When I play smash, I am a very relaxed person. I enjoy the game, even if I win or I lose. If I get a KO or if I lose a stock, nothing really changes. I rarely taunt and almost never get salty. I'll say I'm a decent player and enjoy using different characters and doing my best.
But then I select King Dedede.
From the moment the announcer shouts "KING Dededeee" I feel different. My back straightens. My eyebrows raises. My stomach puffs up and a sly smile crosses my face.
I'm not playing smash bros. anymore. I AM A KING NOW.
I look down on my opponents. I take my hammer and pound my enemies with the same joy a kid pounds wack-a-moles. I start sweating. I start yelling, I feel myself becoming a monster. A monster-penguin that its out for blood and fun. I taunt. I crouch. I laugh like a maniac every time I get a hit, a string, a KO. I fool around, I let my opponents think I'm just relaxing in a corner and when they start to relax too... BAM a nasty down tilt right in the face.
If someone is able to KO me I get PISSED. They DARED to take a stock from THE MIGHTY KING. Oh its ON. I fight blinded with fluffy rage. Stoked with avian power and beaked emotion. Every smash attack, every gordo thrown, every grab, every hammer hit I can feel it... and my opponent too. And I taunt and crouch like never before. I'm a dancing penguin. DEDEDESTROYED. And then... the match is over. And I stand there, breathing heavily. My tyrant rage slowing receding. I notice the controller in my hands. I regain my senses.
And I say to myself "This is not me... what have I become?" I look around, everyone is looking at me like a stranger, confused. Is this what I am now? The King may be too much power to me. Maybe I'm not ready. Maybe I should just use someone else, someone nice and relaxing like Ness or Luigi...
I look at my controller again. I start moving around my P1 cursor, trying to decide who to use next. I want to, but I can't. I just can't fight it.
The puffy body. The face animations. The sheer Power.
I'm not sure who I am now, but I believe there is no way back now. I press A. That glorious announcer voice sounds once again.
