Talk:Thunder (Robin)

The "Thoron" variant of this move seems to have infinite range, as Robin can fire a Thoron beam from the left side of the "Run!" map's final stretch in Smash Run and still hit enemies touching the finish line.

While the bit about the "Run!" map in Smash Run may be true (I haven't tested it yet), I can say with absolute certainty that the part about Thoron having infinite range is not, as it will actually disappear before it makes it all the way across certain extremely large stages such as Palutena's Temple and The Great Cave Offensive. So while the range of Thoron is extremely long, it is measurably finite, and I believe that this note should be revised, if not completely removed. -Goggleness (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2016 (EDT)

If you can prove it, go ahead Serpent King 18:41, 20 October 2016 (EDT)

I don't have any way to take video, unfortunately, but it's fairly easy to replicate what I did. On The Great Cave Offensive, all you have to do is stand against the wall on the top right of the stage and fire Thoron to the left.

Palutena's Temple is a bit trickier due to requiring use of the mini-stage on the top left that periodically rises and falls, but still doable. Stand on the upper-left platform of the mini-stage and fire Thoron to the right. (Note that if the mini-stage is at its lowest height, Thoron will hit the pillar just to the right; to prevent this, you have to either jump before firing it or wait until the mini-stage has risen a bit.)

In both cases, the result is the same: Thoron will disappear before making it all the way across the stage. (It may be necessary to go into Training Mode and set the camera fixed in order to have enough of the stage visible onscreen at once to observe this.) -Goggleness (talk) 19:51, 20 October 2016 (EDT)

Tested this myself, in The Great Cave Offensive, it disappears when it's by the top left hill. Kirby's Crazy Appetite ~ 20:48, 20 October 2016 (EDT)

Name?

I'm not gonna slap a move tag on it because I think it would be an awful name, but what exactly makes the difference between this page just being "Thunder" verses Frizz / Frizzle / Kafrizz and Flare / Megaflare / Gigaflare? TheNuttyOne 18:47, December 22, 2020 (EST)

If I recall correctly, when Hero originally came out, the move was just "Frizz" for consistency with this page. Then later on, it was decided to move Frizz to the three-part name, which Sephiroth then followed; Thunder just hasn't been moved to retroactively fit the pattern. As you bring up, it would be an awful and overly-long name anyway. ~ StrawberryChan (talk) 18:58, December 22, 2020 (EST)

The Move List also lists it as simply "Thunder", whereas the others mentioned have all variations listed in their title with slashes. --CanvasK (talk) 18:59, December 22, 2020 (EST)