Although he has some flaws, Olimar is not a bad character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

To begin, I'd like readers to watch videos only when I refer to a video in my debate, as opposed to watching them at the same time. Watch the first video now. . http://www.youtube.com... Olimar comes from the Pikmin game, also a Nintendo original. He is largely dependent on his pikmin population for support, as they are his. .. support. In the Pikmin game, he was the strongest player. He also happened to be the only player. The Super Smash Brothers series of games is a culmination of Nintendo stars, and Olimar somehow managed to make it. I believe that Olimar does in fact "suck" and is a bad character. In the following free for all, Olimar spends the first minute almost entirely evading everyone and throwing pikmin at people from a distance. See the second video. . http://www.youtube.com... By the end of the video, you see that he was the second person to die when confronted with a light swordsman (Marth), a heavyweight swordsman (Ike), and a heavy strength character (King Dedede). Clearly he didn't last very long. But I can't prove anything just with videos, so I'll try to get into analysis. Regarding my opponent's arguments, 1. Side B. My opponent argues that this move can "dish out insane amounts of damage", but this is not unique to him, as all characters have very powerful moves. The problems with this attack though, are several. 1) They can be blocked with a simple shield (click R or L). 2) Thrown pikmin can be destroyed in mid-air by attacking with a smash attack. 3) Thrown pikmin can be knocked off by tapping A (basic attack). 4) A roll or dodge (R or L + left/right/down) will cause a pikmin to fly off course. 5) Thrown pikmin can't be aimed. The fat purples are always lobbed short, whites are thrown hard and long, all others are just plain old throws like I'm over-hand tossing an apple to my friend across the hall. Not very powerful. 6) Latched on pikmin can be destroyed with a smash attack (most common occurrence when throws are effective, which is rare). Clearly, the attack isn't great. Not only that, reliance on throwing pikmin is a bad thing. I've seen it where people only run around tossing the colorful little demons and end up getting cornered with no pikmin. The second they try to spawn some, they are knocked off course. 2. The pikmin are not easily killed, yes, but that's only when they're not used. As soon as they are thrown, they are as vulnerable as Olimar is without pikmin, or as vulnerable as the Chicago Bulls were in '96 without MJ. It's frightening. 3. After admitting recover is bad, there isn't much to talk about. The "mindgames" are just that; they don't work, just like hypnosis is a scam to get people to purchase naptime at a psychiatrist's office. Down b, my opponent claims that the first few seconds initiate invulnerability. This is false; it only lasts for a fraction of a second, so it is hard to time with an opponent attack. Moreover, Olimar can't move for an equal amount of time (until the rainbow sparkles or whatever the hell that whistle emits, subsides). That would leave Olimar invincible, then completely defenseless, in order. That's begging defeat. After saying that people don't know how to use him correctly, my opponent never offers a "correct usage" method for which we can use Olimar, to prove that he is not a bad character. My arguments are few. 1. Olimar's smash attacks are weak, and [ALL] rely on pikmin- this leads many to the common belief that he is weak. He can rarely knock opponent's off course. 2. Olimar's Final Smash is easily avoidable. If you button mash, you can get out of the ground after being dug into it, and then a jump and tilting the control stick towards the edge of the map will leave the rocket ship drop worthless. Moroever, if the map has any platforms in the center, the rocket ship always hits them, so being at the corners leaves the explosion to far to have an impact. 3. Olimar is short and small-bodied, so is easily hit off of the map. See video 1 again :) I will offer more videos if required, but that's all I feel like looking up.