Parallels

Whenever I try to learn a new fighting game, I try to find whatever I can relate to and compare it to a game I have played before. This isn't an original concept and most people do this, but in terms of doing this practice with Smash it proved to be a lot more difficult. Comparing 2-D fighting games to other 2-D fighting games is pretty simple, even 2-D to 3-D. Comparing 2-D fighting games to Smash is pretty interesting to say the least, and takes a little bit of time and filling in some blanks. While doing this I have learned a lot of stuff in PM that I grasped in a somewhat alternative way, and I have learned about a few things that I really struggle with in terms of building an understanding. So to start off this blog officially i'm going to just discuss things that I really like about PM coming from fighting games. As well as things that confuse me, not in a way that makes me hate it or anything like that of course. Certain things that are in this game I just legit have a v...

Before I get started with the blog, I just want to make an introduction/disclaimer/whatever so people understand more of who I am and why I am writing about this! So lets get started! Disclaimer:  I'm hella dumb, so the grammar and use of punctuation throughout this blog will probably set some people off. Sorry in advance, you a snack tho. Who I Am:  So for anyone that has no clue who I am, or for anyone that has no idea why I'm making a blog i'll just tell a little bit about my "career" as a fighting game player. I first got into fighting games in 2007 via Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (3s), its to this day my favorite game ever and its the sole reason why I wanted to pursue fighting games as a hobby. I went to my first tournament in early 2009 I believe and it was called Sinsation, I lived in Northern Virginia at the time and it was in the hotel right by the Fair Oaks Mall so it was only about 10 minutes away. Me, my dad, and my friend Winnie (...