Kitty Corp Meow Mix Forums

Down taunt takes out cape in a puff of smoke


New side Taunt  
the peace from when you beat a level in mario world. if you are facing left he swings around to look at you first.

NOTE: the taunt where you grow is now the up taunt


New Second Jump with cape
This comes with a falling animation if there's no input after the jump


New Up Throw animation for cape
This is neat. I took the idea from Kirby's up throw. I animated it manually though.

The throw distance is equal to the normal up throw without the cape.



New dash attack (for cape)
The dive attack without the cape kinda looked like he was trying to fly, so i helped him out. Now he flies, does a series of attacks that ends with a higher knockback attack. You want the opponent in front of you when you use this attack for full effect.


New Up Smash (for cape)
Headbutt never made much sense to me... anyways, heres the new up smash.
He jumps up and kicks with both feet. Hits twice, first 2 then 14. Both increase when charged. totalling to ~22


New F Air (for cape)
The punch is replaced with a sideways spin attack, ending in a downward kick. Occasionally sends opponents downward. The very end of the attack is a meteor smash. basically you can chose between a meteor smash or the spin attack, which does more damage.


New N Air (for cape)
A basic spin attack. It usually hits twice, has similar knockback as the regular kick. I still need to tweak it a bit before i release it.
He spins in the opposite direction and spins alot faster then the second jump mentioned above. There shouldn't be any confusion.


Fixed Running animation for cape
SDo0m InCaRnAti0n noted that the running animation needed a bit of love. and I agreed. So i did a bit more work on it and i hope it looks better to everyone. I didn't to anything drastic. Just made his arms and hat bob with the run, and made each step look more like... a step. its subtle.


Thats it!
Let me know what you think.

I've thought for a while now that there should be a cape mario and so far no ones jumped on it. So i thought I would start my own mod of Mario.

I replaced the flood with the cape, then hexed it so it attaches to mario's neck instead of his waist. I also Hexed out the code that makes the fluud disappear after a while.

[UPDATE  1.14.2011]    
      - when Cape is out, i gave mario a custom 3rd attack for his Normal Attack. Now he will spin a few times, real quick before he kicks to do about 6 or 7 more damage. (I like how this came out alot)
      - When Cape is out, mario now has a custom run animation. He will only run like this when the cape is out. Hestands up straight and holds his arms out to his sides, just like in SMW. To my knowledge, this is the first conditional running animation hack, giving a character 2 running animations.


Changelist

First off, I brought back the Mario Tornado. When the match starts, mario will just be mario. when you use this attack, the cape appears. This does less damage but more knockback then the Luigi Tornado.

Run animation
We are all familiar with this run animation:

I set it up so you see the normal run animation without the cape out, but when you take the cape out:
Its the Super Mario World Run. I ran into a big glitch with this, but i ironed it out.


Neutral Attack Combo
If you haven't figured it out, I'm trying to make the cape suplimentary to marios standard moveset. A good mario player should be able to go back and forth with little / no issue. The upgrades the cape give you are better, but don't take away from the playstyle. People shouldn't be penalized when they try to do something but... oops, the capes not out. That said, i changed the 3rd hit in mario's AAA combo with the cape. The first 2 punches have less knockback (with cape) so you don't push them too far away for:
A spin attack! It's real quick (less then a second long) and can tally up to about 7 damage. Just enough knockback to keep them there. but don't worry. You end it with:
A swift kick in the Groin. This has identical knock back and damage to the normal kick.
All things considered, having the cape out results in about 15-16% damage with the whole combo. (vs the normal 9)


Up Special
Without the cape, mario will do his typical recovery, but if you have the cape, dont you think mario should fly?
He spins and launches into the air.

then he pulls his cape out, just like Super Mario World

then lands and slides on the ground

This attack, without any input, moves mario about the length of Final Destination. This is far, I know. Thats why after using it, you will lose the cape until you use the mario tornado again. If you pull back after take-off, mario will land right next to where he took off.
Its a bit difficult to use because if your facing the wrong way... you can't grab the ledge. I'm gunna figure some way to make him turn around mid-flight.


Side Special
This attack didn't change all that much. the only thing is, if you have your cape out, mario will put it away after the attack. If the cape isn't out, there will be a short delay before using the attack. cuz he's gotta take it out first.


N Special
I like this one. It never made sense to me that mario could only fire 1 shot at a time and it kinda rolled to a stop. So, i changed the bounce velocity and through a bit of PSA variable fun, I managed to make him shoot up to 3 before the lag kicks in.


D Air
The Down Air is the ground pound. no surprise there, this attack should have been in here in the first place.

if you are high enough (just higher then marios double jump height) mario will pound people into the ground and do a bit more damage.
see him rocketing down? once you see that then you know its gunna stick em in the ground.

if you have the cape, mario will do the dive bomb attack from SMW
when he lands, the stage shakes from the impact!

Like the ground pound, if you manage to pull this attack off from a higher height, it gets more powerful.
mario erupts into fire and hits the ground in a huge explosion!

this does significantly more damage and has a high knockback. but its not easy to pull off.


Dash Attack
this idea was borrowed from the mario 64 and the 3d mario hacks.
mario dives forward on his belly like he does in mario 64, then you can tap a ro quickly jump back up onto your feet. thanks you haloedhero for permission.

Misc stuff:
If mario has the cape out and he's hit by a single attack that does more then 10% damage (typically only specials and smashes) then you will hear the shrink noise when mario gets hit by a bad guy and he will lose his cape.
If his damage is higher then 100% then any attack that does more the 3% damage will make him lose his cape. (this ended up being every attack)

Download Link: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=15777 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=15777)


PS. this is my first real hack
hope you like!

SDo0m's Feedback for Cape Mario

Firstly, I'd like to say that the entire concept is great.  It's more of an upgrade to Mario than a complete moveset change which I think is great (since I like playing as Mario personally).  I think there could be more upgrades to some of the basic moves.

My only complaint with the run is that it almost looks like he's sliding along the ground rather than stepping.  It's a bit hard to describe but I think the steps need a bit more bounce in the animation (this is just me being nitpicky as an animator myself).

AAA combo - Normal one left the same, Cape one is new and it's great.  16% is pretty good considering that it only really connects fully right next to the opponent, so it's nicely balanced here.  And a nice animation too.

F Tilt - Same both ways.  Personally I never really liked this move but that's just me. I think it should be changed for something similar to say Sonic's F Tilt.  Also (just a suggestion) but do you think you could sort of make it string like a combo by pressing A multiple times?  A bit like how Metaknight's F Tilt functions.

D Tilt - Same both ways again.  This move was always bad but instead of a completely new move, this one should just be made better (see Balanced Brawl Mario).

U Tilt - Absolutely fine staying the same

Dash Attack - I'm happy that you used haloedhero's animation here because it came out fantastic.  Not only does this move look the part, but it's also great for setting up a combo.  All in all I love this move!

Smashes are all fine.  They work better as killing moves now because they are easier to set up into.

Aerials are fine too.  I love both of his new D Airs and how they are stronger when done from a certain height.  Great job with these.  The animations for both look smooth.  Two more moves that I love!

Neutral B - Simple fireball.  Shoots three with the cape.  Simple changes that make this move some much more worthwile.  Nothing to really say here.

Side B - Interesting how you slowed the starting animation for the Cape.  It's both good and bad in a sense for Mario overall.  It's good because it allows you to do an instant edgehog with the Cape if used well, but bad obviously because it's slower XP  However, I say don't change anything here.

Up B - I ADORE the new Up B.  It's beautiful.  I spammed it for a good few minutes just to admire it's awesomeness.  Nothing to say here...

Down B - YESH!!  Finally someone did a true proper Mario Tornado Down B!  It's ground version is perfect.  My only gripe with it is when used in the air and how he just goes up a bit then drops.  I think he should increase more if you spamming tapping the button (like how Luigi does).

Final Smash is the same.

Throws are the same.

As I said before, fantastic work vontower.  I can't wait to see what you'll make in the future.  If you're already making great PSAs like this on your first try, I can't wait to see what you do when you have more experience.  I think you have potential to become one of the best PSAers (and I mean that 100%).