The Competitive History of Pikachu in Super Smash Bros

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[@Doberbull]

“Pikachu looked particularly busted” ESAM: *I like this guy*

[@Glizle]

Proguides: I'm sure no one did this before False Swipe Gaming: Am I joke to you?

[@penguinsaver]

yep

[@valorrye2342]

Exact same thought

[@Moss_Dude]

Glad I checked the other comments before making mine

[@goldtyphlosion7537]

Unfortunately fsg doesn’t make enough of em

[@lightbrand_]

Irillia MC it’s not that they don’t make enough of them, it’s that they stopped making them

[@icemage8837]

Him: Talks about the history of pikachu Also him: calls pikachu a squirrel

[@Doberbull]

I had to rewind that. Does a whole video on him and can’t watch Esam call him a rat 1 single time

[@666blaziken]

Well it's kind of a meme because his tail has as many angles and hitboxes as the amount of hairs on a squirrel's tail.

[@xthomas7621]

actually pikachu is based on a squirrel.

[@thwackuccino8798]

RAT!!!

[@sebz8362]

@@xthomas7621 is he really? I thought it was just Squirtle from gen 1.

[@icemage8837]

2:00 Very smooth cut

[@ricocarpenter2189]

Smash? Bros. Donkey? Kong. Pikachu? Busted. Hotel? Well you know the rest.

[@innertuber4049]

"Pikachu low-profiled so hard that it somehow got buffed" As a Pika main, this feels WAY too accurate 😂

[@devoncampbell3607]

Pikachu is difficult enough that very few players can succeed with them, especially online. This avoids the keen eye of nintendo by virtue of being really good- but only in the hands of the already skilled.

[@yummy-pizza]

I'm a pikachu main too

[@xpluslegend1525]

Mmm lemme see oh I got it "brOkeN"

[@alexyanez8033]

Pikachu Busted

[@Creepo_J]

Skullbash

[@guacamolepens8481]

Cute but deadly...I like it

[@hightiergamer5558]

Lmaoo he is broken

[@JoshuaSmith-hd4bm]

Fun Fact: The iconic voice actor of Pikachu does the voice of Morgana from Persona 5

[@firestorm3k882]

Wait, WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I did not know that! Now I'm picturing Pikachu saying "Woah, looking cool Joker!".

[@emberpog]

makes sense, because i want to punt both of them

[@annthom5301]

@@emberpog same!

[@catco123]

and pikachu is used to represent morgana in spirit battles

[@aidandelgado3912]

Long story short: Pikachu is broken in every game except melee

[@ravinercf]

And even there he isnt bad

[@beastbass1]

"kirby to melee", my guy, that wasnt a nerf, Sakurai brutally murdered his own boy.

[@andressuarez2942]

Lmao

[@ravinercf]

Since when is kirby in melee, as far I was aware he was removed from 64 and readed in brawl

[@guacamolepens8481]

@@ravinercf Kirby is in every smash game brother

[@ravinercf]

@@guacamolepens8481 you seriously didn't get the joke

[@azophi]

I really do think that Pikachu has been on average the best in the series, the only other serious competitor would be Fox

[@saigesmart4167]

19:40 mewtwo, the belmonts, zelda, sheik, and marth in top tier... yeah sounds like 2018 to me lmao

[@saigesmart4167]

@Jeeses99 not a single one of those is considered top tier anymore and most/all of them are not considered high tier either... but yeah tbh they arent terrible smash ult is a pretty balanced game

[@Xeroxthebeautiful]

In defense of Marth that was a prerelease tier list based on footage we had and it wasn't obvious how terrible his tippers were until the game came out.

[@saigesmart4167]

Xeroxthebeautiful remember when some people were calling to ban metaknight before the game was even out? I member

[@KevinKevin87]

"Luckily for the world's most iconic rodent..." Did you forget Mickey Mouse?

[@666blaziken]

Actually pokemon is the highest grossing franchise in the world, exceeding 90 billion.

[@brooksyang5834]

false swipe gaming already did this

[@roscodogg1289]

I thought it was the false swipe gaming vod

[@666blaziken]

To be fair, fsg didn't cover ultimate Pikachu so this video is not outdated.

[@Athorment]

"X person already did this". Everyone: "Sharing their thoughts on 8.1.0 and small battlefield" Are you telling everyone else to stop doing their vids on small battlefield too? or is this a double standard?

[@completebuffoon]

@@Athorment i get your logic, but it's flawed. The biggest part of this video is the competitive history of pikachu, not 8.1.0 or small battlefield

[@xi_dave_3014]

@@Athorment see your point but its exactly the same video title. They could at least give credtits or sth tbh

[@Periodnetta]

I’m 99% sure that Nintendo actually intended on making pikachu the best character in ultimate. Highly doubt he will be getting nerfed this game

[@vjoe5389]

64: Best character in the game. Basically 64's version of fox/meta knight/bayo Melee: Way worse than than 64 but still a good character but you're better off learning how to use either fox, falco, marth, shiek, jigglypuff, ice climbers, or captain falcon Brawl: Back to being really good but try to avoid going against the ice climbers at all costs 4: Really good at the start of the game, fell off a bit, back to being really good towards the end, is generally accepted to just be a high tier at the very end but ESAM still over rates the electric mouse at the very end of smash 4 Ultimate: Potentially the best character in the game but the same thing can be said for characters like zss, joker, peach/daisy, and palutena. We will truly never know until all the dlc are released and sakurai stops updating the game. Then we will find out if pikachu is truly the number 1 character or if he is just top 5/10

[@btu1734]

I’ve always found pika very interesting in smash as a whole. I will say that pika is the best character in ultimate in my opinion. But I’m glad that no matter where you put pika that pika is getting the attention deserved

[@michaeljohnson905]

Ok, but is boxing ring a good counterpick for pikachu?

[@AshenDust_]

Merfolk Surprise it’s not legal, so no

[@DoubleCFiend]

@@AshenDust_ Look up "Esam go boxing ring"

[@DracoX-hz3tu]

Is it just a coincidence that the snake at 12:55 has the tag "COVID" above him?

[@marioisawesome8218]

yes

[@congothepiethrower4144]

DracoSlayer 7714 SNAKE PREDICTED THE FUTURE

[@DoubleCFiend]

No, the pandemic was recognized two days before that match was played.

[@slicksiwik7607]

Awesome video, would love to see more like this. Gave nice representation to every title in the series.

[@jmrolimin9340]

FSG:Took a long time until falcon to make a competitive history of a smash character. Proguides:fine i'll do it myself

[@BONKfrys]

Hey guys Bonk here and yes, I am aware Pikachu is in fact a mouse and not a squirrel. It was a joke. Have a great day :]

[@badge564]

h

[@LS-td4yf]

Pikachu, a squirrel then a mouse then a rat. PARKOUR

[@Sly88Frye]

I loved playing as Pikachu on Smash 64 but for some reason didn't play Pikachu much in later games. I guess I got into playing some of the characters newer in the series with each game.

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

False Swipe Gaming: "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!"

[@lakerstr8killurteam]

Pika been op since day one

[@j0l.0]

The uthrow kill confirm is still true but frame perfect :-)

[@erys6280]

I asked for this in the last video about Mario! Thank you guys so much!!!

[@nintendope8837]

that how to master-cut- pikachu hurt my ears

[@juliusmeyer4208]

Did he just call pika a squirl

[@iriwom]

Yes he did, and Pikachu is coming to his doorstep.

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

What Pikachu’s incredibly easy to play the only thing that takes work is quick attack but once you get the hang of it that’s a non issue too.

[@Zach2m1]

FUN FACT (source Isai himself): He didn't call Pikachu "Rat" in his videos because he hated the character! He named Pikachu "Rat" to avoid any DMCA issues that could have cropped up from Nintendo! I know this because I played a friendlies with Isai for about an hour and a bit at GOML 2017 and I was curious about why he named it Rat so I asked him! Super friendly guy :)

[@perrysanders2899]

My boi pika

[@ThePrescriber]

12:51 dudes name is covid lmao

[@naterist9724]

Let's go bonk! Your carrying this channel

[@KirbCakesEvie]

10:03 "Pikachu goes fairly even with Marth" riiiiiiight, so, when was the last time Axe lost to a top Marth player?

[@urperra]

12:53 guy who predicted COVID-19

[@lanecallow542]

Please do the competitive history of link next!

[@Jona_Fixed]

Yes

[@xi_dave_3014]

His story is pretty broing. Low tier - low tier - low tier - Mid tier - I dont know what he is like in ultimate actually. Ultimate sucks

[@XLgamer1055]

Jonathan Hernandez what history

[@Jona_Fixed]

Links competitive history

[@michaeljohnson905]

@@Jona_Fixed there's nothing there

[@SpeedKnight7]

12:57 rare footage of pika beating the corona virus

[@glizzy943]

Pikachu? Busted

[@Exl6243]

Pikachu has probably been top tier for so long because he's an archetype that really can't be changed: small, fast, combo character. It's why the characters with the best tier placement throughout all smash history is either Fox or Pikachu. Both are quick characters with combo games. You can nerf the damage, you can nerf kill power, but as long as they are fast and have great frame data (which if you change, you would change the character), you have a high tier.

[@pbz7572]

As a Pika main since Brawl this was a heart warming video.

[@jaden8243]

Pika "go boxing ring" chu

[@lightbrand_]

The FSP videos were to me a lot more interesting, it was much more informative and researched, with input from top players of each game, while here especially for the older games it feels like they’re not familiar at all with them...

[@boredyoutuber9275]

Yeah,but obviously this channel is going for something different,talking about the history of the meta and the buffs and nerfs.

[@dumbdrawings2059]

False swipe already got this one chief

[@nintendope8837]

pikachu is definetly a squirel

[@maxtucker1164]

Pikachu goes even with peach and Mario tf. His only losing match ups are game and watch and ness.

[@CrossoverFan4life]

Maybe only just Game and Watch. I think Ness is even

[@peterholmes7440]

Kinda like False Swipe Gaming did Back then. I like it!

[@jahalamu1174]

That dudes tag during the brawl clips was COVID

[@alexyanez8033]

Please make the competitive history of little mac next. Gonna be a short video

[@linknotzelda991]

Pikachu? Busted!

[@susparia4724]

I don’t get people arguing that pikachu isn’t viable because axe is just really good, I mean he’s just using pikachu’s tools really well, literally anyone with the right amount of practice and work could be as good as axe with pikachu. I mean axe isnt like making pikachu do stuff he can’t normally do

[@WishedWash]

PokeDex: Pikachu, the Mouse Pokemon Proguides: *THUNDER SQUIRREL*

[@dbarr3514]

Mario what have you done?!

[@sharsasuke01]

Axe is the true pika king. If melee pika was as good as ult pika he would be winning every major.

[@mcihele]

You know Who comes next... Poyo

[@jackmullenbach6351]

You're allowed to call Pikachu hands down the best character lol

[@kylor1962]

1:14 "ＴＨＵＮＤＥＲ ＳＱＵＩＲＲＥＬ"

[@mythoughtsexactly2145]

1:14 Its an electric mouse not a thunder squirrel

[@stayfaded69]

Do all of them in order from where they were introduced. 64 melee etc

[@ultragamer8816]

Pikachu is awesome!

[@masterofyolo6102]

You know even pikachu’s Pokédex entry says it is a mouse I am triggered by the word squirrel xd

[@asam2738]

Anyone else notice the zoom in at 23:49 to block out nairo’a face cam and his name? No? Ok

[@michaeljohnson905]

I dont understand they're reasoning. Like, we all know what happened. They dont need to erase his identity from history

[@asam2738]

@@michaeljohnson905 exactly. I’m not saying what he did wasn’t wrong but I think some people are taking it too far

[@DoubleCFiend]

These god-awful zoom-ins/crops are starting to be more distracting than anything else lol

[@N12015]

@@michaeljohnson905 In fact, erasing history can do heavy damage to a culture or community, as well as alter it to make it a "villains vs people" one.

[@AdvanceWarrior]

I'm sorry... Thunder Squirrel?

[@funbuns_val]

Pika could still quick attack cancel in smash 4, they just got rid of the infinite*

[@SirNilooo]

You people need to stop leaving hate comments on these videos just because another channel has a similar segment. Just because it’s similar to another does not mean they copied it. ✌🏽

[@MorrisPXG]

1:11 Electrical rat

[@michaelswagger5667]

Smoke2Joints? That our boy S2J?

[@Loris.shn07]

Pikachu hasnt the best melee up smash. The spacies: am i a joke to you?

[@shiranuiprestonsaga8867]

Ahh yes the only character without weaknesses

[@kremeykrizp9458]

Can u do competive history of Falco plz

[@patrickstar258]

Pikachu Busted

[@deckedimpala8989]

12:52 COVID, NANI

[@DoubleCFiend]

That was one of the last major tournaments held before everything shut down for the pandemic

[@patrickstar258]

16:04 why is cloud there too without even being in the game back then

[@DoubleCFiend]

That tier list was after Cloud and before Bayonetta/Corrin. Idk WHYhe used that image since it was at the END of 2015 and his voice-over mentions "beginning", but 🤷‍♂️

[@javierbedoya4426]

12:52 nick: covid 😲😳 Coincidencia? No lo creo

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

Pikachu has been either top tier or good in every game.

[@kremeykrizp9458]

Competive history of marth plz

[@speedshoes29]

What happened with Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, and Fox? I’m presuming you’re not going in order.

[@danielbenitez8616]

not only dm but dn is also a good pikachu player

[@johnruiz2909]

12:52-12:59 “ COVID “ 👈👀

[@StevenFonte]

I came here just to see if there was a snake video in the playlist, unfortunate.

[@ElectricPikachu64]

Pikachu is our gold little nugget

[@Sodakrul]

14:20 FAAAAAAAAAACK!

[@gameguru42392]

Pikachu history: broken af.

[@Adam-to5xu]

2:01 weirdest audio edit ever.

[@cereal6372]

G&W competitive history

[@loading...948]

Anyone who has combos and is fast is top tier.

[@douglasarchibald1427]

IF you want a better quality video. Check out false swipe gamings video about smash bros pikachu. He's also done jigglypuff and falcon. while they don't cover ultimate. They are overall a better video

[@gabrielplayz8647]

I knew it!!!! Pikachu is technically a god.

[@Exl6243]

I have to ask: Did you guys have to ask False Swipe Gaming to make this series? Or did you guys just decide to make it?

[@iswiftyfox8997]

Do Luigi Kirby yoshi or Fox next

[@Michiko-San]

We need a 64 skin pack for the original fighters from the first game

[@Ozionian]

Local Bastard pancakes against the floor.

[@JoshuaSmith-hd4bm]

Fun fact: there are *85* Poke ball Pokémons in the Smash series (discounting Charizard)

[@W_Sinner]

PIKACHU *BUSTED*

[@howplayz3592]

Someone predicted Covid! 12:52

[@DoubleCFiend]

No, the pandemic was recognized two days before that match was played.

[@GorillaGround]

Pikachu the Electric mouse Pokemon. "Pro"guides: tHuNdEr SqUralLl?

[@teddypanda9068]

Holy moly! Please do Luigi next!

[@ruthlessrevolt2258]

64:bottom tier shit Melee: alright but carried by wavedashing Brawl: mediocre Smash 4:decent Ultimate:mid

[@teddypanda9068]

@@ruthlessrevolt2258 Thank you for that summary, but Weegee in Ultimate definitely is high. The only thing containing his power level is his horrible air speed and crippling lack of range on his standards attacks.

[@polarraising]

Thunder ... squirrel ??? Pikachu is a Mouse ..smh

[@backup368]

If Pikachu is so rare, how does it get so many knockoff species?