Talk:Dash attack canceled up smash

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I hate to say this, but... "canceled" and "canceling" are non-standard alternative spellings of "cancelled" and "cancelling", and are used nowhere but the States. Even in the US the correct spellings are "cancelled" and "cancelling" - this isn't just because I speak English (UK) rather than English (US), the name of this article is spelt incorrectly, wherever you are. It just makes the page seem less encyclopaedic if there's a spelling mistake in the title. PenguinofDeath 07:32, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

MERGE!!!

how many names will we have for this technique: canceled dash attack into a sliding up smash. plz someone put them all together. and prevent new ones from being made!--tarrant1400 (talk) 07:52, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

DACUS is the official name, so this one stays I guess. Shade487z/SeniorSombra! 07:56, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

NOOO!!! that's the prob!!! no- one is settling on the name. merge it first. then we can see which one the community decides. also, boost-smashing came first that's the name which should be official, DACUS can be A technical one, sure, but how can a brand-new article(DACUS) be "official?" --tarrant1400 (talk) 08:02, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Smashboards calls it DACUS, so I assume it is the most common name used for this technique.Y462 (T • C • E ) 19:40, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I looked around before putting this up...I couldn't find the article you must be referring to that would be explaining the same technique. There was no article named "Boost Smash" or "Boost Smashing," so really it'd just be best if one could redirect "Boost Smash" to this. In general, it's best to use the technical terms for something like a Wiki anyways. So I guess that's that. GdDmt (talk) 08:08, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, so I've only just now noticed the "dash attack canceling" page which refers to the exact same technique. The articles should be merged. My bad. GdDmt (talk) 21:14, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Merge it...User:KoRoBeNiKi

Is it possible on a wii mote?

Is this glitch possible to perform using a wiimote?--Moneypony (talk) 08:03, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

It is not a glitch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.11.23.2 (talk • contribs) 10:22, January 10, 2011 (EST)

Please read the timestamp of posts before responding to them. If a response is months old, don't bother responding to them. Also remember to sign your posts with four tildes ~~~~ Omega Tyrant 10:45, 10 January 2011 (EST)

D-Pad

I've found that using the D-Pad on the Wii Remote with Nunchuk makes it much easier to do a DACUS, as the D-Pad is closer to the attack button. Should this be mentioned on the article? Anon 19:15, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

You can't say it is easier in the article as that is a matter of opinion. I for one, would disagree with that being easier than using the control scheme I use on the GCN controller, with the L button set to attack and tap jump off. Omega Tyrant 19:25, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

C-stick only DACUS? Also Yoshi

I tried doing a DACUS with only the C-stick in the past, and I think it worked. However, now I just confirmed it. When I use the Dolphin emulator, the game runs at ~30FPS. This, combined with the fact that the C-stick's smashes are keyboard keys, allowed me to perform a DACUS with Snake just with the C-stick. Obviously, one just needs to input C-down and C-up in quick succession. Of course, this doesn't seem as likely in a real match, because at 60FPS, with a regular C-stick, this is next to impossible to achieve. But I feel we should mention that it's possible regardless. Those that have trouble performing a right DACUS can just smash the C-stick down and up while running in hopes of getting better results. I know it works better if you hit someone during the C-down portion (hitlag). It doesn't work as well in slow Brawl because the game ignores C-stick input half of the time.

Another thing: I tried using a DACUS with Yoshi (with the C-stick only). A regular pivot up-smash makes him slide, but a DACUS makes him halt the dash and perform an up-smash standing still. This is worth mentioning, right? Espyo (talk) 16:03, 5 June 2011 (EDT)

I reckon the C-stick info can be added as a note, but for the hyphen smash being longer than some characters DACUS isn't, there are some many more characters that have a better hyphen smash than a DACUS but there are only roughly eight characters that have a use for DACUS and that has been noted.--Shaun's Wiji Dodo talk 20:09, 5 June 2011 (EDT)

Diddy Kong

Can Diddy perform a DACUS? It says so on his page, but I'm not sure if he can. Scr7 17:34, 5 July 2013 (EDT)

melee?

can a DACUS be done in melee? i know you can dash into an upsmash, not sure if it works out of a dash attack though.