I'm going to use this comment to address some more common suggestions/criticisms. Questions like "why does he not have a blu alt?" or "why didn't you give him the eviction notice for the rapid jab?" are common, so if you have a question you think multiple people asked, I probably addressed it in this comment. If you have a question I didn't answer here, I may put it in this comment if it's a common enough criticism. Also, there's important information in the description you might want to look at. Here's the suggestions: 1) Why is his Up Special not the Grappling Hook? 2) Why does the final smash not have all of the Mercenaries? 3) Those alts are pretty wack. 4) Why does he have a rapid jab? 5) Some of his moves feel uninspired. 6) Why does he do a flip when double jumping? Responses: 1) I wanted to make his up special the grappling hook since I conceptualized this moveset in mid 2019. When Byleth came out, that came with the second tether recovery in the DLC pack. With that, I thought that it wouldn't be the best idea to keep the recovery a tether, but I couldn't think of anything else, so I just rolled with it, and I wanted to give the hook it's TF2 properties. Here was my idea: the hook would target the ledge when possible, but you could also grapple players. When you do that, the opponent isn't stunned, but you retract your hook towards the hooked player as a moderate speed, which basically means you can ride the player as they move around, which can be a great help when recovering, and once you reached the player, you could influence the direction the player was knocked away with your left stick, and follow up with an aerial of your choice easily. I was nearly finished animating this recovery when I told some people that this was my idea. Quite a few people weren't happy with it, saying that both Byleth and Joker having a tether would make the inclusion of one for Heavy annoying and stale. Then, Reddit user u/AFltngShpngLst gave me the idea for the recovery you see in the video. I thought it was an amazing idea, so I scrapped my original idea for the up special entirely and designed the up special to be an altered version of Mega Man's recovery. This way, I could incorporate all of the TF2 mercenaries into the moveset by having one of them randomly show up whenever used, which was a relief, since cramming all of them into a final smash just wouldn't work (it also allows for their presence in competitive matches, since final smashes aren't a thing in competitive). I understand that not using the grappling hook just seems like skipping out on something obvious, but it ended up being a part of my motive to keep this moveset as unique as possible when compared to the ideas other people had on Heavy's moveset. Update: Now Min Min gave us the 3rd DLC tether lmao. 2) As much as I would like for it to be that way, there will be big problems no matter what. Look at it this way: there are multiple final smashes where the main character is joined by their party members or alternate versions of themselves, helping the main character in the final smash, but they never do anything more extreme than what the main character does. For example, in Shulk's final smash, he is joined by Dunban, Riki, and Fiora, but they all just slash whatever melee weapon they have on the opponent. In Ness and Lucas's final smashes, they are joined by their friends from their respective games, but they just stand there. In Mega Man's final smash, you have a bunch of different Mega Men alongside the main one, plus Proto Man and Bass, but they all just fire their lasers at the opponent. These final smashes work because the joining characters do things that aren't too off character, and the final smashes, as a result, are adequate lengths. In TF2's case, the mercenaries all have such different types of play styles and ways they attack, that there are really only 2 ways to go about the final smash. One, you showcase all of the mercenaries and the ways they can attack, like Scout with constant jumping and shooting, Spy with backstabbing, Demoman with pipes and sticky traps, etc, but giving enough time to show off each character means that you end up with a final smash that would be something like 30 seconds, which is way too long. Cramming all of their unique fighting styles into a 10-12 second scene would just make it too crowded and overwhelming. The other way is where they just stand there and/or shoot. This makes a final smash that isn't too long, but it would just be boring/underwhelming. Having the mercenaries just stand there for support or to just fire their weapons without any flair to show how they play just wouldn't be true to the mercenaries. You could remove some of the mercenaries to make a final smash like the first one work, those being Spy, Engineer, or Pyro, but not including every mercenary would just be unfair to the ones not included. The reason I went with Medic alone is because the Heavy-Medic pair is so iconic, that you can just have that and get away with not having the other mercenaries, especially considering that Medic would be the only true support, done through the use of the Medigun. In hindsight, I think the best way to handle a final smash for Heavy is to incorporate some randomness to it, kind of like Sephiroth. I’m thinking that the final smash would call just one of the mercs at random. For example, the final smash could call in Soldier and have him rocket jump around and maybe market garden the opponent over the span of several seconds which leads to a final minigun firing by Heavy. Another example could be Spy, and have him backstab the opponent in some sort of dark cinematic, which again leads to Heavy firing his minigun. Another example could be Medic… which could just be how it is in the video. There are many ways to handle this, and this would be another way to include every mercenary without being too cluttered, which up-B tries to accomplish as well. 3) Indeed they are. knew from the start that the alts would be a touchy topic. There was just so much to pick from that settling on only 8 wasn't easy at all. First off, I thought that giving a TF2 character an alt that was just a color swap would be a sin, but I understand why having a default BLU alt would have been a good idea (yes, I understand I had BLU heavy in the video a lot, and didn't have him as an alt), or for every other alt to be a BLU one. Having the Police, Robo, Jotaro, and Bird alts be BLU could have worked. The reason I went with mostly RED alts was because I thought of this idea of being able to switch to a BLU version of your alt by inputting a button combination when selecting said alt (like when selecting the Punch-Out version of the Boxing Ring stage), or have it be based on if you're player 2 or not. You may think that it may be too convoluted, but I prefer this system for Heavy. Second, yes the Commie, Jotaro, and Bearded Expense alts are unrealistic, but that's the point of having these more obscure options. If I just settled with default RED, default BLU, Robo-Heavy, Gibus Heavy, Bird Heavy, Yeti Heavy, Princess Heavy, and Unicorn Heavy as the alts, it would definitely work, but that would just be kinda lame and generic in my opinion. There needs to be some more “out-there” alts to match the obscurity of the cosmetics in TF2. Some of you may think that I should have gone for all of the easy alts, some of you may think that I should have been even more “out-there,” but I know what we all want is to just pick any cosmetic and throw it onto Heavy to use (maybe use some sort of Mii Fighter system for cosmetics). 4) Partly because I'm a Mac main and rapid punches like that are cool to me, and partly because Star Platinum strangled me and forced me to give it to him. I feel like I could have handled that much better, either by giving him the Eviction Notice as he rapid-jabbed, or just by not giving it to him at all. 5) I can't really force every move to reference something, or incorporate weapons into everything. Heavy's TF2 gameplay is pretty simple in nature, just shoot gun, eat food, and punch people. He's gotta punch sometimes, because that's what Heavy does sometimes. Any references that were obvious to you guys were just ones that unfortunately flew over my head. Also, to those who are asking why Heavy, a big dude, has fast moves, then tell me why Bowser has a frame 6 command grab. 6) The only reason I have him a flip in the air was so I could just give him a bit more flair in the air. What I should have done was have him flail his arms and legs in small circles, kinda like he tripped over the air or something, or maybe even try to implement some crouch jump mechanic.

Joker reveal: for his neutral special he wields a g u n Heavy reveal: for his neutral special he wields a G U N

Love how the parry is a flash of Ubercharge

Perfect Scenario: Heavy gets in smash to promote The Heavy Update.

You know, the TF2 theme works amazingly well for the end of a game.

Heavy: * double jumps * Scout: *uhhhh...*

other fighters: *do a cool pose as a victory pose* Heavy: *calls the entire tf2 cast to pose*

7:29 that's so clever and nostalgic

Dude, that Final Smash startup is genius.

Heavy: * has doubble jump * Scout: "I can NOT believe this. Now seriously, you all suck!"

if a smash direct ever opens with "some people think they can outsmart me", everyone in the entire universe is losing their mind

7:29 that end screen was epic

I'm glad that Sora was added to Smash, but Heavy really deserved it more

I've never even played TF2, but your concept honestly makes me want this character now.

7:29 legit gave me so many happy feelings

7:29 This actually made me smile

5:48 everyone respected him after that

For his final smash: Heavy: Are you sure this will work? Medic: Ha ha, I have no idea!

For his neutral special, he wields a gun. And if that don’t work, use more gun.

I think what makes the opening part so great is the surprise factor. If this were a real Smash Bros. trailer, you don't who it's going to be just yet as it remains dark and somewhat silent after the Smash Cross opens up. It's only when Heavy starts speaking that people will start losing their minds. The only other "Heavy in Smash" fan trailer that's on KZfaq immediately tells you that it's going to be Heavy getting into Smash. No surprise, no speculation. It kind of takes the fun out of it.

7:14 Best victory scene that I’ve ever seen.

Just imagine like "Yeah I main Bearded Expense in smash" lmao

When Kirby copies Heavy, he should wear the Ghastly Gibus!

7:29 That's a complete masterpiece

sora is in smash now we failed, men

-Steve is a very requested fighter for Smash. -He's now in Smash. -Heavy is a very requested fighter for Smash. -??? There's still hope.

7:29 ok that victory screen would be awesome

this was so well made, super impressive. Couldn't help but laugh. references were spot on!

Could you imagine putting 7:20 next to Wario's laugh?

"Heavy, it's pauling" "PAULING! WHY IS THERE PLANT?" "oh him? He's the administrators boss. Play nice with him"

We’ve yet to see if sephiroth can outsmart a bullet....

Dude this is genius I’m really impressed with your work!!!!!

The dream's dead everyone. pack your bags, let's go home.

"I'm heavy weapons guy... and THIS, is my invite"

Imagine losing to heavy online because of lag and his win animation is just him laughing

One of the few things missing is that I would love to see him have one of his taunts be the kazotsky kick and if enemy’s taunted near him they would also kazotsky kick

It's should've been Heavy instead sora

Heavy should have muttered "Sandvitch" when he's asleep. that would have been funny but this is amazing none the less!

The reveal trailer should be like this: Joker pulls out his gun and kills someone with it. Heavy then appears behind him, and laughs in a menacing manner. “Your gun is for babies!”

It’s over lads.

That *Bearded Expense* Skin caught me off-guard I almost had a heart attack while laughing

Secret Bearded victory screen: just standing in A pose and floating towards you.

This is hella well done!

God this is such a good fan made heavy showcase. If daddy Sakurai hears our cries, SSBU would most definitely be called the most innovative cross over, expanding the life cycles of both games

I love this so much, and I've played SSB like 2 times in my life. This is so well done.

Scout: Is basically kind of a big deal Soldier: Rocket jumps to victory Pyro: Believes in magic Engineer: Builds the defence Spy: Is right behind you Demo man: Charges into battle Medic: Saws through the competition Sniper: Has a plan to kill everyone he meets Heavy: Has yet to meet one who can out smart bullet

3:10 Family Guy Bearded Expense Stock Death Pose moment

heavy in smash: i dunno sounds kinda cool but would they really... He has a jojo costume alt: you son of a bitch, I'm in

Shrek: "Like that's ever gonna happen!"

My idea for the final smash: Heavy throws something at the opponent or launches the opponent, and the opponent falls into a hole. The camera looks up and we see all 9 mercenaries pushing the bomb cart into the hole, the bomb falls and explodes, with the mercenaries at the top dancing/celebrating

POV: You're watching a smash direct, waiting for it to start. The starting soon screen fades to black, and after a brief period of silence, you here one thing and one thing only: "Some people think they can outsmart me."

The whole video is amazing, great work on everything.

This is such an outrageous concept but I absolutely love it! If there was a unique way to give heavy a custom set of cosmetics for the fun of it I think that would be absolutely hilarious

I dont even play Smash or have a switch, but I want heavy so bad in Smash!

Am I the only one who noticed that when the heavy sleeps, he does the stock Family Guy death pose of Peter Griffin?

Well, what were we expecting? Valve barely does anything with TF2 anyway, so why would they ever actively agree to reaching out to Sakurai and putting TF2 in Smash?

You denote the love you put into this animations, they are so solid and beautiful, hopefully he got added to the game

4:19 End of the line viewers: "Hey! I've seen that before" Smash: "what are you talking about? This is brand new"

“For his neutral special, he wields a gun.”

I often come back to this video because it's by far the most well done I've seen although I must say that it would be nice to see a final smash where every class does something

That last victory screen gives me chills

We got Steve, now lets get Heavy, boys.

When Heavy dies in a Star KO you hear "The Heavy is dead?" instead of his yell.

Super work on the animation. Keep on this way !

I think this way you can use all the characters from TF2: Heavy-the playable character Medic-helps in final smash Pyro - deal damage to the enemy when Heavy is caught by his scout-Helps to make a double jump Engineer-creates a shield with the help of a distributor.when the time runs out the dispenser explodes and the Heavy one is stunned Spy-helps to evade Demoman-Long-range strike #1 Soldier-long-range strike #2 Sniper-long-range strike with accumulation

1:17 Scout: I’m the only class that can double jump. Heavy: hold my sandvich

Imagine being at EVO when everyone pops off as someone lands the down taunt with heavy.

Who is watching this after being disapointed from the last smash character, Sora?

Dunnow, one of his taunts would definitely have to be "CRY SOME MORE" Would do good for salt in tournaments.

0:32 I love that move. It hard to pull off without it backfiring, but it’s worth mastering it

7:29 BEST VICTORY POSE (IDEA) EVER

0:47 Friendly Heavy.

This would have been a cooler last character tbh

The victory animation with the rest of the TF2 team is probably my favorite because then you can have other Smash characters in a team battle all pose with them. Heavy laughing is also good because Wario can laugh with him.

Let's be real. If this happened, everyone would freak out beyond belief.

7:38 bro brought the whole team

bro the last victory screen is the best victory screen i've ever seen in any smash related content fr

Seeing Heavy run is cursed, more cursed than me.

Not sure if this is ravelent but... According to a news outlet heavy weapons guy tops the largest smash character vote. No joke...

Bro wow this is really well made

The final smash you made is amazing! I think it’s very in tune with the games, with the cinematic feel to it. And I love how you included the gun And the taunts are just ughhhh amazing! Same with the victories Just amazing job!!!

The stunned should be a BONK!

3:23 When you see the vampire that stole your great grandfather's body

So well made. I applaud you.

This is actually so well done

heavy: "I've yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet" every character with a reflector: "allow us to introduce ourselves"

Even if normal guns wouldn't be allowed, heavy has the finger guns

whoever created this realy put in a good amount of work

I really like how creative some people can be when given the right materials! also I thought those 3 win animation were really nice

Joker: has a gun Heavy: I'm about to ruin this whole mann's career

fun fact: Heavy is wanted 8th (I think) in Europe! Let's hope this is it.

Love how well thought out this is

This is really good. nice job

This could only be better if Heavy was cuddling Sasha in his sleep animation.

1 year later there will be people commenting: wHo WaS hErE aFtEr HeAvY gOt InTo SmAsH bRos?????? Edit: 4 more months, cmon Nintendo

Everybody gangsta until Heavy gets ÜberCharged and not CritzCharged

This is so well made!

If they showed that clip at E3 people would’ve lost their shit

4:18 That End of the Line reference was magnificent

The best one! this video is very VERY good!, im very impressed.