Ness 22:25

[@whiteb0yFTW]

this is just a randomize nuzlocke and Joker is just a Mega lmao

[@danielcole9178]

You should do this against somewhere where they pick random for the route and then pick and stay 1 character for the gym/elite4/champ

[@SaxoraMcOhn]

2:03 Brillant idea. Finally a chance to get elite smash. See you soon -free GSP- HopCat

[@EnidBunny64]

Really felt that Ken on the PC

[@ethankrider4846]

Bro Poppt’s surfahark vpn yell is unrivaled, it caught me so off guard

[@innotic8924]

I feel like a real soul link with Z could be fun along with a doubles soul link for smash bros would also be great.

[@andrewgin9478]

Suggestion: give funny nicknames to all your captures like they do for Pokemon Nuzlockes

[@nevermoire2020]

Roy may be for babies, but he's a really fun baby toy.

[@awesome1336]

I feel like you can make this a hardcore nuzlocke by making all damage and lost stocks permanent until a heal after the 3rd and 6th gyms and always getting a heal right before the elite 4 and champion. To make it easier you can heal after every 2 gyms and to make it harder you heal after every 4 gyms and to make it really difficult you have no healing at all

[@awesome1336]

And for extra extra spice add that rival fight mechanic

[@aaronshyper3426]

“We can get a ness, a gay pride ness.” “A ness is really hard” 💀

[@zombeef3074]

I love that the first two Elite Four members were “I love men” and “ur a simp”

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

Its funny so many people can't play Ken when he's the second easiest FGC character in the game. Only using B and trying to switch to inputs can be hard. I use C-stick for tilts and play Terry and Ryu/Ken.

[@YusufSheth]

This is neat content. Great video!

[@Autisticjesus]

I’m a Kirby main on an esports team and I learned things from gym 7

[@StrayJello]

Love the video Hop you were as entertaining as always, but the way your head was edited to fly around the Kanto map completely incorrectly was such a slight little annoyance lol

[@stormRed]

"I love men" "Ur a simp" There's drama between online smash players it seems

[@jacesdavis]

22:28 Peter is completely sure that isn't a woman, because it's an elite smash Ness

[@gsqueezydaddy1999]

Nice video! I found it to be very entertaining

[@paladinofthedorks]

I feel so bad that when you said Surf shark VPN, I thought of Poppt doing that ad segue

[@nonmagicalwitch]

The Wii Fit player, of all people, complains about Jokers empowered state. Never change, Peter, never change.

[@michaelc.brownsr4680]

I love the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles music

[@necryo_0]

Hard-core Nuzlocke idea, lost stocks don't carry over to the next gym battle (Routes don't count towards it)

[@DirectorIdioticPet]

I get the idea but that seems so fucking hard, because your almost always left with 1 stock

[@aroa8575]

"Well you see, it's not a John if I win."

[@someguyoptimal]

My teacher at kindergarten be like: 26:02

[@aelechdeepestflame4347]

As one of your two Ken mains, I forgive you.

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

And now for the harder version. The characters on your team can die while you're trying to catch someone too.

[@ShadowMaze64]

You should do this but make it so the gym leaders are smash youtubers and players I think that would be fun or you could try gym leaders being amibos also nice shirt

[@wickedawesome1444]

WOOOOO! HOPCAT VICTORY!!!!

[@maxtrimm1682]

Can we discuss how casually he was hitting those soccer balls, against that Pythra?

[@littleman5773]

hopcat is paralyzed by joker he may not be able to play the game

[@cameroneads815]

As a wii fit main I can tell you to use less down smash and replace it with forward smash, other than that you are pretty good!

[@MrKaadenytminibukayosaka]

This took me 3 days to watch it

[@SuperTanookiGamer]

29:01 MK8DX Tokyo drift reference

[@mikeobannion2129]

“Can I FINALLY Win The Smash Bros Nuzlocke??” *No*

[@magic3734]

Underdogs Smash Bros Nuzlocke?

[@dominiczipfel5317]

awesome video. The VERY LAST challenge should be red, a lv 9 Pkmn Trainer amiibo lmao

[@giraffetownfan8810]

That’s a really weak amiibo

[@dominiczipfel5317]

@@giraffetownfan8810 level 50* obviously mixed up cpu and Amiibo thanks for correcting me

[@imperius346]

The third try is always the one

[@Hitokiri_Ace]

Why is your cam quality so much better than the rest of your buddies. lol Maybe it's just cause Poppt is doing twitch vods, and they look trash?.. idk. Either way, great setup, great quality! Thanks for the fun vid, keep at it man. :)

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Pythra is so fucking cool