A continuation of an earlier post from this week with three new Smash Bros. characters and two more from Power Rangers; Battle for the Grid. That leaves 2 for Smash, 5 for Blazblue Crosstag Battle and 2 for Battle for the Grid (I got more DLC so a new fighter became a main).
Mii Gunner:
This is probably my least-used Mii Fighter type, I find it difficult to make Mii Gunners as I’m not too knowledgeable about gun-wielding video game characters that aren’t Samus, Megaman, Master Chief, Doomguy or from the Survival-Horror genre and most of the video games and fiction I like feature spellcasters as the closest thing to a gun wielder. Mii Gunner is a middle-of-the-road fighter as well, specializing in some long-range attacks. It can also be equipped with a barrier or the ability to absorb energy-based attacks and turn them into health. Commonly used Mii Gunners include
Wendy Marvell from Fairy Tail,
heavy metal singer Rob Halford,
Jill Valentine of the Resident Evil games (in fact, I have two, one based on her look in Resident Evil; Revelations, the other based on her look in Resident Evil 5),
Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series,
Melony from Pokemon Shield (downloaded off the Nintendo Internet),
Marie from Splatoon (using a Nintendo-made outfit),
and celebrities Demi Lovato and Noah Cyrus.
Mii Swordfighter:
Mii Swordfighter is kind of the middle of the Mii Fighters for me. It lacks the aggressive, satisfying power of the Brawler, but it’s better at getting in the fray than the Gunner. Like with the other two, it can be customized and with a plethora of sword-wielders throughout fiction (and people who feel right wielding swords from real life), there are a lot of possibilities for this fighter type. Mii Swordfighter can fight tough, and I tend to use them like Zero Suit Samus; use Smash and Special attacks at close range and mostly seek out items. Commonly used Mii Swordfighters include
Erza Scarlet and
Kagura Mikazuchi from Fairy Tail,
Blake Belladonna from RWBY,
Petra from Fire Emblem; Three Houses,
Aerith from Final Fantasy VII (using a Nintendo-made outfit),
Wonder Woman,
metal singer Ozzy Osbourne,
guitarist Slash,
country singer Billy Ray Cyrus
and celebrity Ariana Grande.
Byleth is one of two DLC fighters on this list, she is a slower character who delivers powerful damage, especially with some distance between her and the opponent. Byleth’s default costume is male, but I always play with her in one of two color changes, the girl default and the Edelgard-based color change. I often pair the two up and say that this is what happened after the events of Fire Emblem; Three Houses, they’re married and decide to keep their skills sharp in Smash Bros. When I use the Edelgard color change (which I’ve named “Edeleth” after the name of their ship) I often try to finish opponents with the incredibly powerful down special move, Amyr, since that’s Edelgard’s axe. Often, though, I use the side special regardless of color, which is Dimitri’s spear. Towards the end of the Black Eagles route, Edelgard faces Dimitri in combat and ends his life. Before he dies, he says something like “I missed you, El” or “El, I’m sorry.” If you’ve gotten the A Support Rank with Edelgard, she asks Byleth (you) to call her “El,” as that is what her sisters and parents called her as a nickname, meaning she sees you as family. This means at one point Edelgard and Dimitri were close enough to consider each other brother and sister. The schism likely resulted from Edelgard’s frustrations with Rhea not realizing her system didn’t work for everyone behind her “I’m right, I’ve always been right and always WILL be right” attitude and Dimitri’s country having Rhea’s Church of Seiros as its State Religion. This is why Thomas Jefferson was right and we need a wall between Church and State, because the Church can be run by fallible people who fail to recognize their sins, causing the State to become corrupt and start eliminating dissenters without understanding their issues. Unfortunately, this is not something the Republican Party recognizes, or if they do, they simply don’t care. Let’s pray our separation holds before they drag Jesus’ name into the mud as much as the Nazi Party and KKK have.
A scientist in Power Rangers SPD, Kat works with the Police Department Power Rangers in the then-future year of 2020, helping them deal with hostile criminal aliens employed by Emperor Grumm and Broodwing. Katherine Manx is, herself, an alien based on a cat, with cat-like ears and eyes. In one episode, she used a spare morpher to turn into the Kat Ranger to help the SPD Rangers, fighting gracefully and acrobatically. In Power Rangers; Battle For the Grid, she is a speed-type fighter, attacking with quick strikes to rack up damage before the opponent can counter-attack, using her cat claws, agility and acrobatics to cause serious harm. An interesting thing to note is that in the Sentai series SPD comes from, Kat’s counterpart was actually part-swan rather than part-cat.
