Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

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Magikarp

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In order to gain enough Exp to finally evolve into Gyarados, Magikarp joins the Rivals roster!

Now has Hikaru, Dracula, Final Smash, MT.Dedede and Kirby support!

Magikarp is a relatively light character with a surprisingly brutal combo game, but gimmicky and generally weak specials.

Special Attacks:

Neutral B - Splash. It wouldn't be Magikarp without it! Jumps on the ground a fixed height and... that's it. Unusable in the air. Not very useful, but you can cancel it into other moves.

Forward B - Tackle. Pretty self explanatory and can be jump cancelled. Very important to Magikarp's horizontal recovery.

Up B - Bounce. Magikarp leaps gloriously into the air, and then plunges back down. It has a spike hitbox on the way down and armor, can be controlled almost imperceptibly, and can ONLY be cancelled by wall jump or air dodge. Without air dodge, you will probably be going on a short walk to a long blastzone if you use this offstage.

Down B - Flail. Magikarp's wildcard. Damage and kill power increases with Magikarp's percentage. The sound on contact changes with percent too!

(Does anyone want to tell Magikarp this means it's lvl 30?)

Other Noteworthy Moves:

Down air. Low power, but semi spikes, has next to no endlag and can combo into basically anything near the ground. I have left it in for now because it is fun. Not sure how balanced it is though.

Magikarp, its cry, sprites, music and related properties are owned by Game Freak, and licenced by Nintendo. This is a non-profit fan project.

Sprites sourced from the VG Resource. I have edited them all to streamline colour customisation, and I have added a few sprites. Originals Ripped by redblueyellow.
Reference source below.
https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/pokemonmysterydungeonexplorersoftimedarkness/sheet/26240/

Sounds Acquired Here:
Artist: PokeGodHunter
Song: Magikarp & Gyarados Sound Effect
Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/BIoNJooTR

RBY Sound effects ripped by BellBlitzKing
https://www.sounds-resource.com/game_boy_gbc/pokemonredblueyellow/

This is my first attempt at a modding project. I hope I have credited everyone adequately and correctly.
23 Comments
asreilstrife47 21 Feb @ 12:09am 
all hail lord magikarp god of the universe
Electronegative Element 24 Dec, 2024 @ 10:29pm 
it would indeed be cool though
fpo 14 Jan, 2024 @ 4:51pm 
Beardedyeti13 yeah, keep dreaming, like it was that easy.
Beardedyeti13 10 Jun, 2023 @ 2:03am 
ps made last comment before reading any comments, still would be sick
Beardedyeti13 10 Jun, 2023 @ 2:01am 
i would seriously love it if you do splash then footstool off of a player, then during the footstool it shows magikarp swim up a waterfall and while there in the waterfall if you taunt they fully evolve into another character, Gyarados with a completely different but similarly referential move set, that would be sooo sick
Blue 10 Jan, 2023 @ 7:25am 
since u don't want to/can't make it evolve into gyara, how about making gyara as a separate character..? :D

very cool tho ty for making!
Owenglendor  [author] 14 Jan, 2022 @ 11:11am 
Short more explicit answer than the one I gave below: much as it would be cool, no it can't evolve. I have a more detailed explanation of my logic at the time in the design doc for the most recent update. Although, the new final smash does allow Gyarados to figure into the move set in a small capacity.
Shin 5 Jan, 2022 @ 9:37am 
Alright simple question because the character is fun, can it evolve into Gyarados? It would be epic
Owenglendor  [author] 9 Dec, 2021 @ 10:27am 
If it could evolve into Gyarados, it would. It doesn't know how.
Katana_Gaming 4 Dec, 2021 @ 11:31pm 
wait, actually evolves to gyadaros?