Good analysis! Why did they do Diddy so dirty in Sluggers? I'm actually glad you confirmed this as when I used to play Sluggers a lot, I _always_ had trouble with his batting compared to other characters (except maybe Wiggler), so this makes more sense. I just find it weird they nerfed him so hard (yeah, he wasn't nearly this terrible in Superstar Baseball).
0:37 Hey that's me! I've been kind of up on Diddy Kong recently not gonna lie. Daisy's been trending down ever since I learned you can counter Flower Swing (however tricky it may be) so I've been looking into other star swinging captains and aside from Diddy and Waluigi there really aren't any. I've been liking Diddy more, funnily enough, because of his chemistry tree. Funky > Captain Diddy > Dixie > Pink Mii > Peach > Daisy > Birdo > Petey > Wiggler doesn't really get hate picked in my experience and checks off every box you need to make a team, with Diddy + Dixie + Pink Mii making for an effectual buddy jump OF. Sure this is a niche specific to items-on, Miis unbanned, but I feel that at least makes him better than someone like Toadsworth or Baby Daisy who will never have a use anywhere. That said, even as captain, Diddy is pretty much 100% reliant on his star swing to get anything done since Diddy + Dixie + Pink Mii isn't exactly the best OF in the game. Take that away from him by making him a non-captain and in my mind he is indisputably the worst character in the game. Also funnily enough, he's even worse if you play without error items because when you regularly have to go up against teams with 6+ power hitters, wasting a teamslot on a character who needs star swings to even function is a horrible idea.
Interesting, glad to hear your thoughts. Like I said, I don’t hate funky or Dixie so I’m fine with picking them. Though I don’t love him in the outfield unless clamber could somehow come into play. It’s tough comparing him to other bad players, idk who I wanna put at the bottom!
I don’t play this game anymore since I don’t have anyone to play with, but this game was THE way of attaining social status at day camp, so I’m happy to see it still has a following. :) Thanks for this analysis! I didn’t realize just how much depth was in this game, but it makes sense!
As someone who mostly played superstar baseball and only put about 1/4 as much time into sluggers i never realized how much Diddy was nerfed in the sequel. Diddy had super catch in the first game, which made him unable to drop any non-star hit, and tied for 4th on the roster in speed, and that combination made him an excellent defensive outfielder.
You have a really good channel idea that's both uncompetitive and interesting. It's a recognizable ip in the mario series of games that many people don't know the specifics of. Invest in editing and you're going to skyrocket. Trust me.
I just found this channel, where has this been all my life? Sluggers is my favorite wii game of all time this seems like something I would really enjoy.
i was not expecting a channel dedicated specifically to mario super sluggers but i always think small sub communities like this are cool, so i vibe with this :]
Okay, I really appreciate the segment for helping and supporting people that want to play Diddy Kong. There are too many character opinion/analysis videos in multiple games that just become lazy and condescending with "bad, don't play" when they should understand that people out there still want to play characters they like. Also killer DKC2 music selection (you can't miss here.)
Of course! It comes from the fact that we tend to play with weird and gimmicky teams, so low-tier characters will often end up on our teams. Winning with those teams requires knowing how to use those characters. And thanks, it’s one of my favorite soundtracks of all time so it was easy to find songs that fit :)
Personally I see toadette as the worst character. All she has is speed which is ok for fielding but her pitching and batting suck and there’s no reason to use her over the yoshis
I can definitely agree with the fact that Diddy Kong is the worst character in Mario Sluggers. In fact, I even mentioned in a comment on your video on about who everyone’s favorite, least favorite characters in Mario Sluggers were. I said that “the babies are the worst characters in the game, excluding Diddy Kong, and Toadsworth.” It’s crazy how he’s even considered worse than characters like Toadsworth, Toadette, the babies, and Orange Mii. Maybe in Mario Baseball three, they can make him the best character in the game. XD
This stuff is fascinating to watch, played this game a bunch when I was younger and didn’t know there was this level of discussion surrounding it. Was a bit surprised at first at hearing Diddy was so bad, but after hearing the reasoning, jeeeez, that’s rough.
Nah dawg toadsworth is lowkey broken Maybe I’m just bad but toadworth imo is the best pitcher in the game and has infinite mixups with how slow his pitching is And when he does a change up he literally throws the ball out of the field of vision making the timing harder
@@MarioSluggersFanclub Dustin could hit so I wouldn't call him a mediocre hitter. He was an absolute doubles machine before he kept getting hurt. Ian Kinsler might be a better example to use players who played for the Sox (late 2018 only though).
I hate how Toadette gets sm hate 😭 yea she might not be the best but she has chemistry with all the Toads, Peach, Toadsworth, and the Nokis and is a great center fielder with the Nokis or Toads. She has a decent sweet spot and people see her as unlikely to hit well, so she could easily get a good hit. She's a great bunter, (if you're good at aiming with items) she will almost never fail to rob a home run and she is a decent relief pitcher. I might be biased because she's my favorite character in the entire Mario series, but please stop doing my underrated queen dirty 😭
imma be honest. i use monty all the time since i mostly use bowser/king boo into petey and wiggler trees, and monty and blooper do way more in the games i play with people than diddy ever has on either side so i will in fact, agree with the sentiment that diddy is worse.
You are right about tha lack of chemistry. At most, Diddy Kong is pretty mid in Mario Sluggers. Diddy ain't that bad! At least his chemistry is not the Kritters with just King K Rool! Thats even worse for chemistry. The worst character is definitely both Baby Luigi and Dixie Kong aka Dixie Normus. Baby Luigi has no arm and cannot really hit. Dixie on the other hand can hit decently but is inconsistent on defense. Too many drops and hits are as bad as Diddy Kong. She can be a liability.
griddy kong getting slammed 😥
What do ya mean Toadsworth being playable in a game is awesome. Unless you are just referring to stats
What do ya mean Toadsworth being playable in a game is awesome. Unless you are just referring to stats
What do ya mean Toadsworth being playable in a game is awesome. Unless you are just referring to stats
What do ya mean Toadsworth being playable in a game is awesome. Unless you are just referring to stats
Bro chill.
Holy shit I never knew they was a fanbase for this game, I thought I was the only one still playing it ever since its release
Same
A few RUclipsrs also really helped bring its popularity back up these past few years
Cap, Monty is so good! He jiggles so much that everyone stops what their doing. 🥵
I said he was good! I’m definitely bumping him up a tier or two next time
@@MarioSluggersFanclub True, but he’s definitely S tier, look at his cake.
Monty is arguably better then Diddy, simply do to his chemistry linking bowser to king boos tree
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@@Cringe89563 Okay*
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Good analysis! Why did they do Diddy so dirty in Sluggers? I'm actually glad you confirmed this as when I used to play Sluggers a lot, I _always_ had trouble with his batting compared to other characters (except maybe Wiggler), so this makes more sense. I just find it weird they nerfed him so hard (yeah, he wasn't nearly this terrible in Superstar Baseball).
Diddy Kong in the GameCube version is somewhat decent but terrible on the wii
Wiggler was the goat
Diddy on Superstar Baseball is one of the best. The best center fielder. Not much else
I was watching this in history class teacher saw and said it’s a good game but pay attention
LOL that’s great
XD Your Teacher is pretty nice
0:37 Hey that's me!
I've been kind of up on Diddy Kong recently not gonna lie. Daisy's been trending down ever since I learned you can counter Flower Swing (however tricky it may be) so I've been looking into other star swinging captains and aside from Diddy and Waluigi there really aren't any. I've been liking Diddy more, funnily enough, because of his chemistry tree. Funky > Captain Diddy > Dixie > Pink Mii > Peach > Daisy > Birdo > Petey > Wiggler doesn't really get hate picked in my experience and checks off every box you need to make a team, with Diddy + Dixie + Pink Mii making for an effectual buddy jump OF. Sure this is a niche specific to items-on, Miis unbanned, but I feel that at least makes him better than someone like Toadsworth or Baby Daisy who will never have a use anywhere.
That said, even as captain, Diddy is pretty much 100% reliant on his star swing to get anything done since Diddy + Dixie + Pink Mii isn't exactly the best OF in the game. Take that away from him by making him a non-captain and in my mind he is indisputably the worst character in the game.
Also funnily enough, he's even worse if you play without error items because when you regularly have to go up against teams with 6+ power hitters, wasting a teamslot on a character who needs star swings to even function is a horrible idea.
Interesting, glad to hear your thoughts. Like I said, I don’t hate funky or Dixie so I’m fine with picking them. Though I don’t love him in the outfield unless clamber could somehow come into play. It’s tough comparing him to other bad players, idk who I wanna put at the bottom!
I’m convinced that batting skills and racing skills broadly have a negative correlation between each other in the Mario universe.
I don’t play this game anymore since I don’t have anyone to play with, but this game was THE way of attaining social status at day camp, so I’m happy to see it still has a following. :)
Thanks for this analysis! I didn’t realize just how much depth was in this game, but it makes sense!
As someone who mostly played superstar baseball and only put about 1/4 as much time into sluggers i never realized how much Diddy was nerfed in the sequel. Diddy had super catch in the first game, which made him unable to drop any non-star hit, and tied for 4th on the roster in speed, and that combination made him an excellent defensive outfielder.
Oh yeah that’s a really good ability. He’s not as fast now which really hurts his outfielding.
You have a really good channel idea that's both uncompetitive and interesting. It's a recognizable ip in the mario series of games that many people don't know the specifics of. Invest in editing and you're going to skyrocket. Trust me.
I just found this channel, where has this been all my life? Sluggers is my favorite wii game of all time this seems like something I would really enjoy.
There’s a reason why he’s the only captain on the roster who’s on row 2
i was not expecting a channel dedicated specifically to mario super sluggers but i always think small sub communities like this are cool, so i vibe with this :]
Okay, I really appreciate the segment for helping and supporting people that want to play Diddy Kong. There are too many character opinion/analysis videos in multiple games that just become lazy and condescending with "bad, don't play" when they should understand that people out there still want to play characters they like.
Also killer DKC2 music selection (you can't miss here.)
Of course! It comes from the fact that we tend to play with weird and gimmicky teams, so low-tier characters will often end up on our teams. Winning with those teams requires knowing how to use those characters.
And thanks, it’s one of my favorite soundtracks of all time so it was easy to find songs that fit :)
The best game I ever pitched in Super Sluggers was with Diddy. I had a perfect game into the 7th or 8th inning and wound up with a one hit shutout.
Not sure if that was against the cpu, but diddy is definitely a great pitcher against them.
@@MarioSluggersFanclub It was against CPU.
Personally I see toadette as the worst character. All she has is speed which is ok for fielding but her pitching and batting suck and there’s no reason to use her over the yoshis
I can definitely agree with the fact that Diddy Kong is the worst character in Mario Sluggers. In fact, I even mentioned in a comment on your video on about who everyone’s favorite, least favorite characters in Mario Sluggers were. I said that “the babies are the worst characters in the game, excluding Diddy Kong, and Toadsworth.” It’s crazy how he’s even considered worse than characters like Toadsworth, Toadette, the babies, and Orange Mii. Maybe in Mario Baseball three, they can make him the best character in the game. XD
I just found your channel and I thought I was the only one that still played super sluggers
This stuff is fascinating to watch, played this game a bunch when I was younger and didn’t know there was this level of discussion surrounding it. Was a bit surprised at first at hearing Diddy was so bad, but after hearing the reasoning, jeeeez, that’s rough.
Thankfully SSB4 was Diddy's time to shine
Nah dawg toadsworth is lowkey broken
Maybe I’m just bad but toadworth imo is the best pitcher in the game and has infinite mixups with how slow his pitching is
And when he does a change up he literally throws the ball out of the field of vision making the timing harder
My sister and I play like once a week and we agreed to ban toadworth
Also me and her agree diddy is trash 💀
Yeah, Toadsworth I thought he was decent at first but since we know the fielding stat does matter there is pretty much no reasons for him to be D or F
If you can hit his pitch he’s almost useless tho
Certainly not Monty Moonball Memerat that’s for sure.
“Double Dog” Diddy Kong
That sounds like a donkey Kong tv show reference lol
In all our time playing, my brother's only gotten Diddy's star swing to work once 💀 It's just too easy to catch lol
I didn’t realize this when watching your 99-0 attempts. Those just became retroactively much more impressive. The giddy Kong was earned indeed.
I had no idea he was the worst
Diddy was good in the GameCube version. No idea why he got nerfed so badly in the sequel
Now try to win Toy Field as Diddy.
Baby daisy is really sleepy up, great A dive in the infield. Lowkey lockdown in the infield and in my opinion is the best babg
good fielding, weak arm, mediocre hitter. Sounds like a prototypical second baseman.
Dustin Pedroia vibes! (I only really watch the Red Sox so he’s the only one I know lmao)
@@MarioSluggersFanclub Dustin could hit so I wouldn't call him a mediocre hitter. He was an absolute doubles machine before he kept getting hurt. Ian Kinsler might be a better example to use players who played for the Sox (late 2018 only though).
I think Goomba and Paragoomba are both the worst in the whole game
Maybe if they had put more Kongs in this game instead of multi-colored kremlins than maybe Diddy would’ve been better.
After Diddy Kong sucked in Super Sluggers, he went on to destroy Smash 4
Diddy’s changeup is nasty tho
i haven’t thought about this game in years but holy shit i loved it
There's a meta for this game?
More mario supet sluggers stuff :D
Bro what did i just walk in on?
Is there a discord i Can join or something? I’ve played this game all my childhood and life and I had no idea there was a community.
We do have a discord! Check the video description
nice thumbnail
Thanks! I actually had to edit the colored hat on myself, glad you like it!
I hate how Toadette gets sm hate 😭 yea she might not be the best but she has chemistry with all the Toads, Peach, Toadsworth, and the Nokis and is a great center fielder with the Nokis or Toads. She has a decent sweet spot and people see her as unlikely to hit well, so she could easily get a good hit. She's a great bunter, (if you're good at aiming with items) she will almost never fail to rob a home run and she is a decent relief pitcher. I might be biased because she's my favorite character in the entire Mario series, but please stop doing my underrated queen dirty 😭
Bunting is a meme
@@Cringe89563 It can be super useful sometimes when playing with items but you have to actually hit the fielder which could be difficult.
@@misscoco5350 Playing with humans V humans, bunting is almost never as good as just hitting the ball normally
@@Cringe89563 Key word: almost, meaning you could pull it off sometimes and there are moments where it'd be better than a regular hit
@misscoco5350 I mean yeah? But why risk a bunt, where you could get a item that won't even help, when you can go for a line drive
*Sad chimp noises*
imma be honest. i use monty all the time since i mostly use bowser/king boo into petey and wiggler trees, and monty and blooper do way more in the games i play with people than diddy ever has on either side so i will in fact, agree with the sentiment that diddy is worse.
Really great video
Thanks :)
is it me? or has Beck's voice gotten deeper??
Lol I had just woken up when I recorded this
AY DON'T YOU CRAP ON 1/3 OF MY CHAMPION ROSTER FOR THE VIEWER TOURNEY
I thought fielding stat didn’t actually do anything?
We actually discovered that it does very recently - it affects bobble chances! We made a whole video on it!
to me wario is the worst strong but not strong enough to hit consistent dingers while having no other stats
Diddy deserved better smh my head.
You are right about tha lack of chemistry. At most, Diddy Kong is pretty mid in Mario Sluggers. Diddy ain't that bad! At least his chemistry is not the Kritters with just King K Rool! Thats even worse for chemistry. The worst character is definitely both Baby Luigi and Dixie Kong aka Dixie Normus. Baby Luigi has no arm and cannot really hit. Dixie on the other hand can hit decently but is inconsistent on defense. Too many drops and hits are as bad as Diddy Kong. She can be a liability.
diddy on mario strikers charged :3
Comp This Game!
Look how they massacred my boi 😢
i’m trying to wrap my head around how someone could be so wrong
what
Obviously Purple Choad @GinnyWeasley#1fan🧡
You hate on poad too much
@@MarioSluggersFanclub yeah because he’s not yellow choad
not this again😭
I thought the poad slander was limited to the streams but oh boy was I wrong.