Update 02-03-2022

General

• Shredder joins the battle!

• New Stage available, Double Dare!

• Added a message that notifies players of when one of their replays is no longer compatible with the current version of the game

• Loading optimizations were applied for the menus on all platforms, menus should load faster. The results vary per platform

• Fixed issue that made incorrect thumbnail image show in arcade mode for the Sweet Dreams stage

• Fixed issue that made rewards not show at the end of Arcade mode when playing with Garfield

• Fixed issue that made the incorrect button prompt appear in the results screen for the save replay functionality

• Changed Garfield’s dialogue box to be a thought bubble in the arcade mode.

• Fixed issue that made the screen flicker sometimes during the matchmaking when opponents changed their skins or characters

• Fixed issue that made the incorrect goal-post assets show in the Sweet Dreams Stage in Sports Mode

• Fixed an issue that made the game get stuck on a “joining game” screen after entering a private lobby password

• We’ve heard people having issues with their controllers mapping getting mixed up when going back to the character select screen. We’re happy to announce that we’ve implemented a controllers profile system that will allow players to assign their specific control mappings to their own specific profile so they won’t get mixed up anymore

• Fixed an issue that made the character select screen appear more than once sometimes in online modes

• There have been updates to the blocking system ,now horizontal attacks can only be blocked if you’re holding a horizontal direction while blocking (Diagonals are considered vertical direction)

Balance

• Universal

  • DI angle reverted (14° → 16°)

  • Getup & tech root roll anims linger for 2 & 4 extra frames respectively before moving

  • Getup roll time decreased (29f → 27f)

  • Getup inplace time decreased (27f → 24f)

  • Getup inplace invulnerability decreased (21f → 19f)

  • Tech roll time decreased (34f → 31f)

  • Tech roll invulnerability decreased (26f → 25f)

  • Tech inplace time decreased (24f → 22f)

  • Tech inplace invulnerability decreased (18f → 17f)

  • Ledge invulnerability increased (60f → 70f)

  • Crashland time decreased (30f → 26f)

  • Holding diagonal for a block is now mutually exclusive for down/up, will not block mid attacks

  • Holding diagonal with the horizontal AWAY from an oncoming attack will no longer produce a down/up block

  • Z-drops no longer affected by DI

  • All characters now properly slowfall once per airtime with their aerial strong attacks, subsequent airstrongs fall at normal speed

  • RPS pre-attack hitboxes now attack in the “correct” direction

  • RPS pre-attack hitboxes now encompass the entire character

  • Fixed bug where certain characters couldn’t turnaround jump out of a jump-cancelable attack while in hitstop

  • Fixed bug where a grounded jump could quickly lead into an aerial grounded jump if the input was pressed again within 4 frames

  • Fixed bug where block on-hit was actionable 1-frame later

• Spongebob

  • Aerial Mid Light

    • Stun gain decreased (9 → 7)

  • Aerial Up Light

    • Knockback gain increased (105 → 115)

    • Stun gain decreased (16 → 11)

    • Down Special

    • Using the grounded version no longer takes away an aerial charge

• Sandy

  • Down Special

    • Cancelable actions now possible with second stick

• Aang

  • Aerial Mid Light

    • Damage decreased (9 → 7)

    • Knockback increased (30 → 50)

    • Knockback Gain increased (75 → 105)

    • Stun decreased (30 → 22)

    • Stun gain increased (0 → 6)

  • Down Special

    • Can no longer infinitely jump during the turnaround animation

• Toph

  • Mid Special

    • Input setup altered: now releasing special immediately throws the projectile, while pressing block cancels the charge; this new system allows an uncharged projectile to be immediately thrown in a manner similar to the rest of the cast

    • Now has a cooldown system like other projectile attacks

    • Color overlays now flash to indicate when a new charge level is met, yellow for mid-charge and orange for full-charge

    • Charge time for mid-level projectile decreased (40f → 35f)

    • Charge time for max-level projectile increased (55f → 70f)

    • Projectile time before self-destruction reduced (5s → 3s)

    • Mid-charge projectile speeds lowered (20, 30, 40 → 14, 24, 34)

    • Mid-charge projectile now bounces

    • If a mid-charge projectile is z-dropped, it will persist 4 times longer than usual (3s → 12s)

    • Max-charge projectile speeds lowered (14, 24, 34 → 12, 20, 28)

    • A max-charge projectile can no longer be rebounded, destroyed, grabbed, or beaten out by any traditional means; good luck!

  • Up Special

    • Ascent begins faster (26f → 24f)

    • Throws projectile faster (33f → 24f)

    • Startup now decays horizontal speed gradually, instead of all at once

    • Projectile inherits Toph's horizontal speed when initiated

    • Can grab edge sooner (50f → 38f)

    • Transitions to fallstate sooner (60f → 47f)

  • Down Special

    • Platform duration halved (10s → 5s)

• Lucy Loud

  • General

    • Now uses correct speed modifiers when carrying an opponent

    • Fixed issue where effects showing off which form Lucy was in would disappear under specific circumstances

  • Aerial Down Strong

    • No longer can cancel preemptively after respawning

• April O'Neil

  • Up Special

    • Can no longer be used to stall when out of fuel

  • Down Special

    • No longer gains ratings from hitting blocking/invulnerable opponents

• Ren & Stimpy

  • Aerial Mid Throw

    • Fixed animation cycling through >2000 more frames that it should've

• Powdered Toast Man

  • Up Light

    • Attack button can now be held to salute your enemies after KO’ing them

  • Up Strong

    • Hitbox repositioned to properly cover PTM’s head

  • Aerial Mid Light

    • Hitbox repositioned to properly cover PTM’s body

  • Aerial Up Light

    • Attack button can now be held to salute your enemies after KO’ing them

• Zim

  • Up Special

    • Fixed bug where attacking Zim prior to releasing the projectile would cause Zim’s gravity to change until up special was performed again

  • Gir

    • Fixed issue that made Gir get stuck on some walls instead of bouncing off

    • Fixed issue that made Gir get stuck with other Girs ingame

• Danny Phantom

  • Aerial Down Strong

    • Pre-attack landing lag minimum fixed to standard amount (5f → 8f)

• Oblina

  • Mid Special

    • Before hitting the ground, goop acts like any other projectile

    • After hitting the ground, goop can only be destroyed by a strong attack from whoever doesn't own the projectile

    • No longer land-cancelable

**Gameplay updates explained **

With the strong prevalence and potential reward of reaction tech chasing (rtc) in the current meta, some major buffs were deemed necessary for the defensive options; while it should remain a disadvantage, it shouldn’t be to the extent that follow-ups are almost guaranteed with minimal effort. The hope is these changes to both the wait before a movement takes place & a decrease in the time it takes for an action will be enough to balance the scales.