Marth's down throw and forward throw have the exact same animations with the only difference being i think how long a certain frame stands out... like, seriously?

Samus' onscreen appearance looks like a placeholder

imo sonic thrust doesnt really fit as a dash attack.
it fits more as a third jab/rapid jab finisher.

Samus' ZAir stays out for so long, yet only does damage (or grab the ledge) when it's coming out
Also, attempting to use Samus' ZAir for a tether recovery is likely going to get you killed if you miss it and didn't save an air jump

Sandbag not doing the "^^" eyes for his idle animation like in ultimate (or that one sandbag in christmas waiting room).

can't pick up 's Trampoline.

Master Hand's bullet fire sound is too low (both in volume and quality)

The victory screen is static and doesn't display the characters' series symbol

The fact that there's no "slow mo" after a game ends, just a freeze frame (practically impossible to get Sudden Death from double K.O's)
though if i recall, it used to be there in older versions, wasn't it, or am i mistaken?

It was

I also don't like that they removed that

The Arwing doesn't appear in Fox and Falco on screen appearance.
Same with Marth, the warp magic is absent.

Lloyd's sprite art is just so visibly pixelated compared to most other characters

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Not to mention, they've kept that CSS sprite there since v0.9b, when I first played SSF2!

I hate to bump this, but this has been bouncing around in my head and I don't know how to classify it if not a nitpick.

I really do appreciate the work that goes into each character resprite, and I think they do a great job replicating the official Smash style, but the new sprites have a tendency to look really wooden and devoid of emotion. I get that its an unfortunate effect of doing the sprites 1:1 with the Smash equivalents, because a lot of the nuance in the 3d faces gets lost at such a low pixel density, but I do miss how the old sprites could pack so much personality in them.



Don't get me wrong, the new sprites are a definite improvement. I just miss how expressive sprites could be back in the earlier demos.

Anyways, that's my nitpick. Sorry for bump.

So what you're trying to say: somehow, recolored brawlified sprites somehow convey more emotion than more modern sprites that follow a more grounded artstyle?
I don't know about you, but there was a period where every character put on the same copied-and-pasted facial expression for literally every action they've done other than expressing pain. When a character gets a resprite, it's for a pretty good reason.