I should have done this on the day of the overhaul update. Ah well.
=Pre Overhaul Below=.

The Final Smash buddy has that covered.
And making his Dire form work in Rivals would be pain. Same goes for the Paradox form.

will GBA get a Super form at some point?

I never thought I would ever see or hear from you again. I loved reading TheYoshiHerd on SJ and it's great that you stumbled upon this.

Thank you very much!

TheYoshiHerd reporting in for the Smack Jeeves reunion special.
Sprite comics were a chapter of my life that I like to think I closed the book on as I grew older and started pursuing other creative outlets, like I "outgrew" it. Like most fanwork in my mind.
So, I never really understood the people who kept at it over the years. Occasionally I'd see G.B.A floating around somewhere unexpected but didn't pay it much mind. We didn't have a lot to do with one another on Smack Jeeves anyway.

But damn man, looking at this character, I finally get it. Slick animations, great handling, solid design fundamentals. Mad respect. I see serious talent and dedication on display.
If this is what you enjoy working on, and you can keep working on your craft, that's your art, man. Keep at it. I'll be keeping an eye on your work from now on.

I don't mind at all and thanks!
The patch I just uploaded should address those things you mentioned.

Here are my general reactions and suggestions after playing the guy a bit, hope you don't mind that!

I suspect fully charged Down Special should be tweaked a bit. Currently it's just pretty much like a weak full charge Strong with a bigger hitbox, making it a bit redundant. Maybe it's worth making the charge longer and the hit stronger, so it works kind of like Roy NSpec?

I also don't love the fact that G.B.A. changes property when burned himself, which is a very situational thing that will only happen if the opponent parries a fireball into you or you're fighting one of the other fire characters; maybe add another ways he can get burned by his own kit if your lore allows for that?

Either way I'm otherwise liking the character! When I first saw he's one of those characters with burn effect I was ready to roll my eyes, but the burn extending mechanic makes it worth it.

oh

You mean the other characters? That's advertising. lol
Don't worry, it's optional.

why do you need to get so much stuff for it to work

nam

man

The Great G.B.A, can you do AIR MAN (MM2) for Rivals Of Aether & his stage?

Wouldn't that be crazy.

Can you make Air Man for ROA?

Yep! We didn't manage to talk THAT much, but it's still nice to see you. Used to read a lot of the comics, too.

Yeah, still sucks about what happened with SJ, but I moved to Comic Fury.
Anyways, nice to see another familiar face here!

Smackjeeves shenanigans, buddy. Smackjeeves shenanigans.

Nani?

G.B.A, been ages since i last heard that name.

I'll get that sorted in the next update.

Another minor issue I've noticed - the jab combo seems to be really inconsistent, with G.B.A. often stepping forward too far on the final hit and going past the opponent regardless of DI. Not entirely sure how to fix it (no step forward, but fixed knockback on the first two hits?) but it's definitely a thing

That's awesome to know and thanks for the feedback!

Playing him a bit more, there are a handful of issues I've noticed:
-Up Smash is just terrible and probably needs to be completely redesigned, or failing that given way more kill power to make up for the awful range.
-Up Special takes way too long for the second hit to come out, giving the opponent plenty of time to parry or get out of the way. The animation for this also looks weird.
-Down Special seems to have a really janky hitbox on the sceptre, there are a ton of times it appears to just completely pass through the opponent.

That said, I've been playing him enough for these issues to be noticeable, because this character is a ton of fun! I'll be following anything else you make.

Thanks!

I saw this guy on a Hoshi no Kaabii video and he seemed kinda dumb so I downloaded him on a lark but genuinely this is one of the most fun characters I've ever played in a platform fighter

No worries you two, it's all good.

i was also a piece of garbage on there, but i don't know how much of that he had to deal with

oh yeah smack jeeves

not quite sure if you remember me buuut if you do I'd really like to apologize on behalf of my 11 year old self

Oh, wow. A lot of unexpected people. lol
Good to see some smackjeeves peps here!

ayyy i remember you from smackjeeves
i don't know if i ever interacted with you but i know you were on there

That works too

Fire keeper, you mean.

finally. the character we needed to gatekeep workshop characters that use zetter fire

oh hey i remember u from the smackjeeves days! cool to see you here