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Vice Weekly 16 - Never Satisfied

Mel — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:05:58 +0000

The Broke Gamers come together for a special post-new year’s edition of Vice Weekly to share their thoughts on the games they loved and especially hated from 2008. Why is Resistance 2 a hot mess? What did they love about a certain stealth action game? What games did they choose as their game of the year? All that and more on this spoiler filled edition of Vice Weekly.

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Smash-Back Entry 2: Fox

MaxKomRoger — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:15:01 +0000

Hey everyone, it’s your favorite co-host Roger here to tell you all about a special new series of articles I will be posting in preparation for the Wii Virtual Console release of Nintendo’s best party/fighting game, Super Smash Bros. (N64), in January! These special “Smash-back” entries will be focusing on how each of the main fighters in the original Super Smash Bros. controls, techniques with each character and a list of pros and cons about each. So without further ado, here is this week’s Smash-Back Entry: Fox.

How He Controls: Fox is a super-speedy and light character in the original Smash Bros. Not only does he have the second fastest dash in the entire game but almost all of his attacks have weak knockback. At first, this may not seem like a plus but, in reality, this gives Fox the ability to juggle and combo characters very easily.

Techniques:

Short Hop Double Laser

In Super Smash Bros., if a player’s reflexes are quick enough, they can use Fox’s laser twice while performing a short hop jump. This is useful when approaching enemies as well as counter-approaching other fighters. Fox’s lasers stun and do 6% damage during this time. However, the amount of damage each laser shot does afterwards deteriorates to 3% after using it multiple times.

Shine Canceling

While Fox’s shining reflector moves cannot be canceled once it is performed in Super Smash Bros., a person can instead cancel the Shine move by landing on a platform during its performance. To do this, one must jump then use the Shine Reflector while enough altitude is gained so the Shine’s attack animation comes out before landing.

Pros and Cons (Provided by SmashWiki):

Pros:

Good Projectile
Fast Roll
Can Reflect Other Projectiles
Has the 2nd Fastest Dash
Powerful Up-Air
Has a Versatile Jab
Good Short Hop
Has Amazing Combo Potential (He can 0% to Death Combo)

Cons:

Light Weight Character
Falls Quickly
“Meh” Recovery
Low Attack Priority
Has A VERY Predictable 3rd Jump

Until next time, keep Smashing!

Vice Weekly 15 - Shoot The Orange Balls

Mel — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:24:22 +0000

Broke Gamers don’t take off for the holidays, especially when we receive free games from people who like us. On this weeks episode we debate the plight of crappy game endings vs memorable ones, why Smash Bros. isn’t really a fighting game, what we received for christmas & just who should be cast in the next Batman film. Enjoy your holiday with the Broke Gamers while you take a break from all the binge drinking you’ve been doing, you’re in for a treat.

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Smash-Back Entry 1: Samus

MaxKomRoger — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:40:45 +0000

How She Controls: Samus is essentially a light-heavyweight character weighing more than Mario but less than Donkey Kong. She is somewhat floaty in the way she controls (meaning she stays in the air a little while longer than most characters when she jumps), has a quick dash, and also has a great stage recovery.

Techniques:

Bomb Recovery

In Super Smash Bros., Samus cannot bomb jump. However, using bombs and immediately using directional influence towards the stage aids in her horizontal recovery to a degree, although not nearly as much as her bomb jump recovery from the Gamecube and Wii iterations of Smash Bros. does. Just remember that once you use a bomb, the double jump cannot be used until Samus lands.

Teleporting

Samus’ teleport slides her character a short distance on a stage, similar to a how wavedashing work in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Because the technique requires the user to input a jump, at the end of the technique, the teleporting character either ends up in the air, goes off a ledge, or uses a jump cancelable attack. Samus teleport is shorter than the two other characters who can use this technique (Jigglypuff and Fox) but it is still, nonetheless, valuable. The teleport is performed by starting a normal dash, smashing the control stick in the opposite direction and jumping three frames afterwards. This can be cancelled using an Up-B or an Up-Smash attack.

Pros and Cons (Provided by SmashWiki):

Pros:

Fast dash

Has a projectile

Good horizontal recovery via Bomb Jumping

Ranged grab

Has an extremely fast spike

Decent range

Floaty

Heavy, thus hard to KO

Excellent Combo-ability in the air

Forward Tilt is fast and a great move for throwing an enemy off before they attack

Cons:

Large target

Slow grab and laggy if it misses

Very bad roll

Up-B is a poor recovery move in general

Until next time, keep Smashing!

Vice Weekly 14 - A Dollar Short

Mel — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:23:35 +0000

The Broke Gamers join up for a pre-christmas show to discuss what they look forward to getting for the holidays, GTA IV’s upcoming DLC, VGA dissappoint and much more!

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Vice Weekly 13 - No One’s Home

Mel — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:58:32 +0000

The Broke Gamers discuss what they think of Home, the upcoming Spike VGAs, Dead Space, the NPDs & Mel decides to give Sony some advice about their fluttering console sales.

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Vice Weekly 12 - Hot Off The Press

Mel — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:37:19 +0000

The re-debut of Vice Weekly is here!

The Broke Gamers return to talk about GTA IV on the PC, Resident Evil 5, the New Xbox Experience & much more. Sit back and enjoy, because the Broke Gamers are back in town.

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