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[sunnygowing]

Who's your least favorite character in the game, with the exception of  ?
Mine would have to be Flywrench. He has a terrible triple jump, the ability to "wall climb" and not wall jump is annoying on more than enough occasions and he falls faster than a house from the sky! I think part of the problem is that by the time he's unlocked, better characters are available (such as Ogmo or Naija).

Note, this is only my opinion, this is not the opinion of THE WORLD!

Also, if you haven't already, vote for your favorite character: http://supermeatboy.com/forum/index.php/topic,245.0.html

[roboticaust]

Actually, Flywrench is semi-useful in speedruns if you utilize his ability to spam up walls fast and his ability to fall like a rock.  I haven't played the xbox version, so I lack the knowledge to give a proper feedback.  As far as the steam characters go, I'd have to say Josef.  I've tried my hardest to find a use for him but can't.  I realize hes suppose to have some form of jump control like Ogmo, Kid, Jill and Commander Video; however, I find him annoyingly difficult to utilize at all, especially when compared to the alternatives (namely Jill since you get her rather early on).  Ogmo is pretty low on my list since I have the kid, but prior to then he is actually useful unlike Josef.  Commander Video and Jill are only useful for obtaining bandages in my opinion.  Headcrab/Goo Ball is gimmicky at best.  Useful if you are having trouble with a level but useless after you figure out the level without them.  Captain V is handy for speedruns on several levels, as well as getting the hell deathless achievement.  Runman has a lot of speed making him fairly valuable at speedruns as well, however using him to his potential becomes a chore (press the button, let go of the button, press it some more, let go some more, blah).  Naija is lifeblood and by far my favorite of all because of how she plays.  Granted my hands hurt like hell when using her, she definitely makes the levels more interesting and fun to play.  To me it's like, "this game is no fun at normal pace", then suddenly I pull out Naija and the game gets epic

[Maruhai]

Jill because her ability is just a sort of easy mode.

[Nicco]

Josef all the way. His special ability is...non-existent. I don't know how it works and even if I did it probably would be inferior to the Kid/Naija/Ogmo/Flywrench special ability.

Also, Flywrench is far from a bad character. Wall climbing and him being heavy is actually what makes him so useful on certain levels (2-20 and 2-20X, for example)

[Cheeseburger Supreme]

Pink Castle Crasher

Her (his? it's?) special ability is just crap, it's really a rip off for xbox users. Having to get 90 bandages for a crap character. I mean, look at the pc! Viridian can fucking alternate gravity! All xbox gets is a double jump and slower falling.

[bullexcrements]

Steve

He's overpowered, he breaks the game, he's not fun to use.

[Stevolutionary]

Pink Knight - All others have some form of utility, but the Knight's flutter jump does nothing that a double jump couldn't do better and more consistently.

Commander Video and Jill become a but useless later, but are good for getting bandages. Pink Knight isn't even that useful for that, and comes too late to be of much use anyway.

The Ninja is also a bit underwhelming. A slightly slower Meat Boy but with much better air control. Only issue is that after getting 100 bandages toy've pretty much mastered most of the game, and he can't be used for the difficult stages like Cotton Alley/The End/Warps anyway. As then you're only remaining use for alternates is speedrunning at this point, for that he offers nothing that outclasses anyone else. I don't know a single level he a top ten time on.

[StealthAngel667]

I'm not a big fan of Alien Hominid. He's not bad, but he can't really break levels or get bandaids more easily like some of the others can. He's not that special over Meat Boy, is what I'm saying. The only thing I found is that he can do levels with fans that go up slightly faster, and that he has a funny glitch if you spam the R button while he's dying.

[sunnygowing]

Another character I dislike is Captain Viridian. 
He is just a poor character for 90 BANDAGES! Why was he made the character for 90 bandages? Should've been 30 or 50. I've only ever found one use for him, the (pure evil) bandage in 3-19X. He can't run, his wall jump is poor and his jump height can't be controlled when gravity is flipped.

[atrocity3010]

Since this is a poll on least favorite, my pick is Naija. In terms of actual utility Josef's the worst, but at least with Josef you can just ignore him and you're not required to abuse his dumb spammy mechanic to speedrun most of the levels in the game. I wish there would be a cooldown to her ability and that she can't boost through walls. I also hate how she controls like a slippery fish in her normal form.

Another character I dislike is Captain Viridian.
He is just a poor character for 90 BANDAGES! Why was he made the character for 90 bandages? Should've been 30 or 50. I've only ever found one use for him, the (pure evil) bandage in 3-19X. He can't run, his wall jump is poor and his jump height can't be controlled when gravity is flipped.

I've found him quite useful for the iron man runs, particularly Brimstone Boy. There's a good chunk of levels that Viridian just flat-out breaks or makes easier.

[AlwaysSleepyGuy]

I'm not a big fan of Alien Hominid. He's not bad, but he can't really break levels or get bandaids more easily like some of the others can. He's not that special over Meat Boy, is what I'm saying. The only thing I found is that he can do levels with fans that go up slightly faster, and that he has a funny glitch if you spam the R button while he's dying.

Pre-update Alien Hominid had a glitch that easily made him the best level breaker on XBLA.  Post-update, the glitch is gone, but he's still extremely useful.  If you spam the trigger buttons as you jump (I use both triggers and stagger the presses), you can get him to go up about twice as high as Meat Boy.

Pink Knight and Josef have a glitch that makes them useful as well.  If you press jump twice in a row really fast, they'll shoot way up into the air.  I find it hard to do consistently, but it's good for some levels.

I narrowed down my vote to Headcrab or Goo Ball--they're vastly inferior versions of Gish.  Gish is nearly as fast as Meat Boy with a jump that's close to being the same as well.  After playing with Gish, Headcrab and Goo Ball make me feel like I'm using Tofu Boy.  Headcrab is the worse of the two (albeit slightly).

[Zarkith]

For me it's a toss up between Commander Video and Jill, since they're both useless, but CV got me the 1-14X bandage and all Jill got me was a decent time on 2-2. Plus CV has rainbows. 

I narrowed down my vote to Headcrab or Goo Ball--they're vastly inferior versions of Gish.  Gish is nearly as fast as Meat Boy with a jump that's close to being the same as well.  After playing with Gish, Headcrab and Goo Ball make me feel like I'm using Tofu Boy.  Headcrab is the worse of the two (albeit slightly).

What are you talking about? They all handle the same. 

[MegaMew]

Just to clarify, Gish and Goo Ball are the same, but Head Crabs jump works a little differently.  As for my vote, Pink Knight all the way.  She just has a dumb double jump.  Also I don't like that she isn't wasn't a real character during initial release.

On the other hand, she is the only character in the roster who's sole purpose is to fight breast cancer, so that's pretty good of her.

And Josef is awesome.  Haters gonna hate.

[roboticaust]

And Josef is awesome.  Haters gonna hate.

Iunno.  I still think my idea to start 'The Robocide' is only further perpetuated with such miserable failures as Josef.  If you can find me one, just one, youtube video of Josef owning (and I mean getting respectable times on a level where the kid won't make him look like a chump), then I will retract this statement of wanting to kill all robots.

[LeetFruitBoy]

Flywrench

hes just too damn hard to control