THE WORLD'S BEST LITTLE MAC GOES IN

[@momojishu]

There were so many situations vs ESAM where peanut just straight up had the read and outplayed but the Pikachu jank just made it all whiff. The clank on the KO punch, the thunder in the middle of jab lock, hurtbox shifting away from the counter on the thunder, etc.

[@c1yd335]

The KO punch was just jank, but everything else was literally just the character. The Thunder was because once it gets activated it doesn’t stop, the bolt goes until it hits something. It wasn’t hurtbox shifting on the counter, it was INVINCABILITY FRAMES. In the words of a bald man- Pikachu? Busted.

[@yharim180]

I feel like specifically mac vs pikachu is such a horrendous matchup for mac. I mean a ton of his matchups are already bad but pika vs mac feels like something else. On another note, what does monika main in ultimate?

[@momojishu]

@@yharim180 I am a digusting shameless Aegis main.

[@Noba46688]

@@momojishu PHOTON EDGE

[@yharim180]

@@momojishu crying rn

[@disqord3416]

Video has once again shown me the power of pikachu bs lol Major props to peanut. Always a pleasure seeing him fight.

[@actfree6897]

Love to see how far his Mac has come.

[@corbingarrison7167]

His plot armor followed him from the anime

[@doctor_roidberg7631]

Jesus Christ the jank on Pikachu is unreal. Beyblade triple back air offstage for a kill at pathetic percents, Peanut read the down B like a book and hard countered for absolutely zero reward, then ESAM manages to call down another bolt from Zeus in the middle of getting juggled by uptilt. Fair and balanced.

[@Okenpo]

Up tilt strings like that aren't true. I think that thunder was pretty fair and intelligent. BUT I agree that Pikachu is NUTS 😂

[@notalive5479]

​@@Okenpo A quick google search says that the thunderbolt comes out on frame 2 and connects with Pikachu on frame 13. That is pretty ridiculous considering that its impossible to tell if Pikachu uses it if you're close to him and knock him out of lag, and how much reward there is when it hits.

[@animefanrk2k]

Ladies and gentlemen: the tier list.

[@Str1ke-YT]

Ladies and gentlemen Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

[@DanielOfDuty]

Ladies and Gentlemen: LET THE HYPE SCREAMING AND YELLING BATTLE BEGINS!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@blackoriginthreshold7126]

I swear😭😭 its so un-winable on a pro level

[@yeepsleep]

At least the worst character in the game can make it to GFs. Could you imagine Smash 4 Puff in a Smash 4 GFs? I’m sad too but lets be a little thankful lol

[@randomperson4280]

Ladies and gentlemen : the Nintendo switch

[@i_am_lazy1746]

The funny part is that Peanut actually has beaten Esam before, and with how hard Esam rocked Peanut, it makes me think that Esam lost to Peanut, then HARD studied Little Mac just so he could win the runback.

[@r.u.s.e3586]

I remember seeing that actually. Only that win was in friendlies which might also have something to do with it. You might be on to something though, if it's true it's hilarious :P

[@extonjonas6820]

I mean maybe, he probably had little experience playing against a mac

[@Clown_Syndrome]

@@r.u.s.e3586 He also lost the friendly he played against Wadi though, so maybe there's a chance if he studies the pikachu mu.

[@LuvMehSi]

@@r.u.s.e3586 you think Esam, wants to be known as someone who lost against what he has deemed as the worst character in the game? He hella hard studied.

[@RebelHeartVA]

maybe studying, but pikajank also helped quite a bit on those games lol

[@gaelthehuman1290]

Man every time, it’s literally magic seeing peanut salvage all potential Little Mac has and uses it to his advantage. It’s awesome

[@huntgbunt]

The fact that Pikachu never got nerfed still baffles me

[@StyxYRenegade]

For real

[@huntgbunt]

@@StyxYRenegade Sakurai clearly biased

[@ilikesodaa1643]

and pichu got a mountain of nerfs following ultimates release :(

[@lambchu6459]

There were no Pikachu's in Japan. That's all it comes down to.

[@RafaelReyn]

How many nerfs does Pikachu need to lose to Mac??????

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

You just KNOW ESAM was sweating his balls off mashing for those 2 Thunders 😂

[@hutch6728]

That reverse slowmo on the shield break actually looked sick wtf

[@HawkTeevs]

I’ve always said that Pikachu cheats, but this was a whole other level. Like come on, Peanut perfectly countered that thunder, but Pikachu just straight up said “Nope”.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

1:16 In my head I can just hear *"We'll begin the curl-ups now. Ready? Begin! Up. Down, 1. Up. Down, 2"*

[@salem7998]

Yeah I just had my fitness test with that😂

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I like how the curl-up audio ended with "That's rough, buddy" it's like the commentators knew what Hbox was doing

[@lloydaran]

9:08 "This game is unfinished!" Hungrybox, professional Melee player, about Ultimate

[@GazerPlur420]

Gives his statement some merit, don't you think? Lol

[@theflashgordon193]

lmao

[@rockyino99]

one game was made 20 years ago and had a super rushed development. The other was made by a billion dollar corporation with no rushed development. I know they are both nintendo, but with how big of a company nintendo is atm its inexcusable to be releasing games with these kind of poor functioning abilities and hit/hurtboxes

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

Rockyino Rushed is rushed. Don't matter the time or money.

[@jesuspernia8031]

@@rockyino99 Yet the “rushed” one feels trillions of times better than the “no rushed” one Movement is much smoother and there’s many ways to play a single character unlike the 1 dimensional way you play each character in Ultimate.

[@overlordjames6644]

Pikachu: back airs 1 time. Little Mac: guess I'll die.

[@orangeslash1667]

Mac's missed that time, thus leaving him self wide open for punishment.

[@overlordjames6644]

@@orangeslash1667 just don't miss bro.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@overlordjames6644 yeah

[@dennisd.4726]

Wadi is literally the best smash personality to ever exist. He's so fuckin funny and likable. What an awesome dude

[@idunnohonestly9519]

well that aged poorly

[@leongarcia4041]

​@idunnohonestly9519 what happened??

[@ishaan9265]

@@leongarcia4041 sexual harassment/manipulation/grooming/pedophilia

[@xWiranekx]

@@leongarcia4041 wadi got exposed for being a shit friend and a sex creep. you know, the usual smash community thing

[@abyzz6252]

@@idunnohonestly9519 y

[@dano_2771]

That shield break was almost like a jumpscare for Wadi

[@oddlang687]

He absolutely demolished Wadi that last game oml

[@leog223]

Those finals were literally one word Unfair

[@ClassicBentobox]

KO punch should never trade under any circumstance. Pikachu is a legit menace and it’ll only become more obvious with time. Our only hope is to bring Esam to Boxing Ring for the mental game.

[@skapaloka222]

ehhh, it was aerial ko punch which is supposed to be bad and stupid… but the thunder, back air, and powering through a perfect counter were stupid busted.

[@Brendicoot30]

This video didn’t show that Mac was insane, it showed that Pikachu is unfair

[@mampfsgradmeter1768]

One day, Peanut will win a major and then Tier lists are gonna be remade

[@T00n4m1]

[ 8:07 ] This is some Star Platinum shit. What a finishing blow, man.

[@FlightX101]

I already knew Pika was gonna eat him alive for any mistake. Back air is STILL busted as hell lol

[@peluquin98]

And nintendo buffed that multi hit shit.... As if was something that affected that rat. Maybe not many people play pika but i guess the main reason is that people don't want to feel dirty, just like people refusing to pick bayo back then on smash4

[@r.u.s.e3586]

@@peluquin98 It's more because all the super good stuff Pika has requires some very strict input discipline. It's very helpful but there are other good characters that can play well without so much practice.

[@FlightX101]

@@r.u.s.e3586 i agree its not fully brain dead so ESAM's Pika will remain nerf free as of now :)

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@FlightX101 triple back air kill confirm is easier than recovering as mac at 15% seems pretty brain dead to me.

[@jtrooper9749]

I love how this entire comment section ignores how well both players were playing and just essentially goes "this games unfair" and I am 110% for it

[@ekothesilent9456]

I think we can agree that Mac vs pika is unfair.

[@SydwasheretheIII]

They were both playing well, and that’s what makes the unfair jank so sad. The matches with ESAM were often neck and neck because they both played their souls out, but then the deadlock gets broken by some jank…

[@hypersnake7904]

8:54 theres bs but then theres just a septic tank

[@smashmallow1012]

Mark my words, peanut will win a tournament one day. I believe in him

[@SirGigster]

You either hate Pikachu or you main him

[@K0DA._.]

You can do both.

[@notauri1693]

Alternative choice: you main Pichu

[@Da_Mang0_]

I just realized; there's always a pokemon with a green bandana that nobody wants to see him win

[@zakariahaddad6151]

The pikachu vs Mac sets was the most jank I’ve seen in this game in a long time

[@xann2681]

Its such a gigachad move to be this good at the game and choose the worst character, mad respect

[@NPCPlayerOne]

Pikachu needs to get his nonexistent kneecaps broken in smash 6.

[@santiagoherrera1853]

5:50 Oh yeah..... aparently K.O punch straight up doesn't work if your oponent (and I think you) are in the air, it only works if you land it on the ground. And then it trated

[@directorh7649]

KO punch works in the air. It just doesn't have the same properties it would have in the air

[@santiagoherrera1853]

@@directorh7649 I know it hits, but it sends nowhere, I remember I saw a Clip a long time ago where a Mac K.O punched an Incineroar at 90% in the air, it hit but it send him nowhere

[@directorh7649]

@@santiagoherrera1853 trades cause then to go nowhere. Aerial KO punch kills, but it's around 150%

[@lazyryan3766]

I think you can do it off the ledge and transition to grounded ko punch if you're at just the right elevation to put your feet on the stage, kinda like an inverse of how aerial warlock punch works

[@directorh7649]

@@lazyryan3766 totally, it's called a Gazelle punch. That's what he tried to do. However, failed Gazelle punch leads to aerial KO punch

[@testhekid]

once again peanut is normalizing the mixture of the words "mac" and "finals" in one sentence

[@securatyyy]

I love how the other player just doesn't exist to the announcers. Like all focus is on lil Mac during the match and it's fantastic.

[@RealYoshy64]

Mac 3 stock? This has to be the peak of Peanut’s ability surely he can’t win… or can he?

[@The4gotNdeath]

Man I love watching peanut play. It brings back so many good memories of watching noble sol play back in smash 4

[@mackenzieman2331]

Yo Peanut tried so hard and did so good, that was the most unfair grand finals ever, i bet not a Single viewer cheered for esam during these two sets

[@akanesunset133]

He's beaten esam in a Bo5 before Honestly if they never played eachother Esam loses. 100%

[@justsayin4632]

Mario Ref count had me rolling. 😂 Props for honoring the bet lol.

[@lyrics2challenged]

WaDi could 3-0 Leo in a Grands set then go to the next tournament and get smashed by a random Yink player lmao. Like this dude has such a high ceiling, but the floor is an abyss down from it. Love WaDi tho

[@Johnny_bOy208]

I don’t think we will find a little Mac like Peanut. Here’s why: BC THIS MAN TOOK THE LOWEST RATED CHARACTER IN THE GAME TO GRAND FINALS AND PLACED 2ND!! EVEN WITH HIS LOSS THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO REMEMBER FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!

[@JB-fd8jy]

1: this was an online event so it wasn't that insane. That tournament wasn't even stacked. 2: he still is insane 3: there is actually a little mac player in Japan that is arguably the best little mac in Japan called tarakotori

[@roromon1970]

@@JB-fd8jy you must be fun at parties

[@JB-fd8jy]

@@roromon1970 I definitely am not fun at parties. Sorry to disappoint you

[@elliottaddison8116]

Skyjay and Peanut are champions idc what anyone says. they take the bottom of the barrel and do what nobody else will, through thousands and thousands of match ups and losses to find the way to win. They are the main characters, not the smash gods. I hope to see more low tier mains climb the ladder to prove that experience can trump raw power. Especially when you imagine the fact that peanut has played way more Mac Vs Top Tier matches than top tiers have played vs Mac. So in a way, its all relative to your individual knowledge. But boy does pikachu look like hes from a different game in this set. ESAM knows how to maximize that power. Looked like little mac was in a boss fight every time.

[@Johnny_bOy208]

@@elliottaddison8116 I can agree to that. ESAM Mac vs pikachu is super difficult for Mac

[@grapplesauce9939]

I give props to both players for their clear skill in their respective characters, but what would have happened if Esam played Samus or something, instead of Pikachu vs Peanut’s Mac? Would we get a different outcome or the same one?

[@snowwden5301]

Watching this made me feel like Little Mac was legitimately untested. I've never seen more jank in a professional setting in my life. Even more so the fact it was in Winner's Finals and beyond is crazy to me. This is why we need patches to continue, whether its official or not. I love watching this game and I hope the community survives.

[@polojn]

Funny way to spell Pikachu

[@lilkittyluna]

8:06 i see the commentator is cultured

[@cabbages982]

There is no tier list… until little mac fights a pikachu.

[@Zpaphandlerrr]

Made me remember when I mained Mac back in 4, I miss that game, I miss playing smash for fun.

[@BrolyLSSJ01]

Little Mac is the Dan Hibiki of Smash Ultimate. Popular character, low tier, has glaring issues and a lot of bad matchups, but in the right hands, can be made to look like a God and say “F the tier lists!” Safe to say that Peanut is not just the best Little Mac player. Peanut is THE Little Mac player.

[@lanzlegaspi7804]

Little Mac is the most satisfying character to play. You get to show everyone the you can beat people’s asses with someone that’s basically bottom tier and it just looks embarrassing for them

[@ChickenNEO]

Little Mac is meant to be the underdog of this game Like Toretto says, "The only thing that matters is who is behind the wheel."

[@elvisp116]

The mario animation while doing sit ups is top tier

[@Jesus-hu4lq]

Esam: sweating his ball doing all those rat combos not wanting to lose to a lowtier

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

The tier list is a lie. It’s a difficulty tier and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.

[@Soul-xy8cx]

Mmmmm pikachu is super hard to play at that level. Thats why there is only one good one.

[@c1yd335]

you cannot tell me that ganon and Pikachu are on the same level cuz both take 582858 iq to play at a pro level

[@RurouniiJay]

@@c1yd335 yeah exactly, both are insanely hard to play but both yield very different results, and have very vastly different advantage and disadvantage states.

[@extonjonas6820]

@@RurouniiJay What exactly are you trying to say here?

[@RurouniiJay]

@@extonjonas6820 that ganon is hard to play, and pika are hard to play, on a HIGH level, BUT: Pikachu will reap very different rewards for the amount of work you have to do. Ganon requires giga brain thinking, but even with all that hard work, hes capable of much less than pikachu. Someone like joker is hard to play but if u master him hes (debatably) the best character in the game.

[@KandiKid87]

Mannnnnn... Way to go PEANUT. Pikachu is such a menace and not even because it's Esam's.

[@jordancastillo2206]

to be fair. peanut having the nuts (no pun intended) to use little mac in a tournament shows that no matter if he loses, he's winning our hearts.

[@FarawayBrawlHacks]

As someone who mains Pikachu with a pocket Mac and R.O.B., I see this as an absolute win

[@milkboy9339]

Ah yes I get it. WaDi went from R.O.B. to Mewtwo because R.O.B. as a Steel type is weak to fighting and Mewtwo is strong against it. An understandable counterpick strategy.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

2:55 Guess we will never know what's Little Mac doing on a spaceship >.>

[@MrGetownedLP]

That fucking ending to the Wadi set with the disrespect to just walk forward and let your opponent fall into the abyss OMEGALUL

[@RichieRage]

Esam finally caught those boxing ring hands

[@thephantommkleo2273]

Those sit ups though

[@7inchjmed]

How do people still not know about Little Mac having a kill throw? I remember at LTC, I 3 stocked a Mii Brawler/ROB player and got super upset that I killed him with back throw. Thank God I had it on video, too 🙌

[@tyrantv4121]

ESAM carried by Pikachu, again... Huge props to Peanut for at least taking a couple stocks with a low tier and making it to grand finals. I think we all know which player has a higher skill level between the two.

[@B7UEYE]

Yeah, there’s a reason why I never watch Esams streams but always watch peanut

[@c1yd335]

Pikachu is insanely hard to play, especially at a higher level. They’re both amazing players, but sometimes it’s just a matchup difference. ESAM imo isn’t carried, he put just as much time into learning his character as Peanut. (Also in my opinion Pikachu is harder to learn just as a character whereas Little Mac requires a smarter player type in general but not as much time to learn the character itself. tl;dr pika busted but not braindead/a clutch

[@brentontreloar419]

You know you can praise someone without down talking another, they are both extremely skilled players

[@B7UEYE]

@@brentontreloar419 I wasn’t down talking him? Maybe you missed my point sorry. But it’s more fun to watch someone do really well with a bottom tier then it is to watch Esam win with a top tier over and over. You get what I mean?

[@B7UEYE]

@@c1yd335 yeah but esam wins all the time so it’s not very fun to watch. And in this matchup I don’t think it’s very hard at all for Pika, you see esam get like 2-3 stocks just with a b-air strings.

[@Dragoon_Kenji27]

1:09 THAT KILLED AT 24% WTF

[@JudeShier]

Boi that can kill Palu at like 18

[@AzureGMO]

That murdered at 24%!!!!!

[@aryaakula4614]

8:54 "No, nintendo would NEVER show favoritism!"

[@OwOraTheWitch]

Peanuts training arc meets ESAM'S villain arc.

[@soniastrumm7054]

I knew Pikachu matchups were bad but the bullshit Peanut went through at the end was unbelievable

[@garthshark119]

How peanut plays like this and STILL didn't get into summit is BEYOND me. The dude is an icon.

[@ONLY_RR7]

People don’t wanna see Little Mac succeed

[@garthshark119]

@@ONLY_RR7 they fear him is the real reason

[@PBStriker101]

Esam Fighting Mac. I need that boxing ring right now.

[@TrueReverse74]

"That's why the call him peanut he's got the brain the size of a PEANUT!" -The ant bully

[@solredqueen]

Little Mac is a skill based character. We like seeing him win because his odds are always against him. RIP.

[@djsungjinwoo3839]

Oh God Peanut is Fighting again!!!

[@alexpotts6520]

If Peanut mained Palutena or Wolf or whatever, he'd be getting to top 8 of most majors.

[@junkyyard2273]

he does secondary main wolf buuuuut he's not good at it. LM's playstyle very different from Wolf's

[@yurplethepurple2064]

If peanut played kazuya he would be top 20 in world. Think about it, a ground based fighter with a subpar disadvantage, but insane ground offense

[@el_kiks9694]

Peanut is slowly climbing the latter and I love it.

[@swordsmancs]

Peanut the GOAT frfr

[@ChiTownZzz]

Peanut outplayed ESAM. Easily. A true victim of an op vs not great character.

[@RafaelReyn]

These are one of those ultra hype moments that they are actually zero hype moments. There was literally ZERO chance Mac gets anywhere vs Esam. It's so small a chance that it's almost boring to see. Think of it from esams perspective. "Oh a Little Mac in GF? Just give me the money now lmao"

[@Howl_3DN]

From Esam’s perspective I’m safe in assuming he’d be genuinely happy for Peanut if Peanut won but Esam knows he’d actually never hear the end of it if he lost

[@RafaelReyn]

@@Howl_3DN I'm sure he would be happy that Peanut won as a player but any top player would be happy to fight a Little Mac at GF. It's a safe win for any of them.

[@r.u.s.e3586]

It's not the same but this isn't the first time the two have played. They did best to five for a Panda video a while back that Peanut won.

[@sosukeaizen7056]

Does K.O punch have a sour spot?

[@honeybadgerzombie1159]

Why yes it does, I’m glad someone asked finally. My friend mains mac cause of peanut, and we actually have an inside joke where we just randomly call out “did you know ko punch has a sour spot” because we found out the hard way one time XD

[@PhilZero]

L I Q U I D | P E A N U T for the love of god

[@sauced284]

"Pikachu Busted."

[@5inistermm_109]

game 2 vs wadi i heard “battle for glory” a dragon quest song but also channeling sm4sh wifi 4glory mac

[@markalexander6036]

That Little Mac was awesome... Tierlist aside, ESAM's Pikachu is pretty damn good too though.

[@neminem233]

Maybe Esam was right Pikachu busted

[@Peanut_SSBU]

Ballerisms

[@toxas3063]

Hello there

[@polojn]

Ayooo great run

[@zacharytruksa9127]

Hungrybox, the Ironman to Peanut's Spiderman

[@DaquanHarrison]

8:07 MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA! 8:12 MUDAAAAAAA!

[@trevordillon1921]

Like, I’m not great at this game, but usually I can keep up with what’s going on. What in the FUCK is pikachu?

[@elvisp116]

I main lil mac. And I'm pretty good. But Peanut is the goat fr. How he recovers with Mac changed the game🤯💪🏿

[@greedo194]

Alternis too

[@theAmazingJunkman]

That last stock on Wadi’s Mewtwo was absolutely rancid. Most disgusting thing I have seen in a while

[@ifSephirothwasemo]

Tbh I think pikachu should have thunder interrupted if struck just for balance on top of the fact it cancels/hides the sound of it being used

[@mercury8349]

See, THIS is why you should choose who you want to play. Even if you have a character disadvantage, you can still do well, take hungry box for example. He became the top player in the WORLD when the meta was fox in melee (fox and falco counter jiggly puff)

[@mellow6268]

Peanut's mac is living proof that tier lists don't matter UNTIL Pikachu walks in

[@tenebrisdumplin4583]

Pikachu is a fair and honest character

[@sadkeny]

You know you're a demon when you make the worst character a god.

[@bdhhsgbyddhggg]

He’s also really good as Incineroar, Captain Falcon, and Ganandorf

[@michaelsponseller5337]

and a few weeks later, peanut got the run back first to 10 on esam

[@nr_zalathiel]

What tiers look in tierlists: S, A, B, C, F What smash tiers look like: Pikachu, Everyone

[@r.u.s.e3586]

I wouldn't go that far. There are some characters that have really good counters for Pika. G&W and oddly enough Kirby of all characters do very well against Pika.

[@craftyplayz8150]

9:49 Bruh what

[@MrGameguyC]

8:54 LOL, I said "What?" in sync with HBox.

[@Darkwolflegend]

Imagine only playing the most gimmicky top tier characters to win.

[@ribbledude]

My 2 mains in the finals. What a beautiful timeline to be alive

[@joshdamighty]

Little Mac bad vs Pikachu broken Little Mac gets to grands. Well.... i guess that settles it.

[@nachot6592]

Damn. He really did destroy WaDi. And peanut was destroyed by that Ken yesterday... People got GOOD during lockdown.