Waluigi may be one of the most divisive characters up Nintendo’s sleeve—you either love him or you hate him (which would make you a terrible person) but there’s no denying that he’s one of the most talked-about characters when discussing potential Smash Bros. newcomers. In fact, Waluigi was a big talking point during this week’s episode of Nintendo Week, where we discussed our personal most-wanted newcomers for the future Smash Bros. series.

Many say that Waluigi doesn’t have any games to draw inspiration from, but he was one of many characters we spent some time discussing a potential playstyle for. Check out the discussion video above for some ideas for how he should play, footage of potential moves, and why he’d be such a fun addition to the cast! Or if you’re pressed for time, you can keep reading for a watered-down (and much less fun) version below.

What’s special about Waluigi is that he’s the liveliest, most cartoonish Nintendo character by a mile, not only in his actions and animations, but in his very personality. He’s a petty, crooked prankster who’s always falling one step short, and often blames his failures on unfair competition—he often then turns around and tries to cheat his way right back to the top of whatever meaningless board game he lost twenty coins in. It would be fantastic, then, to incorporate this element of his character into his very playstyle as a wacky cartoon character whose slapstick moves break the laws of physics in an attempt to cheat his way to a

Smash win.

He hasn’t appeared in any main-series video games, but he’s actually got a surprising amount of history in his special moves from various

Mario sports games and other spinoffs that could incorporated into Smash, and these can even back up this theme. He could swim through the air, for example, as he does in Mario Power Tennis, or create gigantic fake objects to psych his opponents out, as he does in Mario Super Sluggers. He’s precisely the kind of character who would shoot spitballs at his opponents’ eyes to stun them for a moment before running in and whacking them with a tennis racket, assuming he doesn’t crack himself up too much at their “stupid eyeball faces.”

These kinds of petty pranks and sneaky tricks, coupled with a wacky set of more standard moves based on his long, lanky limbs, would make for a playstyle as unique as it is entertaining. Who wouldn’t love to see a

Smash fighter laughing in his opponent’s faces and gloating way more than he deserves to when he does something right? Who wouldn’t love to see an in-game Smash character making Johns just as salty as the player’s when he doesn’t win? Who wouldn’t love to see his glorious hat-tipping, mustache-twirling, crotch-chopping taunts?

Of course, there’s more than one way a character could work. What would you like to see out of Waluigi if he ever joins

Super Smash Bros.?

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