Kirby - The TRUE Arena

[Stove]

-Beat TA with Sword. 4th Run, no recovery left. Sword is probably one of my least favorite abilities, only one invincibility move, one range move (only at full hp) and the invincimove was situational. Took a lot of patience, 23:48.

-Now with Cutter, 2nd run. Metal General was the only boss that gave me trouble. Went smoothly, 16:28

-Same with spear, 1st run, 19:46. Went very smoothly.

-Parasol done, 1st run. Incredibly OP ability. So much invincibility... 15:56

-Hammer done, 1st run. Also muy muy OP. 10:06 (almost under 10 minutes.)

-Leaf done, 2nd run. Twas only 2nd run because Magolor EX just HAD TO hit me with his friggin vortex. 21:00 on the dot (give or take a few milliseconds.)

-Whip done, 8th run. Whip was not easy for me, took me forever to realize it's best played like normal kirby with whip grabs. The bonus? Whip grab provides unlimited invincibility. And if your opponent hits the star, your invincibility stays for another second so you can escape. A long one. 29:45

Fire done, 1st run. Nothing special. 20:20.

Ice done, 1st run. I know how to use Ice. Very well. No recovery items! Wow, wasn't even trying to do that. 11:37

Beam done, 1st run, 19:25. Beam didn't go very smoothly in the latter half. One more hit from Magolor Soul and I would've had to start all over. I gad to go through Galacta Knight, Magolor, Lor, and Soul with only 2 hits worth of damage. One more hit even GUARDED would've killed me. Very close.

Bomb Done, 11:37, 1st run. Best. Ability. Ever. Bomb is my favorite ability by far. It was a breeze, only one max tomato used the whole time!

Fighter done, 13:48, 2nd run. I felt humiliated when Soul killed me from full health the first run.

Tornado done, 11:18, 1st run. SO OP.

Water done, 14:31, 1st run. I hate water. Almost as much as I hate ninja.

Ninja Done, 34:56, 17th run. OH GOD I HATE THIS ABILITY. I cannot use this ability well. AT ALL. it took a massive amount of luck for me to manage it in 17 runs (most of which failed the second I fought Metal General)

Hi-Jump done, 21:36, 2nd run. Only 2nd run because of a power outage.

Wing done, 17:54, 1st run. I love wing. Nuff said. Even with grabbing an extra max tomato at full hp by accident, I still managed.

Spark done, 12:57, 1st run. Most overused ability out there for Arena, and rightly so. But it makes my wrists BLEED on the inside. So does Needle.

-Needle Done, 12:12.12, 1st run. I must say the finishing time freaked me out.
Anyway, easy. Needle makes my wrists hurt just like spark, and I honestly prefer it over spark. I mean, after doing this run it made me wonder WHY people don't just use Needle

-Stone done, 15:03, 1st Run. Kinda lost my love of stone after SSU, but this brought it back! I mean, this was always MY ability.
Anyway, very smooth.

[Calamity2007]

I think I beat the True Arena with only Hammer and Spark. Oh, and this was the true arena in Kirby Super Star Ultra.

Also when I had the game I also tried beating it without ANY abilities, but sadly I could only get up to Galatica Knight (which is the penultimate fight).

[Stove]

Jul 29, 2012 19:01:34 GMT Calamity2007 said:

I think I beat the True Arena with only Hammer and Spark. Oh, and this was the true arena in Kirby Super Star Ultra.

Also when I had the game I also tried beating it without ANY abilities, but sadly I could only get up to Galatica Knight (which is the penultimate fight).

The only abilities I can beat True Arena with in Super Star Ultra are Stone, Plasma and Hammer. Less recovery and more hp bosses made SSU's True Arena harder than RtDL (Which is what this is for.) Galacta Knight, however, I found harder in Return than in Super Star Ultra.

[Death Eye]

Jul 29, 2012 19:01:34 GMT Calamity2007 said:

Also when I had the game I also tried beating it without ANY abilities, but sadly I could only get up to Galatica Knight (which is the penultimate fight).

The trick there is to learn how to tell when he's about to do an attack you can't just duck under and proceed to dodge it for real. From what I remember it's not so much hard as really, really long, so its difficulty lies more in how likely it is for you to make a mistake in that long of a time.

[Stove]

Jul 29, 2012 22:05:29 GMT Death Eye said:

Jul 29, 2012 19:01:34 GMT Calamity2007 said:

Also when I had the game I also tried beating it without ANY abilities, but sadly I could only get up to Galatica Knight (which is the penultimate fight).

The trick there is to learn how to tell when he's about to do an attack you can't just duck under and proceed to dodge it for real. From what I remember it's not so much hard as really, really long, so its difficulty lies more in how likely it is for you to make a mistake in that long of a time.

The Galacta Knight boss in both SSU and RtDL actually are special in the sense that they have no set pattern. Their AI reacts differently tohow you act.

[Death Eye]

Jul 29, 2012 22:15:59 GMT Stove said:

Jul 29, 2012 22:05:29 GMT Death Eye said:

The trick there is to learn how to tell when he's about to do an attack you can't just duck under and proceed to dodge it for real. From what I remember it's not so much hard as really, really long, so its difficulty lies more in how likely it is for you to make a mistake in that long of a time.

The Galacta Knight boss in both SSU and RtDL actually are special in the sense that they have no set pattern. Their AI reacts differently tohow you act.

Which, aside from being awesome, gives you no time for preparation for an attack you have to dodge because he can throw it at you at any time.
...Wait, isn't Meta Knight essentially the same in that regard? I remember he attacks more when you're attacking... but I don't remember him having a predictable pattern of attacks...

[Stove]

^He actually does, but it's a few different pattern layouts iirc.