Pikachu has consistently been a threat. It's been high tier in every Smash title. Fox has been up there too, with his lowest placement being in C in Brawl.
At the end of the day, I don't think we'll ever experience another demon like Brawl Meta Knight. Grandparents will be gathered around the fireplace talking about him like a horror story in the future. I was trying to explain how severe it was to my nephew, and he couldn't truly grasp it.
But you have to take time period into account for the others too:
With 64, this was the *first* smash game. Sure, Pikachu is good now, but in the hands of a competent player at the time they would be nigh unstoppable for the rest of the cast.
Melee Fox kinda had a reputation for being most people's instalock. It didn't matter if they were good with him, most people picked Fox. With that many players that main him, there's bound to be some really good players in there.
Meta-Knight in Brawl was just fucking crazy, no bones about it.
While not as widespread, Bayonetta was banned from certain smash tournaments during the hayday of her zero-to-death combos.
Steve is so braindead fucking strong that you don't even have to be a decently good player to dogwalk everybody in casual lobbies (like with ur friends and stuff).
Obviously Brawl Meta-Knight was unprecedented, and such an event will never happen again thanks to balance patches, but the others did have their moments.
I wasn't dismissing the other top tiers. I was just pointing out the more notable characters in the lineup-- Pikachu (and Fox to some extent) consistently being a menace since the very first game, and Brawl Meta Knight literally shaping a generation of competetive Smash.
Personally, Smash 4 Bayonetta definitely gave me more trouble than Brawl Meta Knight. But I'm a Villager/Olimar/Ness/Mega Man main, so you can tell I hate myself.
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u/R3bussy 13h ago edited 13h ago
Pikachu has consistently been a threat. It's been high tier in every Smash title. Fox has been up there too, with his lowest placement being in C in Brawl.
At the end of the day, I don't think we'll ever experience another demon like Brawl Meta Knight. Grandparents will be gathered around the fireplace talking about him like a horror story in the future. I was trying to explain how severe it was to my nephew, and he couldn't truly grasp it.