Samus Gets Some Upgrades! Creating New Custom Specials
809Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and its menagerie of characters have come a long way since launch, with many varied movesets and abilities available...but it hasn't stopped some from feeling like they just don't click anymore. Whether from dated-ness or from leaning too hard on older appearances or for other reasons, some characters' movesets don't work as well as they did when they first joined the fight. While overhauling movesets has been a rarity in Smash, there is another way to add more to these concepts, and it relies on an old mechanic from Smash 4 where every fighter had unlockable alternate versions of their specials that mixed up how they played!
While the Custom Specials mechanic didn't return in Ultimate, what if it did come around again in a future installment? What form could customs take to improve on the concept and expand each character's moveset to pay more tribute to their source material while also being balanced competitively? Let's take a look at how a reimagined take on Custom Specials might work for four specific fighters: Three who were around during Smash 4 and one who was not.
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