Daisy

"*Hi, I'm Daisy!*"
— Daisy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

**Princess Daisy** is a character from the ''Mario'' series, first appearing in *Super Mario Land* as the princess of Sarasaland. Nowadays, she is best known for her frequent appearances in Mario spin-offs, often as a partner to Peach. On SmashFAQs, Daisy is probably best known for her association with trolls on the boards, specifically the likes of Michaeloll and memoryman3. The two would become so prevalent that many would see Daisy primarily in relation to the two of them. For many years, this gave her a stigma on the site that led some to see her as mainly a joke choice to join Smash. Regardless, she would finally get her chance to join the roster in 2018 with the release of *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, albeit as a close clone of Peach.

## Background

### *Mario* series

Daisy made her debut in the 1989 Game Boy launch title, *Super Mario Land*. In this game, she was kidnapped by the alien Tatanga, who had invaded her kingdom of Sarasaland. Mario was tasked with saving the princess by traversing Sarasaland's various kingdom, encountering several fake versions of Daisy hidden away by Tatanga's toughest minions until finally defeating the invader in the skies above the Chai Kingdom. He would finally find the princess, and the two would ride together in Mario's flying Sky Pop. While she would make a few other appearances (such as in *NES Open Tournament Golf*, which first hinted at her relations with Luigi), the character would mostly fade into obscurity during the 90's. Oddly, the character's name would actually be used in the 1993 critically panned movie adaptation of *Super Mario Bros.*, being chosen over that of the usual Princess Toadstool (then only called Peach in Japan).

During the creation of *Mario Tennis*, its developer Camelot was brainstorming on what characters could be added to the roster, particularly as double partners for other characters. As such, they decided to revive Daisy so that she could be introduced as Peach's partner in the game. (This same process would lead to the development of Waluigi as Wario's partner.) Not long after her return in *Mario Tennis*, Daisy would make another Nintendo 64 appearance in ''Mario Party 3'', with many games on future consoles to follow. She would go on to play a role in dozens of ''Mario'' spin-offs as a playable character, continuing to be Peach's usual partner and giving another girl option on the roster of these titles. Despite her impressive spin-off track record, Daisy would never play a direct role in a mainline console *Super Mario* title, only being given a couple of small cameos over her long history. That said, she would go on to make a notable appearance in the mobile title *Super Mario Run*, being the focus of the Remix 10 update and joining the game's relatively roster.

### *Super Smash Bros.* series

While absent from the first installment of the series, Daisy would make her first appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', taking on a minor role along with many other characters due to the advent of Trophies. Her trophy in particular would become notorious for an oversight that gave her a third eye situated underneath her hair. This trait would become quite well-known during the early days of Smash's online history due to its creepy nature, though it would be patched in later releases of ''Melee''. Along with her trophy, Peach would receive an alternate costume clearly inspired by Daisy, down to the tan skin she possessed at the time. This color choice would go on to reappear in both ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U'', with it receiving only minor updates such as the lack of tan skin and small color changes to the dress. Daisy herself would also continue to make cameos via Trophies and Stickers, but she would not have any bigger roles in the games beyond this. Her support to be included was not very high, largely due to her being seen as largely unimportant and inferior to several other potential picks from the *Mario* series.

During the E3 2018 full reveal of *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, Daisy was finally confirmed to be debuting as a fighter, making an appearance as an Echo Fighter to Peach. Her reveal was given little special attention during the presentation. While the character had received some small dedicated support before her inclusion, she was mostly likely added due to her relationship with Peach and her notoriety among casual gamers. Upon release of *Ultimate*, it would be discovered that Daisy was basically identical to Peach in gameplay, only featuring a different series of idles and taunts along with some minor aesthetic changes. As such, she happens to be the most identical clone in both *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* and the entirety of the *Super Smash Bros.* series. Regardless, the character would still receive mainly positive attention from most people and garnered a fair amount of fan art.

## History on SmashFAQs

### Early History

Daisy would manage to get at some attention on the first day of the *Super Smash Bros. for Wii U* message board in the topic "Princess Daisy is getting in." by Denizen\_of\_Saga, who would just make a joke in the opening post about Daisy being sent careening off-stage before being able to finish her infamous quote of "Hi, I'm Daisy!". This topic would fit the early precedent for the character on the board, with most discussion related to her largely related to jokes about her voice lines (i.e. "Hi, I'm Daisy!") and claims that she was either too similar to Peach or relatively pointless as a roster addition. Daisy had a fair amount of haters, largely due to her personality, though none would come off as particularly notorious. She was also often compared to Waluigi due to both of them being seen basically as *Mario* spin-off characters. While Daisy definitely had her share of supporters who would happily defend the character and call her overlooked, Waluigi was usually seen as the clear better choice to get in *Super Smash Bros.* due to his perceived character being more interesting and opinion that he was simply the more marketable of the two. Many believed that her best chances would simply be as a clone, and for the most part she was overshadowed by the large amount of attention garnered by other ''Mario'' contenders such as Bowser Jr., Rosalina, Toad, and the aforementioned Waluigi.

### Dawn of the Trolls

Daisy's reception on the board would largely remain the same for over a year. In August of 2012, however, an user known as Michaeloll would make his debut with the topic known as "Princess Daisy Points". In it, he would make several titular points as to why Daisy would fit in Smash better than Waluigi, making such constructive points as "If Waluigi were added, there would basically be 4 clones." and, most infamously, that Daisy could "come in her sports outfit" and be unique as a result. The topic didn't get much particular attention for users, though it would begin to reveal several of Michaeloll's key traits. In the months to come, he would begin to make a huge slew of topics similarly related to the inclusion Daisy or different versions of her (such as Baby Daisy) in the upcoming ''Super Smash Bros.'' title. One of his most notable early appearances would be in the topic known as "The Ultimate Smash Bros. 4 Character Analysis Topic: Mario Series (long read)", where he would end up revealing his belief that Daisy in her Sports Outfit was actually a separate character from the regular Daisy. Michaeloll would soon come to be recognized as one of the board's most infamous trolls and would continue to post with his same rhetoric for years to come.

Michaeloll would soon become basically synonymous with Daisy in many's eyes due to his extreme shows of "support" towards the character. He would continue to argue for the idea of Daisy in her Sports Outfit (DIHSO) being a separate character for the purposes of Smash, with other variants being "created" over the years. A lot of the character's reception on the board would begin to revolve around Michaeloll's antics as a result of his consistent presence and notoriety. As such, it's really hard and almost unfair to separate the history of the character's presence at the time from his feverish obsession with her. Her hatebase would be given new fuel to work with and became more adamant about their distaste for the character. Outside of Michaeloll, not much would change when it came to reasonable discussions about the character. Many still saw her potential as little more than clone fodder, and other Mario characters would continue to overshadow her in support. In December 2013, Rosalina would be confirmed as a newcomer in *Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U*. Some Daisy fans would express their vocal disappointment at this fact, with a certain video gaining particularly infamy at the time. In the end, Daisy would end up once again having minimal presence in the new titles, much to the disappointment of very few. Many largely saw her support as being fake. [1] She would be the focus of several voting series on the board, such as Hbthebattle's Daisy Vs. The World RETURNS, where Daisy would often lose. Michaeloll would continue on his antics for several more years regardless, though he would finally relax in his trolling career in early 2016 before eventually having his first account suspended.

While Michaeloll attempted to revive himself a few times, he would never again achieve the same infamy he did during his nearly four year straight streak. The space was instead left open for others to follow in his stead. This would lead to the advent of memoryman3, who openly presented himself as a Daisy fanatic. He spend much of the early days of his career arguing about the lack of a Daisy costume in *Super Mario Maker*, finally getting his wish in November of 2015 after much complaining. Around the same time, he would turn the same attention toward Smash speculation, particularly on SmashFAQs. He mostly became known for his topics that gave several paragraphs on why Daisy should be included in the game. While he would start to build some notoriety around himself, he still had his moments of rationality and even made a respectable post upon learning of Daisy's absence from DLC for Smash 4. Not long after this, however, Memoryman would start to flood the board far more frequently throughout the course of 2016 and several more years to come. Due to his constant, usually obnoxious posts on Daisy, he began to build a negative reception for himself. While not making the same signature outlandish proposals that Michaeloll did, he would soon take on the board's title of the "local Daisy fanatic" due to his extreme obsession over the character and denial towards points made against her potential inclusion in ''Smash'' and overall importance. His topics would begin to gain plenty of naysayers who disputed his arguments, but he continued to ignore most of these in favor of his own delusions. Some did actually take some more interest in supporting Daisy, but most continued to show little regards towards her.

Memoryman3 kept up his posts for several years, lending towards a largely negative reception towards Daisy in Smash. Memoryman himself would gain a new level of hate after it was discovered he had sent a virus to another user via Discord over their disagreement of Daisy. Even beyond SmashFAQS, Memoryman would become infamous as an absurdly obsessed Daisy fanatic. March 2018 finally brought the official announcement of the widely anticipated next installment of ''Super Smash Bros.'' for the Nintendo Switch. It was not long before a new board was created for the upcoming title, and Memoryman would move over to continue his constant showings of support towards the character of Daisy. Not much would change in the way of his usual topics for the first month, much to the disappointment of other users on the board. In April, he made a thread where he promised to leave the internet along with his infamous alias, claiming his obsession over the character had led to unhealthy consequence in real life. While he did indeed leave initially, he would soon return online and continue posting on SmashFAQs as re-memoryman, once again much to the disappointment of others.

Most people were not confident in her chances of inclusion in the next game, once again sticking to their traditional guns. In a surprise reveal, however, Daisy was indeed confirmed at E3 2018 to be in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*. While only as a clone like many speculated she would be at best, she had regardless made it onto the roster. Due to her relatively small support base, many jokingly claimed that she had made it mainly due to the support of Memoryman (and to a lesser extent Michaeloll).

### Post-Smash Reveal

While some of her haters would still express disappointment at her inclusion, the majority of people were mostly fine with her inclusion. She was seen as an unremarkable but ultimately harmless little addition to the roster. Much discussion at the time would revolve around how similar she would be to Peach. Despite finally getting his prize, Memoryman would continue posting for around another year, up until and beyond the game's release. He kept making topics discussing how amazing of a character she was and attempted to dissect any difference he could to prove she wasn't so similar to Peach (to little success, despite his confidence). Eventually, he would come under fire for certain comments made on his Twitter, and in mid-2019 he would finally close his second account on GameFAQs. Without her two well-known lovers around, Daisy has had little recent presence on the *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* board. Her hate has at least largely died down since its peak, with most people being fine with her inclusion despite her past associations on the site.

## Moveset

### Special Moves

Toad
Daisy Bomber
Daisy Parasol
Vegetable

### Final Smash

Daisy Blossom

Daisy appears as a newcomer in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, acting as Peach's Echo Fighter. As mentioned several times above, she has no gameplay differences aside from visual changes. While her posture appears to be slightly different from Peach's own, research has shown it to not actually matter in battle. Her most notable difference came from an oversight that had her turnips' knockback act slightly different from Peach, but this was eventually patched out in Version 3.0.0. [2] There's really not much else to say about Daisy in Smash. If you like Peach's playstyle, you'll like her. Those who main her solely over Peach do so mainly due to her different personality, which do indeed come through in her various animations, expressions, and voice lines (although they somehow missed her most important one). Daisy has actually managed to gain some respectable competitive results along with Peach, with the two being considered by many to be among the best fighters in the game.

## Players on SmashFAQs

* Werewolf-Kirby - frequently played (along with Peach)
* Extremmefan
* princessgamer12