It's been far too long since I've been around these parts and unfortunately I'm only back due to being frustrated as all hell with packing for my move next week and needing some type of release. So obviously I come to my place of zen, D-toid!

Lets get to the main topic though, shall we? Wavedashing. Anyone who was even partially drawn into the world of Melee tournaments and advanced techniques knows all too well what Wavedashing is, but for those of you who don't know I'll give a short explanation.

Wavedashing is an "Advanced Technique" in Melee where the player was able to air dodge diagonally into the ground immediately after jumping, causing their character to slide along the surface of the level. While this may sound like something that would not be of any use at first, the ability to use any attack while sliding made this technique a requirement to learn for competitive play. It allowed for ground to be covered quickly while still being able to launch moves other than your standard running A attacks and up smashes. The technique was always controversial to those who weren't proficient in performing it though, most of them complaining it shouldn't be legal since it was an exploit in the game's physics system.

Complaining aside, Wavedashing was a staple in tournament play. It caused an entirely new character tier list to be made upon its discovery in Melee. So once Brawl came out with it's corrected physics, you can imagine the uproar that the tournament scene was in.

But people adjusted to the change, they got used to Brawl's mechanics and accepted it for the way it was...At least that's what the general consensus was. A gamer who goes by the name Phantom Wings decided that he wanted things to go back to the way they initially were in Melee, so he took it upon himself to hack the ever-living hell out of Brawl. The result?



That's right, Wavedashing in Brawl! Not only that, but the code apparently also disables the tripping mechanic that everyone seems to hate so much AND allows for longer replays. The guy is also apparently working on another hack to impliment L-Cancelling as well, but I won't go into detail about what that is.

If you'd like the check out the code for yourself you can just click on the youtube video above, or if you're too lazy to move your mouse cursor back up there you can click HERE (Just click on "(more info)" in the upper right section).

So the question is now raised, will this code become widely accepted throughout the Brawl tournaments and be the new standard? Or will people pass it off as some dork with way too much time on his hands and just play the game the way it was made? Will the casual VS tournament player wars be sparked once again on GameFAQs or some other board no one really cares about? I for one hope so, as the hatred and anger of people further fuels my home-made arsenal of evil robots.



For now though, I'm off to press F5 every 5 minutes on the Mother 3 Fan Translation blog and cram more of my crap into my 99' Escort in hopes that I won't have to ship anything to Colorado by mail. See you again for good in about a week and a half D-toid~<3