FLURRIE
1. Cheep Cheep
2. Bob-Omb
3. Spike
4. Tiny Mouser
5. Mouser
6. Paper Mario
7. Mr. L
8. Geno
9. Mallow
10. Flurrie
11. Tippi & Pixls
12. Kersti
13. Huey
14. Merlon
15. Star Spirits
16. Smithy
17. Kammy Koopa
18. Sir Grodus
19. Count Bleck
20. Dimentio
21. Yaridovich
22. Axem Rangers
23. Lord Crump
24. The Shadow Sirens
25. O'Chunks
26. Mimi
27. Croco
28. Booster
29. Jonathan Jones
30. Valentina
31. Jr. Troopa
32. Doopliss
33. Rawk Hawk
34. Francis
35. Culex
Today, I want to talk about your companions from the first two Paper Mario games. You have a grand total of fifteen and I went in wanting to make sure each and every one of them was represented in some way. Most of them existed primarily as a representative of one Mario enemy or another: Goombario and Goombella as Goombas; Kooper, Parakarry, and Koops generally representing Koopas; Bombette and Bobbery for Bob-Ombs; Lady Bow for Boos; Sushie for Cheep Cheeps; Lakilester for Lakitus; Ms. Mowz for Tiny Mousers; and your Yoshi companion. Generally speaking all of them worked well simply being color swaps of that specific species. We were then left with Watt, Flurrie, and Vivian. Vivian, paired up with her sisters, fit nicely into a slot for the Shadow Sirens as a whole. Watt and Flurrie though were harder. All the moves Watt gave were basically different levels of the same move, so sadly she may have to only be represented by an assist trophy. Flurrie, on the other hand, had a few moves at her disposal, but even then almost didn't make it in until I remembered that, though she isn't quite an exact match, there are several cloud enemies throughout the Mario series that function on the same basic principle (for example, Ty Foos, Puffs, and the cloud from Super Mario 64). Putting her together with those, and giving her color swaps to go along with them, she just made it in by the skin of her teeth.
Flurrie's main moves in Thousand-Year Door include a body slam, blowing a strong wind from her mouth with tremendous force, a stupefying kiss, and summoning fog to increase your chances to avoid getting hit. Other wind/cloud based enemies also include sending tornadoes to hit you, and some even use lightning attacks (in case Watt wants to join the party). It may all be a little reaching, but in the end, I think we have enough.
Here's the moveset I came up with:
Standard B: Gale Force
The most basic of attacks. Flurrie will take a deep breath and blow a strong wind across the stage, acting much as Whispy Woods or that wind jar item thing. Not much to say here.
Side B: Watt
Lip Lock can act as a suitable replacement if you don't prefer this. This move does represent some cloud enemies' ability to throw electric attacks, while extending a saving branch to the one companion who fell through the cracks. Flurrie will send Watt out and she will let out a blast of electricity. If you want a headcanon, maybe all the companions got together to celebrate receiving their Smash invitations and Flurrie noticed Watt feeling left out and offered to bring her along.
Up B: Body Slam
Flurrie will throw herself high into the air and slam back down on her large belly, squashing anyone caught beneath her.
Down B: Dodgy Fog
Flurrie will spew a thick fog around her, making it so opponents can't quite see her and making it easier to dodge attacks.
Final Smash: Ty Foo
For this one, I like to imagine a horde of Ty Foo enemies appear behind the stage and blow with everything they've got, similar to a few scenes from a few games featuring them.
Entrance: A curtain rises, revealing Flurrie preening herself for battle.
Taunts: If Watt's a part of her moveset, Watt could come out and Flurrie would fawn over how cute she is. She might also examine her precious pearls or put on makeup. Her wink and kissy face she makes sometimes also works.
Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll stick all your companions from Super Paper Mario together in one slot.
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