History of CAPTAIN FALCON in Competitive Super Smash Bros. (64, Melee, Brawl, Wii U) ft. Vish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- CAPTAIN FALCON! The fan favorite of the Smash Bros. Series! Captain Falcon is one of the most iconic and hype characters of competitive Smash but how good was Falcon really competitively in each individual Smash game? Join False Swipe Gaming in this overview of Captain Falcon in competitive Smash Bros. across all games.
A BIG special thanks to Vish for guest starring in this video! Vish is one of the premiere commentators in the competitive Super Smash Bros. scene and also a Captain Falcon main himself in Melee.
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0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Smash 64
6:27 - Melee
18:25 - Brawl
25:17 - Smash 4
A BIG special thanks to our Competitive Experts for the information on him in all five games.
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"Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are ya?"
"I'm a solo Falcon main..."
"So?"
"...In Brawl."
"Uh, right this way sir."
godlike
That's hard
That was great haha!
I was around 13, but when Brawl came out, I didn't really understand the differences between it and Melee in terms of physics and stuff. So at the time, I didn't get why I was really good with Falcon in Melee, yet not at all in Brawl.
Same goes for Ultimate tbh
Oh its the Smash character that got so popular he got a racing game as a spinoff.
But seriously, Nintendo please bring back F-Zero.
If you're into hover racing, check out Redout on steam.
It's essentially a modern version of Wipeout.
Nah.
No Nintendo, Nintendoland doesn’t count. Though Captain Falcon playable in the next Mario Kart would be nice
I want to see a straight up sandbox style open world F Zero game with quest lines and racing and free roam in the city outside of the vehicles. Kinda like GTA meets breath of the wild.
What? f-zero was on SNES
Aw yeah, he’s about to show us his moves!
hmm...
@Dino Nuggets mmmmmm...
Boobs*
m
Xd
Falcon will rise again.
His car is gathering dust everyday.
Until called again...
And then a low tier again in ult.
Space car.
Archi baldy Mid tier.
@@zacharyjohnson9562 oh ya buffs
@@zacharyjohnson9562 ?
Omg, FSG is talking about Captain Falcon! That's my favorite Pokemon ever!
He's my favourite pokemon too!
Mine too!
I prefer his series opposite, ganondorf
You saw the gamexplain thumbnail :^))
How forgotten was Captain Falcon actually?
After seeing what Captain Falcon can do in the recent patch for Ultimate, patch 8.0.0 as of now, I'm hoping to see this channel cover Falcon's competitive evolution for Smash Ultimate in an updated video later on.
I don't have hopes that they'll upload another Smash competitive history video, at least not for a very long time.
I don't think they can update his history with ultimate until ultimate actually dies since otherwise it wouldn't be history.
YO, did he just walk up slowly and upload on Friday?
HoboChris he did.... he really did
That’s a mad lad
*laughs*
He did.
He really did.
(Nice scar joke)
That ain’t Falco
Hax has never been the same since.
It’s tough watching falcon in this game. We’ve watched him age to his prime and wither to an old man.
Smash 64: A cocky teenage falcon trying to make a name.
Melee: Falcon just hit 21 and is ready to take on the world; capturing spectator hearts and becoming an instant fan favorite.
Brawl: Has an unfortunate accident and fractures his leg mid racing career, forcing him to retire early.
Smash 4: After nearly a decade recovering in the hospital, falcon miraculously announced that he will race again. However, he’s in his late 30s at this point.
Ultimate: A middle aged boomer looking back into his ol glory days. “Back in my day, I used to be able to combo anything into a knee”
That's an oxymoron. No baby boomers have been middle-aged since the 00s.
Falcon thankfully got some much needed buffs in ultimate
@@k-leb4671 This is an old ass comment but I'll bite. The way I'm using boomer does not mean baby boomer
@@freyjainternicola5183 That's great
@@ipassingthrough it's a stupid neologism because baby boomers were only called baby boomers because of the boom in birth rates in the late 40s and 50s. It's a specific generation. The way people use "boomer" nowadays is just evidence of people not understanding the actual context of terms and expressions. It should've never become shorthand for being cranky or old-fashioned or jaded. People are gonna look back in 10-15 years, when most baby boomers will be dead or reclusive, and realize how dated it was to say it...and then "Xer" will become the new shorthand for any old or jaded person.
I want to see Kirby next time just for the sudden nosedive into awfulness in the transition from 64 to Melee.
Same. Kirby has had the hardest fall from grace in smash history.
Like Tauros in Gen 1. Top tier early on, then just... not
Then to be almost as trash in brawl, only slightly less trash in sm4sh, and probably just as trash in Ultimate.
@@ShinyKelp To be honest, I think people are underrating Kirby just because of how few people play Kirby (competitively). I've seen some Kirbys in Elite Smash put in some real good work. Him being below Little Mac is a bold statement -- I just think he's low tier, not the worst in the game.
@@ShinyKelp He is average in brawl, because of having now 4 grabs and a side special, which also is a greak kill move due to being great against air-dodges (Dodging only make you recieving, instead of a big blow, a big blow with semi-spike included).
Sadly, that Side-B was heavily nerfed in Smash 4, so unsurprinsingly it became a low tier; and wasn't really buffed in ultimate, so it's still low tier.
Its low range (except in 64), mediocre at best air game (except in 64 and brawl), being unable to deal with proyectiles (which doesn't matter in 64), low weight and lack of reliable kill moves (except brawl and 64), makes it a mediocre character; and as Kirby main, it hurts to recognize that truth.
Why Captain Falcon is a Fan-Favourite? I guess that is because of being the "Show man" of Smash.
His exaggerate movements for a 'normal man', his amazing and mocking taunts, his many screams when he is doing a big move, the fast and powerful yet punishable attacks he does; everything is made for making Falcon's match a great spectacle, something most players love to see and make.
It’s sort of the same reason people play heavies: you can *feel* the hits instead of Fox, puff, meta knight, and the quick-hitters.
But instead of single giant hits, it’s a combo string of heavy hits. That’s why Falcon is so hype, and why Brawl falcon took away the goodness. Hype strings, hype single hits, hype reads, and hype taunts.
@@VVheeli That would explain why Leon and his Bowser is so popular actually, and the same thing with King DDD and Roy (the human, not the Koopaling); because the heavyweight nature of their hits (I Know Roy is only middleweight, but it has a lot of raw damage), yet still solid enough for tournaments (unlike K.K. Rool, Ridley, Incineroar or Donkey Kong, or Ganondorf outside of locals).
I personally don't care for the range and I prefer characters with okay raw damage, good frame data, and bit floaty with decent air speed for abusing air moves, like Mr. Game and Watch, Yoshi, Ness and R.O.B. My brother for the other side doesn't care that much about frame data, but mostly about good raw damage, disjointed hitboxes and good range, mostly with characters like Link, Ike or Chrom.
We need Captain Falcon's Knee as it's own stand alone character!
Yea, it's Zelda.
SSSS Tier
I find Smash history to be so different from most competitive games since most of the smash games are still played today. Love this series
Yeah 64 ,Melee and Ultimate
Wait so no other fighting franchises have several older games with remaining scenes? I always figured people were probably still playing Street Fighter 2 and I've heard 3rd Strike has fans. For FPS I know Quake 1 and 3/Live continue to have tournaments.
Brawl & Sm4sh still get played to this day, but aren't nearly as popular as 64, Melee, and currently Ultimate.
Right now I think even mods like PM & Brawl Minus get played more often than Brawl & Sm4sh.
@@curiosityman3704 The fact Project+ (which is what PM is called now) had a decent following and outlived certain official games says a lot about how great it is. The community is shrinking, sad as this is likely the closest we will get to a Melee sequel. Haven't even seen another unofficial Melee like get far in development.
@@protocetid Well then I guess look forward to Project NX whenever that's finished.
Probably won't be finished till absolutely every DLC character is out tho.
Captain Falcon: I’m the fastest
Sonic: (from Brawl onwards) Hold my chili dog
Hero: *Laughs in Acceleratle*
Let’s be real, the only good games that Sonic is in are Smash games. 😂
Shulk: *Cries in Speed Art because no one cares for him*
@@CaptainClark23 I've always been fond of Adventures but true most other sonic games are trash (I haven't played generations)
More like UR 2 SLOW!!!
Caught this one as soon as it came out. Literally said it came out 20 seconds ago.
Truly this is a blessed day.
oh hi green
Love when you guys make smash videos, not just because it’s great content on my favorite game series, but because it temporarily fills the SSBM-T shaped void in my heart. Thanks for this!
10:10 even Hungrybox couldn't deny how sick that was lol
Watching Fatality pop off after landing Knee on Nairo is such a beautiful moment
It’s even more satisfying to see Nairo’s reaction
Honestly when I first saw this I found it strange that they didn't cover ultimate, but considering how much the opinions and meta around Falcon changed since then, I think it was a smart call.
Falcoooooooon
needs to be fixed in ultimate
fr, like what is that dash dance
Dash dances feel terrible in general
It feels like your playing the game in the past
@@techno-- don't forget the side b and jab just straight up not working half the time
Bruh please I beg of sakurai
@@ImmaFarmerInMalaysia There actually isn't dash dancing in Ultimate unfortunately. Its more like a buffered fox trot. But yes I agree his movement needs to be buffed :'(
>sees this in notifications
H'YES!!
“Going into ultimate” bruh the game been out for a year how in advanced are these vids
The constant patches and updates make defining the meta really really difficult.
dfsd fsdfsdf they still could have gone over a bit on Ultimate Captain Falcon then not mentioning anything of it at all
lol, if it's like FSG's pokemon vids, the channel doesn't like talking about the current meta until it's been out for quite a while. Guess so it doesn't age the video if the meta suddenly shifts.
There haven't been enough high-level tournaments to accurately rate characters yet. Especially since Nintendo keeps muddying the waters by introducing new characters every few months
Excalibur ZX meta is still developing especially with patches still rolling out. They didnt cover gen 7 of pokemon for a while due to similar reasons
I’m honestly surprised the Brawl analysis lasted longer than “he’s not Metaknight”
The analysis of how the changes to the physics and his hitboxes affected him was really good though!
Looking back makes me realize how silly Smash 4 times were, especially the patches. Falcon being nerfed while at least 18 better characters existed was way too unnecessary.
Silly? Why?
At least he worked in that game unlike ultimate
@@pandinus1377 he works fine what are you talking about
@@captainmega6310 damn bro looks like 10 months ago the game might have been slightly different
@@pandinus1377 and i meant there too
The people's man of smash finally gets his episode.
Properly Diced Onyon Bobby Scar
BRING BACK THIS SMASH SERIES!
Captain Falcon is like Morrigan from Darkstalkers
Most famous for the crossover than there actual game
Also there game series is cool.
What's Morrigan even from?
@@jaschabull2365 ...Darkstalkers from Capcom
@@openinginawe5518 Weird way of spelling Marvel vs Capcom.
@@jaschabull2365 Seriously, go Darkstalkers.
Mr. EAD and Sasquatch for the win.
i miss this series!!
Those smash 4 clips took me back man. No character in ultimate is as fun for me as smash 4 falcon was.
3:32
When you invite your friend over to play 64 but he's playing melee.
FSG: Hasn't made a smash video in forever.
Also FSG: Has someone else narrate it when they eventually upload another one.
The character i want to see next is kirby, a character that never got the same level after 64
The Tauros of smash
I want him to wait until Kirby is buffed (significantly) in Ultimate first.
That sucks too, because Kirby is as unique and recognizable as everyone else in the OG 8
All he needs his more air speed and he’ll be busted once more. This guys combos could be ridiculous if he had more air speed.
@@largenaq2935 Nope, he never had good airspeed. It's the AERIAL speed that he had. (F3-Nair, F4-Dair, F6-Bair, F-8 Fair, F-10 Up-air)
Faster aerials (and specials) > Faster airspeed.
Please bring the series back :(
I think I legit stopped listening halfway thru the melee segment just to gaze at the falcon clips. God bless this character.
Finally another one of these, I love these things
I'm only 5 minutes into the video and it is absolutely amazing. I'm dying to see the rest of this series. Astounding work!
this was a great watch. i love how a lot of the statements here were conveyed - shoutouts to vish and whoever wrote the script! plus the topic is pretty fascinating
When you are nailing a combo and then wispy woods decides to commit stage hazard
Dude I was so frustrated and sad about how they treated Falcon in brawl, he's my ride or die main since 64 but it was so bad I ended up dropping him for other characters. I damn near cried when I played him again in smash 4, and i'm enjoying him even more in ultimate.
Thank you for making more of these
Please keep it up with these videos. They are so informative and entertaining, keep up the great work.
I hope they do Mario for next years, especially for Mario’s 35th anniversary (well super Mario that is)
Melee Falcon beeing hype is probably an understatement. The Proof?
Every clip that was shown had commentary that can easily be quoted word for word by almost anybody
btw i'm really hoping for DK on the next video
WOMBO COMBO
Literally watched this series yesterday and was thinking how badly I wanted another one of these videos and a day later there is one! ...Feels good, man
Nice video, I hope you make more of them! :)
Can't say I was expecting to see Vish in this video, but it was a very happy surprise
I’m surprised he didn’t talk about isai at all when talking about melee
Was looking for this comment, I noticed that too.
These videos are so good! I can't wait for more of these, I've been waiting a while as is. I'd love to see one on Mario, especially since he's had an interesting history over the years... some Doc would also be nice, even if he is a different character.
I was just wondering the other day when the next smash bros videos was coming out amd ayyy vish commentating. Lets gooo!
Omg didn't even know this was out. Hell yeah, Falcon.
Can we get more of these videos?
I was wondering when another one of these would come out. Glad it did.
I’m so happy you’re continuing this series!
Hope this series comes back eventually
cant wait for Ultimate's competitive scene to evolve...
I'm glad this is back!
These are always such a treat
got chills when vish said "johnny stock"
Why is it that when I search Captain Falcon I dont ever find anything that is about F Zero? Captain Falcon as a character has to have been the least representing character of their own IP in existence.
Well the F-Zero games were more about the race cars and tracks and racing than the characters.
I dunno about that, X introduced a whopping 20+ characters and GX expanded on that plus giving them all pilot info and specific theme tunes, and the anime was basically an exploration of the characters. F-Zero is just criminally underappreciated and Smash is incredibly popular
These Smash videos are great. Please make more of them
you gotta keep up with this series, it's amazing
I’m sure y’all have been working on this for a long time, so I hope from now on, we’ll get some Ultimate analysis!
I love Vish, best-dressed Smasher in the scene!
Hell yeah!!!! I wish that we could see more of these
Finally ! Im so glad u made this
Great video as always.
However there's one thing that I must ask: How good was Link?
Understandable, have a nice day.
(props to you if you get that)
Finally, I have been waiting so much time
Happy to see another installment in this great series
If Falcon wasn't nerfed so hard in Brawl, he would've been right up there with Pikachu and Fox as the most consistently good character in the smash series...still, great character, great video.
@Random Person Falcon's actually not that bad in Ultimate, around mid to upper B-tier or so, but he was such a terrible, bottom 5 character in Brawl.
@Random Person I guess so, though he's still ok.
Yall, listen, is it time for the History of King Dedede?
Xd
Nice I missed this series!
Really really well done!
Wii U looks so slow now compared to Ultimate
So floaty
still faster than brawl lol
I didn’t know how much I needed the balloon knock back before ultimate. Getting launched in any of the previous games was so, so slow
@@largenaq2935 it doesn't feel that bad in 64 or melee tbh
[laughs in Melee]
How HOT was Captain Falcon ACTUALLY?
YESSSS TY FSG IVE WAITED FOR SO LONG
Great video!
YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER SMASH ONE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
i picks up Falcon in ultimate he’s easily one of the characters i have the most fun with because he can pop off really well
Falcon in ult is high tier now
Syntax! That’s False since a lot of his moves still don’t work after his ‘buffs’
@@brlvper4 Highly debatable. I haven't even heard of Falcon's own mains express he's high tier except for Fatality right after his first set of buffs, and he changed his mind not long afterwards.
Such a dope video, love Falcon. Hope he gets the buffs he needs in 6.0.0
Hell yeah I love this series! Will there be a poll for who to vote on for the next one these or are they pre selected
Kinda fun, that Brawls Falcon was still one of the most used Characters online or with friends. Because he´s still fun. I think I played more against other Ganondorfs or Falcons that the rest combined.
Say what you want about his viability but Brawl Ganondorf was genuinely a blast to play outside of a tournament environment.
@@Zastralord Yes, I totally agree. I did like more K.O.s with Ganon than any other
In casual play tier lists go out the window
🦀Falcon was buffed🦀
And we all love that
A delight as always
hell yeah i've been waiting for more smash content
God,Captain Falcon seems fun in almost every game.
I wonder how good and fun he is in Ultimate.
*nerfs everything that can generate a combo for Cpt.Falcon*
Uh...I'll just play Doriyah I guess.
Low Tier Trash So how is he in Ultimate?
He’s bad, but not garbage like he was in Brawl
Serious Striker Why bad?
#fixinitialdash
chrispo Care to put that into context?
Don't feel bad Vish, there's no shame in losing to Hugo, a Deamhack Champion and EVO runner-up.
omg bless false swipe soul i have been waiting for this
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we need more of those 😍
It's not my birthday, why I'm getting this beautiful present without warning then????
Did he just walk up slowly and down smashed
Que hermoso vídeo, por siempre falcón main desde la beta
Thank you falseswipe, been mad that you havent put this out yet. Goodnight!!!!
Pichu! (I find it funny how most of the combos in 64 look fake, but are mostly true, or fully)
1000 year hitstun
"Welcome to the Salty Splatoon, how tough are ya?"
"How tough am I? HOW TOUGH AM I? I won a Melee Super Major!"
"Yeah? So what?"
"While solo-maining Falcon..."
"R-Right this way sir!"
I love your smash videos!
History of Bowser in Smash next? You'd be surprised on how players can actually win using him, he's almost a symbol of the underdogs trash-talked characters fight to become higher tier characters. Goes well with his personality.
Is this ever coming back?
Bruh I'm so sad he's slow in ult now, they took the one plus he literally always had
Yeah idk why they made him have such a bad initial dash and that super extended turnaround animation that makes him so slow to do basic stuff. He feels like he has the tools in Ultimate to be a respectable character if they just let him have his classic great mobility back.
Ayyyyyy, the legend continues.
Thanks for coming on Vish! You should see if your boy Leffen can make a cameo in the next episode