Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
"I'd like some pound cake!"
-Fighting Mii Team: Dash attack, back-throw, forward-air, and side-B work great! Use an up-B if you want.
-Master/Crazy Hand & Master Giant/Edges: Forward-air anything and everything! Then again, all of Ryu's aerials are good, so use any of 'em. Just stay on your toes (I also wouldn't use Focus Attack; stay mobile rather than stationary, since it's not a "counter" like Marth's).
-Master Beast: Hadouken and back-airs work great!
-Master Fortress: Grab the Stalfos and forward-air the beam & floating enemies. Any aerial works fine against the cores.
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Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: youtube.com/user/NocturnalLodestar
-Newgrounds: maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-NintendoLife: nintendolife.com/users/mikes
-ZippCast: zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-SmashBoards: smashboards.com/members/falconsoup.245995
-YT Talk: yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217
"I'd like some pound cake!"
-Fighting Mii Team: Dash attack, back-throw, forward-air, and side-B work great! Use an up-B if you want.
-Master/Crazy Hand & Master Giant/Edges: Forward-air anything and everything! Then again, all of Ryu's aerials are good, so use any of 'em. Just stay on your toes (I also wouldn't use Focus Attack; stay mobile rather than stationary, since it's not a "counter" like Marth's).
-Master Beast: Hadouken and back-airs work great!
-Master Fortress: Grab the Stalfos and forward-air the beam & floating enemies. Any aerial works fine against the cores.
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Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: youtube.com/user/NocturnalLodestar
-Newgrounds: maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-NintendoLife: nintendolife.com/users/mikes
-ZippCast: zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-SmashBoards: smashboards.com/members/falconsoup.245995
-YT Talk: yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217
![Clouds Fight for Glory - Smash 4 Online! [6]
After a bit of waiting since the announcement trailer, we finally get a feel for Cloud! From my first impressions, hes super fun to play as and seems to be a pretty good character. Naturally, after testing him out for a couple of minutes, I had to tackle For Glory with him!
Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NocturnalLodestar
-Newgrounds: http://www.maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-NintendoLife: http://www.nintendolife.com/users/mikes
-ZippCast: http://www.zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-SmashBoards: http://smashboards.com/members/falconsoup.245995/
-YT Talk: http://yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217/ Clouds Fight for Glory - Smash 4 Online! [6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aKXVMMDZIYU/mqdefault.jpg)


![Tough Shulk - Zelda For Glory! [2]
More Zelda For Glory matches! W00t!
In my course of improvement, Ive started to focus less on coming up with creative combos, and more with how reliably I can execute them if I manage to win the neutral. I seem to really suffer in that regard, and only manage to use my best options every now and then, so thats one goal in mind.
Im also unsure of how to tackle characters like Shulk, other than air dodge jump to close in. Geez.
These replays span about the the course of two months. I guess you can see the difference.
Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaestroMikes
-Newgrounds: http://www.maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaestroMikes
-Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/MaestroMikes/
-ZippCast: http://www.zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-SmashBoards: http://smashboards.com/members/falconsoup.245995/
-YT Talk: http://yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217/ Tough Shulk - Zelda For Glory! [2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ah9zhCKlhjM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Destinys Force (Kingdom Hearts) - Game Suite Zone
After two months without a Game Suite Zone cover episode, Im very pleased to bring you this analysis and recreation of Destinys Force from Kingdom Hearts, composed by Yoko Shimomura!
Here are the sections covered.
1) Tempo & Time Signature - 0:33
2) ??? - 1:50
3) Contrabassoon - 3:29
4) French Horn Ensemble - 4:46
5) Cymbal & Gong - 5:40
6) Viola Ensemble - 6:38
7) Trumpet Ensemble - 8:58
8) Pianos - 11:40
9) The Big Transition - 13:46
10) Other Strings - 14:56
11) Snares - 15:40
12) Organ - 16:33
13) The Opening - 17:48
14) Ending the Piece - 18:59
15) Panning & Mastering - 19:21
The piece itself took forever to cover (with over 64 patterns), so Im thoroughly surprised I managed to condense all of this into 22 minutes. Making this entire video was a huge challenge to overcome, but Im glad I managed to. We dont have an orchestra with us to cover this piece, but luckily we have virtual instruments! This can be a nice introduction to orchestra stuff.
I hope you learned something new today, and will possibly look forward to future episodes! If you have any suggestions on what I should tackle next, feel free to let me know! I cant guarantee I can pull it off, but you never know.
Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy sprites (from thumbnails) were ripped by Dave [Hypero] Edwards, and Chao sprites were ripped by Psychtaygar both from The Spriters Resource!
-Music/Misc. Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaestroMikes
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaestroMikes
-Vid.me: https://vid.me/MaestroMikes
-Discord Server: https://discord.gg/xGecKpU Destinys Force (Kingdom Hearts) - Game Suite Zone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ahTTknOpjEY/mqdefault.jpg)





![Samus n Zelda Buffs! - Smash 4 Online! [8]
They finally fixed Samuss side smash! Zeldas Neutral B!! AHHHHH-
Okay. Im really, really happy. I didnt expect another update, since they said it themselves that there wouldnt be, but this is really awesome. The two characters that Ive been playing for so long are finally getting awesome buffs! Thank you! Sure, itll take me a while before I start playing the characters more to their new advantages, but this is still really cool.
Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NocturnalLodestar
-Newgrounds: http://www.maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaestroMikes
-ZippCast: http://www.zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-YT Talk: http://yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217/ Samus n Zelda Buffs! - Smash 4 Online! [8]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/csrihUiFKHo/mqdefault.jpg)