User:Davidvkimball

davidvkimball owns SmashBrosLegacy.com and has been playing Super Smash Bros. since it launched in 1999.

He is happy to know that Prat Falling will not be in Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U, and is fairly certain that you are happy about that, too.

Characters of Choice
Super Smash Bros. Brawl:


 * 1) Zero Suit Samus
 * 2) Ike

Super Smash Bros. Melee:


 * 1) Sheik
 * 2) Marth

Super Smash Bros.:


 * 1) Mario
 * 2) Kirby

Smasher History
Before he could afford a Nintendo 64 of his own, David would often challenge friends who owned the console to a Super Smash Bros. match. His preferred battle type was a one-on-one match with five lives each. Mario was his top choice, but he would often switch between Kirby and Captain Falcon as well.

One fateful day, he and his brother sold their NES and games to purchase a Nintendo 64. Super Smash Bros. was the fourth game they purchased, and instantly became a favorite. David used each character carefully and learned each of their moves, playing friends weekly and his brother daily. He managed to beat this N64 classic 100%.

When the Nintendo GameCube was purchased by Davidvkimball, Melee was the first game purchased right along with the console. He soon registered the name "DAVE" on his save file and eventually managed to beat the game 100%. Along the way he used every character, and eventually managed to memorize each and every one of their attacks. As the years went on, he became increasingly competitive.

When Super Smash Bros. Brawl was announced at E3 2006, Davidvkimball was ecstatic. Super Smash Bros. Melee was his favorite game up until then, and the anticipation of this sequel drove him nuts. Each day, he and his brother would check the Smash Bros. DOJO!! website for updates regarding new characters, music, stages, items, and more that would be featured in Brawl. Each delay of the game was agonizing, but finally on the midnight release on March 9th, 2008, David and his brother purchased Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Just prior to the midnight release, both him and his brother were able to participate in a pre-release Brawl tournament, where David chose Link as his first character to try. After exploring all of the game modes and playing through each section of the game on every difficulty setting, he managed to beat the game 100% (he might still be missing a few stickers, however).

Since then, Davidvkimball has participated in various Super Smash Bros. tournaments, even taking first, second, and third place (most notably winning first place at his university-wide tournament his Freshmen year). He considers the Smash Bros series to be his favorite video game series of all time and will gladly suggest playing those games over any Call of Duty title.

Control preferences
Davidvkimball prefers to play with the GameCube controller. Although he has made it a point to try every controller type (and even adjusted control schemes to his liking in Super Smash Bros. Brawl), he can only play seriously with a GameCube controller. Other than fitting his hands the best, the CameCube controller is the ideal choice for David since he started using it to play Super Smash Bros. Melee in 2001.

He owns 4 GameCube controllers and invites anyone who uses a different controller (Classic Controller, Wii Remote & Nunchuk, or God forbid the Wiimote solely) to use the GameCube controller and play the game how it was really meant to be played.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, his player name "DAVID" features control schemes with all Tap Jump options turned off (besides the Wiimote control scheme).

Fighting Style
Davidvkimball is aggressive and quick. He believes a careful combination of speedy attacks and dodging is the key to being the best fighter. He only employs punishment when it seems the most appropriate, and uses especially strong attacks sparingly.

Between special attacks and smash attacks, he often prefers smash attacks.

As a general rule, he tends to avoid spamming (with the exception of using projectile attacks), because he believes overusing any particular move makes a fighter more predictable.

Where Davidvkimball really shines as a fighter is when he is able to score combos on his opponents. A favorite of David's is Zero Suit Samus' Vine Whip up special attack from the ground, an up tilt attack, followed by a jump and forward or backward aerial attack. If his foe has enough damage, this is often enough to Knockout an opponent.