"he has a lot of things going for him, but in the context of his kit and character, their ability is hindered in some shape or form."
that's basically most of smash ultimate characters conundrum lol

Mewtwo is all gas and no brakes, an amazing advantage state and an awful disadvantage state. He literally can't run away because when he turns around and goes into his run animation his tail sticks out and puts his hitbox closer than when he was just facing them.

Mewtwo is definitely one of those character I feel could go up in the tier list, if we saw more players experiement with him.

“By all accounts this move is broken… but it’s on mewtwo. “

The entire mewtwo kit

Mewtwo had the largest drop out of any character in Smash 4 on the first Ultimate tier list

I think the main problems with Mewtwo is that a lot of people don’t like floaties and the tail hitbox can be very aggravating. Also, I think he could be helped a lot if he was still given backwards momentum from Shadow Ball.

People say “in the right hands mewtwo is good” yeah so is every other character

I think Mewtwo is underrated in a sense Ganondorf was in Melee: could take care of a lot of characters but loses to all the top tiers and is a giant target.

I feel like the more technical side of Mewtwo will be the key to unlocking his full potential. Wavebounce Shadow Ball, Teleport cancels, footstool Disable (especially out of shield), and more combo optimization could absolutely push the character further. Problem is that most of the players who do play Mewtwo are on Team Fundies, which includes Wadi. I could say that about many characters, and Mewtwo is just one of those many examples

I think the big thing abt tail is that it changes mewtwo from big to huge when its already lighter than a feather. Your margin for error becomes so small that its hard for him to reach any kind of consistency, despite his super high highs

Disable is the coolest move in the history of SSB. There isn't a single better feeling in the world than hitting it for last stock, and saying gg as you charge up down smash

I think in a roster with 80+ characters it’s inevitable that some are going to fall through the cracks in usage, and Mewtwo is one of them (also see Lucario, Duck Hunt, Mii Swordfighter to name a few others). He seems to be a victim of circumstance, being a popular Pokemon but not necessarily enough compared to other Pokemon reps, being a veteran from Melee and thus having little novelty value, and not having any unique gimmicks or off the wall tools that inspire curiosity and experimentation. Combine that with his awkward competitive profile as explained in the video and you’ve got a character that just kinda exists in a lot of people’s minds.

I think Mewtwo has valid strengths for people to pick up, but his losing matchups are so common I don't think it's worth it

Give Mewtwo Yoshi's jump cancelling and you have a monster

I think Mewtwo’s teleport was something that you didn’t talk about much. It is an ability with under-explored tech which has potential to mixup opponents and steal neutral or even advantage state from people. In a quarter of a second he can go from disadvantage off stage to center stage and there is nothing people can do about it. Factor in edge cancelling and you have a really scary character than can zone and camp like nobody’s business. The thing is he is treated like he should be able to play a more aggressive style but his entire kit revolves around bait and punish tactics. When played in this way Mewtwo shines.

I think M2 being so floaty is what makes the tail hurtbox in Ultimate so noticeable.  Even in S4 the floatyness got you hit like a beach ball a lot, but un Ultimate the tail hurtbox exaggerates the problem.  I've been so close to committing to maining M2 for a while now, but keep finding myself liking Samus for some of the same traits (charge shot vs shadow ball)

I actually think Mewtwo is underrated.
I play Mewtwo myself and waited every day for this video. Thank you!

This might just be my dumb "hot take" but I feel that Mewtwo is really hurt by not being able to play a standard Netrual game. He has all of the tools you need to win Netrual but because of his unique nature he can't play "footies" well and the longer Netrual goes, the more likely he loses it. Mewtwo wins fast and transitions to Advantage or loses slowly while taking chip damage that will kill him since he is too light. Again, at first glance on paper, Mewtwo has a OK Netrual and many ways to win it, but in practice, you either find a way to keep Netrual short or you often lose.

Mewtwo has an S tier moveset with C tier Body and physics

As someone who mained Mewtwo in sm4sh, seeing the addition of the tail hit boxes was a gut punch. Still the #1 reason i dont really play with him anymore, it just limits spacing options and makes fighting swordies hell