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Name: Shikamaru Nara
Author: Alexei Roschak (kenshinx0)
Description: Shikamaru is a quiet, logical fighter who has the ability to control shadows and masters in various ninja tools. He takes his
opponents down with wit, rather than brute force.
Version: 1.0
MUGEN Version: 1.0

Credits:
Neimad for ripping the sprites from NZC.

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Basic Commands:
Walking - Yes
Run (Dashing) - Yes
Crouching - Yes
Jump - Yes
Launcher (via Crouching) - Yes
Air Dash - Yes

Commands are mapped across the a, b, and c keys for simple
play style. A is for lighter attacks, b for medium, and c for
stronger attacks.

Crouching + A or B is Shikamaru's Launcher. He a large shadowy fist emerges from the ground beneath the enemy and punches them upward.

Format:
Command Name - Command - Power Requirements (If Applicable)
Description:
Notes: If any.

Special Movements:

Ninpou: Kage Nui - QCF+a - 1000
Description: Shikamaru extends his shadow until it reaches the enemy. Once it does, spikes are formed from his shadow that pierce the enemy upward
into the air.

Ninpou: Kage Kubishibari No Jutsu - QCB+a - 1000
Description: Shikamaru extends his shadow until it reaches the enemy. Once it does, a large arm wraps around the enemy and strangles them.
Note: This move cannot be blocked, but it can be dodged fairly easily and does a lower amount of damage than most single-bar supers to make
things a little more fair.

Kage Mane Shuriken No Jutsu - QCF+b - 2000
Description: Shikamaru jumps into the air and throws his trench knives at the enemy. If they hit the ground, they will stay there for 3 seconds and
explode after the time is up. If they it the wall before they hit the ground, they explode on contact.
Note: They can be blocked but the knives will still follow their path and move past you. The trick to using this is either setting the enemy up for the 3-second
timer to go off, or by trying to throw the knives at the wall to make them explode on contact for a nice combo finisher.
This move can be used in the air, at which point, Shikamaru just throws the knives from his current position.
The explosion cannot hurt Shikamaru. (Making it hurt himself put him at a disadvantage if you consider the cost of this move.)

Chakra Trench Knife - QCB+b - 2000
Description: Shikamaru infuses his trench knives with his chakra and lunges upward at the enemy. If he hits, an after image of Azuma can be seen to indicate the
importance of this move to Shikamaru. The student has, indeed, surpassed the master.

Kage Yose No Jutsu - QCF+c - 3000
Description: Shikamaru extends his shadow toward the enemy. Once it reaches this point, large spikes (carrying paper bombs) trap the enemy and entangle them. While they are
trapped, Shikamaru pulls out a paper bomb and lights it on fire. Then, he throws it at the entangled enemy causing a huge explosion on contact.

Portable Water Field - QCB+c - 3000
Description: Shikamaru creates a water scroll that he activates by forming a hand sign and stepping on it. Then a large amount of powerfully flowing water
emerges from the bottom of the screen, submerging the enemy and causing a lot of damage.
Note: This move was used in the Anime only and it was not made to be source accurate. If you know this move, well, then you can understand why.

Pressing z, after guarding at least one attack, will consume
350 power to teleport Shikamaru using Kawarimi. He will appear
behind P2 ready to start comboing. Kawarimi is a log.

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Shikamaru was pretty challenging to make due to all of his helpers, what those helpers have to actually do, and the complexity of each of his moves. The extending shadow came out great in my opinion and
is working as intended. I changed up some of his moves for the sake of the fairness of Shikamaru. For example, Kage Mane Shuriken No Jutsu does not actually use a shadow to stun the enemy. This was
originally implemented in the beta, but was removed in the final version, once more, for the sake of fairness.

A.I. (as always) is by me and scales with difficulty.

Enjoy.