The Worst of EVERY Smash Ultimate Animation

Smash Ultimate has good animations...let's find all the bad ones! I'm uploading this a few hours before the Sephiroth Smash reveal, so he'd better have good animations across the board, I'm gonna be so annoyed if he instantly outdates this video.
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[@MrMockRock]

Thanks for watching everyone! This'll be the last video of the year for me, I hope you all have a good holiday period and are looking forward to some spicy videos in 2021. Let me know your thoughts on the choices here, and take care! -Twitter: twitter.com/MrMockRock -Twitch: www.twitch.tv/mockrocktwitch -Patreon: www.patreon.com/mockrock -Teespring: teespring.com/stores/mockrock

[@electricenergy116]

Thank you for what you do!

[@cactiandnothing9600]

Have some happy holidays

[@user-wf1nb8cc8o]

Happy holidays! You deserve a good break!

[@ChroniclZ]

K

[@anthonymarcos9477]

Definitely looking forward to more high-quality video essays next year!

[@insidethezoo5912]

Didn’t even realize Rosalina could crawl until this video

[@Endershock1678]

It's one of the funniest Online taunts, you just kill and backwards crawl to ledge. It's how you know this is a good Rosa.

[@amir-jp1hl]

bro i secondary rosa and i didnt even know she crawled

[@MeesterTweester]

ImBig Smart bruh

[@alexpotts6520]

@@Endershock1678 I always felt her down special is a pretty good pseudo-taunt

[@cheezy8364]

•-•

[@chrisought2627]

“Extremely long forward air would be unbalanced” *smash introducing sephiroth

[@sleepy_b0i]

Byleth. :)

[@mettatonex7221]

It is long, but it's also narrow, and as we've seen with the Pits, that can be a pretty big detriment.

[@nino4242]

@@sleepy_b0i yup :)

[@PurplePineappleChannel]

Sephiroth's fair isn't a flurry tho

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

@@PurplePineappleChannel that wasn’t really what they meant. It was just having a long forward air and that’s it.

[@Powl_J]

Steve‘s ground tech should have been the water bucket

[@giridharanp2705]

yes

[@plushyyu4327]

yes

[@andrewbliss1117]

yes

[@legoindianajones9136]

yes

[@kestrel7493]

Ender pearl for tech roll?

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

As a Sonic main, if one of Sonic's ball animations aren't on this, I'm gonna be surprised.

[@juanrodriguez9971]

I would add him the worst idle, like, is the same as in his first game, but with no facial expressions looks like a toy awkwardly moved, just like any animation in his 3D games.

[@PresidentOfYapping]

yea sonic man

[@PresidentOfYapping]

I liked brawl sonic s design the most

[@ballisticboo7808]

I like Sonic's ball on it's own. It looks very sleek, smooth, and better than the other Smash games. I do agree with nair looking weird, and I definitely don't agree with side b and down b being the same, but I think the ball itself looks nice.

[@showmeyourmoves8551]

But sonic is supposed to be a ball???

[@Snowflame47]

Quick prediction: a considerable amount of these will be sonic and olimar. edit: yep

[@yap_temple]

brawl sonic

[@banana_suds7121]

i thought the exact same thing too lol

[@neonflashsparkotron5435]

@@yap_temple cmon, step it up!

[@leindx7415]

@@yap_temple chess!

[@niconicer6463]

I am surprised mr game and watch isn’t the worst animated character, if you would look on animation it’s just 4 FPS or something

[@jump7holes]

Rosalina’s crawl is one of the funniest animations to me... sometimes I play Rosa online and just crawl as an un-official taunt

[@TheOobo]

If there's one benefit to the lack of taunts online, it's that it forces you to get creative for the same effect. Sure, you could teabag, but everyone's got something super goofy-looking you can pull off if you look for it.

[@mitrimind1027]

One of Snake's taunts should've been the exclamation mark appearing above his head and quickly looking at the screen like he's noticed the players or something.

[@Tonjit41]

Yeah. It's weird that the '!' isn't referenced much in smash.

[@Hagot428]

This would also be great considering how meta and fourth wall breaking the metal gear series gets

[@Moss_Dude]

Hey, Brawlimar was even worse. His forward smash went off the ledge and the hitbox never went away, meaning a Pikmin loftily floating towards you on its way to the blast zone suddenly pounds you with the force of ganon's aerials.

[@selfloathinggameing]

Personally I think Wii Fit Trainer's fitness pose animations are hilarious

[@DeronHargrove]

Same here

[@jettvalen7326]

I feel that somewhat the point, y'know

[@justinjyeung]

@@jettvalen7326 Yeah, she's always felt like a non-sequitur since her first reveal lol

[@Endershock1678]

Honestly, I have a newfound respect for Wii Fit after starting to do Yoga. You don't realize how hard even something like F-Smash is to hold for a long period of time after already doing a workout until your arms feel like they are about to fall off.

[@RikuMcduck]

Its funny how Wii fit trainer crawl

[@TheIceCreamWizard]

"a long ranged forward air would be unbalanced" sephiroth, simon, richter, and min min:😐

[@pizzawonderer5024]

But Sephiroth and Richter have very linear hitboxes so they're forward airs aren't busted. Imagine Richter's forward air with the vertical range of Ridley

[@bryanwoo8415]

Basically mini Samus Final Smash

[@Mikeystar45]

@@pizzawonderer5024 Uhhh sir you can angle Richter's back-air and forward-air, what are you talking about

[@pizzawonderer5024]

@@Mikeystar45 I know, but angling the aerials down or up doesnt change the hitbox size

[@TheIceCreamWizard]

i mean it could have been a single hit like sephiroth

[@seth7726]

Once again, people keep forgetting how horrendous is Wolf's howling taunt in Ultimate. Seriously, just compare it to his Brawl's counterpart. Ultimate's Wolf opens his snout as if he was about to say 'A'. Howling does not work that way... you have to actually shape your mouth in the 'O' shape in order to be able to make a similar sound. That's basic phonetics knowledge!

[@Underworlder5]

i think his taunts overall just look worse than in brawl. that feral snarl in his down taunt just became a bizzare "human tries to imitate animal" noise

[@seth7726]

@@Underworlder5 yeah, that one's underwhelming. It's so sad because his new design looks sick but the taunt leave much to be desired.

[@blazefactor6849]

He's imitating a very strange shark. (You're not wrong, it's so off that most people can see that the mouth is in the wrong position on first glance.)

[@1TheVelociraptor]

Wolf got the short stick in a lot of things remember his old "what's the matter, scared?" or his old AWOO when he used up smash? wolf changed a lot of cool things for a neat jacket, and while a lot of this is crying for nothing, man those little things were cool

[@sethstoll8525]

@@1TheVelociraptor remember his idle stance in brawl? He looked like a wild animal about to rip your face off. In ultimate he just... stands there.

[@juanrodriguez9971]

If I'm honest with you, Wii Fit Trainer is one of my favorite characters when it comes to visuals, is just so dumb how all of her attacks are just yoga poses, and the running animation is just hilarious to me.

[@Paulunatr]

Totally legit reasons to like them! Wii Fit Trainer's animations are kinda silly, silly is fun, and the animators knew what they were doing. Like Mock said, Smash Bros' animations are largely excellent and WFT is no exception. The only real problem is that their poses aren't very well suited to combat, so it's only natural that they'd make it onto this list somewhere.

[@camscorner7197]

Meta knight down taunt where he says "come" his wings phase through the damn cape

[@sethstoll8525]

Imo that taunt is saved by meta knight saying “CUM” in such a menacing manner

[@djroscurro9859]

They could at least show meta knight taking off the cape

[@holdenarledge9672]

The wings are the cape

[@Tonjit41]

@@djroscurro9859 "Cum!" *Removes cape*

[@adv78]

Do you know his wings ARE his cape... Right? Like... His cape transforms into his wings

[@theskitmen3506]

We all wish Ridley had Sepiroth’s f-air

[@daythenite5683]

i like hero's chudat pose when he is selecting down-b

[@Nokyyyyy]

Hmmm... [Minecraft Villager noises]

[@neog8029]

Hero be like: 🤔

[@sethstoll8525]

YAYUHZZZ

[@robbiestrong-morse730]

And leffen fought both of them.

[@Chaotic_Hollow]

"It's time to announce the worst animated character in the whole game..." *ad plays* You weren't wrong

[@Driff97]

You seem to have an obsession with talking about Ridley.

[@sethstoll8525]

He has some of the worst AND best animations in the game, so there’s a lot to talk about

[@mettatonex7221]

I understand your grievance with Pit/Dark Pit's Power of Flight, but I am going to defend it. In canon, both Pit and Dark Pit are entirely incapable of self-propelled flight (with that in mind I even find it surprising they get their extra jumps in Smash, but I guess it's a byproduct of the wings = more jumps philosophy), so they have to lean on outside help. In Pit's case, he relies on Palutena's magic, and in Dark Pit's case, for most of the game he uses the unlimited pool granted from stealing Pandora's magic until that goes away and he needs Viridi's help instead. This means they don't have to flap their wings to fly and any time they do so may just be a reflex rather than any real attempt at course correction, and also means that they absolutely can be flung into the air without any proper wind-up, since they're essentially being yanked around by whatever Goddess is in charge of them at the moment. Again, I understand your grievance, but I think its canon representation and the particle effects that match this saves it. If I had to pick one to replace it, I would go with Bowser's Whirling Fortress. It's a cool move and useful to use in a match, but I'm not sold on the action being able to propel Bowser upward, and the way the spikes are turned towards the camera for the aerial version of the attack looks bizarre and non-intuitive, plus the Sonic Nair problem that it seems to be rotating on a non-centered anchor point.

[@cjlite0210]

The worst animated character is the ad that showed up right before he announced the "worst animated character"

[@vsptylore3639]

Zero Suit Samus's jab combo kinda remind me of Mr Crocker's "Fairy god parents" sequence where he just appears in different poses to a rhythm

[@bdlotus3504]

"Having a long forward air might make you unbalanced" -Sephiroth with Grinch grin

[@andymcclurg9916]

Cuts to Jim Carrey's Grinch face

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Your thoughts about Ridley and Mewtwo's tails will be interesting if they're repeated by Sephiroth's sword.

[@YosherYoshi]

I'll be honest, as a Yoshi main, his 'Akuma' victory pose is incredibly annoying to me. Not necessarily because it's posed badly, but because it looks like, at the end of the animation once the loop starts, it looks like part of his body by his legs just kind of.. deforms, and I really don't like it. It looks like his right leg is pushed inward too far and the body portion around it pushes in to compensate, particularly above the leg. I'm also not the biggest fan of his peace sign victory pose anymore either due to how the hand grows for it. I know why they did it but it looks weird to me. Yoshi's worst animation though if you ask me is his down special, which just looks like he'd break his tail upon impact with the ground. It's not even how the move is performed in Mario/Yoshi games; there, he slams down with his butt, not with his tail, and it is incredibly grating with the way it's animated right now. Sorry for talking specifically about Yoshi, but with him being my favourite character by a good margin, I guess I just found it easier to find animations hiccups for him in particular. Overall though I don't think he's animated that poorly outside of these things I mentioned, but I was slightly surprised that you didn't mention any of these even as a runner-up.

[@Robous]

Hey, someone else that talks a lot about something on a KZbin comment!

[@PandaFan2443]

I hate all of shulk's victory animations because his face looks like plastic.

[@dustymcwari4468]

The Ground Pound animation is from Yoshi Story, Smash really likes to reference that game and similars for Yoshi

[@Tonjit41]

A person that finds yoshi incredibly sexually attractive definitely exists. :D

[@Alonzone]

Yeah I’m not reading all that. You lost me at Akuma.

[@burgers8432]

You should do signature move tier list for the Monado

[@aIkaIi]

I never thought about how weird Sonic's neutral air is...like...what is he doing...

[@katlynlazuli8954]

I think it’s his N-Air in Sonic 3

[@ballisticboo7808]

@@katlynlazuli8954 no it's not. The sonic three move just has a force field cover him for a second, here he just spins really weirdly

[@glowcloudwheatproducts495]

I forgot how underwhelming wolf's uptilt was. To me it always looked like he was trying to hit people with his gun

[@chordalharmony]

Come to think of it, it’d be cool if he did a slash up with his gun (like bayo) or a quick toss up with the gun (like Joker)

[@MaxWelton]

What make Zero Suit Jab even worse is they appear to have copied the first jab’s animation to Pyra and Mythra!

[@zaneheaston8254]

I think one way you could fix Olimar's animations is by having some moves have a heavy color trail follow behind the thrown pikmin, and the pikmin used for Smash Attacks to have less color trails

[@tylerr2016]

Ridleys Fair should’ve been him lunging at the opponent like a feral creature

[@legoactionstudios9400]

I wish Olimar’s jab involved the “rocket fist” from pikmin 2.

[@dustymcwari4468]

Ain’t that his FTilt?

[@loganharris7801]

Ridley’s dair looks like it should have a landing hit box but it doesn’t. Also, whenever Chrom stops doing anything, he changes to one position, then to another. It really makes no sense to me

[@taylorswiftliterallyownsme]

Your channel is extremely underrated, I haven’t even watched the video yet, but I know that it’s gonna be very food. Keep it up MockRock!

[@taylorswiftliterallyownsme]

whoops i said food instead of good

[@MrMisfortune]

I like food

[@lasercraft32]

I wouldn't call 107K subscribers underrated...

[@petery6432]

I'm so glad you mentioned Mewtwo's Back-Air and Wii Fit's Up-Air. Those moves have always felt awkward to use because of how clunky those animations are. Nice job on this video; I never would have noticed how off stuff like Ridley Fair and Pit's Up B are.

[@YouTubeUser-zh9os]

It honestly really sucks how boring Byleth's final smash. Compare it to Sephiroth's, and its night and day.

[@taylorswiftliterallyownsme]

Surprised Fox was never mentioned, his animations look very boring to me.

[@matthaisstupidus]

that damn jab... SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THAT POSE

[@ddraven3180]

But he is "cool" and "badass" so we'll overlook anything about him

[@albertthepeacock8020]

Fox is such a boring character he has no hype moves or any meteor smash/spikes all he is just fast and grabs he's fun for about 2-3 matches but that's it he gets stale and boring very quick idk why people main him

[@FoxMcCloud3173]

^ apparently you’re now forbidden to main the character you like

[@myztory]

I disagree, Fox has some cool animations. I’ve always really liked how agile and scrappy he moves. And I love watching characters flip, and Fox flips a lot lol.

[@theomcinturff1213]

If not Olimar's smashes, who would be your second choice for each? I agree with Olimar, but he does seem like kind of a shoe-in and I wanted to hear your take on second place.

[@MrMockRock]

I'd have to go through every attack again to give a proper answer, but some that come to mind away include all of Wii Fit Trainer's (same issue with no motion smears/body breaking I mentioned for uair), one of the generic double slashes most sword users have for down smash, ROB's up smash, Corrin's up smash...those would be a few on the shortlist.

[@gbx4858]

@@orangeslash1667 Completely unrelated to his comment, but disregarding that he could’ve been implemented way better

[@gbx4858]

@@orangeslash1667 Again, you are talking about something completely unrelated. You were talking about why his moveset needed to be oversaturated with ball attacks, and now you bring up something completely different

[@gbx4858]

But anyways, you think having two special moves that do basically the same thing (that being spin dash and spin charge) is good design? Because most people think otherwise. And in general, you can come up with something better for things like his neutral air instead of just using it as an excuse for another ball attack

[@gbx4858]

@@orangeslash1667 Oh come on now. Yes, they are *technically* different in some way, but in the end, they’re literally both just charging burst movement options that you can jump out of. They’re basically the same special move in comparison to any two other special moves any other character has in the game.

[@Lagoon7]

back air and down air intro screen looks like a dead mario chalk outline

[@Irish_Enderman]

I love your intro! The perfectly timed attacks with the great song is just amazing

[@jspark8990]

When I saw ridles foward air I originally thought it was a back air

[@floyddog2283]

Rifles coward air

[@jspark8990]

@@floyddog2283 auto correct ive fixed it

[@MoonGhostDoodles]

Late into the discussion but I think Ridley's Forward Air is pretty well animated when you take in consideration the rest of his character. He isn't just a savage primal monster, he's cold and calculated when the situation requires it. I see that move as an extension of that personality trait. Holding back his tail to hit multiple times and try a different approach, since his other moves already cover more space and hit harder, a multi hit move like that makes sense.

[@poggersfrog]

“Rollout is generic and bad” Mandjtv approves this message

[@Robous]

Ah, yes. THAT Pokémon.

[@MyRegularNameWasTaken]

I want to point out that Little Mac and Simon both have victory screens that end with them in extremely unnatural poses. Simon's even has his leg clip through his loincloth

[@robhousehold]

8:04 *Laughs in Sephiroth*

[@casualwoomy]

Whenever rosalina uses crawl, she becomes a roomba

[@zesty_jack7801]

worst taunts should be dr mario

[@conntoons_4848]

agreed.

[@zwi-asuz316]

15:43 : add plays Add:come on down to KFC it's finger licking good Me:I knew it was KFC he has some very bad animations

[@bradleybolden689]

15:43 That was excellent ad placement. Well done

[@taylorswiftliterallyownsme]

5:43 Let’s talk about this transition.

[@dmitrimatthews7898]

What about it??

[@someidiotwithafryingpan3752]

Uh... what?

[@Edward_YT_WEC]

?

[@skyshoesmith6098]

?

[@overlordx19964]

I would personally choose Side B for Sonic instead of Down B, since Down B is actually how Spin Dash works in his home series, but Mii Swordfighter definitely deserves the spot more on that

[@electricenergy116]

Cant wait to see Sephiroth’s sakurai presents so we can put him on one of these

[@showmeyourmoves8551]

His moves are already generic swings and the projectile is like the same animation as joker's

[@LuigiFan77]

My idea for a better looking Ridley f-air is Ridley doing a flurry of claw swipes while screeching

[@HoradeFidges]

When you were to said who the worst animated character is, I got an ad of a crossover between AFK arena and Persona and was like "What the fuck you smoked to select Joker as the worst animated character?!!"

[@eaglest0554]

Wait they could've given Ridley a link style down air? And they just... chose not to?

[@JujanGames]

Biggest missed opportunity: if Steve survives the red spark, he should have like green and yellow orbs emitting from him like you get from the totem of undying.

[@Moss_Dude]

The worst animations are the automated ones when you land and crouch. -BSD- Gimr talked about them, they're hilarious and not because they're silly, I think you can tell why.

[@nardclip6317]

Can you sent the link

[@Moss_Dude]

@@nardclip6317 Nvm it was Gimr kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXfbn5uoqb-bgZo

[@nardclip6317]

@@Moss_Dude thanks

[@shn4449]

When the last MockRock video was almost 3 months ago...

[@aidenbaker5970]

I feel like Dr. Mario’s taunts are the worst. They just feel so bland and don’t really represent anything from his original game. Great vid tho!!!

[@WindowsXPBOIII-pc5yo]

For Falcon's dash attack, he got a speed buff later in Ultimate's life, so the momentum disappearance would make sense

[@KishinAubrey]

ridley's fair makes me feel like i should hide under a blanket and reconsider my life

[@matheustran8009]

“Can’t give ridley a longer forward air otherwise it would be unbalanced” *Sephiroth, Min min, Byleth: Are we a joke to you?

[@squirtleislife1312]

Except those are combo finishers or keepaway tools, Ridley's is a combo extender meant to be used at close quarters

[@suicune3776]

11:01 I always thought Marth's back throw was him farting on you.

[@alphaignus]

Trust me, the worst Fsmash is Fox. It's two seperate moves (start of turning takedown roundhouse, end of a shuriken twist) stapled together in a way that doesn't generate power for a strike that lines up in the way Fox's Fsmash hits.

[@colinmeier8140]

Worst taunt in the game is meta knights down taunt, the transition from wings to cape looks really crummy

[@ryker2791]

I love the taunt as I main mk however I want them to fix the wings, cause even with the choppiness he still has “CUM”

[@alexanderthegreat3444]

No i disagree that would be wolfs down taunt

[@briannawilson8845]

Olimar is worst. His animations don't even look like taunts!

[@Piggy24]

You should do this but for sounds. SFX, voice lines, etc.

[@ballisticboo7808]

Wolf's taunt

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

I definitely agree with olimar being the worst animated; even outside of the pikmin animation he’s just so lackluster. He’s got like wario’s ftilt from sm4sh but if it were tiny and just not fun to look at, the absolute smallest spin ever for a nair and a tiny little poke for his down tilt And heck, I can’t even tell when he’s taunting, they look like idle animations

[@2breborn247]

Snake's upair and backair look disgusting to me

[@creativeandfunnyname3744]

Sonic uses the spin ball a lot because it was literally his only attack for like his first 7 games.

[@laporte5728]

Developers: Ridley’s forward air would have been too long Also developers: SEPHIROT GO BRRR

[@deadsonic1988]

I would have expected Dr. Mario's taunt where he punches his neck to be here. I don't understand what he is doing or what it means

[@deadsonic1988]

Also his taunt where he rubs his shoe on the floor is pretty bad too imo

[@pillagerwithinternetaccess]

i like game & watch throws but as every single one i thought was weird

[@alexpotts6520]

It means when you get grabbed by a Game & Watch you have absolutely no idea which direction to DI. When the animation actually impacts the gameplay, that's bad animation.

[@michaelmongelluzzo6953]

I feel like wolf’s up tilt could’ve (shouldve) been him raking his claws up in the same arc as his kick

[@maurice7002]

sonics animation be like: gotta go fast

[@WyvernGM]

I'd give Jigglypuff the award for worst animated final smash. I'm in agreement with a lot of people that Jigg has the worst FS overall, and while it's not a great concept to begin with, I would argue that the lackluster animation really pours salt in the wounds. The idea is that Jiggly is inflating like a balloon to massive size, but it's hard to really tell outside of the final smash's name and the context Jigglypuff being the balloon pokemon. What they should have done is altered her proportions as she grows; have her cheeks get extra puffy, her limbs and ears get sucked in, basically SELL that she's inflating. Likewise, when she shrinks back, have air shoot out of her and maybe even turn flat for a second or two. As it stands, Jiggly just looks like she grows for a second then shrinks... and there's literally a normal item that can do that.

[@RiskierGoose340]

I love steve to death, but damn I wished at least his neutral tech used the water bucket, huge missed opportunity. Also heard otherd say rolling and rolling techs should use an enderpearl, which is genius from an animation design but kinda bad in a gameplay design. Teleporting from rolling or teching isnt new, but it is somewhat off putting in the context of Steve’s enderpearls, which are instant and don’t involve him moving his body at all. Still, though, it could work.

[@Tonjit41]

Before Steve was confirmed for smash I thought it would be cool if you aim up b and ender pearl at the stage and snap to ledge.

[@RiskierGoose340]

@@Tonjit41 same

[@williamveith1925]

Hey MockRock. I think I have a video suggestion that I think you might like. I was thinking you could do a most used/ least used move for each character. You could explain why they are always using that move and what’s so good/ bad about it. I really like your videos and I thought this could be something you could do for your video format

[@Shawndaswan32]

I, Ferdinand von Aegir, was maybe first

[@taylorswiftliterallyownsme]

i laughed at this. does this mean im playing too much fire emblem?

[@DoubleCFiend]

You named Mr. Game & Watch for SIX animations and he wasn't even in your top two overall?!

[@Point5_]

This is actually a what-not-to-do list for animators disguised as a tier list video

[@RacingSnails64]

Spectaular video. I highly appreciate the insight on why certain attacks feel awkward or unsatisfying. However, while it's pointless to debate opinions, I have a few objections I wish to bring up and why I feel certain animations are better than some might think... -Chrom's jab could be more unique but I think he does it with a strength and boldness fitting for him. I'd even argue Roy's version is more awkward and unrealistic given his smaller frame. Either way, it's interesting to see the devs try to personalize moves by tweaking animation alone. -Not entirely an objection but the end pose of Mr. G&W's down tilt works fine, it's just the inbetween pose that makes the animation unsatisfying. He should be squishing further down like Kirby before springing out to the side. As it is he just sort of melts into place. And while I'm on G&W, I'm fine with him using the same juggle animation for all his throws but at the very least his eyes should be looking in the direction he'll be throwing you to assist in DI reading, a similar conundrum to Olimar's smashes. -I haven't considered Wolf's up tilt being uncharacteristic for him. Considering the move's combo and kill potential, I've always found it to be satisfying. He is quite athletic and fairly flexible after all. -Again I find Sonic's nair satisfying primarily on a gameplay front, but I couldn't explain why it is what it is. He's somehow zooming back and forth around a small space while it midair while also falling. Not entirely certain it he can do that in his games. While I'm not opposed to *all* of Sonic's current moveset, I would not mind seeing some updates. -I don't get how Little Mac's nair is wimpy. We all know he's intentially bad in midair but that animation is the most competent midair punch I've seen all week. Not to mention that move has some fun drag-down combo potential. -You kinda say it yourself, but I consider Wii Fit's stiffness to be a deliberate choice similar to Mr. G&W and Steve. Her gimmick is attacking with exercise moves. Her jogging run is fitting and her up air is satisfying if only in a funny way. -Jigglypuff's rollout may have its particle effects to thank for me never noticing she doesn't even squash and stretch after hitting an opponent. Then again, maybe that's all that move needs considering how much power/weight her little body is supposed to have for that move. -Mii Swordfighters's side b may not be as flashy as Ike's version of the concept, but it doesn't do anything wrong from what I can tell. It's got the proper windup and follow-through that makes it satisfying in its own right to me. -Steve's dodges perhaps could be a bit more flashy and distinct, but they do have the necessary particle effects to tell what's coming out and I've simply committed his animations (what's there of them) to memory. -Only Chrom's down taunt is not worth being a taunt. The other two are pretty good. (Side note: I have no idea why Snake uses basically the same box taunt for all 3 taunts. It's debatably fitting for Brawl, but in Ultimate I was disappointed to see he didn't get 2 brand new taunts.) -Mr. G&W's victory screens are totally ok, but I'd be curious to see what better possibilities there could be though.

[@MariotheAnimator]

I gotta disagree on worst run cycle, I'd give that to Samus. It doesn't read as a skilled bounty hunter making precise movements, it reads as a klutz who's late for work. Wii Fit's humorous stiff as a board run reminds me of the Terminator. Which used to be how Samus ran in Melee and that fit much better than what she has now. Still Samus's run now is better than Smash 4 Samus, which was actually MISSING FRAMES

[@elijahpadilla5083]

To make an excuse for Ridley two years too late, sadistic villains using moves where they're visibly and intentionally holding back is a minor trope in fighting games; they want more time to toy with you.

[@afranticperson]

i was expecting a moveset anasysis of g&w but this works too

[@BlazingShadowSword]

I predict either Sonic or Olimar are going to be the worst animated. Edit: I knew it.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

Steve: *sweats nervously*

[@ZlayfersShitpostBot]

5:45 the thing about Sonic's Nair though, it could've very VERY easily be reworked in Ultimate as the instashield from S3&K Sure, it probably wouldn't look any better, but at least it could've been more justified

[@Xeno_Solarus]

Bruh, Byleth worst FS? You've gotta be joking.

[@bluemarb1e787]

If Ridley fair comboed better, like maybe if it’s launch angle popped up and slightly behind for a double jump up air, the “holding back” would make sense imo

[@TheMagicDragon-mm5dr]

Dude I just realized how much I don't pay super close attention to the animations I play Wolf and use his up tilt a lot and I thought it was an uppercut not a kick.

[@cactuscarl5190]

I think terry has the worst animated back special

[@kidneystones3578]

I'd be inclined to agree

[@Bloburt306]

I HAD NO IDEA ROSA COULD CRAWL

[@gunosaguki1]

I find it amsuing You listed byleths reasons for worst final smash.... basically being the same as your favorite final smash. It goes to show how much an extra bit of style can get you I suppose. Since both are "Just a basic series of slashes (more dashes in jokers case though) with a barely animated image from its source game". with jokers being especially "from its source game" since they didnt really try anything new with the all out attack, Probably because it already is a "final smash" in a way

[@MGG_10]

“It’s time to announce the woes animated character in the game *smash logos thing*” Ad plays AAAAAA

[@MaximumDong]

I'm pretty sure Sonic's Nair is supposed to represent his insta shield ability from Sonic 3 & K

[@Shadoboy]

My complaint with Young Link's z-air would be that he doesn't use the Hookshot from Majora's Mask, instead using one that he never was able to use as Young Link.

[@murrao5820]

Honestly, as a Steve main, I agree that Steve's tech and dodge animations are hard to read, and I feel like they could've been better while keeping to Minecraft's minimalist animation style. For instance, teching could have Steve instead place water at his feet with a water bucket, which is something most players do to avoid taking fall damage in Minecraft, while the tech roll could have Steve place the water, then use a trident enchanted with Riptide (which allows the thrower to travel with the trident through water and rain) to travel in the chosen direction, returning to an upright stance one the animation ends. Or Steve's dodge rolls could use the ender pearl, throwing it in the chosen direction before teleporting to it.

[@HippoHunk.]

surprised Jigglypuffs “Pound” wasn’t the worst side special.

[@hi-i-am-atan]

it's got hella more weight and fluidity to it than gale stab, if nothing else

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

I wish Snake had more taunts than just his box, they could have used the ! alert

[@mabes448]

Snake is hiding in a box thats the best taunt and animation there is in my opinion

[@mettatonex7221]

These are some of my personal picks: Jab: I'd pick Chrom over ZSS, because while ZSS has a lot of hiccups, there's still a lot going on, whereas Chrom gets the single swipe that absolutely had to overlap with Roy while cramping him way too much to compensate for the forward grip. D-Tilt: Megaman comes to mind. There are a few sliding kicks in this category, and when they're not used as a dash attack like Mario, they're jarring to look at since their momentum is completely artificial since they're doing this from a crouth position. Cloud, Joker, Min Min, and Sephiroth all also have this, but Min Min actually pushes off with her arms to execute the attack which works really well, and the rest have at least some build up to prepare for the slide, but Megaman continues to be unreasonably static and he comes across like a still action figure being dragged along by a child. A problem I have with a lot of his animations, and I do believe it's a really poor approach to the character. D-Smash: Ryu and Kens look awful to me. The half-hearted leg sweep would look limp as a down tilt and looks even more pathetic as a smash attack. U-Smash: Mario, Luigi, and Dr. Mario all have this really stupid looking headbutt that looks like it would hurt them more than it would hurt their opponents, and the motion they use to execute it are extremely awkward since they're trying too hard to keep facing the camera. N-air: I want to mention Diddy Kong and Villager for having a N-air that essentially just looks like a double jump, but I have a far more pressing issue to discuss: the sheer oversaturation of the sex kicks. Mario, Link, Yoshi, Fox, Luigi, Jigglypuff, Sheik, Dr. Mario, Young Link, Wolf, Mii Brawler, and Ken all have this incredibly plain style of attack that are barely distinct among each other and for the most part take up most of their execution time just holding the pose. The best of these I would say is Sheik for at least having the coolest pose of the bunch, and the worst would be Jigglypuff for definitely not having the right kind of body for this kind of move. I think it's also fair to mention Ryu for doing the same thing but with his knees, which looks a lot less striking but at least isn't the same damn move that even his cooler half Ken is guilty of. F-air: Ganondorf, for all the problems his moves do have (namely that he still has too much in common with Captain Falcon and isn't doing much that is his own), at least has the one thing going for him: the raw power that he packs into each attack. F-air is an odd exception though; it's just this kind of half-hearted punch. Even Little Mac, who in addition to having actually weak aerials is animated to be struggling in the air, has a weightier feeling f-air. Side Special: I completely agree that Jigglypuff has the worst looking Neutral Special, and I would like to take this a step further and say its side special is also the worst. The first time I executed this move in Smash, I thought I accidentally pressed the A button, because Pound is so generic an attack that I can't believe it made it into a special slot, something you can at least see for Roll-Out. Pound isn't even all that memorable a move in Pokemon; it's just an entry level move for a Pokemon at level 2 to eventually be replaced by something more substantial and functional, and even within this minor and forgettable category it is infinitely less iconic than the other moves. This only serves to contributes to my belief that Jigglypuff should never have been included in Smash Bros and continues to be the biggest sour spot of the roster in the entire series, only briefly being surpassed by Smash 4 Bayonetta. Up Special: I've always been really underwhelmed by Simon and Richter's Uppercut. It's a canonical reference, I get that, but looking at the move in action, I'm simultaneously disappointed by such a basic movement and confused as to what's actually occuring. The particle effects make it look like a sword swip, but the Belmonts don't use a sword, and they're supposed to be using the Vampire Killer during this action, but the particle effects cover up what the whip is doing, to say nothing of how using a whip in this way is completely nonintuitive, and the overall presentation look like a disconnected Shoryuken without the punchy execution of that attack. Final Smash: Yes, Byleth's is very lazy and generic, and yes Wii Fit Trainer's is extremely uninspired, but these two at least come with the grand scale and presentation that meets the bare minimum of what you expect from a Final Smash, something I am sad to say that Link's Ancient Arrow is sorely failing at. After the initial zoom-in of Link pulling out the Ancient Bow and Arrow, he just kinda shoots it and it hits the opponent. This has less impressive presentation than many of the special attacks in the game, and at least with other Final Smashes that take the approach of a single fast projectile like Zelda and Shiek's old Bow of Light Final Smash or Dark Pit's Dark Pit Staff, they at least have the decency to zoom in on the opponent being hit to drive home the impact, but Link's doesn't even get the burst of energy that accompanies the impact of the Ancient Arrow in Breath of the Wild or the complete obliteration of the target thereafter. I genuinely would have rathered he stuck with Triforce Slash, and I'm only slightly exaggerating when I say that.