When you first boot-up a new Smash Game, there are probably a few characters you’re drawn to immediately.
There’s Mario, you know him. Maybe you pick Link, he’s always there.
But there’s one character that most players don’t really touch. The helium voiced, narcoleptic pink ball of destruction herself: Jigglypuff.
Written by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
Produced, Hosted & Edited by: Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett)
Shot by: Matt Massey
Illustrated animations by: Christian Pearson (@Chr_Pearson)
Script edited by: Sean Wetselaar (@SeanWetselaar)
Footage courtesies:
Sonic Fox and Rick Fox shout-out to the furries clip
Courtesy:@ SonicFox5000 (Twitter)
Jigglypuff song
Courtesy: TV Tokyo
Titanic: The Legend Goes On
Courtesy: JonTronShow – JonTron (YouTube)
Jigglypuff in Pokemon Red & Blue
Courtesy: Nintendo / The Pokemon Company
Super Smash Bros. 64 – Jigglypuff
Courtesy: Basileous Productions (YouTube)
Isai vs. Moyashi (Apex 2014)
Courtesy: Apex
Nicolas Cage “Face/Off” Laughing scene
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History of JIGGLYPUFF in Competitive Super Smash Bros. (64, Melee, Brawl, Wii U) ft. CDK
Courtesy: False Swipe Gaming (YouTube)
Plup vs. Hbox Top 8 @ EVO 2016
Courtesy: EVO
Super Smash Bros 64 – My Main is Jigglypuff part 2
Courtesy: The Retro Gamers (YouTube)
“That’s not very nice!”
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Mang0 vs. Armada MLG Anaheim 2014
Courtesy: Major League Gaming
Mang0 vs. M2K @ Revival of Melee 2009
Courtesy: Alukard via Pakman (YouTube)
Ray Liotta laughing scene from Goodfellas
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Hbox vs. M2K @ CEOGaming Daytona 2018
Courtesy: Twitch.tv/CEOGaming
Hbox vs. Leffen Top 8 @ EVO 2018
Courtesy: EVO
Axe vs. Hbox @ Smash Summit 6, Losers Final
Courtesy: Beyond the Summit – Smash
Hungrybox vs. Zain @ Smash Summit 7, Melee Quarterfinals
Courtesy: Beyond the Summit – Smash
Westball vs. Mango @ Mayhem June 2015, Grand Finals
Courtesy: MacDsmash (YouTube)
Is Jigglypuff and Wobbling Killing Melee? Should they be banned?
Courtesy: William Hjelte (YouTube)
Armada’s History with Hating Puff
Courtesy: Armada (YouTube)
Hungrybox vs. Plup Grand Finals – NOODS NOODS NOODS – Oakland Edition
Courtesy: ESA Smash (YouTube)
Plup on taking a break from Melee
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Hbox vs. Plup EGLX 2018 Winners Finals
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Hungrybox vs. SFAT Press Start Ending: Hype Edition
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Hungrybox vs. Armada @ EVO 2015
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Axe on Jigglypuff and Hbox
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Hungrybox vs.s Armada @ DreamHack Winter 2015, Grand Finals
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Hungrybox vs. Leffen @ Smash Summit 7, Grand Finals
Courtesy: Beyond the Summit – Smash
Mang0 vs. M2K @ Apex 2014, Losers Final
Courtesy: Team Spooky (YouTube)
12: Jigglypuff Smash Bros. Ultimate
Courtesy: Super Smash Bros. (YouTube)
Getting Good at Ultimate – Hungrybox Smash Ultimate Highlights
Courtesy: Hungrybox (YouTube)
The Best Jigglypuff Rest Play Ever in Smash Bros. Ultimate
Courtesy: ZeRo (YouTube)
EVO 2015 – Hungrybox beats Mango Crowd Reaction
Courtesy: SmashPractice (YouTube)
Hungrybox vs. Armada @ Smash’n’Splash 3
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Hungrybox vs. Armada EVO 2016
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45 comments
“Grrrr pink singing ball bad”
"Puff dittos would be boring"
Right because fox dittos every other game is 'fun'
mango got to number 1 placings with puff and THAN changeged not before he found sucess.
If you don’t like watching puff play then don’t watch the matches she is playing in. I personally enjoy watching puff.
I mean, as a proud puff main myself, I've had some terrible experiences with people getting angry and quitting on me and screaming at me in friendlies for no reason except that I play puff. Honestly, it feels like people immediately discredit my skill in melee and ultimate because I play her.
i think puff is fine, there is literally only 1 player good with puff, and not every game played with puff is really slow, puff can do rush-down so i don't see the issue that would cause puff to be banned
If your doing something highly competitive, a viable strategy is all well and good. When you're absolutely trying to win, this is where you pull out things like wobbling and trying to stall out the time. If you're trying to have something be a spectator sport, a clear line gets drawn between the ability to win and entertainment. If people tune in to melee tournaments expecting entertaining gameplay and this is the reason they watch, doing the exact opposite is a way to kill that viewership. If they're there to watch the best tactics and best characters battle it out, then doing that shouldn't have any effect.
So the question here is, why are people surprised that people don't want to watch something that isn't enjoyable to watch? When you host a massive public tournament, you're doing it to bring in a crowd and you're telling people "this is entertaining". When it's not, they get pissed. If you're looking to see who is the best of the best for the sake of pure competition you would host a tournament in private because why would a crowd matter for that?
If you want the massive viewership AND highly competitive scene, it needs to be realized that both of those don't go hand-in-hand and comprises need to be made. Otherwise you get a tournament where every single person picks ice climbers and it becomes "who can wobble first". So while it's inexcusable that people are treating someone like shit, it's perfectly reasonable for people to not want to watch something that is no longer entertaining when it's advertised as such.
Looked at the title calling Jiggs a “she” and only came here to see how the comment section would react.
EDIT: Interesting… not as bad as I thought.
Fox is killing melee
I love how everyone is fine with a cheap as shit optimized fox who has a tier unto himself, but when someone legitimately dismantles the metagame everyone gets butthurt.
I think HBOx is really fun to watch. I think he plays with a lot of finesse and it is satisfying to watch him make fox cheesers eat shit
Y’all gotta stop acting like it’s a hot take to say Fox sets can be boring.
Ah yes. This character doesn't play the way we want it to and we don't like it. Time for the ban hammer I guess
DIE i say,
!
Puff haters DIE
The thing is that no one wants to improve their metagame in order to get better and beat HBOX game style and. HBOX took all disadvantages of a floaty light character and condensed into a efficient gamestyle. Mang0 was a jigglypuff main and did demonstrate the true potential of the character. Even prince Abu is a good puff's main representative. Isn't about how fast can input your controller, is about being consistent and HBOX has been the most in the recent times.
Boring to watch / play, zoners and campers basically, if Melee players dont like this, it still is stratregy, it still is viable, different from wobbling, that doesnt have counter play, besides, Melee community is one of the most toxic out there, i Love Smash and always will, but this game overstayed its welcome way more than it should
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Random JonTron cameo ftw looool
Hey basketball fans: isn't this basically what the Badgers do? Slow the game down, and force you to play their style of ball?
Leffen is the one who doesn't deserve ANY human rights, at all.
I don't understand the shit HungryBox
Mew2King fucking ledge camps when he's up one life. And if you don't believe me, Westballz gave him shit for it when he did it against him in tournament.
But when Mew2King does it it's godlike or optimal. When HungryBox does it it's toxic and should be banned
Salty losers, every one of them. Hating something because they can't beat it. Hating something because it doesn't fit their definition of how the game "should" be played. Wanting to ban something because it's too powerful. I know the Melee community is toxic, but this a level of sore loserness I thought I'd never see, even from them. Rock on, HBox
I’ve never seen so many people who don’t play melee have such great opinions on melee.
I always play as jigglypuff and its not surprising that i win each time
I mean to be fair, everyone does hate jigglypuff.
it's fun that they bash puff as boring when basically they made melee a " Super Fox vs Marth brothers"
Jigglypuff is awesome and thats ?OK?
Honestly I love seeing different uncommon play styles at high levels. Hence why I like HBox and find Fox/Falco ditto fights boring.
Leffin isn’t a great model to base and argument on but you have to understand like the game is old and still is being watched by dedicated fans however if every finals is floaty garbage then it’s not exciting nor different so hbox shooting himself and everyone else in the foot cause if there is no money from sponsors then there is no pro melee
HBox is actually the main reason I got into watching professional Melee. HBox nor Puff should be banned from the community just because he found his play style. You can’t ban someone for their play styles because not everyone wants to play the game the same
She?
She is my main
Jigglypuff is the best i dont care if people hate jigglypuff jigglypuff rules rules
Do you have any idea what narcoleptic means?
"if hbox kills melee, then it didn't deserve to live. Adapt or die"
-some handsome mf on reddit
People complaining sound like They are weak minded
I heckin love puff
Puff has an extreme disadvantage state. You CAN play around it. Banning puff solves nothing.
I stopped watching melee because puff gf were too boring to watch
"I'm tired of fighting Jigglypuff, I have to fight him every tournament" Try not playing fox at tournament and then say that shit. That's all hbox sees, fox fox fox. Is it any surprise he can beat fox players now with the amount of fox MU experience he has? Salty fucks like Leffen, Armada, and plup, they all play fox lmao why do they play fox? because he's the best character in the game. They're tier whores and when a single puff player (because Hbox is the only puff that places that high) threatens their #1 position because they can't get free wins from playing the best character they just blame puff. They blame her, make her out to be the best and broken and then call for a ban. Melee players are fucking children that are crying over not getting their way. Hbox is dominating them because he's a better player. And they just keep giving him more and more MU experience. And even then Fox is considered a counter to Puff which truly shows you how good Hbox is.
You Smash Community peepz consider SMASH as a fighting game.. Then all fighting style is legal nothing to complain about, just git gud and find a counter..
If you guys are still complaining then SMASH isnt a fighting game at all..
No. Man-babies who need constant flitting movement and flashing lights to stay entertained and get mad when their caveman brain gets out smarted instead of "out-reflexed" are what is detrimental to the game scene.
If you cant adapt and deal with your opponent, then that's a you problem.
Doesnt matter if you get out fought or out thought, winning is winning.
I play puff fast ish
Yikes you can't just skim over mangos puff like that, he reinvented the character and was the one who first pushed her into high tier. He switched characters after he was already best in the world and still pulled her out to beat Armada at the first Genesis.
He dominated hbox in the ditto for years too.
Obviously that style is completely outdated at this point, but it's important in understanding the history of puff.
Puff is boring? Says people who would be happy watching the same two or three characters dash around slapping eachother for another decade.