For details on the canon fighters’ stats and hitboxes, check out Ultimate Frame Data: https://ultimateframedata.com/stats.php
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Welcome to another episode of Challenger Approaching! In this series, we create full newcomer designs for characters who might be invited to a future entry of Super Smash Bros, going deep into detail on their moves, stats, and everything a newcomer needs!
This time, our Challenger is someone who has been around for a long time yet isn’t often brought up when it comes to Smash speculation. Kamek is a recurring member of Mario’s AND Yoshi’s rogues’ gallery, often opposing the former as Bowser’s right-hand man and opposing the latter as a past, younger Bowser’s caretaker, and his wicked magic has made for many memorable boss fights. While he’s had a presence in the Mario series fairly consistently, it’s only recently that Kamek has become more prominent, with multiple major and/or playable roles. It’s been enough to spark up newfound interest in what he’d be like as a Smash newcomer.
But if he did manage to swipe an invite next game, how could Kamek work as a playable fighter? How could the many different spells he–and other Magikoopas–have used across boss battles and other appearances come together to form a moveset unlike any magic user we’ve seen so far? Watch on and see for yourself!
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Graphic design by Slink and Voyager: https://twitter.com/AShadowLink https://twitter.com/Fire_Voyager
Post-production assistance by Neoxon: https://twitter.com/Neoxon619
Challenger Key Art by Ed Mendoza: https://twitter.com/edmendozaart
Additional Sources:
Misc. – Smash Wiki entry on Air Speed: https://www.ssbwiki.com/Air_speed
Misc. – Super Mario Wiki entry on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8_Deluxe
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – Playthrough, Part 54 (KoopaKungFu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9oiEOIpkzE
Mario Superstar Baseball – Magikoopa Superstar Rank Speedun (YourGenderHere): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT49OKTzN_4
Misc. – Evolution of Kamek/Magikoopa Boss Fights (KokiriGaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC00ESUNvZY
Paper Mario (64) – Playthrough, Part 1 (NintendoMovies): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je9Y-cvp8NY
Paper Mario (64) – Playthrough, Part 13 (NintendoMovies): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPuITPxzz6A
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Announcement Trailer (Nintendo of America): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JStAYvbeSHc
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Announcement Trailer (Nintendo of America): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKp9cD4e8ac
Super Mario RPG (Remake) – Playthrough, Part 22 (AbdallahKids): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvrGZroa1D4
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – All Enemies & Bosses (CommunityGame): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkeMrU6t8_M
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Walkthrough, Part 6 (KokiriGaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPUGF7VIGYk
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Walkthrough, Part 19 (YTSunny): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kZEQZ9IW4
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peak fighter dropped without my name being called for it??
Interesting ideas for Kamek. As for the next challenger, I'm obviously going with Shadow, due to his game that recently came out, and I'm more familiar with him then the other four. Also, can you please do Krystal from Star Fox in the future please?
Akira Howard would be sooooo cool, though- 😮💨
kammy koopa alt costume/colour or we riot 0:53 oh now you REALLY have to 4:45 good.
wouldn't a better term for kamek's cloak be "cool-toned" since it's changed between blue and azure? 13:01 oh you're one of those people… nintendo has been so cruel to you
great one, thanks!
Off topic but I don't understand the pronunciation Kah-mek instead of Cam-ek. That would mean that Kammy from the Paper Mario series is pronounced commie.
A magikoopa has actually worn White Mage's robes before.
In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, there us a character called "Hypnotist Magikoopa" in Little Fungitown. The Hypnotist Magikoopa wears robes directly based off of the White Mage from the Final Fantasy series.
Alright, another potential Super Mario character as playable Smash Fighter, and I think this is probably the most interesting one yet! Yeah, it is kind of a shame that Kamek has flew under the radar of a potential Smash newcomer for a lot of people's heads for a while now, but at least now more, and more have started becoming aware of his potential in Smash as a legit fighter! Overall, I'm VERY happy with this Moveset potential as it does such a perfect job of capturing his personality, and magic use, even making him a regular Zoner character like Takamaru from the previous Challenger Approaching Video too, albeit with Lockdown abilities as well, instead of Hit & Run like with Takamaru, while still feeling like a unique magic user, and properly balanced for a platform fighting game! Only adjustment I'd change with Kamek's Color Alterations is his eighth, and last one being a reference to Bowser (and probably Bowser Jr. too by proxy) as while it does round out the colors beautifully, Bowser himself is already playable in Smash (same with Jr.), so I'd just change it to a gray alt to match the Gray Magikoopas from Paper Mario (2000) since it's an actual canon color, and move it next to the white alt, thus giving the purple alt based off of Kammy Koopa (and let's add even more details on the purple one based off of Kamella for good measure while we're at it, as well as Giant Kamek) as the last alt, as well as an orange alt based off of Boom-Boom, a pink alt based off of Pom-Pom, a black alt based off of the Dark Magikoopas from Super Paper Mario, and a neutral-to-somewhat-dark blue based off of the Koopa General from the Mario Movie (2023), bits of silver, and dark gray from the Koopatrols, and the 3 colors based off of Kamek's magical effects! Also, since you couldn't think of a way to include Kamek's multiple clones as a Special, I think I may have a solution: What if it could be used a Back Special while maintaining all the other ones in this concept? I think it'd work perfectly (also makes me hope that Smash 6 has even more abilities like Back Strongs, Neutral Smashes, Back Smashes, Dash Smashes, Back Specials, and Dash Specials alongside the old ones, as long as they're programmed where they're not frustrating to play as)! I'd also give Kamek a fourth Appeal where he sticks his tongue out, and puts his hands up mocking the player, and referencing his image from one of the Bonus Mini-games from Yoshi Island when you lost! His Running animation would definitely have him lift up his robes like in Paper Mario: Origami King, which would be priceless! I like that you even had Kamek use magic for both his Grabs, and his Pummel! I think my favorite part though was the way you designed his Neutral Special! It was really cool to see how each magical effect would come into play with various strengths, and weaknesses! His Last Trump Card based off of his Giant Kamek boss fight from Super Princess Peach, which he uses his own magic to make himself gigantic like how he does with the bosses, and his master from the Yoshi games, which is just PERFECT! Amazing Video once again, Del! Can't wait for the next CA one (I'm betting Shadow The Hedgehog will be the winner)!
It's funny, there's already a Kamek moveset mod for Smash Ultimate and I think it's perfectly serviceable.
3:03 it boggles my mind how delusional super mario rpg fans are. Sure i played the game, i liked it, i would never say it warrants 2 new characters on the smash roster. Geno's only claims to fame were a snes mario rpg spinoff and a "cameo" in superstar saga, its insane to me how people actually think he should rightfully be in smash. If what geno did was enough for an invite, smash would have 900+ characters. If you wanna have a character to represent the mario rpg spinoffs, do one for mario & luigi of paper mario. Nobody except 40 year old manchildren even like geno that much. i WILL go this far, be grateful he even has a mii costume
Man if I could resign Kamek in general, I'd give a semi punkster outfit of the magikoopa, change its rope red, turn sleeve bands/coufs into a sleeveband, multi spiked arm hybrid, give the hat the same treament on its band, and give him punkster shades. I'd rename him Kamaic as a pun between kamak and magic.
I thought Kamek was a she
Someday Isaac will be in the poll, and that day I'll vote so darn hard lol
OH MY GOODNESS SHADOW PLEASE!!!!
Another great moveset! Kamek is one of my favorite mooks from Bowser's army, and I say you did a really good job with his moveset. I can't wait for the next one!
Also, do you think you can do movesets for Carmen Sandiego and Tak from Tak and the Power of Juju games? And yes, tack is a video game character. His first game came out almost 4 years before his show did. He even had an early bird cameo in another Nickelodeon game a year prior to his own game.
Oh God he's a primal aspid
Not gonna lie, I'm getting pretty annoyed at kameks appearances in games lately, mainly because hes an excuse to not have any other magic koopas appear in modern games
Was'nt there already a full mod for this character?
The only downside of a potential Shadow moveset is that, if we're to assume that the project Sakurai started in April 2022 is indeed Smash 6, Shadow would have to be DLC for anything from Shadow Generations to be referenced.
"this character shows how many interesting newcomer options Nintendo still has"
i've been saying that! Nintendo's own IPs still have loads of fun candidates, but people are too preoccupied with flashy new third-party guests; maybe it's cause i never owned a Playstation, or maybe this is what people who rag on Marvel movies mean by crossover fatigue, but that lost its luster pretty fast for me. i'd trade every rep Square-Enix has for this Kamek writeup and i wouldn't even blink.
A Delzethin video on my BIRTHDAY?! Thanks, man!
LET THERE BE SHADOW!!
3:15 Good to know I'm not crazy for thinking Pauline has a chance in Smash
The stat comparisons in gameplay where a huge help. It’s a lot easier to see things tangible instead of arbitrarily.
The stat comparisons in gameplay where a huge help. It’s a lot easier to see things tangible instead of arbitrarily.
As far as duplication, I think having Kamek using his clones for all his smash attacks would be pretty cool, Naruto style. Imagine an up smash where a clone flies, their broom straight up into the air, or a down smash or two clones spin their brooms in a circle either side of the original.
Cool moveset as always, man! I may not be a patron but if I would vote that you would do my boy Miles "Tails" Prower next. Keep up the good work
youre so much better than brawlfan man
Love it! This design really vibes with all the Transmuter Wizard Magikoopas I've built for fun in d&d and other rpg systems.
Velvet crowe next!
Can You Do Shadow The Hedgehog Next?
Using His Doom Powers From Sonic X Shadow Generations! 🔴⚫️🦔
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Shadow, I beg of you!
Maybe the neutral special could act similar to shulk's monado arts, in that you can turn the left joystick to select a specific magic fast, along with being able to cycle through them by holding, just to make it easier to combo for dedicated players
hear me out, for his fs he does a moderate amount of damage and knockback that is weak in comparison to other final smashes, but he turns his opponent into a random character on the roster for a bit if it hits them
do hades from kid icarus next
I'm loving this concept for videos, and I'm all in! Also, I think Beautiful Joe and Phoenix Wright would both be awesome additions to the Smash universe, even more considering that they both have been playable in Nintendo consoles more than once and they would both have insane move sets