The Smash Inspiration for Every Rivals 2 Character (so far)

From my PM days, down thrown Fair of the edge with Dedede was one of my favorite confirms. Lox run off Fair feels very similar and a really good edge guarding tool.

This video is very helpful the comparisons make a lot of sense

I really hope this doesn't push people towards thinking games like Rivals are just Smash Clones but I think it's an overall good thing you made this and it's quite well done <3

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Clairen has Shulk Up-B!

>wrastor getting nerfed but still being the best character
I guess some things never change

I was waiting for someone to make a video like this. As a long time PM player, most of the move inspiration was immediately obvious to me, but that is by no means a bad thing! It's also great that Rivals 2 has put its own spin on everything and taken balance into consideration when porting stuff over. Like Zetter not having wolf flash for instance.

I would also like to add that Orcane seems to have elements similar in function to PM ROB, like the momentum shifting aerials and puddle/top acting as stage control. Ivy's poison mechanic was used on Ranno. Forsburn down b sort of acts like Wario waft. Clairen's nair is similar to Meta Knight's but is nearly a 1:1 of HDR Lucina's nair. Maypul tether into a kill functions similarly to Snake C4 but requires more interaction.

Love your editing!

people domt know that ranno has moves inspired by umvc3 spider man. even his standing animation and wave dash lol

I would say ranno's fair is more like diddy's fair from project m 3.02

if i had a nickel for every time junebug used the wrong pronoun on a cute platform fighter character i would have two nickels

orcane and kirby are both canonically male june LMAO (also to be clear it’s not actually a big deal just a bit silly)

Kragg is too good to main, btw I'm a Ranno main

-Junebug

Love Rivals 2 but UFO 50 has to be GOTY for me

You forgot that Orcane Ftilt is pm Zard Ftilt. Orcane is basically pm Squirtle Ivy and Zard in 1 kinda

Doesnt play kragg because hes too good... Plays ranno instead 🤔

To let you know, I actually met Dan in person at a GDC many years ago! He not only takes inspiration from smash, but he told us a lot of his character designs also have inspirations from League of Legends!

Great video, June! This was super fun and helpful

you would be nuts with kragg

Please join us and play krag, I will eat rocks

yk i think platfighter players have to stop comparing every character in a game that isnt smash to smash characters, when fighting games other than street fighter started coming out we didnt compare every single character to a street fighter character. just because scorpion has a projectile and is a ninja doesnt mean hes just ryu mixed with ibuki

fleet reminds me of yukari in p4au more than peach if im honest

idk if this is actually right, but Clairen's path in her recovery seems to resemble more of Roy's Recovery rather than Marth's instant swipe upwards

Zetter's fire is similar to SSBU Inkling's ink (though Rivals did it first). If your opponent is on fire, they take more knockback from strong attacks (and f-throw).

Honestly, id love to see more videos of junebug just playing rivals

don't have aether 2 (yet), but this breakdown was tremendous. well done

orcane is rosa

Lox down b and forsburn combust are like wario waft

hi junebug ❤

Nice vid dude thanks for uploading

A character who has Peach float, similarties to Pit, is a fox, and have their name be FLEET...

Close enough, welcome back Armada. 🙌

Nice

after kragg gets nerfed that's when we need to see the junebug kragg emerge
if only to keep kragg from getting any buffs in the future...

2018 themed

The main thing that really separates Rivals from other platform fighters are the character-specific mechanics and how heavily themed they are to the character/game's lore, so I like to compare them to character gimmicks in Anime Fighters

I compare Ranno's poison mechanic to Azrael's weaknesses in Blazblue. The goal and reward for both is "apply these statuses and hit this specific move and you get a custom combo." The main difference is that Azrael can do more with his weaknesses than just Valiant Charger while Ranno only has the bubble.

Zetterburn's Fire mechanic is what I call a "Protagonist gimmick". In games where every character has weird and specific gimmicks, the anime fighter protagonist's role is to ease a new player in, so their gimmick is usually something that doesn't require active engagement, like Ragna's HP Drain and Hyde's chip damage*. I can imagine a new player picking Zetter because he's mechanically familiar (a spacie rather than shoto) and proccing his flame smashes by accident. Compare this to Maypul, who gets a whole 5th special move to interact with the wrapped state.

*Of course veteran players will know how to exploit these mechanics, like Ragna players optimizing OD combos for healing over damage or Zetters setting carpets/going for Bair Upstrong Confirms

I don't see him coming back soon even though he was in the base full release cast, but i want my big bear~

Ranno side b could be a reference to KI(2013) rash, who is a battletoad with a tounge movement thingy.

Forsburn down b is like cloud's down b

I gotta say Loxodant having one move similar to Ganon or Ike doesn't mean he's like them. He's just Dedede, through and through

Orcane is a boy

for orcanes forward air, it's similar to mii gunners forward air from ultimate with how it zooms but that's what i can think of

Banger vid

Can’t wait for Pomme(the real Peach of Rivals) and Olympia(‘Falcon’) to be added

im a diddy kong and RANNO main

dont play kragg because hes "too good" but you play ranno???

I feel like there's more pyra then ike in loxodont but that could be me

Based PM Legend 🤩

im gonna be that guy...

orcane is a male character

Kragg’s been creating platforms since like 2016, proving it actually CAN be balanced lol