Top 5 Dead or Alive: Kirby (Super Smash Bros 64)

If it’s your first time picking up the 64 controllers or giving Super Smash Bros a shot, there are a few go-to characters that rarely let a novice down. Whether it be because that character has a unbelievably strong move that rookies can rely on or because they are one of the most iconic characters to be featured in a Nintendo production, people have their reasons for loving who they pick. Some people want their character to represent them in some way. Some pick the protagonist of their favorite video game from childhood. Some pick one of the 3 arguably best fighters in the game. Some pick a fighter as a response to an opponent’s pick because they know the ins and outs of each characters speed, power, attack moves, and weaknesses. Some flat out allow their opponent(s) to select their fighter for them because it makes no difference whether they trot out there with Jigglypuff or Link, the beats is ’bout to be put on dat ass before this day is done! Now, let’s get into this beast of a gumball. Kirby da GOAT. The assimilater. The pink stink. The dive bomb king. There is so so much to be said about this character.

[title type=”h4″]1) “I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Smash God, Smash God // All my peeps from the rooks to the vets nod, head nod”[/title]  Kirby is just so damn serviceable that it’s easy for beginners to hop in and have a decent round button mashing and throwing basic smash attacks. Meanwhile, vets nasty enough to wreck house can roll up into any fight out there a…