v1.8
additions
- new alt colors 'Pyrite' and 'Noradrenaline'!

changes
- FSPECIAL ... FSPECIAL now has ledge snap! if the red line is above the ground, you can rest assured you can probably actually get back on stage now.

balances
-- -- counterplay
- STATS ... run speed lowered. (6.5 -> 6)
- STATS ... max air speed lowered. (5.2 -> 5)

notes
natsumi patch? in 2025?

v1.7 - (2025 Apr 26)
fixes
- DTILT2 can properly be used by pressing ATTACK now and not just TILTSTICK DOWN.
- also it turns out all this time, DTILT2 thing happened a bit earlier when you are using TILTSTICK DOWN to do it, as opposed to with ATTACK which happened 3 frames into the window. fixed (changed?) this now to BOTH be 3 frames into the window

notes
open for inputs!

v1.6
additions
- new secret alts added. if you're the creator of the color, you've already been informed of its inputs.
- added the playtest changelog

changes
- uair weird startup body hit hitbox has been repurposed to be a proper constant body hit
- max_jump_hsp has been increased (5.5) (experimental)
- but air max speed has been decreased by 0.3 (5.5 -> 5.2) (experimental)

balances
-- -- idk
- ustrong 2nd hit angle changed to 90 (80 -> 90)
- uair final hit angle changed to 90 (80 -> 90)
- uair weird startup body hit hitbox damage decreased by 1 (2 -> 1)
- bair hitpause scaling increased (0.6 -> 0.7)
- bair sound slightly tweaked

-- -- beneficial
- ustrong total damage increased to 15 (13 -> 15)
- ustrong 2nd hit hitbox width increased by 4 (60 -> 64)
- ustrong pre-charge startup decreased by 2 frames (16 -> 14)
- aerial dspecial startup now matches with the grounded version (10 -> 7) (experimental)
- aerial dspecial hitbox size increased generally
- uair weird startup body hit hitbox has been repurposed to be a proper constant body hit
- dstrong on-hit IASA happens 2 frames faster now (15 -> 13)
- fspecial startup faster by 2 frames...? (experimental)

-- -- counterplay
- uspecial's startup leap has horizontal speed limit, you can no longer drift so much
- uair weird startup body hit hitbox width decreased by 7 (47 -> 40)

notes
kinda dangerous maybe? but well, updates exist!
says i who havent updated the character in 2 years
open for inputs!

v1.5
additions
- if you kick nspecial locket, its hitbox size increases??

changes
- tweaked the portraits to be more "accurate".
- fstrong's wacky spike hitbox has been given a better hit effect i think (it was tiny hit effect before)
- bair animation tweaked!!!
- alt color "Twilight" altered.

balances
-- -- idk
- dstrong's Cat (Ci/しぃ) hit (backward hit) hitbox is smaller in size, but has higher priority! ....dunno if this helps any bit or its worse.
- ustrong 1st hit not-connecting issue were identified, and 1st hit hitboxes were changed around a lot (and a new hitbox added???) to hopefully solve this...? i tested a lot for this, but of course, nothin's perfect, do tell me if it still bothers you
- ustrong 2nd hit backward hit (cat hit) angle changed to 361 (50 -> 361) (uh oh)
- dstrong 2nd hit's weird middle hit has given knockback that isn't so ambiguous anymore (growth 0.7 -> 1.0)
- dstrong 2nd hit middle hit has higher hitpause too (base 7 -> 8, growth 0.6 -> 0.7)
- also its angle (65 -> 55)
- fstrong "shockwave" hit has been removed entirely

-- -- beneficial
- fstrong main big hit's damage increased by 1 (12 -> 13)
- fstrong's startup has been shortened by 3 frames (20 -> 17), and to be exact, the startup after the strong charge has been shortened
- fstrong knockback growth increased??????????? (0.85 -> 1.0) (this may be a bad idea but we'll see, updates exist)
- nspecial locket's hitbox size is a bit bigger than it looks now? (32 -> 38)
- bair sweetspot hitbox's knockbacks and angles are now identical to ranno's. uh hopefully this is a buff? and hopefully they aren't too much for a character with much higher air speed than ranno? (base 7 -> 8, growth 0.7 -> 0.75)

-- -- counterplay
- dtilt 2nd hit hitbox size reduced. its height doesnt cover her entire height anymore, and it doesnt extend as much backwards now. generally smaller, but mostly backwards
- nair early hit's hitbox size has been reduced. (95 -> 78, matches size of previous late hit)
- nair late hit's hitbox size has been reduced. (78 -> 70, enough to hopefully be distinct in visualization)
- nair startup increased by 1 frame. (5 -> 6) (figured i'll increase it lil bit because the hitbox is still relatively big)

notes
the lemon has landed.
open for inputs!

v1.4
additions
- "another natsumi" alt. references Hinata Natsumi from sgt keroro. not a big deal
- "twilight" alt. generally blue-y purple-y color that she didnt have yet
- "tower" alt color now has an outline color change.
- new secret alts added. if you're the creator of the color, you've already been informed of its inputs.
- lemon added.
- new cooldown for uspecial. it starts when you land, with a visual meter thing. it will fill immediately when you get hit, when you successfully parry, or when you walljump. currently it lasts for 180 frames (3 seconds). this is to maybe combat some stall concerns.

changes
- you can now go to dtilt2 using tilt stick (or rather, right stick can activate dtilt2. cant detect tiltstick rn ;-;). yeps
- nspecial limits your horizontal speed by 1 more point (5 -> 4)
- nspecial "velocity stall" no longer happens when you've done uspecial or fspecial in the airtime before.
- bair ingame animation tweaked - ending frames last a little longer and has been applied an IASA.

balances
-- -- idk
- bair hitboxes hitpause scaling increased. (main 0.4 -> 0.6, sour 0.4 -> 0.5)
- uair final hit base hitpause increased. (6 -> 7)
- dair hitboxes non-sweetspot hitpause scaling increased. (right 0.6 -> 0.7, mid/left 0.5 -> 0.6)
- jab hitboxes base hitpause and hitpause scaling increased. (base 5 -> 6, scaling 0.1 -> 0.4)
- ustrong final hit base hitpause increased. (8 -> 10)
- dstrong cat (ci) and main hit base hitpause increased. (8 -> 9)

-- -- beneficial
- did some ftilt frame data tinkering with whifflag and things and now ftilt has whifflag proper, with the old ftilt whifflag being the "whiff" length (or so i think, or faster), what?
- fstrong is 2 frames faster. (22 -> 20)
- dattack startup and endlag reduced (startup 12 -> 11, endlag 13 -> 10)
- fspecial startup reduced by 2 frames, and endlag reduced by 3 frames (startup 25 -> 23, endlag 26 -> 24 (excluding whifflag))

-- -- counterplay
- dair endlag increased by 4 (of which 2 of them are affected by endlag)
- walljump vertical speed decreased by 1 point (12 -> 11)
- uspecial vertical speed decreased by 2 points (15 -> 13), if you need an example, it's just about rock wall top platform height now

notes
the lemon has landed.
i've been hearing reports that ustrong is still unreliable. i haven't been able to replicate it in my computer matches, and i suspect it's related to player exclusive stuff or im just unlucky or it's related to SDI. if you come across it, i'd appreciate it if you could record a clip of it! much thanks to yall for playing as natsumi!
open for inputs!

v1.3
fixes
- fixed the issue where you couldn't b-reverse aerial dspecial. technically a buff!?!? thanks cabbage and supersonic!

changes
- some of fspecial endlag (too lazy to measure since it involves whifflag) can be walljump-cancelled now! keep in mind you don't have any velocity when fspecial is done, so fspecial should be aimed to end pretty much right against the wall. or maybe not? who knows.

balances
-- -- idk
- attempted to make ustrong back hit more reliable! hopefully.
- nspecial locket when parried, will no longer parry stun you! instead it will reflect. they won't be able to hit it themselves to make it bounce, though.
- HOWEVER, the "boosted nspecial" using fstrong, kicks, etc. will now parry-stun you. i couldn't get Extended Parry Stun to work here unfortunately, so i just manually extended the parry stun the set amount.
- bair sweetspot angle is lower (55 -> 50, for reference i think ranno's bair is 45?)

-- -- beneficial
- ending the taunt is now more responsive.

-- -- counterplay
- increased fstrong endlag a bit by splitting the final window in half and putting whifflag on the half of it! sorry!
- decreased the height of dair earliest trail hitbox. thanks civic!

notes
a bit of nerf right there, but i tried to have a bit more of positive notes
open for inputs!

v1.2
fixes
- fixed the issue where uair first hitbox spawned too early.

changes
- you can now only use fspecial once per airtime.

balances
-- -- counterplay
- i actually forgot to write this the last time, but uair has startup and endlag both extended (starts 3 frames slower, ends 3 frames slower)
- reverted uair final hit knockback (base 7 -> 6, growth 0.8 -> 0.75)
- i ALSO forgot to write this the last time, but fspecial's startup has been extended as well (starts 3 frames slower)

notes
open for inputs!

v1.1
additions
- you can now hit the nspecial locket with fspecial and swap location with it
- you can now hit the nspecial locket with dspecial and activate dspecial
- you can now hit the nspecial locket with dair and send it flying downwards
- you can now hit the nspecial locket with fstrong
- that's right, more nspecial additions
- you can now hold up or down when nspecial locket is summoned to change the throw height

fixes
- i noticed this while i was editing the trailer but walkturn had a missing pixel on the outline. fixed that now
- dacus is fixed. you can actually dacus now
- fixed the respawn platform, a bit fancier and larger

changes
- uspecial endlag "fake jump" can now be walljump-cancelled

balances
-- -- idk
- attempted to increase fspecial hitpause (base 7 -> 12, scaling 0.6 -> 0.7)
- shorthop height/speed decreased by 0.5 (8 -> 7.5)

-- -- beneficial
- un-boosted nspecial locket hit's knockback growth increased by 0.1 (0.4 -> 0.5)
- fstrong "main hit" knockback increased (base 8 -> 9, growth 0.8 -> 0.85) (experimental)
- uair "final hit" knockback increased (base 6 -> 7, growth 0.75 -> 0.8)
- dstrong "cat(Ci) hit" base knockback increased (7 -> 10) (experimental)
- dstrong "main crowbar hit" knockback increased (base 7 -> 8, growth 0.9 -> 1.0) (experimental)

-- -- counterplay
- fspecial maximum distance shortened by 60 pixels (300px -> 240px)
- dair hitboxes doesn't go out to the side as much anymore (idk)
- dspecial stops when it's parried
- fstrong "late trail" has been heckan removed from existence

notes
aimless balancing. i'm open for inputs!

v1.0
uh

v1.0
notes
this is the release version. thanks for reading the changelog!
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