#nicktober

The feline-canine CatDog is today's focus, and I feel as though they were one of the few characters designed with all of the first game's mechanics in mind. The majority of their animations (especially the strafe and jab) show off so much personality, and I'm really glad they stay on all fours for basically every attack they have. Out of the base roster of Nick Brawl 1, this might be one of the better designed characters, even if they fell under the "uppercut" problem lots of characters had.

The rest of these drawings will feature Nick Brawl 2 newcomers, with the first being Squidward! This is probably the best character to reveal the game with and the way he was revealed was pretty funny. From the character spotlight, I can already tell Squidward will be a pretty unique character with his floaty double jump, random side special, and a Down Special that gives him a rage buff.

Daggett and Norbert, the Angry Beavers, are joining the fight in Nick Brawl 2 and look like a pretty unique concept for a platform fighter character! Both characters have similar light attacks but vary in their charge attacks and special moves, with Neutral and Side Specials acting as assists with the other beaver. What makes this even cooler is that you can switch to the other beaver while they perform their assist, letting them swap positions while still attacking. I really like characters that are duos, so I'm definitely going to try to play as them!

Today is Plankton's turn, and he's another no-brainer inclusion for a game like this. The idea of using the big mech from Sponge Out of Water was great, making him a big heavyweight to make up for his puny size fits Plankton so well! Having both a grappler and zoner focus with his moves sounds like he won't end up overwhelmed by the rest of the cast. The sauce cannons slowing down opponents and dealing chip damage if it lands directly or on the ground sounds really cool as well.

The first paid DLC character of Nick Brawl 1 was Jenny and seemed like a real no-brainer for a fighting game. Jenny being a heavy and versatile character is pretty fitting for her. She has multiple projectiles and big strongs that cover opponents approaches as well as a few different ways to recover back to the stage. Today happened to be the day where Jenny's new moves for Nick Brawl 2 were revealed, and the Side Special shooting a projectile that can cover both the ground and air was real cool to see.

Danny Phantom is today's character, and I find his moves and general play style pretty unique. Being a ghost, he is bound to float around and have some level of aerial focus. Both Danny's light and strong aerial attacks in Nick Brawl 1 were very good for combos and closing off stocks. The sequel looks like it will keep this aerial focus while adding more ghost-like abilities such as his Side Special giving intangibility, which I think is really cool and can't wait to try it out for myself.

First, we have the sponge himself! He has some of my favorite moves in the first game and the second game looks like he'll be a great all-rounder.

Oblina is the last of the original twenty characters from the launch of the first game. Overall I'm sort of mixed on her inclusion and how she plays. Having big strong attacks makes her pretty tough to deal with, and the inclusion of a jump cancel on her Down Special with the latest patch makes fighting her even more challenging. I will say I do like how her overall moveset represents her with scares acting as the strongs and a possible reference to the SNES/Genesis game with the Neutral Special shooting garbage projectiles.