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Charizard

"Roooooooaaaaaaaarrrrrrr!"

In order to further develop Pokémon Trainer's pokémon (specifically, give them actual down-special moves), they were split to function as individual characters. Charizard is an aerial powerhouse that can punish foes on both land and sky,


Dedede

= Voiced by Masahiro Sakurai =

"Wa ha ha!"

The menacing penguin is packed with a few tweaks to make a devastating fighter.


Ike

= Voiced by Michihiko Hagi (Japanese) / Jason Adkins (English) =

"I fight for my friends."

The powerful leader of the Greil Mercenaries enters the battlefield with greater speed and recovery options.

  • Badass Cape
  • BFS: Ragnell
  • Calling Your Attacks: "Aether!"
  • Easter Egg: If the player presses the B button right as he goes through an opponent with a fully-charged Quick Draw, the attack is an extremely powerful one-hit knockout. After the target is sent flying away, Ike does his taunt.
  • Fingerless Gloves
  • Flash Step: Quick Draw (side-special). It differs from its Brawl incarnation in that the attack component is optional; Ike will only swing his sword if the player is holding the attack button while the target is in range.
  • Lightning Bruiser: He is a fairly fast character in P:M, unlike his Brawl incarnation.
  • Meteor Move: Down-tilt, down-aerial, and Eruption (neutral-B) are meteor smashes.
  • Playing with Fire
  • Wall Jump: He can wall jump out of Quick Draw (side-special).
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair


Lucario

"Huuuuurrrraaaa!"

Lucario's new fighting style is heavily inspired by Street Fighter. His "Magic Series" (a.k.a. the On-Hit Cancel) system allows him to combo extremely quickly. Also, his aura system was revamped to give Lucario power as he deals damage; for every 50% damage he deals, he gains a charge,[2](much like how the meter in traditional fighters works). He can expend a charge to power up one of his moves. He can hold up to two charges at once.


Lucas

"PK Thunder!"

Now with PK-charged offensive abilities. Like Ness, he can use Project M's new version of the double-jump cancel from Smash 64 and Melee.

  • Call Back: Offense Up is a move from the Mother series.
    • It's the only one of Lucas's specials that he actually learns in Mother 3.
  • Calling Your Attacks: "PK Thunder!"
    • Averted with the calls for PK Freeze and PK Fire, which have been removed. Lucas's Side-B is now PK Freeze, and he doesn't say its name.
  • Energy Absorption: PSI Magnet. Doubles as an attack.
  • Charge Meter: Offense Up allows Lucas to use stronger versions of his smash attacks, which either have more power, more range, or both, depending on the move.
  • An Ice Person: PK Freeze.
  • Kill Streak: The Offense Up charge is retained if Lucas hits the opponent with the powered smash move. This property allows Lucas to continuously unleash the stronger versions of his smash moves, as long as he lands the hits.
  • The Mario: Although his attacks have decent power and speed, the ranges of most of his attacks are pretty low.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: With his incredibly strong powered-up smash attacks. The rest of his moves are average-powered.
  • Psychic Powers


Pit

= Voiced by Minami Takayama (Japanese), Lani Minella (Engish) =

"The fight is on!"

The hero of Kid Icarus. He disappeared from games for awhile, but he was brought back in Brawl (and again in Kid Icarus: Uprising, also by Sakurai's team).


ROB

"..."

The metafictional savior of the Nintendo Entertainment System, and possibly video games in general. His new fighting style is based on combining momentum with attacks.


Snake

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

Snake was buffed to be a true Tactical Espionage Expert, using both mind games and stage control to succeed. He is now in the same weight class as the other humans in Project M, and he gained several speed buffs. Also, he has two new knife attacks.


Sonic

"Sonic's the name, speed's my game!"

The fastest character in Smash in the fastest game in Smash.

  • Call Back: Several of his new attack animations.
    • Forward-aerial is the Sonic Eagle from Sonic Battle.
    • Neutral-aerial is inspired by a move in Sonic 3.
    • Sonic has several random poses that he can do after hitting with Homing Attack. One of the poses is the one on the cover of Sonic Adventure.
  • Confusion Fu: Emphasized in his bait-and-punish playstyle with many mobility options and special cancels.
  • Everything's Better with Spinning: Many of his attacks use his "spinball" form.
  • Fragile Speedster: He's the fastest runner in the game, made even faster by the Melee environment.
  • Lag Cancel: Homing Attack can be jump/special canceled.
  • Wall Jump


= Voiced by Sachi Matsumoto =

"Hi-yaah!"

A combination of the several Link incarnations over time.

  • Annoying Arrows: These arrows are based on Melee Young Link's fire arrows, complete with a hitbox that's left on the ground. In addition, it was upgraded to have a charge faster and a trajectory greater than Young Link's arrows.
  • Call Back: Melee Young Link's milk drink taunt was restored.
  • Composite Character: Interestingly enough, Toon Link takes cues multiple Smash titles, and then some:
    • Smash 64 Link: Jumping slash Foward Smash Attack;[4] stabbing dash attack; and an aerial Up Special that's a powerful KO move, but with limited recovery.
    • Melee Young Link: Neutral, up, and down aerial attacks; Down Smash physics; Fire Arrows; and Bombs with quick, multiple explosions.
    • Brawl Toon Link: Forward and back aerial attacks.
    • Other 3D Zelda titles: Grounded Up Special reminiscent of the Hurricane Spin from The Wind Waker, and down tilt reminiscent of the shield stab from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
  • Expy: Although he has elements from several of the series' different incarnations of Link, he's primarily an upgraded remake of Melee's Young Link.
  • Glass Cannon: He has a more aggressive offense than Project M's Link, but his recovery is worse.
  • Heroic Mime
  • Kid Hero
  • Lightning Bruiser: He's built to be a more offensive fighter in opposition to adult Link, who is an endurance fighter.
  • Meteor Move: Down-aerial has Young Link's fire hitbox, only this time it's a spike instead of a meteor smash.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse
  • Ryu and Ken: The Ken to adult Link's Ryu.
  • Everything's Better with Spinning: Toon Link's Up Special has retained its charge mechanic; given enough charge, it allows him to slide on the ground.
  • Wall Jump


Wario

= Voiced by Charles Martinet =

"Wa! Wa! Wario!"

A new brutal and tech-chasing Wario joins the fight! Confusingly, the Wario in Brawl has a moveset based almost entirely on the Wario Ware series. In Project M, his Wario Land moves and appearance became central to this outing.

  • Ass Kicks You
  • Call Back: Side-special is the shoulder-bash from Wario Land, and down-smash is the Earthshake Punch from Wario Land: Shake It!.
  • Clothes Make the Legend: His iconic classic overalls outfit is now default.
  • Combat Pragmatist
  • Easter Egg: Holding the up-taunt button while he hits an opponent with his down-aerial adds the fart sound effect and graphic.
  • Fartillery: His "Wario Waft", which can become an "explosive fart" after enough time passes.
  • Ground Pound: His new down-air is specifically called this. Although it's considerably punishable from failure, it's very useful; it is a meteor smash, and Wario bounces off the airborne target upon contact, which makes recovery afterwards easier.
    • His new down-smash has him pound the ground and create a large quake.
  • Lightning Bruiser
  • Meteor Move: Down-aerial is a meteor smash.
  • Palette Swap: The biker outfits are now alternate to the classic overall outfits.


Wolf

= Voiced by Mahito Oba (Japanese), Jay Ward (English) =

"What's the matter, scared?"

The new space-animal challenges Fox and Falco.

  • Attack Reflector
  • Badass
  • Flash Step: Wolf Flash (side-B). If Wolf hits with the end of the move, the opponent is struck hard, and he won't go into special fall, thus allowing him to use another move to recover back to the stage.
  • Frickin' Laser Beams: He can air-dodge out of his laser fire.
  • Juggle Fu
  • Lightning Bruiser: He's been greatly buffed in speed to justify being a space-animal.[5] Of all the space-animals, he could move the fastest horizontally in midair.
  • Rule of Three: He's the third Melee-style space-animal.
  • Wall Jump


  1. ↑ It was called Fly in Brawl, but said name was given to his new down-special.
  2. ↑ He also charges but gains half as much at a time when he hits shields.
  3. ↑ The Aura Bomb was called the Spirit Bomb (as a reference to Dragon Ball) earlier in development. It appears that "Aura Bomb" is now the official name.
  4. ↑ which is also featured in the 3D Zelda titles
  5. ↑ Space-animals are characters from the Star Fox series. In Melee, Fox and Falco are well-known for being both very fast and very strong, as well as being top-tier characters.
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