Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 7 – a precocious penguin
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at 12:59pm by David
[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler. Spoilers are present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt. Big thanks to today’s guest writer: Will]
King Dedede.
King Dedede is the ruler of Dream Land; how he got into that position is a mystery to everyone. He’s also the main antagonist in the Kirby series, and has a strong rivalry with Kirby. Although he’s not exactly evil, he’s very mischievous and causes most of the problems for inhabitants of Dream Land. Dedede also has some skills in common with Kirby, one of those being that he is able to fill his body up with air and fly around.
Game Appearances:
King Dedede has appeared in all the Kirby games except for Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.
King Dedede is truely one of those wild card bad guys, who acts within his own interests to get things done. Just like Bowser, he has his own minions and he isn’t afraid to call them in to help him during a battle. Which really says something about his character, since I don’t see Bowser tossing Goombas at you in the middle of a fight. King Dedede’s main attack style is slamming you with his entire body or slamming you with a giant hammer which is as equally deadly.
Based on King Dedede’s minions and mischief, how would you rate him in Brawl?
February 19th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Only 140? I know a lot of guys who are planning on using Dedede almost exclusively. His final smash looks like it does a ton of damage too – especially against slower enemies like Bowser or DK or even Link.
February 19th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
^^ I’ve heard some bad things about King Dedede, though. The guys at IGN are saying he’s the only character that is generally worthless. I’m hoping they’re wrong; I thought he was a cool addition to the game.
February 19th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I am excited about him too. Here’s hoping that IGN is wrong
February 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Everyone has that character they are good at, maybe they just weren’t good at Dedede. lol.
February 19th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Beyond just having them in Smash Bros. as playable characters, I am really excited about what it could potentially mean for franchises like Kirby. I could be simply reading too deeply into this, but Smash Bros. is essentially Nintendo’s brightest stage for its biggest and best franchises. Including more Kirby and Star Fox characters, as well as Pit and Captain Olimar, could mean big things for those franchises on Wii.
Bajillions of people buy Smash Bros. and are subsequently reacquainted with the characters, making sequels in those franchises more likely to sell well. So Nintendo could be, theoretically, giving those characters a warm-up lap in Smash, right?
Maybe not, lol. Anyway, good job on this one, Will. I rather enjoy.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
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February 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
@ Derek
Could be true. That’s how they brought back Metroid.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
He’s a totally welcome addition, as far as I’m concerned. I doubt he could be completely worthless, worse case scenario, he’s as annoying to use as Pichu (which is also impossible).
Anyway, I’m glad to see franchises like Kirby get some more representation, I think all of the characters that are all by their lonesome representing deserve to get some friends added. This does NOT, however, advocate clones or clone-like characters (I’m looking at YOU, Wolf and Lucas)
I guess I can wait ’till it comes out to COMPLETELY judge… But it’s so hard to wait!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Captain falcon would just run over his face with his F-zero car.
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
metroid AND mother. and they parlayed melee into fire emblem localization.