User blog:Lasatar/Shion Uzuki for Smash

I'm back! Recently, I did a blog post about how KOS-MOS should be added to Smash. However, what does Smash always add first when it comes to the represented franchises? The main character of course! It isn't that well known by the people who haven't played Xenosaga, but KOS-MOS is not the main character. The main character is Chief Engineer Shion Uzuki of Vector Industries First R&D Division. Wow, that's a long title. But anyway, Shion is the main character of the series, and could work quite well in smash, if implemented correctly. This article will use her Episode I appearance, mostly due to me not getting up to Episode III yet, but the eighth costume will use her episode III appearance. The other alts will be similar to the way Shulk's alts are handled, with colour schemes being based off the party members. There will be alts based off Shion (obviously), KOS-MOS, chaos, MOMO, Ziggy, Jr., and Jin.

How this character should work Just a note, you may find this video: to be helpful when reading. In battle, Shion uses a combination of Martial Arts and the M.W.S., which stands for Multiple Weapon System. Shion can also use her impressive control over Ether to perform actions. Shion will have fast movement speed, but is heavier than other middleweights due to the bulky M.W.S. She will have weight approximately equal to that of Snake from Brawl. The M.W.S. also increases her grab range by a lot, making it the furthest reaching non-tether grab. Shion's standard attack and tilts are all fast punches and kicks. The up tilt is an uppercut based off her animation when destroying objects in Episode II. The standard attack are a couple of fast hits, and the third hit is slower, but more powerful, using the M.W.S. to attack, resembling her Knuckle attack from Episode I. Her smash attacks all use the M.W.S. in various ways. For example, her forward smash uses the Shock Blade tech attack, as seen in the video. Unfortunately, her aerial attacks will need to be improvised for Smash, due to there being absolutely no jumping in Xenosaga. Now for her specials. All of these are based off of an in-game feature. Neutral B: Energy Shot. Based off one of her attacks from Episode II, Shion fires an energy ball from the M.W.S.. A custom special move includes Spell Ray, which takes longer to charge, but is more powerful. Side B: Thermal Blast. Shion performs a couple of swings with the M.W.S., and then creates an explosion in front of her. A custom special includes Lightning Blast, which is similar, but omits the first two swings, and does electric damage. Up B: Gravity Well. Shion creates a sphere of Ether above her, and jumps into it. After this, she dives out at a diagonal, attacking along the way. Can be used for recovery. If an enemy is caught in the Ether sphere, they will take damage. Down B: Stock. Based off one of the battle functions from Episode II, this move generates one stock (this is different to the Smash bros stock. It just has a similar name). Shion can have up to 3 stock at once, displayed above her portrait. When performing any non-B attack, the player can press B. If timed correctly, Shion will use one stock and chain the attack into another more powerful attack that also has super armour. This lets Shion pull off useful combos. A custom special includes Medica, which will heal a certain amount of damage from Shion after an animation. Final Smash: Taking a leaf out of Ryu's book, Shion has two different Final Smashes, depending on wether Shion is in any random position or standing in front of an enemy. When in any position, the Final smash is Rain Blade, which functions similar to Ness' PK Starstorm from Brawl, but the projectiles have a smaller hitbox and do less damage, but there are a lot more of them. The Other Final Smash is Lunar Blade. When pulled off in front of an enemy, Shion will perform an animation almost exactly like her Lunar Blade animation from Episode I (seen in the video link near the top of this page). This attack is unescapable and has a very high chance of KO. Tell me what you think. If you have any ideas that could make it better, please feel free to share them. I take criticism very well.