10 Incredibly Cheap Video Game Moves (That You Totally Used All The Time)

8. Kirby's Stone (Super Smash Bros.)

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Kirby, like he does in all his games, absolutely sucks in Smash Bros. Especially if he's your opponent.

There's a special place in series creator Masahiro Sakurai's heart for the little ball of pinkness, being the first character he designed after joining HAL Laboratory as a fresh-faced youngster back in 1989 (to be fair, he's no less fresh-faced now). It's no coincidence that Smash Bros. controls like a Kirby game, then, nor that HAL's mascot is a ludicrously attractive option for newcomers.

In addition to having approximately a thousand recovery jumps which make him (it?) impossible to smash, a lethal flurry of fist jabs simply from mashing the A button, and the adorable yet irritating ability to imitate every other character, Kirby also has one of the game's most devastating special moves. The basic pattern is simple: float up higher than any other fighter can reach, and then drop down on them in a cowardly rain of rock. It's almost unavoidable to the inattentive player, and utterly devastating. A nightmare from Dreamland.

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