<3

holding onto the copium that since this was dan's favorite character he'll be like "screw it we're adding them too"

i know this won't happen but i can dream

I guess I forgot I had this one, but I just rediscovered it and this is genuinely one of the coolest characters I've found on here. Super fun, super cute, and reminds me of venom from guilty gear

i also like how you made a combo guide so my brain doesnt fry to pieces lol

i get why this was dan's favorite entry, very smooth animations, cool and adorable design (its a cat snake for god's sake!) very satisfying to play as, and overall very cool, hope this guy gets added to rivals 2. Despite not winning the contest.

Try Pressing "Backspace" to text search in WS chracter selection.

cant find her my game acts like she dont exist

Hopefully they can add Awatsu to Rivals 2 later on despite not winning the contest. It reminds me a lot of Mizutsune from Monster Hunter, which is my favorite monster in the series lol. Congrats on the honorable mention, and hopefully this isn't the last we've seen of them!

Just uploaded another GIF of me labbing Awatsu. I had to speed it up a bit to fit the whole juggle into 5MB; but you get the point. Not sure if that would have worked on a real player; but the training dummy is at least programmed to tech. I'm assuming it could still work; but whatever. It was fun.

crud, *of ME smothering* not my. Sorry, I've been typing up these reviews for mods almost all day lol

making* not kaing... dunno what autocorrect was thinking there-

I gotcha. I figured you'd say something like Ori squeaks based on their taunt sound. I imagined them sounding sort of like a baby whale singing. Y'know, that melodic, almost echoing sound.Occasionally my mind imagines them kaing sounds that resemble some Pokemon noises. I like the idea of them not talking, I just wanted to hear from the creator. As for any gameplay of mine, I uploaded a GIF of my smothering a CPU with bubbles at the ledge. I seriously have an insane amount of fun with them. Thanks for making such a great character!


(Also, nice profile pic. Minish cap doesn't get enough love.)

@S.I.L. Thank you so much for the glowing review! It's really nice to see people appreciate the work that I put into this character and really jive with the vision I had. Seeing it come across that well is super rewarding, for real. I made this character to be something of my ideal character, and it's really cool to see other people latch onto that as well. I'd love to see any gameplay as well if you have any! Seeing people come up with their own strategies is always awesome.

I don't really think Awatsu talks, I think it takes away from their otherworldly feel a bit. In my head, they are certainly intelligent, but they come from an environment where they don't really need to speak and don't have the same capability with it. Sort of like how a forest spirit wouldn't really need to talk to the forest critters it watches over. I think they would still rarely make some sounds like squeaks and chitters, think like Ori from Ori and the Blind Forest.

Also @164Gamin, happy to help! I believe the same thing works if certain skins crash/freeze your game.

I'd like to end off with a question:

Can Awatsu talk? And if so: do you have a headcanon voice? If not: what kind of sounds do you imagine them making?

As for design:

To be totally honest: when I first saw them, I didn't much like the mix of Fox and Eel; but the more I looked at them, the more I started to adore this fuzzy pool noodle of a creature. They so perfectly balance enigmatic & majestic, and cute and innocent; and I adore it. All of their animations so perfectly utilize the design; and just watching them gracefully slide around and toss bubbles everywhere is just amazing. Even down to the sound effects used. Slapping people around and giving everybody whiplash is so (SO) satisfying.

This is definitely my favorite of the R2 entries; but I can see how La Reina won. I personally think Awatsu is more fun, a better roster fit, and more unique. I adore everything about this character; and I hope to God they get added to R2 at some point.

Thanks for the heads up. I uninstalled and reinstalled and they work fine now

Anyway, time for a lengthy review:

Awatsu is one of the most satisfying characters I've ever used in a platform fighter. All of their attacks work together for some of the smoothest, funnest combos and chains I've ever seen. The bubble system is SO unique and SO fantastically executed; and I absolutely adore it. The combos and setups you can pull off with the bubbles are amazing; and smothering the ledge with them and comboing your opponent into it and bombarding them with bubbles gives me an unnecessarily strong rush of dopamine; and makes Awatsu an absolute blast to play. I can't imagine the absolute war it must have been to code all of that; and have a HUGE amount of respect for you and anyone else involved.

you're having a common issue where not all a character's alts load I believe.

Are there more costumes between 9 and 15 that have to be unlocked somehow or are those placeholder slots?

i can defenitely see why this caught the RoA dev's attention. Very creative character

WE LOVE AWATSU!!

WE LOVE AWATSU!!

WE LOVE AWATSU!!

Thanks everyone who enjoyed Awatsu! I'm stoked to take a runner up spot, and the honorable badge of Dan's favorite :) It's so awesome that people are playing and enjoying this little noodle that I cooked up

this was my pick; you made an excellent character!

Awatsu. Awatsu. Awatsu!

this is my #1 pick, thanks for the main :)

can't wait for the next character to drop

noodle :D

You know a character is great when you can say "Slap my bubbles" without sounding wrong.

The animation and sound effects are great in this one

I think I'll do that a bit later on. I'm making the character featured in my profile from scratch, sprites, coding, everything, as a project i can chip away at occasionally. I only got one full animation and thats the walking one, so I'll definitely check out your server. Thanks for creating such an amazing character, I hope more people cover it!

@JamClone Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the character! If you ever want some feedback or advice on making a character feel free to join my discord at the bottom of the page and ask me about it as well!

I normally dont comment on workshop pages, but I have to say this character is incredible - it teaches its gimmicks through gameplay really well, I managed to get a grasp of the character without even reading the description on this page (i just downloaded awatsu immediately after seeing the trailer because it looked interesting). Getting off successful chain explosions never gets old, and I think i might main Awatsu tbh.

It's creators like you that make me wanna try making a character for myself at some point - I have so many ideas - but yeah, great job

@Sleepy Nuigurumi Amalgamation That sounds like an awesome pummel idea haha. Now Awatsu tether is seared into my memory as well...

I imagine Awatsu grab & normal pummel is a snake wrap & squeeze.

Arbitrary but now of thought awatsu as a reskin for the tether ball rope & ball. (It is a burnt thought into memory for now xD)

(This chracter is a top pick above (& beside ziggy for me)
I quite desire the amazing noodle in rivals 2. ❤️

(2/2)
Thankfully I think that this is a very unique, polished, and fun character, that I also believe fits the RoA universe.
My only nitpicks are that I think his bair has less reach than I expect it to have. I guess his body's proportions make me think that he'd stretch himself out more but it's instead a short ranged attack (Probs just me needing to adjust better, but I'm curious as if other people have this feeling as well)
Lastly, I think the character's in-game sprite is pretty cute, but then I think his portrait design is kinda ugly (I think I imagined him to not be a furry but a smooth skinned character kind of like Orcane, if that makes sense), but this is probably just me being weird lol.
This is probably my favorite submission of the bunch

(1/2)
I really like how easy to understand this character is.
Most of the time I don't like to read character descriptions and just wanna play the character and find out how they work from me pressing buttons and just playing the actual game.
I think that in making characters unique, many creators often struggle in making them easy to understand from gameplay alone (Not that this is entirely a bad thing, but I doubt I'm alone in this train of thought), or they end up borrowing a lot from actual Smash characters (which is also alright, but you might as well add the actual character itself if you're gonna borrow so much).

Lovely Noodle <3 <3 <3

A.lso Maybe down hits of dair also galaxy a bit too soon. (Concept & design wise you nailed it, just nit picks with friend stuff thinking stuff up)

Great. After the patches & reading the page one of my favorites to win. F-smash a little too good though. (Knockback wise & angle, for how big it is)

Please make the april fools version of monarch public!

When you swap to certain skins it causes a crash

If you guys are playing the character, I'd love to hear what you'd think! Feel free to send me a discord dm

pls relase april fools monarch lite

Selrate listen... YOU THINK THAT WOULD STOP ME???

i get that reference. thats a nice play one words with the name there.

absolutely lover this character! if this was out for the rivals 1 contested it definitely would've won! it feels like as rivals character