One of the easiest ways to make your opponent angry in super smash bros ultimate is to hit them with a taunt. A lot of these are fun little animations that are used to give your character more personality. Everyone in ultimate has 3, however over the course of the smash series several taunts have been changed or even cut entirely. So today I’m looking at smash 64, melee, brawl, and smash 4 to see which taunts were changed or cut in ultimate and if they are better or worse than what we have now!
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Hello
It's alright. I hope you got better.
Skill issue (I am legally required to state that this is a joke.)
Entirely offtopic but I played the prologue of Fire Emblem Awakening and Chrom dies in the first 3 minutes and it made me laugh
No worries! Health before anything and everything, and it was only a one day difference.
The worst cut in my opinion is Sonic's "You're too slow!" Taunt. Yeah, the voice line was changed, but "Sonic Speed!" Isn't really a taunt, just him saying something. The "You're too slow!" taunt is actually a taunt, like peaches singing taunt.
big missed opportunity to have sonic be the only character to be able to taunt in the air though like imagine the Sonic Adventure cover art pose as a taunt, that’d be amazing
@@teaoftrafficTrue. Wario gets a taunt on his bike, why not sonic in the air?
Everybody should agree
i wish they had roger record new voices, the reuse of voice clips really doesn't work
@@dayzlove4994I guess I'm not everybody.
You’re to slow is one of the most toxic things to hear in a brawl battle
I got kicked in the face because of it 😂
They probably removed it cuz they knew people would smash everything around them 😂
As a Sonic main, I love it
I agree I use to throw my controller everytime I heard it
@@skittle6307dang, you ok😅😅
Can't believe they cut your mother from this game. Truly heartbreaking
Sad Good joke BTW xd
They took too much processing power.
Ridley got in after being called too big, so there's still hope!
She’s too big for smash 😭
Incineroar proved there could be slow characters, so your mom (who took 9 months to make a joke) still has a good chance!
I still don’t understand why CPUs don’t taunt anymore, especially Luigi who has the best taunt in the game
They have no emotion
Probably just to make the fact Figure Players can more funny
they sometimes do though
I think so people wouldn't get -salty- mad about them anymore
They do still taunt in SSBU but it's rare.
My favorite about Mario's previous neutral taunt is that if you played on special smash, made the characters big, give Mario a mushroom and perform the taunt, he'd get absolutely massive
I was sadly a 3DS Smash loser so I had no Special Smash :( I never owned a Wii U (though honestly I’m not too sad over it - most of the games I would have played have sequels or ports on the Switch)
the biggest mario could get was special smash big modifier, lightning bolt misfire (big variant), and mario up taunt. i remember in the brawl days i would try to make mario as big as possible, so we did exactly that
Mega Mario in Smash
It was the first taunt I tried when I bought the game this year. Was let down about Mario's taunt being removed.
@@mehsayoriwe all tried that one day lol
"You're too slow" and "C'mon step it up" are PEAK disrespect and I'll forever be mad that they became so lame in Smash 4 onwards. Also I've seen people say that Charizard's up taunt is supposed to be the same pose as his Pokemon Yellow sprite, and I can kinda see it.
Eh, I don't know. I really like "Sonic Speed!".
@@toumabyakuyame too.
@@toumabyakuya it's fine, but it doesn't feel like a taunt.
@@TheRegularHedgehog575 Eh? Why not? It has a similar meaning to "The fight is on!".
@toumabyakuya I see what you mean, but "you're too slow" and "c'mon, step it up" feel alot more like taunts but that's imo
Mario's taunt where he takes his hat off (pre-ultimate) is most likely a reference to the New Super Mario Bros series, where Mario takes his hat off at the end of a level, before putting it back on and heading into the castle.
Oh yeah! Mario time!
That fits into the “he takes his hat off a lot” category
“In Smash Ultimate, every single character gets three taunts. Except Wario who gets four.” Snake: cries
TECHNICALLY, he does have different taunts (he gets in the box in different ways) 🤓
@@hoyquarlow6908 I never noticed that , wow ❤️
@@hoyquarlow6908 also him removing the box has different timings as well!
@@hoyquarlow6908 I always found Snake's taunts lame, but I get that his box is iconic and they can't add him smoking. But I agree with a friend (who knows more about MGS than me) that his other taunts should of been his assistants cheering him on from his codec
@@SoniMarSponge "Looking cool, Joker!"
"Every single character gets three unique taunts, except for Wario, he gets four." Dedede: *Laughs in crouch animation*
Old wolf voice line: Reeeoooooooowwwwwp 😈👺👺👹 New wolf voice line: auuugh 🤓🤓💅
Personally I love the gay wolf, definitely feels like a taunt (maybe not of the opponent tho)
Brawl players had an unofficial rule that you had to howl every time you launched someone.
old man wolf
I hate it. They made so many characters lose their cool by doin' this to 'em.
12:10 Using this taunt when sending someone off the side blast zone activates the villain chemicals in my brain
The Sonic section doesn't mention the very direct reasoning that he not only got a new voice actor (going from Jason Griffith to Roger Craig Smith) but also that Roger Craig Smith is a union voice actor and that Smash Bros. is a non-union product, with this leading to multiple characters from Kid Icarus being recast and Pit's voice staying the same but uncredited. The only option they had for Sonic was reusing old voice lines recorded for Sonic games, and since Sonic never said "You're too slow!" outside of Brawl, there was no way to keep it. A notable example of them reusing a voiceline is his Final Smash line being taken from the cutscene before the final boss in Sonic Generations.
Based Roger Craig Smith
W-we get it man, you’re a Sonic fan
out of curiosity, what does union and non-union mean in this context?
@tinyclover3849 I wish I knew but that's apparently why Cloud and Sephiroth still have their Japanese voices as well
He does say "You're too slow" in an episode of Sonic Boom
16:25 Fun Fact: In case if you didn’t know, this taunt is based on Game & Watch Mario Bros which when this happens when if you get 8 bottles on the truck, it shows a little cutscene where Mario & Luigi are panting on the ground.
The shorter Kirby taunt also has the upside of allowing Kirby to get rid of his copied ability faster, so it actually has a Gameplay use!
14:50 the reason for Cloud and Sephiroth not having dubbed voices is actually because of issues with their voice actors being union actors.
Meanwhile, Jason Griffith was just credited under an alias in Brawl for the exact same reason.
"Issues" as in big companies hate paying people what they are worth
Then the Remake happened and the VAs changed. Cody and the other guy are also still union, right?
Mario's old side taunt was based off the victory pose in the New Super Mario Bros Games. Surprised you didn't notice.
Because he’s a dingdong not smart person
Because he’s a ding dong not smart person
5:53 “why I oughtta” type ahh wave
19:34 Bro I wish they brought “You’re too slow!” back!
8:17 “Pikachu’s side taunt has had a pretty big evolution through the years”. I GET THE JOKE GUYS!!!!!
"You're too slow!" is such an iconic line. I can't believe they cut it.
22:18 I dont know why this cracked me so hard
That kinda shit makes me love this channel
marth's original japanese line actually translates well to what he says in ultimate. The down taunt in brawl and 4 roughly translates to "everyone, eyes on me," and "keep your eyes open" is close enough - although i wish he'd shout "eyes on me!" instead. Yuri Lowenthal is also a _perfect_ voice actor for marth, and i am beyond satisfied with the choice. I'm gonna edit this as I watch because i love taunts. Sonic's side taunt originally saying "you're too slow!" is the most in-character taunt in the series. Even if the devs wanted taunts to he shorter and cancelable, the line's short enough that it works. I _cannot_ think of a reason to switch it for a worse taunt. Sonic's side taunt is similar, but the line in brawl is long - so instead of "come on, step it up!" just chsnge it to "step it up!" or some variation of the phrase.
3:15 New Super Mario Bros series: "Am I a joke to you?"
Amen!
4:09 This "taunt" is based on the way Link puts his hand on his hip and leans back when he talks to NPCs in OOT
I have an idea to re-implement the Mario Grow Up taunt. Have him crouch down to make him look like small Mario, then he’ll pretend he’s growing until he gets on his tippy toes with his fist up, to reference his jumping pose.
15:06 he says “Everyone, eyes on me!” It’s iconic in the FE fandom
I actually said that to a foreign exchange student from Japan once in our senior year, and he actually translated it 😂
@@linhardtvonhevring7262I’m surprised you said it well enough for him to understand it
Mario's old side taunt is actually nearly identical to his animation in New Super Mario Bros when he reaches the flagpole. Idk if it's actually directly based on that, but it's pretty dang close
Most of these were cut because they messed with the hitbox of the character.
calling pikachu "the rat" hit in a hilarious way
Giga Bowser: “I’m the largest character in the game!” Mario: *Mushroom + up taunt*
3:56 okay don’t know why, but the “eh” combined with the quiet voice “Idle animation looking.” Delivery is just so freaking hilarious! I don’t know why but it’s just too good and perfect!
Man i miss the mario grow taunt
I miss Brawl Falco with his New Yorker accent. It's not AI as that literally didn't exist back then but ripping the files shows that it's cut up kinda like Ultimate Pikachu but it's way less noticable. Like you can tell they cut a few samples out of "Personally, I prefer the air!" in Brawl for example. What most likely happened was that the original takes were too slow and so they were all edited to fit the animations better.
Is this why Falco has this accent in the fanmade "A Fox in Space" series or did he always have it at one point?
He knows it isn’t but it really does sound like ai
Ganon used to laugh like Homer Simpson. 16:05
Bro those derpy ghosts that were ment to be blinky and pinky caught me of guard.💀
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@@eurybiaball63 ?
ill never get over how little bayonetta fits into smash and it hits like a flashbang whenever she shows up.
Good video, and hope you feel better soon Odyssey.
14:00 No it isnt just you he sounds like a TTS bot
falco with autotune‼️
I really miss Terry’s cut taunts 😭
I really miss Steve’s meat victory screen 😭
Funnily enough, ALBW Zelda really didn't show much of the personality that Smash gave her. She was a little more serious. If anything, it fits the Spirit Tracks or Minish Cap Zeldas more.
Funnily enough that's not actually LBW Zelda, that's a non-specific Zelda made entirely for Ultimate, mixing traits of several different incarnations.
@@Thornbloom If that's the case, I actually really love that. It means she's the most unique of the Zelda characters. Sheik also being somewhat unique because she's specifically wearing BotW Sheikah garb when she was never in that game; Link was able to wear it though.
She getswthe phantom, of course she's Spirit Tracks Zelda
@@SinNun-tx5jp Th Phantom itself originated from a different Zelda, not this one lol.
19:14 Now It's Time For Rat #3.
13:46 hands off my 🎲 Prey
Marth's down taunt before ultimate is "みんな見てくれ" (pronounced "Min'na mitekure") It is roughly translated to "Everyone please look"
funny how he went from telling his friends to watch over him, to telling his foe to do so as a threat lol
This video was fun. I played a lot of pichu back in melee, and I never noticed how his taunts changed depending on which way he was facing. Thanks for the random fact.
“What’s the matter, scared?”
The editing is top tier 😂 subscribed
Kirby's new up-taunt references Kirby in Super Star when he discards a copy ability, and it is the fastest way to discard a copy ability in Ultimate as well.
Luigi: I have'a a taunt that can actually hit you! Kazuya: *話にならんな*
Marth's down taunt line, when translated, roughly comes out to "Everyone, watch me."
Your edits are gold. How do you contain so much funny 🔥
happy mar10, luig10, war10, and waluig10 day
I don't think that's how that works
ah yes, my favorite characters, luigio and waluigio
I love luigio and waluigio
Hey I tought the video would come much later, thanks man!
great video. love your content man
Rest in peace "YOU'RE TOO SLOW!" and "C'MON STEP IT UP!".
melee ganondorf sounds like DIO
You make videos for on the most unique stuff and they’re all great. Can’t wait for the every block in minecraft ranked at 300k
What I would suggest for game and watches 2 similar taunts is to combine them into 1 taunt, you can already do that by spam swatching 1 taunt into the other. Then we can have a new one or the cute hop back.
I would rather Sonic's taunt be: "I'm running circles around you!"
I really miss that mario one 😭 Bring it back!!
which one
@jaco8822 the mushroom one from the start of the video. o7 for big mario
2:48 imagine dying and they hit you with the 👍
1:59 That edit genuinely caught me off guard and made me laugh and tap the “Like” button 🤣
I love this channel you could rank every single special move
20:29 I don't know why but this taunt really cracked me up.
Im so glad he took the jumpscares out of his videos, I've always been kind of interested in your content, but Im terrified of FNAF lol.
Dr. Mario’s “bad” taunt mimics the motion of stomping out a cigarette which is basically him calling you hot garbage
Unique ranking man! :)
Didn’t know that you can give players a heart attack with Falco’s hidden taunt
At 12:57, Captain Falcon isn't the only one that his taunts slightly change with the direction he's facing, it's also the case for Corrin, and maybe other characters
10:32 Yes you did, you forgot to add Smash 4 in here.
Nah he didn't
odyssey you are the goat right as I'm boutta eat lunch i see this video pop up tysm bro 🙏🙏🙏
Broski, I love the ideas you put up on this channel for Smash content. I do think it's weird that you've talked about a lot of the visual aspects of characters like taunts, but don't talk about victory animations. In fact, I very rarely hear people discuss them. I'd love to see you do a ranking for them, whenever you get the chance. 😌🖤
Cool video something glad you final did. But taunt one mist never think of in smash when come frogot stuff. Only thing beat it is stages bet, used to be fighter but newest one have all fighter in it now.
you should do cut idle animations next!
19:38 the fact that this is not an smash ultimate problem but a problem on the sonic series itself 💀
I actually like Mr. Game & Watch's up taunt. When I still played the game, I liked to spam both bell taunts alternating between the two.
Looking cool odyssey (Get it? It's like the funny joker taunt)
Looking cool Legeluga_User (Get it? It's like the funny joker taunt)
Can you do the cut themes from Super Mario Maker? Obviously, there may be some opinions of what themes are unique enough to be considered a theme, but it might still work.
Marth's original down taunt can be roughly translated to "Everyone, please watch me" and has at one point been officially translated to "My prayers are with you" in Fates.
A fond memory of Melee that I have is going into the custom match mode to set all players to giant, playing as Mario, collecting a super mushroom, and then doing the up taunt to make the largest Mario possible.
*playing Falco with different taunt* "Get some-" *down smashes*
7:39 i think melee's "COM AWN" is the best taunt fox has ever had because of the voice line
"I hope they give Cloud and Sephiroth English voices in the next game" That's assuming they'll be in the next game with I find pretty unlikely
Square Enix has mellowed out in crossovers, I think it just comes down to that they expect a DLC representation to boot.
@@HyponMixhog I mean when it comes to DLC characters sure though I doubt they'll be in the next Smash at launch as I bet they'll trim down the roster a fair bit from Ultimate like 40 returning characters at most down from 74
I feel like "You're too slow" was cut because it was becoming too much like "The cake is a lie". Ask anyone what they remember about Brawl, and odds are, it'll be Sonic saying "You're too slow". Ask anyone what they remember about Portal, and odds are, it'll be the graffiti saying "The cake is a lie". IIRC, according to the dev commentary of Portal 2, the writers at Valve were so bummed out by how memetic "The cake is a lie" became, they completely removed all references to cake in Portal 2, save for one throwaway gag. Ever since that one gag, cake has never been mentioned in the Portal-verse since.
I love Pichu’s wacky little dance in the obscure Taunt version.
Youre too slow mixed with the little smirk at the end is so good. Gimme his smirk back orz
Very interesting. And I agree, Mr. Game & Watch should have his jump taunt rather than 2 bell taunts. I'm surprised you didn't mention Ike though seeing as his voice lines changed when he got his older version and his voice actor changed.
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Marth's side taunt in ultimate only does one swing before sheathing but now that i've heard two i can't go back
Melee Fox: Come On! Brawl Fox: Come On! Smash 4: cOmə oN! 🤓 Ultimate: Come at me!
What marth is saying in the taunt is “Everyone, please keep watching me!” Which “Keep your eyes open!” Is a decent enough equivalent to. He’s telling you to pay attention.
*Hot Take:* I _do not_ miss Mario's old up taunt. It was slow, makes your hitbox bigger, leaves you EXTREMELY vulnerable (making it so there's _never_ a good time to use it), and it doesn't even look that good.
And that’s why you don’t get no bitches that’s right no bitches because of this rude comment get owned son!!!!!!!!!!!
Not going to lie I would love to see a video of you just talking about the Sonic jumping animation
The Mario side-taunt comes from New Super Mario Bros, where he does that animation after taking the flag at the end of a level
It would be cool for the next video of this type to be the cut special moves of smash bros
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the changes to Fox’s gun-flip taunt from Brawl to 4/Ultimate! Also Brawl Fox had the coolest voice imo
Mario's old hat taunt is based on the animation when he clears a level in the New Super Mario Bros series. Personally I prefer it to the new one tbh...
Marth’s classic taunt is something along the lines of “Everyone, watch me!”
Kirby main here, his taunts are apart of his gameplay (to get rid of copy ability) so having a quick taunt is one of the reasons it was cut short.
I remember SPAMMING Wolf’s howl taunt in Brawl. I just loved it that much! 😂