The moveset for the sixth addition to Mashup Fighter is now done! This one took me a nearly a whole week to do, mainly because I was busy with other things, but also because of the nature of these two's move-set I had to draw two different poses for every move/stunned state, so this took way longer than it normally does to do the test stick figure sprites(When I end up drawing actual characters, they'll be first because two characters and they'll be the most challenging sprites and all that). Thankfully,  putting the move-sets together only took a day or two. Now onto more exciting things, the move-set itself!

Gravity Falls was a series I didn't grow up with and only started watching towards the end of Summer this year but I knew once I watched it all that I had to represent it in my mad TV crossover idea. Rather than letting the player choose either Dipper and Mabel and use up two slots, I had a more interesting idea in mind. 

One of the core elements of Gravity Falls is the strong sibling relationship between Dipper and Mabel so I thought I'd represent that by having you play as both siblings at the same and having them work together to perform different attacks.

Dipper and Mabel's normal special is what I call the "Mabel-Copter" where Mabel uses her magic sweater sleeves to propel herself and Dipper up in the air briefly before floating down and their opponents will take damage if they touch the sweater-blades in the process. Mabel being able to attack opponents with her sweater is a reference to the 3DS game Gravity Falls: Legends of the Gnome Gemulets. Say what you will about that game but it did expand the possibilities for what fighting moves the Pines siblings had at their disposal.

Dipper and Mabel's side-special was a move I thankfully managed to pull off exactly how I wanted it without much issues. It's another grapple move, similar to Bender but it's instead used from a distance. Making use of Mabel's grappling hook, she can fire it at her opponent and if they don't block/deflect. They'll get tied up and Mabel will be pulled back and(with the help of Dipper and the growing/shrinking crystals)deliver a ginormous sucker punch with her enlarged fist. The height-altering crystals will also come into play elsewhere in their move-set, stay tuned!

Designing a move-set around two characters was challenging but definitely worth it and definitely helps the Mystery Twins stand out on the roster of Mashup Fighter in their own unique way. Hopefully designing the last two characters will be more straightforward as it'll be back to just one character again.