Why EVERYONE Plays: Terry | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

While many people see Kazuya as the definitive best FGC character in Smash, another member not too far behind in terms of popularity, success and viability is Terry, who has the closest balance between an orthodox FGC playstyle and that of a "Smash" character. With his consistently strong presence throughout the meta we'll be looking at Why EVERYONE Plays: Terry!

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[Elderbugiscool]

As someone who mains Terry, one thing I never hear people talk about is how insane his dair is. Does tons of damage, and the spike hit box not only kills stupidly early, but sends at an angle where you can just die from a spike onstage. His spike can kill you at the top platform on battlefield, that’s how insane it is.

[BknMoonStudios]

As a Mexican KoF player for over a 15 years, it fills me with so much joy to see all the love our boy Terry has gotten.
It's crazy to see how well Terry's moves translate to Smash, although it makes a lot more sense when you remember Sakurai was a KoF player and many of Smash's mechanics were inspired by it.
If we ever get a Smash 6, I really hope Terry becomes part of the base roster. (And with how collab friendly SNK is, there's a good chance of it happening.)

[Epikruss]

Perhaps the most pick up and play FGC character, he has unique mechanics that can matchup check the opponent but great tools for almost every situation, really one of his only weaknesses is recovery. Very underrated character imo.

[HerMajestyVelvet]

I had a teammate on my HS’s esports team that played Terry, and when me and the rest of the team asked him why he played Terry, he made a good point in saying how Terry is much more adaptable then Kazuya or Ken. He has so many combo routes for the opponent to consider, especially with Go, that my friend used Terrys fear factor to his advantage with some insane mind games in conjunction with killing at 40% off one mistake

[N]

Also, don't forget that Terry's command imputs are oddly intuitive. Command Up-B is basically a charge move, you need to crouch for half a second to get its full height and power, but that can be acheived while doing Crack Shoot or Jab 1 and 2. It is a barrier, but not unlike other tight combo fighters like Fox or pre-nerf ZSS, just with Imputs instead of timing.

[Pleia_Ds]

It’s literally just his Engrish. I would get trounced regularly just to hear “BUSTAH WOAF”

[MasterAbeer]

I know alot of people have mixed feelings about the FGC characters but if i had to choose a favourite it will definetly be Terry. He is visually really cool with the super moves and specials and the voice acting from Takashi Kondo really adds alot charm to him.

[NodokenStar-k]

After studying more about SNK, it’s franchises, it’s characters and of course their mascot, the more I understood the appeal of the Terry and the company his from and encourages me to wanting to play him in Smash and maybe someday try out other SNK games like the King of Fighters or the upcoming Fatal Fury game. And up to this point I’m really glad that he made it Smash. 😊

[Nefaliss]

Terry is basically FGC Game'N'Watch with more range but with an actual disadvantage state.
He can literally just mash to win and get away with it because of how safe and hard hitting his moves are.

[ThatOneWeirdFlex]

In addition to being somewhat easy and more forgiving than the other FGC characters, hes got to hands-down be the most fun to play. As a Terry main, even online hes insanely fun. Both in tournament and on Elite, hes such a fun character to play, whether empty-headed or full concentration.

[MrMariou]

It has nothing to do with his popularity but i think its neat how Terry after he released got basically 0 buffs or nerfs for the rest of Ultimate's life. They pretty much nailed it on launch

[kurtfrankisnomore]

Terry’s just awesome. -from a Terry main

[exp]

Something I learned only recently is that terry has a command input version of his up special. It’s a vertical charge move, meaning you hold down for the right amount of frames and then push the joystick up and press A at the same time. It isn’t in any of terry’s movelist guides online so I find it weird how no one noticed.

[potato]

I've never been much of a traditional fighting game fan, but I was a fan of Metal slug, which was made by SNK, who made Fatal fury and king of fighters. As I've known, SNK have always been a rather obscure company in the West, making it pretty rare for them to gain a huge following outside of Central and South America and Asia. Being from the UK, we're not really known as big SNK enjoyers. But seeing SNK's work, their character in Terry be introduced and to CRITICAL acclaim, it's made me very happy. The way people liked his character, his playstyle, his overall DLC package with 50 songs (with lots of remixes and dope tunes) and a cool map with lots of well made cameo characters, I'm so happy at the reception and with the idea that SNK could be in mind for if we ever get a Smash 6 as a go-to for characters and inspiration.
I guess a lot of it could be due to Sakurai's fanboyism, SNK being one of his major inspirations to make a fighting game, he put a lot of special care into the DLC pack and SNK let em go nuts with the soundtracks. Plus as the probably most balanced FGC whose also quite fun to play and engaging to play against, while being balanced (Most tier lists I seen put him in the 25-30 range, solid A-tier) relatively for a DLC fighter, it's great to see some people who didn't know of his game's existence before smash, now they like him too. This obscured (in the west) character that very few people were asking for, managed to get in and somehow out do even the characters smash wanted most in terms of reception, such as Banjo and Sora, fan favourites who despite their hype, weren't as well received or used as much.
I know this is a book of a comment, but I'll leave it on this: I hope SNK become the Square Enix of smash. From Smash 1, Melee, Brawl and 4's release, to my knowledge, there were 0 SE reps. By the time 4 closed, there was 1. Ultimate ended with 4 reps from 3 different franchises. I hope SNK can have 1 character release halfway through ultimate and go on to have plenty of reps for the next game, they deserve it frankly. They have everything I can think of to make it in: Good music, good locations for maps, tons of characters, FGC and not, even bosses if they bring back a main campaign again. If I had a lone choice, I'd so choose to have them bring in the Ikari team, a swap in/out team of Leona, Ralf and Clark, FGCs with a pokemon trainer team system. This would have a HUGE range of representation (Clark and Ralf were iirc in an old SNK game called Ikari Warriors, Leona shown up originally in KOF and alongside Ralf and Clark and all 3 are playable in Metal Slug XX) and unique potential. Of course it's a long shot, but regardless of what does happen, I hope SNK can collab with smash again.

[dolphee]

As a Terry main, I can confirm I am heavily carried by him, which is fun (for me), and all of the things you stated in this video is true! Thank you for finally making a Terry video!

[el_escualo]

Terry is the most played character in Spain BY A LONG SHOT.
So if you asked in my country "Why does EVERYONE play Terry?" the answer would actually be really simple:
ANDRESFN

[The-DemonKing]

I just watched your last video on the decline of Ultimate's popularity which was posted a month ago today. You posted a new video the same day. I summoned you. LET'S GOOO!

[dankachilles]

One of the best DLC down tilts in the game. Prove me wrong lol

[Antonio-iscn]

Terry is simply one of the most fun characters in Smash Bros!

[FyreDay]

As a Terry main I have been waiting for this video lol I really agree on Terry always having a chance. I have been trying to pickup a secondary, but every time I try I always think that though the Terry matchup would be harder, I have more options to win. It really feels like I can solo main Terry against even his worst matchups. Are there any characters that even cover his bad matchups? A lot of them are just the top characters that are everyone’s bad matchups.