wondercrunh

Mario's F-air has never been a spike in any Smash game other than Smash 64 and Smash 4. In Melee and Brawl's Mario's F-air hitbox was a meteor. There's a difference between the two. While they both are hitboxes which have knockback that sends downward, spikes can not be jump canceled while meteors can be. Melee Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UdofeaVmDE What you'll see in this video is Falcon knock DK off stage and then try to edge guard him with a d-air. Falcon's lower d-air hitbox is a meteor, which means the knockback, after hitstun, can be cancelled with a jump or an up+b. Donkey kong Up-Bs to cancel Falcon's d-air, but Falcon follows up with a F-air (knee) and lands the sweetspot, killing DK. Here's another Melee clip where Link meteor cancels Ganondorf's d-air with his up+b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCvYYAUpeOQ

Here's a match with Squeak who does a few Mario combos in game 2 of this set. One thing I noticed messing with Mario. If you dash attack near the ledge on BF (and probably other stages too, I need to test it though) you can stage spike recovering characters (This is great because the only hope they have to recover is a stage tech, but even with or without one Mario can drop-zone neutral-air). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCykwgX8EMo&feature=youtu.be&t=3m37s