SSBM Character Guide - an aid for the tourny.

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Well, the last one was too big, so it kind of exploded, so here's the new one.

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Mario

B - Fire Ball - best to use to slow your opponent down while their coming at you head on.

Side B - Cape - use it to deflect attacks, or to get back on stage, if you're too far away to reach with the Super Jump Punch.

Up B - Super Jump Punch - use as a recovery, or use it against a heavy opponent for maximum damage.

Down B - Mario Tornado - use it when you're surrounded, and also if you are about to land on top of your opponent, this move is effective.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - Probably his most powerful attack.
2. Aerial Forward - use it against opponent who are trying to get back on stage.

Unique Things
Mario is an average character, so there's not much.

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Pikachu

B - Thunder Jolt - like Mario's Fire Ball, use it to slow your opponent down.

Side B - Skull Bash - use to get back on stage, or whil your opponent is at a distance from you and is unaware of your existence.

Up B - Quick Attack - not really useful as an offensive move. use it to get back on styage or to get out of rough situations.

Down B - Thunder - pretty strong attack. Use it to attack enemies above your or when you're surronded.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - a very powerful attack.
2. Up Smash - Pikachu's strongest attack. If you hit the sweet spot then your foe is rocketed!
3. Aerial Down - another decent powered attack.

Unique things
Pikachu is one of the fastest characters in the game. It is good at both hit & run tactic or head to head.

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Bowser

B - Fire Braeth - not too useful, because you're completely vulnerable while using this move.

Side B - Koopa Klaw - use it against an enemy about a body length from you to slice them, or use it against an enemy right in your face to grab them and throw them out of your way.

Up B - Whirling Fortress - Use it as a recovery or when you're surrounded.

Down B - Bowser Bomb - it's mor effective if you jump first and use this move while ou're in the air, because that's easier to control.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - His strongest attack. it's slow so use it when your enemy is just about to reach you.
2. Up Smash - another strong attack.
3. Aerial Up - another slow but powerful attack.
4. Aerial Forward - lacks power conpared to his Aerial Up, but faster.
5. Up Strong - fast and strong.

Unique things
Bowser is one of the heaviest and powerful characters, but he is also a big target, so be careful!

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Peach

B - Toad - use it to protect your self or to halt you in the air momentarily.

Side B - Peach Bomber - this move has decent power. Best if your opponent isn't ready for it (duh).

Up B - Peach Parasol - not useful as an offesive attack, so use it as a recovery or to slow your fall down.

Down B - Vegetable - the damage depends on the expression. If you pull out a vegetable that looks really sick and about to throw up, hurl it at an enemy and it does 32%! Peach can also pull out a Bob-omb in a 1/300 chance.

Other useful attacks.
1. Down Smash - this does 67% uncharged if you're lucky.
2. Up Smash - doesn't cause much damage, but if you get an enemy right in the palm of her hand, they go up quite far.

Unique things
Peach can stay in the air for a looooooooooooong time. She can float by holding the jump button, and then use her Parasol to slow down your fall.

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Yoshi

B - Egg Lay - not too useful as far as I know, except that you can turn your opponent into an egg.

Side B - Egg Roll - does an OK damage. be careful not to fall and edge!

Up B - Egg Throw - you can control the direction of the egg. get an enemy above you with this.

Down B - Yoshi Bomb - probably its strongest attack. Like Bowser Bomb, better if you jump first.

Other useful attacks.
1. Aerial Down - if you're good you can do 30%+ damage!

Unique things
well, Yoshi's second jump is real big. This is because its Up B isn't a jumping attack.

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Donkey Kong

B - Giant Punch - his strongest attack. But it won't be of much use if you don't charge it.

Side B - Headbutt - not really useful, but it can pin an opponent in the ground and leave them open for a couple of free shots.

Up B - Spinning Kong - it's great for a recovery, because you can cover a lot of ground.

Down B - Hand Slap - use it when you're surrounded, but this move is slow, so watch out. This move does absolutely nothing in the air.

Othe useful attacks
1. Down Smash - It's very strong, because it has long reach both ways and has decent power.
2. Aerial Forward - it's really slow, but it's quite powerful.

Unque things.
Dk can carry an opponent an walk around. That's unique enough, but he can also jump qhile carrying a heavy item such as a Crate.

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Captain Falcon

B - Falcon Punch - by far his strongest attack. I'm sure everybody loves this attack. It's a little slow so like all other slow attacks, start it earlier!

Side B - Raptor Boost - doesn't do much damage, but sends an opponent quite far up. Be aware of edges, because once you miss an enemy and fall off the edge, there's no coming back!

Up B - Falcon Dive - great for a recovery/counter attack.

Down B - Falcon Kick - this move is reasonably fast and it can take out all the enemies in front of you. You can also use it to rebound off a wall an get the enemy from behind.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - this move is almost as strong as Falcon Punch, but faster!
2. All 5 Aerial - all 5 of them are quite powerful, especially his Forward and Down. His Forward has short range an s slow, but if you hit the enemy goes flying!

Unique thngs
C. Falcon is one of the fastest characters in the game, and he is also one of the most powerful characters in the game. The best tactic for him is "Never Stop Until You Win!!"

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Fox

B - Blaster - only use it to give a few extra damage to the foe when they're at a distance.

Side B - Fox Illusion - it's a really quick attack and has decent power. But like C. Falcon's Raptor Boost, watch out for edges! You can also stop in the middle of the attack by pressing B again at the right moment.

Up B - Fire Fox - quite a powerful attack. use it as a recovery or to get an enemy anywhere within striking distance. Everybody should know it but you can control the direction of the attack.

Down B - Reflector - use it to deflect projectiles or when you're surrounded.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - possibly his strongest attack. it has a long rech as well.
2. Aerial Up - It's hard to get but if you do get it right, your enemy goes quite far.

Unique things
Fox is also one of the fastest characters in the game. But he also falls quickly so be aware.

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Ness

B - PK Flash - definitely his strongest attack. you can also change the direction of it.

Side B - PK Fire - use it to trap an enemy.

Up B - PK Thunder - not really useful if you hit an opponent with it. Instead, hit your self with it to turn your self into a missile!

Down B - PSI Magnet - use it to absorb beam attacks and recover your %.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - a decent powered attack.
2. Aerial Back - has short range, but has great power.
3. Runnin attack - quite surpriingly, a running attack. It can push your opponent a long way, sometimes even off the stage.

Unique things
Don't think there's much...

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Ice Climbers

B - Ice Shot - use it to slow your opponent down.

Side B - Squall Hammer - not really useful.

up B - Belay - won't do much unless you have both Popo and Nana. If you do, then you'll be propelled into the air.

Down B - Blizzard - not so useful.

Useful attacks (note that the word 'other' is missing )
1. All 3 Smash - if both of you are alive, all 3 of them a really powerful.

Unque things
Both Popo and Nana can pick up an item. Meaning that if you let them both have a swinging item such as Beam Swords, then they're deadly!

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Kirby

B - Swallow - I recommend Ganondorf, Samus, C.Falcon, DK or Roy.

Side B - Hammer - this attack just sucks.

Up B - Final Cutter - a pretty effective attack. It can hit your foe multiple times and has reasonable damage.

Down B - Stone - use it to pound an opponent below you, or to block any kind of attack - besides grabs.

Other useful attacks
1. Aerial Up - it has really short range but it has decent power.

Unique Things
Firstly, the copying ability. Then, also Kirby can stay in the air for a while. He can jump up to 5 times.

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Samus

B - Charge Shot - without doubt, her strongest attack. Well, that's if you charge it though. (Duh...)

Side B - Missile - there are two kinds of Missiles Samus can fire. One is a homing one that is slow and weak, and one is a fast and powerful one but goes in a straight line. You can choose which one to fire just like a Strong attack and a Smash attack.

Up B - Screw Attck - Not really useful as an offensive, so use it as a recovery.

Down B - Bomb - not too useful, but you can use it to stop anyone who is trying to follow you.

Other useful attacks
1. All 5 Aerial - all 5 of them are very good attacks - strong as well. Although her Forward and Up lacks in power, they can give quite an amount of damage so they are very good attacks.
2. Side Smash - Not the strongest Smash attack, but enough to KO.
3. Down Strong - this move doesn't do much damage, but has a lot of power!
4. Up Strong - this also has decent power.

Unique things
Samus, is a VERY strong character. And I mean VERY. She has powerful long-range attacks, as well as strong Aerial attacks, decent smash attacks, and a long grabbing reach. I mean... a bounty hunter can't get much better than that! A good combo: charge Chage Shot - Fire a few Smash Missiles - fire the Charge Shot straight away.
Another and very interesting reason why Samus is a very good character is that she is the fastest Swinger in the game. She swings any swinging item about a quarter of a second faster than any other character! So if you let her have a HR Bat, her foes are gone in a flash!

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Zelda/Sheik

B - Nayru's Love/Needle Strom - Nayru's love deflects attacks, and Needle Storm is good because it's quick. Use it to slow your opponent down.

Side B - Din's Fire/Chain - Din's Fire can be controlled, both direction and distance. The longer you hold B, the further it goes. Chain.... not too useful. it's not quick enough to slow your opponent down.

Up B - Farore's Wind/Vanish - Farore's Wind goes further, but Vanish does more damage.

Down B - Transform

Othe useful attacks
Zelda
1. Up Strong - great power.
2. Side Strong - also has good power.
3. Aerial Fwd/Back - If you get it on the sweet spot your foe goes flying.
Sheik
1. Up Smash - has a short range, but relly powerful.
2. Down Smash - can hit your opponent multiple times.
3. Aerial Up - also quite strong
4. Running attack - yeah. surprisingly.

Unique things
Well, I personally don't feel that Zelda is a useful character. That is a personal opinion. Sheik on the other hand, is quick and strong. She also has a unique style of Swinging. She swings twice. If you prefer Sheik, here is a quick transformation. As soon as a stage is selected, hold A. Zelda will transform into Sheik before the announcer says 'Ready?"

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Link

B - Bow - use it to slow your enemy down, or if they're far away, charge it and fire a reasonably powerful arrow.

Side B - Boomerang - only use it to slow our enemy down.

Up B - Spin Attack - this is a quite powerful attack, an you can use it on any situation, like recovering or when you're surrounded, or even just to simply use it as a finishing blow.

Down B - Bomb - isn't too useful, because it doesn't do much damage. Again, use it to slow down your foe.

Other Useful attacks
1. Aerial Down - probably his strongest attack.
2. Side Smash - read 'Unique things'
3. All 3 Strong - they all have decent power.

Unique things
Link has a unique Side Smash. he can swing his sword twice, and the second blow is very powerful. All you need to do is press A again after the first strike. Link also has a long grabbing reach.

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Jigglypuff

B - Rollout - if you charge it, it becomes quite powerful, but it also becomes easier to go out of control and throw yourself out of the stage. Be careful of where you use it.

Side B - Pound - a very good move. Although it may not have that much power, it has a surprising range and it still causes damage when your momentum slows.

Up B - Sing - my persoanl opinion is that this move sucks. It doesn't cause any damage, you can't cancel to move, and your opponents normally won't stay asleep long enough.

Down B - Rest - has an incredibly short range. Your opponent must be touching you, and still it has a low success rate. but, if you succeed, opponents above 20% damage are usually KO'd.

Other Useful attacks
1. Side Smash - has decent power. It's very moch like Kirby's Side Smash, only stronger.
2. Throw Up - can throw your enemy quite far.
3. Throw Back - also good
4. All 5 aerials - all are decent attacks.

Unique Things
Jigglypuff is also one of those characters that can stay in the air for a long time. It can jump up to 6 times, and then you can use Pound repeatedly to stay even longer.

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Dr. Mario (for the descriptions of his special attacks, see Mario.)

B - Megavitamin

Side B - Super Sheet

Up B - Super Jump Punch

Down B - Dr. Tornado

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - this attack is incredibly powerful. Probably his strongest attack
2. Aerial Forward - this move is also very powerful.

Unique things
Dr. Mario is just a slower but stronger Mario. Most of his moves does slightly more damage than Mario.

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Pichu

B - Thunder Jolt - See Pikachu.

Side B - Skull bash - this is much stronger than Pikachu's Skull bash. It does 39% when fully charged, but you also fly a long way so be careful not to fly off the stge.

Up B - Agility - See Pikachu.

Down B - Thunder - See Pikachu.

Other useful attacks
Well, none of Pichu's attacks have so much power, so I just recommend Side Smash and the Aerial attacks.

Unique Things
Well, Pichu hurts itself when it uses some of the attacks. Pichu is a lightweight. It has short reach. I strongly recommend not to use this character if you are a beginner.

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Falco

B - Blaster - unlike Fox's one, it can stun the opponent.

Side B - Falco Phantasm - see Fox.

Up B - Fire Bird - See Fox. This move is quite a lot more powerful then Fox's, but the damage is about the same.

Down B - Reflector - See Fox. The different thing is that it sends your foe up, not side, when you hit them.

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - Like, Fox, a quite powerful attack.
2. Down Strong - This is a good move. Quick, ans strong.

Uniqeu Things
Falco is quite fast, and he can jump pretty high. A good tactic will be Blitzkrieg.

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Marth

B - Shield Breaker - Charge it and it will have great power.

Side B - Dancing Blade - This is a very interesting attack. First you start with Side B, then you can use the control stick and B/A to do various different combos. The CPU likes to use SideB, Side A, Side B, Up B. And it is the easiest one to do.

Up B - Dolphin Slash - This move can be used as a recovery, but it is also good for attacking, because it is very fast.

Down B - Counter - a very useful attack. It reverses your enemy's power onto them. So say if C. Falcon does a Falcon Punch at you, and you use this move. Marth will strike back with the same force as the Falcon Punch instead of taking damage. Handy!

Other Useful attacks
Almost every attack (except grabs) are very useful attacks.

Unique things
Marth does the most damage when he hits with the tp of the sword. So it is better if you leave a little space between you and your opponent.

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Young Link

B - Fire Bow - see Link.

Side B - Boomerang - see Link

Up B - Spin Attack - this move doesn't send your opponents flying, so you should use it mainly as a recovery.

Down B - Bomb - see Link.

Other Useful attacks
Same as Link.

Unique things
Young Link is weaker than Link, but faster. Use his speed as an advantage.

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Ganondorf
For descriptions see C. Falcon.

B - Warlock Punch

Side B - Gerudo Dragon

Up B - Dark Dive

Dwon B - Wizard's Foot

Other Useful attacks
1. Side Smash - also like C. Falcon
2. Up Smash - This move does GINORMOUS damage. when fully charged, it does up to 53%.
3. All 5 aerial - all 5 of them are really strong. Especially his Down.
4. Up Strong - It takes time but it does incredible damage.
5. Weak attack (A) - . It's good i tell you.

Unique things
Ganodorf, is like a slower but stronger Captain Falcon. almost all their attacks are similar. The only obvious differences are the Aerial Forwards and C. Falcon can continue punching rapidly if you keep pressing A. but almost all the attacks are stronger in Ganondorf's case. He can't jump high, so be careful.

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Mewtwo

B - Shadow Ball - similar to Samus' Charge Shot, but his Shadow Ball moves in a weird way.

Side B - Confusion - use it to stop your opponent in their track and inflict damage.

Up B - Teleport - This move is good. You can get out of rough situations, and you can use it to get back on stage. You can control the direction.

Down B - Disable - stuns your opponent, just like when ou break their shield. Follow this move up with a fully charged Shadow Ball!

Other useful attacks
1. Down Smash - this attack is more like a Side Smash. It's pretty strong.
2. Aerial Forward - this move is really good. it's incredibly fast and has great power.
3. Up Throw

Unique things
Metwo can jump quite high. He also uses his psychic power to hold an item. and he never really stands on the ground. he floats about an inch above, which is a bad thing, because that makes him a lightweight.

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Luigi

B - Fireball - just like Mario's. The difference is that it's green and it travels straight.

Side B - Green Missile - this move is like Skull Bash, but this move has a 12.5% chance of 'misfiring'. You can tell becaus ewhen it misfires, Luigi will be blasted off with an explosion, causing 25% damage to your opponent , and when this happens charging will make no difference. But it's a great move. Just don't use this move too close to an edga of a stage because there is a chance of misfiring.

Up B - Super Jump Punch - beginners might think how useless this attack is, because it only does 1% to their opponent. WRONG! This is Luigi's strongest attack! All you need to do is get your opponent right on Luigi's fist and it will do up to 25% damage! Wait for a chance to get in close to your opponent and pull this move off.

Down B - Luigi Cyclone - unlike Mario Tornado, this move can move left or right free ly whil you're spinning. If you hit your opponent twice with this it does 19%.

Other Useful attacks
1. All 3 Smash attacks - all 3 has the potential to KO an opponent.
2. All 5 Aerial - all 5 of them are strong. The strongest is Down, followed by Forward.
3. Runningattack - it's not strong, but once you get used to Luigi, you will find this move quite useful.
4. Up Strong - This move looks like nothing, but it is actually quite strong.

Unique things
Luigi is my best character. He isn't a speedy character, but his attacks are all quick, and he has a great advantage of being able to jump high, and he can get back on stage real easily by using his Green Missile and then his Super Jump Punch. His Super Jump Punch is great, because if you get it right, it is almost impossible to block it. All you need to do is dodge your opponent's attack, and then use this move straight after. That half second in which your opponent can't move freely is your greatest chance.

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Roy

B - Flare Blade - his absolute strongest attack. When fully charged it does 50% damage and it will KO your opponent instantly. But the down side is that it takes 5 seconds to fully charge it and when fully charged it also does 10% damage to yourself. Use this move wisely.

Side B - Double-Edge Dance - see Marth

Up B - Blazer - this move is slower than Marth's Dolphin Slash, but it send your opponent up a reasonable heigt.

Down B - Counter - see Marth.

Other Useful attacks
1. All 3 Smash - all 3 of them are really strong.
2. Up Strong - has decent power.

Unique things
Unlike Marth, Roy does the most damage when he hits with the middle of his blade.

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Mr. Game & Watch

B - Chef - not so useful. all it does is throw some sausages in random directions and it doesn't do much damage.

Side B - Judgement - this is a unique attack. MR G&W swings a hammer, and a number from 1 to 9 will appear on his head. The larger the number, to more damage it does. If the number is 1, it will do 12% to you, but when it's 9, it will do 32% to your foe and it is an instant KO.

Up B - Fire - it just throws you into the air. Use it as a recovery.

Down B - Oil Panic - this move at first seems like a wimpy attack, but what you'll hear will make you cry with fear. This move absorbs 3 beam attacks and then it will throw a bucket full of oil. sounds simple enough doesn't it? And the damage it does is random, but it's based on the power of the absorbed attacks. Which means that, if you absorb 3 fully charged Ness' PK Flash and then throw oil, it will do WAY OVER 100%!!!!. The highest I got was 174%! AAAAAAARGH!!

Other useful attacks
1. Side Smash - it is a very strong attack.
2. Up Smash - another strong attack.
3. Aerial Middle - yet another strong attack.
4. Running attack - it won't do much damage, but it's really useful, because it's quite hard to block this attack.

Uniqeu things
He is flat. Just flat. when he becomes metal he will become slightly 3D. But he's still flat.

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Well, that's all the characters. I hope this will help!

[Oscar-RN]

Awesome! Thanks KoE ;D

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I hope it helps.

[Jason-RN]

Nice guide, KOE.