User blog:MagicRock/Smash Movesets: Episode 1 - Bandana Waddle Dee At Your Service!

Now, since the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot is over, I thought it would be kind of cool to start making potential movesets for those fighters that didn't make it in the game. My first character, if you didn't read the title, is going to be the character I voted for in the Fighter Ballot and my most wanted character, Bandana Waddle Dee.

I will be covering a lot of things, from regular attacks to taunts to even idol animations, because when you have nothing better to do, why not. I am hoping to do one any chance I get and am hoping to take requests.

So why don't we start?

Attributes
These are basically just his stats as a character.
 * Jumps: 2 jumps, average height on both of them, he can also wall jump off walls
 * Weight: Slightly heavier than Kirby but not as heavy as Meta Knight, lightweight-ish
 * Height: Same size as Kirby and Meta Knight
 * Walking Speed: Average
 * Running Speed: Average
 * Aesthetics: He looks similar to his Kirby's Return to Dreamland and Kirby Triple Deluxe appearances, his bandana and spear are a bit more detailed
 * Other: Tip of spear does more damage and knockback

Animations
I debated doing these, but I thought they would be fun to do.

Regular Animations

 * Entrance Animation: Bandana Waddle Dee flies onto the battlefield using Spear Copter and poses upon landing
 * Standing Animation: Swings his arms back and forth while holding onto his spear
 * Idle Animation 1: Puts his free hand on his bandana and fixes it up
 * Idle Animation 2: Twirls his spear around in his hand
 * Dizzy Animation: Wobbles back and forth while swinging his arms around his whole body

Taunts

 * Up Taunt: Jumps into the air a bit happily and points his spear upwards and poses on landing
 * Side Taunt: Twirls his spear in front of him before pointing it in front of him
 * Down Taunt: Stabs his spear into the ground and poses

Shield Animations

 * Shield: He puts one hand above his head while holding his spear in a defensive pose
 * Spot Dodge: He goes on one foot and flails his arms while holding onto his spear
 * Rolling (Forward): He dashes forward while holding onto his spear
 * Rolling (Backwards): He back flips while holding onto his spear
 * Air Dodge: He flails his arms and feet while holding onto his spear

Air Animations

 * Jump: He jumps upwards with his spear upwards and one foot up
 * Second Jump: He jumps again in the air with both feet up and spear up
 * Falling: He falls with his arms and feet going up, spear goes up too
 * Helpless: He is upside down while flailing his arms and legs
 * Launched Animation: His eyes are closed while getting launched, when falling, his eyes are still closed, falling in a circle similarily to Kirby

Item Animations

 * Eating Animation: He bends over and picks up the food with his free hand and eats it
 * Throwing Animation: He throws the item forward with his free hand
 * Dash Throw Animation: He throws the item while dashing with his free hand, almost trips
 * Air Throw Animation: He throws the item in the air with his free hand
 * Superspicy Curry Animation: Jumps around flailing his arms with his spear in his hand, kicking with his legs when jumping


 * Battering Item Animation: He hits the opponent by simply swinging the item


 * Smash Attack Battering Item Animation: He has his eyes closed as he hold the item above his head before swinging downwards
 * Pitfall Animation: He has one hand and foot in the air with his eyes closed as he is underground
 * Growing Animation: Puts hand in the air with a happy expression
 * Shrinking Animation: Puts both hands down while shaking his head in a sad way


 * Assist Trophy Animation: He goes on one foot and holds the Assist Trophy up high
 * Frozen Animation: He has his eyes closed with both arms and one foot up while frozen


 * Carry Heavy Item Animation: He has his eyes closed and spear on his back, leans back to carry item
 * Shooting Animation: He puts his free hand in front of him, shooting a projectile from the item


 * Hammer Animation: Spear is on his back while he flails the hammer, his eyes are closed and his feet flail around
 * Warp Star Animation: Rides the Warp Star with eyes closed and his spear on his back


 * Home-Run Bat Animation: He winds up a hit with his eyes closed and his spear on his back
 * Bullet Bill End Animation: Spinning in a circle to the side with his spear on his back


 * Special Flag/Plucking Animation: He grabs below him and points the item upwards while standing on one foot
 * Daybreak Animation: He has his spear on his back while holding onto and shooting with the item above his head
 * Dragoon Animation: Gets on the Dragoon holding on tight with eyes closed

Victory Animations

 * Victory Theme: Remix of the Kirby Dance (Shared with Kirby and King Dedede)


 * Victory Pose 1: Twirls his spear in front of him fastly until the safe end hits him in the head, dizzying him


 * Victory Pose 2: Is running to the side but then he trips with his spear falling next to him, he looks up, rubbing his head


 * Victory Pose 3: Throws his spear high into the air and then jumps up and catches it, poses when he lands

Misc. Animations

 * Crouch Animation: He ducks his head down while keeping his arms and spear lower
 * Tripping Animation: He flips over with his eyes closed and hands and spear on the ground with feet pointing up
 * Grabbing Animation: He holds the opponent with his open hand
 * Grab Release Animation (User): He suddenly loses grip with his hand
 * Getting Grabbed Animation: He puts one hand by his head trying to break free with his other hand straight down holding onto his spear
 * Grab Release Animation (Opponent): He gets let go off or jumps away
 * Sleeping Animation: He closed his eyes and falls asleep on his stomach, spear on the ground with him
 * Shot Out Cannon Animation: He gets shot out of a cannon while spinning in a circle
 * Swimming Animation: He happily swims around with his spear in hand
 * Swimming Panic Animation: Starts flailing his arms in the water, still holding onto his spear and trying to keep his head above water
 * Drowning Animation: Upside down while holding his spear upwards, eyes closed
 * Screen KO Animation: He hits the screen with eyes closed and spear still in his hand
 * Star KO Animation: He spins in the air while getting launched, eyes closed
 * Clapping Animation: Spear stabbed in ground next to him, clapping with both hands happily

Alternate Costumes
Let's see how many colors I can go through.
 * Costume 1: His usual blue bandana, brown-ish red sides, tan face, and yellow feet
 * Costume 2: Orange bandana with yellow sides, tan face and yellow feet, based on a color variation in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
 * Costume 3: Dark green bandana with light green sides, tan face and yellow feet, based on a color variation in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
 * Costume 4: White bandana with cyan sides, tan face and yellow feet, based on an unused color variation in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
 * Costume 5: Purple bandana with blue sides, tan face and yellow feet
 * Costume 6: Red bandana with pink sides, tan face and yellow feet
 * Costume 7: Brown bandana with black sides, tan face and yellow feet
 * Costume 8: Wears a sailor hat that is white and blue, usual colors otherwise, based on Sailor Waddle Dee from Kirby Super Star

Attacks
Now here we actually get to the action. ATTACKS! This includes things like spikes and how much damage. Also notes of which are viable kill moves and combo moves.

Ground Attacks

 * Jab 1: A quick stab forward, 3%, 4% tipped
 * Jab 2: Another quick stab forward, 3%, 4% tipped
 * Jab 3: Multi-hit stabs forward before finishing off with another quick stab forward, based on Multispear Attack from Kirby's Return to Dreamland, 1% each hit, 16%/18% altogether from other Jabs, can't tip
 * Forward Tilt: Uses both arms to stab, long range, 8%, 11% tipped
 * Down Tilt: Stabs diagonally downwards with spear, long range, combo starter, 7%, 10% tipped
 * Up Tilt: Puts both hands on spear and stabs directly upwards, long range, combo starter, based on Skyward Thrust from Kirby's Return to Dreamland, 7%, 10% tipped
 * Dash Attack: Jumps forward while holding his spear forward with both hands, similar to a regular Waddle Dee's jump attack, 5% if hit by his body, 7% if hit by non-tipped spear, 9% tipped, combo starter if hit by his body
 * Forward Smash: Uses both arms to stab his spear forward twice, hits link with each other, long range, 5%-7% first, 6%-8% first tipped, 9%-12% second, 11%-14% second tipped, strong kill move
 * Down Smash: He punches the ground with tremendous of force, the longer it is charged, the more range it has, based on the Megaton Punch from Kirby Super Star, 14%-21%, can spike near edge, strong kill move
 * Up Smash: Two hit attack, he swings his spear above his head, brings enemies in for a powerful thrust upwards, 4%-7% first, 5%-8% first tipped, 8%-12% second, 10%-15% second tipped, strong kill move

Aerial Attacks

 * Neutral Aerial: Holds his spear outwards and spins in the air in a circle similar to Kirby, huge range, 8%, 11% tipped
 * Forward Aerial: Stabs his spear forward twice in the air before stabbing in front of him downwards, hits link with each other, 3% first two hits, 5% first two hits tipped, 5% last hit, last his meteor smashes only if tipped
 * Back Aerial: Turns around to stab his spear backwards diagonally upwards, 10%, 13% tipped, strong kill move
 * Up Aerial: Swings spear above his head twice, hits link with each other, 5% each, 8% each if tipped
 * Down Aerial: Stabs downwards three times, hits link with each other, 3% first, 4% first tipped, 4% second, 5% second tipped, 7% last, 9% last tipped, 14%/18% altogether, last hit meteor smashes only if tipped

Misc. Attacks

 * Floor Attack (Front): Stabs above his head and then underneath, gets up, 7% each, no tip
 * Floor Attack (Back): Stabs underneath and then above his head, 7% each, no tip
 * Floor Attack (Trip): Spins his spear around him while getting up, 9%, no tip
 * Edge Attack: Thrusts spear forward while getting up to the stage, 7%, no tip

Special Moves
These attacks are probably going to be a little more word heavy than the regular attacks since I always like thinking special moves that go in depth.
 * Spear Thrust (Neutral Special): An attack from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Bandana Waddle Dee thrusts his spear forwards in a stabbing motion. However, if you press the special button again, he will turn around, doing a Back Thrust attack (also from Kirby's Return to Dreamland). You can immediately do a Back Thrust if you move the controller to the other direction from before doing the move. The attacks both send the opponent behind Bandana Waddle Dee, allowing you to combo Spear Thrust and Back Thrust into each other. After a Back Thrust however, if you do Spear Thrust again, it won't send the opponent behind you. You can get good follow ups after doing a Spear Thrust or Back Thrust such as Grabs to Smash Attacks. 6% on both Spear Thrust and Back Thrust. 7% if tipped Spear Thrust and Back Thrust.
 * Spear Throw (Side Special): An attack from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Bandana Waddle Dee throws a spear at the opponent dealing 8% damage. The spear is throw fairly far. You can also hold the button to start walking with the spear, ready to be thrown. You can turn around and jump while holding the button. If held for a while, Bandana Waddle Dee will use the Triple Throw attack (also from Kirby's Return to Dreamland). Triple Throw makes him throw three spears at once, each doing 6% damage. If up close, the opponent can get hit by all three spears at once. Using Spear Throw in the air will allow Bandana Waddle Dee to throw a spear. However, if you keep pressing the button, he will use his Spear Barrage attack (also from Kirby's Return to Dreamland). Spear Barrage lets Bandana Waddle Dee throw spear after spear in the air really fast, depending on how much you mash the button. The first spear in the air will do 8% while the rest of the barrage will do 5% damage. The barrage can combo into each other. No tipper.
 * Spear Copter (Up Special): An attack from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Bandana Waddle Dee spins his spear above his head at incredible speeds. The longer you hold the button, the higher and longer you can fly around. Doesn't take long to fully charge it. Free control on where you can go. While holding the button, Bandana Waddle Dee's descent is slowed a bit. Protected from above due to spear. 1% per each hit. 12%-18% depending on how long you hold the button. Only if the opponent is hit by the move from the very start. No tipper.
 * Moon Drop (Down Special): An attack from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. While in the air, Bandana Waddle Dee puts both his hands on his spear and dives downward while spinning. The attack sucks in any opponents nearby and hits multiple times. When used on the ground, Bandana Waddle Dee will jump in the air while slashing upwards with his spear to drag enemies in. This attack can meteor smash and is a good kill move. 5% slash upwards. 1% for each hit coming down. 3% when the attack hits the ground. 17% in total. Damage can be higher if higher in the air. No tipper.
 * Spear Mayhem (Final Smash): Bandana Waddle Dee's spear extends and he tries to hit anyone in front of him with it in a stabbing motion, dealing 4% damage. If the attack hits, Bandana Waddle Dee will summon two giant spears he stabs into the ground beside the opponent, trapping them. He will go into the background and summon another giant spear and start to whack and stab the opponent multiple times, making them hit the sides of the two giant spears. He finishes the opponent off by jumping into the air and diving directly downwards of the opponent, hitting them with the one giant spear he was holding onto again, causing an explosion and launching the opponent. Bandana Waddle Dee then takes out his normal spear and poses happily. Good kill move. 3% per hit when getting hit by the giant spear. Hits 7 times dealing 21% total. Final spear dive deals 25% damage. Full Final Smash deals 50% damage in total.

Grab and Throws
Now into the grabs. I having nothing special to say here.
 * Grab: He tries grabbing with his free hand, decent range and speed
 * Dash Grab: He dashes forward and tries to grab with his free hand
 * Pivot Grab: He turns around and tries grabbing with his free hand
 * Pummel: Hits the opponent with the back end of his spear, decently fast, 2%
 * Forward Throw: Throws opponent forward a certain amount of distance and then stabs them forwards, 10%
 * Back Throw: Throws opponent behind him a certain amount of distance, 10%
 * Up Throw: He throws the opponent upwards and stabs upwards, kill move, 9%
 * Down Throw: Jumps into the air and stabs downwards, combo starter, 9%

Palutena's Guidance
Finally, let's see what his Pit, Palutena, and Viridi have to say about Bandana Waddle Dee.
 * Pit: This guy looks like he's trying to be serious.
 * Palutena: That's Bandana Waddle Dee. He is the second in command of King Dedede.
 * Pit: Bandana Waddle Dee? What a creative name. What makes him so special from the other Waddle Dees anyway?
 * Viridi: Well for one, he is the master of the spear and he actually likes to help Kirby. He was also important enough to be in Smash so, yeah.
 * Pit: So what should I look out for?
 * Palutena: He is one powerful opponent. The tip of his spear is stronger than any other part of it, so you might want to be very careful.
 * Viridi: So you're saying he should just go in and wail on him?
 * Palutena: Basically.
 * Pit: But he looks so cute and innocent. Do I have to?
 * Palutena: Yes, Pit.

End
That's the end! Like I said before, I am taking requests on who I should do next so request away! This was fun to do and I hope Bandana Waddle Dee can be in Smash 5 :P