Earlier this week, Masahiro Sakurai and his team deployed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate version 12.0.0. The biggest part of it was the new paid DLC fighter - Tekken's Kazuya.
While you've probably spent time playing as him over the past few days, have you actually tried to take on a CPU version of the newest fighter on the Level 9 difficulty setting? It seems some Smash fans are quite surprised by the skill of this particular CPU. Here's a brief clip of a Level 9 Kazuya getting a 1-UP on the professional Smash Bros player, Chris Boston:
He's not alone, either - with fellow Smash professional Nakat sharing a picture of himself getting destroyed by Kazuya. Along with this are many other players sharing clips of themselves being schooled by the CPU version of the newest fighter:
A lot of fans have come to the conclusion Kazuya's CPU is overpowered compared to the rest, and sure enough, there's talk about the possibility of Nintendo nerfing him in the next patch:
We've taken on a Level 9 CPU version of Kazuya a number of times since we've seen all of this, and while he's not impossible to defeat on this higher level, he may occasionally make an example of you.
How about yourself though? Have you found Kazuya's CPU form challenging at all? Leave a comment down below.
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I've seen level 9 CPU Kazuya's combos.
They're sick and I love them.
I seriously hope Sakurai's team doesn't nerf a bot's difficulty.
Surprisingly found an infinite in training mode, only to see GIMR found it just hours before I did. It's too specific and difficult to ACTUALLY be used in a match, but still something I noticed. Nair, standing down tilt, and standing backward down tilt are way way WAY too good to be true. Play with it all you can until the inevitable nerfs as strong as smash 4 bayo
Maybe it’s a reference to the CPU in the original Tekken. Lord that game is difficult.
Fun article, I had no idea, thanks NL!
I did notice he was a touch harder than usual but I still beat him even at level 9. I hope they don't nerf him, I love it.
Why haven't they added Level 10 CPUs for the competitive players yet? That seems so obvious.
Eh he's easy with Yoshi. He can't handle eggs well.
I played a level 9 Kazuya in team gauntlet mode, he was the final fighter of the opposing team. He obliterated my Young Link but I managed to take him down with Zelda. He kept spamming that beam attack from across the stage and I just kept reflecting it back at him, them closer to him with Dins Fire and the Teleport move
I've seen some difficult level 9 CPUs, but judging by the gameplay I've watched (I don't have Fighters Pass Vol. 2), Kazuya seems the most difficult yet. I hope they do NOT nerf the CPU, because he presents an opportunity to practice against those insane combos that players will eventually learn to use.
I'm just glad I didn't have to earn him like in the Sephiroth Challenge. That Zero-Suit Samus Metal Gear Spirit is giving me extreme enough PTSD as is.
@HDmumble Having the Gruntilda spirit or Madame Butterfly spirit makes that fight much easier.
Haven't had any issues with him yet as DK. 2 stocking him and I'm not even in elite smash
I actually played WITH him and he seem a bit over-powered to me. I did very well with my first few try outs and on the classic mode
I hate the level 9 CPUs because they seem to run away from you a lot unless there's like 3 or more of them to jump you then they wanna go all in... it one of them actually wants to fight I guess I gotta knock him out.
I found the level 9 Kazuya to be perfectly fine.
He beat me first, but I managed to beat him the second time around.
And then there’s me who can hardly beat a Level 9 CPU at the best of times...
Don't Nerf him please.
I'm a zoner with Belmont so he wasn't that difficult. I play 5 stocks and got him down to 1 stock vs my 4. Now I will say he has a knack for sniping and pulling off lot of up Bs. Very dangerous after 100%.
Pretty sure I've defeated a Lv.9 Kazuya with Pac-Man and Sonic in a 3-stock 7-minute match.
@Noid
"Why haven't they added Level 10 CPUs for the competitive players yet? That seems so obvious."
Mario's cape can handle anything Kazuyaa throws out. No biggie.
I don't consider myself too good at smash but I almost beat him on my first attempt and actually beat him on my second. I hadn't played since the last dlc character came out and somehow in the first stock I played against him I perfected his first stock playing as kazuya ( he came back to beat me in a 3 stock match so oops). I feel like he is just very good at countering proper play (because my play is in no way proper).
Please don't nerf him, he's Smash's final boss right now xD
@Deadlyblack it’s nice to have a challenge even if I will never beat him
In general, the AI in Smash is very impressive. Level 9 is not to be taken lightly regardless if this one is exceptionally strong.
OK, so as a test, I just tried level 9 Kazuya in a 3 stock battle. No items, Final Destination, I played as King Dedede, and I just beat him first try with 2 stock to spare and I only lost my first stock in a sacrifice play that killed us both. And I'm not even a particularly great Smash player, I get by, but I know I'm nothing special lol. So I dunno if I just got lucky or if these people are just exaggerating. (I saved the replay of the battle by the way if this really was a fluke on my part)
I beat him quite easily with Dedede.
@Franklin lol, are you me?
Was expecting to be annihilated based on how OP everyone was saying it was, but ended up beating him fairly comfortably with Ganondorf on either my first or second try; was a bit confused at first, but after reading some of these comments, it seems it's not that OP, it can just throw out a crazy combo every now and again that can take you by surprise if you're not expecting it.
"he may occasionally make an example of you." seems to sum it up pretty well.
@duffmmann
It's something for us all to aspire to.
Imagine you can set to fight Kazuyas in cruel smash
Yeah. I played against him a few times and got to three sudden deaths! Quite enjoyable actually.
Its certainly not impossible, I asked Michael Jackson and he told he “beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it”
(Sorry… I’ll show myself the door)
As a Villager main, I dont struggle much vs Kazuya
But is this fighting Kazuya (you) vs Kazuya (Lv. 9) or is it anyone (you) vs Kazuya (Lv. 9)?
I fought Kazuya (Lv. 9) three times last night and twice this morning with Kazuya. I won all the matches except the second since I had a misfire and fell off stage. I don't see what's so special about the CPU. Yeah he's more challenging than some of the others but he's also still pretty predictable once you fight him enough.
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