The most BROKEN Assist Trophy in SSF2 History...

[@Jam-og1km]

It's a shame cause I think the spirtes for him and Misa look amazing

[@kai_s.hazaki289]

I think those are Jump Allstar sprites

[@xoasisx]

they're from jump super/ultimate stars

[@randomdude9630]

true id bang that misa sprite so hard shed become an HD image

[@tomasfarinha5775]

Just make it so if you hit him he stops writing completely What is light yagami gonna do against an hedgehog throwing hands?

[@TheForsakenEggs]

Instead of just resting it, make it so every hit adds 1 or 2 seconds to the timer with at 20 seconds he goes away. This would make it so the person would have to take a break from fighting to hit them and the opponent would have to defend light

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock]

Nah... I like the 1st guys comment better it makes it more interesting

[@DragonMaster1818]

@@TheForsakenEggshow would multihits work with that then?

[@TheForsakenEggs]

@@DragonMaster1818 maybe ranges from 0.5 secs to 1 sec per hit?

[@Litten-sb7eg]

​@@TheForsakenEggsThat would be pretty cool actually, just wondering if the amount of hits can change depending on how big the map is..?

[@ThatOneAlternateUniverseAries]

The way to balance light, fix the infinite assist trophy glitch

[@DragonPrinceZaCaliber]

Seriously.

[@igodreamer7096]

that simple, exactly

[@TeknightJ]

Presumably though, that glitch can be enjoyable in a non-competitive scenario. If you’re screwing around with your friends, then that kind of niche glitch is hilariously fun, just look at the videos around the time nearly the same glitch was discovered in Smash Ultimate, it was hilarious. Nintendo removed it because they don’t like players experiencing the game in a way they didn’t intend, but the Smash Flash devs embrace that kind of thing. Removing the glitch would remove that option from the players

[@apersoniguess_]

Then make it an option you can toggle, easy

[@G1sandG1rlsGaming]

@@TeknightJ Removing Light from the game entirely removed that option from players so your point is moot.

[@HaroldX762]

Can't even have shit in a fan game

[@six_buck_dlc]

its a flash game what do you expect

[@chrisrockett5897]

Fr. I honestly think they complain more than the main Smash fanbase.

[@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770]

It IS pretty overpowered tho.

[@randomlyKami]

@@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770 dude, it's Light and the Death Note, just turn off assist trophies or whatever

[@knuclear200x]

​@randomlyKami then how would you get other assist trophies?

[@robertpaiva4953]

I actually just thought of a way to balance light. Light doesn't write the opponent's name in The death Note right after he is summoned. Instead when he is summoned he starts going on one of his incredibly long mental rants, just standing there and making a creepy face for 20-60 seconds. (I'm not sure how long it should be) After he stops thinking he finally pulls out the death note and writes the opponent's name in it, starting the 10-second timer.

[@kenyon7619]

Balance with a arguably fair amount of funny

[@DarknessXxMaster]

Since Misa is with him, why not have her actively seeking out names with her ability. The one that gets spotted has to KO Misa before she can get back to Light to write the name in the Death Note. The Eye of the Shinigami can float above the character that Light and Misa were summoned against, starting the doom counter of 10 seconds. In that 10 seconds, you have to KO the oppoment before the timer reaches 0 to cancel the effects, altering your fate. Call it "Erasing your name from the Death Note" but I think the latter is more important. If Misa is KO'd, Light can't see the identity of the name he needs to write, so he doesn't bring out the Death Note. He instead just self-dismisses (The police appear and arrest him, dismissing the assist lol)

[@Apronika]

You could probably take him out if you hone in on him like in the anime.

[@TheFakeMakotoYuki]

Why didn’t they just increase the timer. In cannon it takes 40 seconds for the basic death anyways

[@Roto3]

​@@DarknessXxMaster she literally does that in the game. It's pretty damn easy not let her see you.

[@BizarreJokestar]

It was later ported over to CMC+, where they opted to just spike the opponent no matter where they are at the end of the ten seconds countdown.

[@somebol9047]

Cool it's like Black Mage's down air and Arceus in OG Smash Bros

[@UCDitto]

​@@somebol9047Arceus doesn't spike if youre grounded

[@somebol9047]

@@UCDitto It spikes if you're offstage

[@six_buck_dlc]

@@somebol9047or somewhat aerial, but Light spikes on the ground like luigi taunt

[@gemeosnosgames]

What does CMC+ means?

[@shiftyboi7102]

Fix the inf assist glitch ❌ Remove entirely the assist ✅

[@SpiralDownward]

Ah, the Bethesda method

[@angulinhiduje6093]

@@SpiralDownward nah bethesda would wait for a community created fix and sell it as dlc

[@parmesan6133]

@@angulinhiduje6093 then said dlc will proceed to completely break the game even further until 3 updates later 😂

[@Sh1ranu1]

How have people not said the obvious solution. We’ve seen instant kills in smash bros, give him a countdown of however long, and if they are 100% or above they die

[@TheOnlyCelciAndDontYouForgetIt]

If they aren't over 100%, they don't die because Light's dumbass wrote the name in wrong

[@Oraciion_]

It kinda ruins the entire point of a Death Note. It's a Death Note, not a Finish Off Wounded People Note. Another commenter said hitting him to interrupt him would be the most logical answer and I honestly agree.

[@Notagrill1]

@@Oraciion_the countdown should just insanity set the other persons to 999% so their basically already dead but they still have some input

[@Jabura]

​@@Oraciion_you really have no idea how a Death Note works

[@Oraciion_]

@@Jabura My brother in Christ, what would be lethal if you stop him from writing your name? 😭😭

[@tristancampbell4941]

I'm surprised to see so many references to the SSF2 community hating something just because it's OP (Which is why it was rare). If you hate the trophy so much, tell them to add the option to disable certain assists, not remove it entirely.

[@Idontlikemortals]

There were gonna be more but smash purists didn't like thst

[@AyoSteven.Official]

Honestly why I stay out the community. Too many salty cry babies just not toggling the item off or turning off items in general

[@framedthunder6436]

​@@Idontlikemortals I wonder what's the point of that type of player following Smash flash, god sake play the real game

[@Hashiramasenju69420]

​@@framedthunder6436So true. The amount of complaints they are having for a free fan made game

[@iiokrammii693]

Broke mfs that just couldn't get the real game ig SMH my head

[@OddDeity]

Misa: I can't live in a world without Light. L: Things most certainly would be dark.

[@belstar1128]

he is actually called r

[@Pefonmo]

In Jump Ultimate Stars, Light is an assist character with a similar ability. He just drops an apple on your head and if you get hit, you get the insta kill countdown

[@will_d76]

holy shit! I always tried to use the light koma on that game but never found someone explaining what "judgement effect" actually meant. ty

[@LeoTheGamingCat]

Honestly, best way to balance him is two things: 1. Make it so Light will write *any* name at random, including whoever summoned him at equal chance. It now becomes a game to see who dies. 2. Make it so Light can be interrupted.

[@Callie_with_a_bible]

Or make it so he gives a very VERY strong spike when the countdown reaches 0, meaning that if you're even just a LIL bit off stage you're dead. Or make it so it only kills you at 100% or above.

[@elcuboamarillogd]

​@@Callie_with_a_bible i think it could be better if light killed when you have at least 30% considering how rare he was

[@carloses]

then he would just get interrupted every single time, cuz no one would want to take a chance to just randomly lose a stock

[@hoodedman6579]

That first thing isn’t balancing him, it’s just making him even more groan-inducing because now it sucks even when you get him.

[@LeoTheGamingCat]

@hoodedman6579 It's more a High Risk, High Reward. While I get that it sounds groan worthy when you get it, it can also lead to some very hype moments when Light comes in clutch. There could be a lesser rate to backfire, but still could, leading to a good upset in a fight.

[@jettvalen7326]

I feel like having a set period where Light has to study his surroundings to determine the name of his victim would have been cool. It could be a mad dash away from the area he spawned in.

[@Victini415]

Yo, imagine if the trophy could backfire that way-

[@taylornicty1170]

The one that made us taunt was crazy

[@axolotlfan6433]

Samba De Amigo as an assist trophy surely was wild

[@fabri7932]

Samba de Amigo. Hope one day it makes into Smash, I like Amigo's design

[@RandomAnimeGamer]

fix a bug ❌ add a menu to disable certain assists ❌ completely remove something cool ✅

[@Bryan-yf5yq]

Light has four seconds (symbolizing death) to write a name. If he’s hit, he’s “caught,” and he burns the notebook, and disappears. Otherwise, the opponent dies in 40 seconds, like in the anime,. If you really wanna go crazy make it so that it’s a random chance of who he kills, or even that he only goes after which ever player has more stocks, because he’s always about going after powerful people. Or have it that Misa plays a role and has to grab an opponent in a few seconds to get a name

[@PhantomOfChaos]

One way to balance him is to make it so that he only gets the opponents name if they get to close to him.

[@blu7220]

Okay removing something in a fangame is dumb there are like 2 or more ways to balance that > Make it so hitting the other player switches the timer in him > Make hitting the other player remove the timer all together >Make hitting light remove the timer, making the game change into a "protect the president" thing > (Weakest change) Make the timer much much longer longer

[@arturocabrera237]

Actual fun suggestions. The first one especially sounds so fun with the right people.

[@chrisrockett5897]

The first option sounds lit.

[@snintendog]

the Canon 40 seconds til heart attack or like the top comment of Light Blathering on as Copy Pasta level dialogues appear before he writes down the name also will nerf him. Or just fix the assist trophy glitch what breaks alot more than just light.

[@mcthaa7363]

or simply make it blockable with the shield >.>

[@zanyskeleton5291]

​@@mcthaa7363That's a bit too crazy if a nerf imo. I say if you interrupt Light 3 times within a 40 second time frame then he cannot kill you since these are similar to the death note rules where you can't misspell someone's name 3 times

[@Wingspand1]

Yeah, this sounds like the smash community.

[@mikederdrache3305]

Yeah no the community is straight up weird sometimes. Y’all really complaining about the rarest assist trophy? When items are optional? Y’all no better the smash players tbh.

[@HaroldX762]

For real. Always complaining

[@3twibles4sweetrevenge]

??? Who tf do you think plays smash fan games?? Baseball fans, sewing enthusiasts and christians? Of course they're no better than smash players

[@Knockoff_Zacian]

But it's broken

[@gabrielaragon9562]

I'm 100% sure this community has problems, always i ser a short or video about the game, they are alway complaining for something... Literally everything

[@axinhedgelion8417]

@@3twibles4sweetrevengeI played Smash Flash until Sora got added to Smash Bros

[@jakesnow8042]

They could make it so you have 10 seconds to get over to him and knock the pen out of his hand before he writes your name down or you snatch the pen out of his hand using the grab button and just for a great reference when you grab there's an extremely small chance that you get a potato chip instead of a pen

[@gamenwatch6269]

Wow I forgot Amigo was in the assist trophies back in the day. He was pretty OP too. Wish they didn't get rid of my boy.

[@314Pirasy]

Considering Misa's right there, an opportunity could've been to make it so that you need to interact with her in some way. Make it so that the nametag is what Light has to write in the Death Note and he can't see it, so Misa has to tell him. So like, if the opponent hits her or gets knocked into her in the 10 seconds after they spawn, she tells Light and he writes it down. If not, they just despawn.

[@OgaTasumi]

i swear there was a thing back when i played that Misa had to see you for it to work. so staying above or behind her (or below i guess its been a decade) could prevent the whole effect. mandala effect at its finest i guess.

[@KnuxWich]

I didn't knew what Death Note was back then, so I thought Light was crying instead of laughing

[@cantthinkofaname750]

I remember not knowing the reference and being creeped out by his laugh. And even muting the computer to not hear it when he popped. Then I watched death note a few years later and it was like a war flashback.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Lol. 😂

[@jin_desu_yo]

Light spawning in Takada is the closest smash players will get to being near a woman

[@LydianWilks]

That's not even Takada, that's Misa 😭

[@scanchannel3259]

Lol

[@baggelissonic]

It only spawn Misa Misa (Misa Amane), not Takada

[@gioihoiminoi]

Couldn’t even get the name right

[@bdo333]

Who tf complaining about items when they're optional

[@PaintraSeaPea]

Because there still needs to be a reasonable level of balance to maintain fun even in casual play

[@bdo333]

@PaintraSeaPea low spawn rate.

[@PaintraSeaPea]

@@bdo333 That doesnt really fix the problem. It's as if the game had a random chance of making you lose instantaneously. The problem is there's no way to skillfully manage it, you just literally have to pray on the RNG to be in your favor.

[@bdo333]

@@PaintraSeaPea It's for a stock not the entire game.

[@ghostsheepy.]

​@bdo333 yeah but just losing your stock with no play around feels bad and isn't fun, that's not great considering that casual play is literally playing for fun

[@Kulkogo]

I would’ve increased the timer. Gives the opponent enough time to at least make a comeback.

[@Mario2980]

I mean, a better suggestion is this, instead of death from heart attack, make the "death" a cause of death instead, and this can be as random as a truck suddenly appearing and hitting you, but more importantly *it can be evaded or countered*

[@redstonewarrior0152]

Better idea. Remove the 10 second timer. As soon as Light writes a name, the opponent dies. Instead, make Light go on a 9 second rant before writing the opponent's name for 1 second. If Light gets hit before he finishes writing a name, he drops the death note and then despawns a short while later.

[@juliandelapena4293]

Make light go into a full megalomaniac inner monologue and give the opponent time to stop him writing the name.

[@Amity_ishere]

​@@juliandelapena4293adding an internal monologue for every single character? Or just him saying "isjqbfjajfjqbfjsjf"?

[@ricepatty5551]

That’s kinda insane that casual players complained about the balance of an item, and one with a low spawn rate at that. If you want a fair fight just disable all items atp, getting killed by the death note has to be funny asf

[@Cashbans]

Yep, Just make Assist trophy toggle

[@Sickmmaner]

Gotta remember that even casual players want to play a game that's fun. An assist that instantly kills you no matter what is no fun to play again, even if it's really rare to get.

[@TheKorenji]

​@@Sickmmanerwouldn't the solution be just making it preventable?

[@Sickmmaner]

@@TheKorenji Ye, but then how do you do that while keeping the source material of "If your name gets written, you die"? I suppose you could hit Light before he writes your name, but that could make the assist useless, making it bad for the user to get. So the assist either does nothing or instantly kills you.

[@ivanyy]

@@Sickmmaner That sounds better for a rare assist than just removing it.

[@AndrewChumKaser]

To be clear: instantly killing you was not what makes him unfun: what makes him unfun is that he's non-interactive. Once the countdown begins there's nothing you can do except try to take a stock in retaliation just to possibly break even.

[@AndGoatz04]

I think setting them to 999% would be appropriate, leaving you on literally OHKO but still letting you have a chance without putting on a timer

[@nightmare3642]

You know what? I know people would complain about this, but I actually find this a viable solution. People would say that's not how the death note works, but I would imagine the way to explain it is that Light wrote down (Insert opponent) dies by (Insert player), and the Death Note weakened you to where one hit would kill you.

[@janmarcoperezbatres2203]

You've shown me that SSF2 players complain about everything. They really hate fun.

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

If its an anime character they LOVE to get rid of it. They will always look down on it as lesser fictional characters

[@scanchannel3259]

​@@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970People in general.

[@bahmot9501]

They could have made it so the countdown stops if you take a stock from the one who summoned him.

[@chrisluvener173]

The way to balance is to either have a counter, making it where you can disable it before it pops, or have it where you can remove the countdown in some way, or both the above

[@dariancastro5575]

They could have just made an option to disable him when you’re playing.

[@mamamia5668]

There was…

[@triplecrosscounter]

I remember playing this before i even knew what deathnote was and being confused on how i died instantly

[@memeboi69-k3v]

You could balance it by only allowing one Light Yagami to summon in a match, and if another one is summoned, it is forcefully despawned immediately.

[@nora-yc6fi]

Fixing a glitch? Nah Removing a fun reference? Yes sirr

[@marcus7984]

Should have just added him the roster. Or just ask people turn him off.

[@Youknowjoe187]

"No fun allowed" ass removal 😭🙏

[@UnrealEggo]

It could've spawned a meter as well that fills up with the more damage you deal in that 10 - 15 second window, the higher the bar, the less extreme the punishment for failing. If you don't do any damage or very little damage during that window of time you die whereas if your bar is halfway or nearly full you'd only receive a set amount of damage (maybe knock back as well but I'm less inclined to including that because of balancing tbh) Light could've also applied unique status affects referencing how you could chose how the death note kills them (it's stated that if the user does not specify how the death should occur the book defaults to a lethal heart attack)

[@Needwagon4Speedwagon]

I liked hearing his crazy ass laugh

[@kagerisu]

Make Light easily killable then it would be a balanced assist trophy

[@programofuse8731]

You could make it where at the end of the count down the opponent takes an unbearable amount of damage and is possibly stunned

[@GamerLord64]

They could have nurfed him by letting you attack light before your name gets written if you punch him in a short time you cancel the assist you are unable to hit him in time the timer starts and you loose a life

[@Porpolhot]

Kirs really pulled the card he used on Naomi

[@IsiahHand]

Just give him a hurtbox and make him killable for a time period before you’re insta-ko’d

[@anthonyoliver418]

I think make him only be able to spawn once per match, and make him killable so that if you kill him before he finishes writing you can stop him from getting off the instant kill.

[@aseldesu]

SSF2 used to be such a for fun game, pandering so much to a competitive scene can really neuter games I'm still mad that they got rid of all the transformation final smashes like ultimate did, what's the point of each character having a final smash if it's just gonna be "one instance big damage" for all of them?

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Ong Bankai Ichigo is way cooler than Mugetsu, same with super Saiyan for Goku. Making the hollow mask the taunt hurts as well cause that's also awesome.

[@Random_User666]

Maybe have it so that something like a scythe (or maybe Ryuk) would appear when Light writes in the death note and the thing would do something that causes the timer, but the thing that starts the timer has some startup that’s slow enough for an opponent to dodge the attack but quick enough to catch the opponent of guard. This was how they balanced Light’s assist in Jump Ultimate Stars and it works pretty well there.

[@Researcher_Dr_Gold]

Wait, what if: When the counter starts counting, you have to quickly kill the enemy opponent If 10 seconds isn’t enough, make it 20 or 30, possibly depending on some factors

[@baronbrummbar8691]

well 64s would be a refrence to the 6min 40s of the source

[@baronbrummbar8691]

well or just 40s if you skip the later phases

[@triview129]

Imagine if he became a playable character

[@megafan1137]

SSF2 players complaining about an item I *guarantee* they had turned off anyway

[@Luigi3289]

One way to balance light is instead of the opponent dying, they would just take 100% damage, but wouldn’t kill them

[@cstick2664]

Ok, the assist trophy is too overpowered. Just make him a fighter who has a straight up win button instead

[@megafan1137]

this would actually be an incredible April Fool's bit

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Maybe make it so he takes a long time to write the name down and can be Interrupted by an attack

[@dankl3ss194]

They could have just used L

[@dominicperez3777]

HOLD UP. THERE'S A SUPER SMASH FLASH 2?! My whole entire life I always thought that there was only a single Super Smash Flash and some of the more rarer characters I never got to unlock, but I never knew there was a Second Super Smash Flash until I watched this short just now! 😮

[@diegoxavier9107]

Look at Misa just vibing there, using her Shinigami eyes. What a lass

[@i.bbluecreepachu3728]

You could have it so if when you pick up an assist trophy it's preset to a character so if it's dropped it's still the same character and have it so light has a chance to write the opponents name and then otherwise have it so his pen/pencil is out of ink/tip breaks off and have that predetermined before placing the trophy

[@alexanderkyle]

I’m not sure how it works or used to, but I’d make it have a long startup and be interruptible. If you can pop it and then juggle the opponent for long enough to let it happen, then they’re as good as dead anyways. Seems fair enough.

[@theoverseer393]

If they had assists toggleable it wouldn’t be an issue

[@RivalChain]

Make the writing animation longer, if he gets hit it’s over, but if he does write your name, game over

[@JosiahJoine]

What they should have done: if you hit light and destroy the notebook, you won’t die

[@return_h3669]

How to balance. A 40 second countdown. He can be summon only one time (basically he will not be resummon on the whole match). If you hit him, he despawns. Done

[@CodeKirby]

thats awesome, and the fact that they had the hindsigh tto give them a timer is awesome.

[@masonasaro2118]

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” -the sound of my nightmarea after that godamn assist trophy event in the demo version

[@BlackHole22410]

Welcome to youtube :3 I will watch your career with much interest😼

[@LuffyMcDuck]

They could have just made him work like in Jump Ultimate Stars: when Light Yagami is summoned a purple eye appears an unless you dodge it, your character dies.

[@Booyah_TG]

Have the opponent freeze for 30 seconds, but you can't damage them

[@Fishofmanyhonor]

They could have made him attackable meaning you got ten seconds to take him down while an opponents on you.

[@polybius8571]

Maybe make it like the SP Flag from Smash. If you can keep it sustained for a few seconds without being hit, you get a free life. Just the inverse

[@MixmasterCorn]

Ooooh I remember this; i knew of deathnote but never watched it and didn’t know it was light, so anytime I saw him and the timer I’d be so confused

[@silverbladeO2]

Make it so that when the 10 second countdown starts, make the player either have to collect evidence on the stage OR hit the opponent a certain amount of time to fill in the letters of their name (longer or shorter names would fill more or less letters per hit, making them all standardized) then when the requirements are fullfilled, summon Misa and play the writing animation as it was intended

[@Swaiznhe]

Wasn't it simpler to just go the jump stars ultimate (ds) route? You summon him, he writes the name and an apple falls on top of the enemy, if they block the apple or punch light before it falls they are safe, if not the countdown starts.

[@dustypaladin9216]

Idea, make it 40 seconds like in the anime. 40 seconds is far longer but still puts pressure on the opponent, as they now need to play aggressively to win.

[@ImVice1]

You could balance it by making that you have to hit the opponent a certain amount of times or do a certain amount of damage in a short time to obtain the opponents full name and then touch kira to give it to him

[@papersonic9941]

Honestly, they should've just made it so you could hit Light to disable the countdown.

[@baronbrummbar8691]

or make the countdown 40s long as it was in the source

[@studmuffin3531]

Just make it so if they get to over 125% during the countdown or they’re already at it they die

[@Eli-iq4ev]

There is change if who appears maybe sometimes he appears with Misa or Ryuk or by himself with M+L having the lowest time. R+L Take a bit longer (as if light was tryna convince ryuk to help) and Then L by himself where he randomly teleports around the stage then writes the player name into the book but if he gets hit 3 separate times he goes away

[@Satellaview1889]

Move through timer to before he writes and give him a health bar. The timer is now a countdown _until_ he writes the name, so the opponent has an opportunity to jump in and hit him. Light also has abysmal health, like 1 HP. This means that for ten seconds, the player who spawned him is jumping around trying to protect light, and the opponent just needs to find an opening. It feels in-line with his actual abilities, but still makes him powerful.

[@UnofficialGreenie]

an idea is that the target could punch light to make his page get torn appart, making it that the death note effect cancels idk if this is accurate to the anime, sorry :(

[@Lusmincrs]

I mean someone already said a good way to nerf Light is to make it so you can attack him and potentially remove him before he could write your name down

[@MrPlayerOneP1]

haven't played in years, but as far as i remember, it can be shielded right after the countdown ends so you can't die

[@PedroMiguelJesus-d4u]

Give Sandbox to player was a mistake

[@quede8794]

They should've made Light hittable, with a very high amount of % and be able to defend himself a little, *little* bit

[@areniag]

They should of made it some sort of damageable character to whoever manages to destroy it, and gets the assist

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

Should make it so you have a few seconds to grab them to keep them still so she can read the name and still give it the few seconds afterwards

[@Graylyknight]

A way to balance it, update it to 20-30 seconds and if the enemy kills you within that time, light is stopped

[@Snt1_]

Why not 40 like in Death Note?

[@touhou8765]

They could've made it so you had to defeat your opponent in a certain way, just like in the anime, for example "knock out opponent above with a Meteor Smash move" and it would earn you double knockout points or take 2 stocks...with a 60 second time limit to do so

[@GiovaneAstronomo97]

Ryuk: *Ahahahahah they did you out Light* Light: *Shut up Ryuk*

[@Jetterz1999]

Honestly I would just make it like Thwack. The victim only dies if their damage percentage is high enough, otherwise it does a small amount of damage instead

[@MrAsaqe]

It should be like Kenshiro's Zankai Ken. A 10 second countdown to take down your foe and if you downed them the timer terminates with a visial of the death note burning

[@ThomasWeaver1992]

Set it to 40 seconds, because that’s the time limit in canon

[@MyMilho]

this light was asset flipped from jump ultimate stars for Nintendo ds, and there he writes the name and spawns an apple in the head of the enemy that then falls and triggers the countdown, so... you could easily dodge if you wanted... they could just bring that to balance it

[@schuylernuckolls5191]

Simple idea while keeping him consistent with the source material, he can be knocked out to drop the death note and it is intractable, second he can be staggered to prevent him from writing the name and also cannot write it while being summoned, Third he takes no sides and attacks any player at random, Fourth he does not instakill unless you are at 100% damage, if you are not you get launched at high speed in a random direction taking at least 25% damage Fifth you can parry the damage or dodge it

[@lilcharmyb9277]

I do like how Misa is there to use her Shinigami Eyes to tell Light the persons name. That was a cool idea, high key they need to bring the assist trophy back.

[@JordanKobernik]

I have a way to balance him instead of the 10-second timer make it 40 like in the show and you have 40 seconds to kill your opponent before the timer runs out and it kills you instead and if you kill the opponent first the timer gets removed that would be pretty balanced I'd say