Pikachu calls forth a mighty lightning strike that does heavy damage and knockback to opponents and, if it can reach Pikachu, make Pikachu itself hurt to touch. Use the Control Stick to steer each time. It was changed because, by Season 36, Pikachu could no longer legally learn Skull Bash, although it regained the ability to learn the move in Generation 7 by way of the Generation 1 games being released on the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console. Skull Bash was a head charge similar to Luigi's Green Missile. It can do as much as 22% if an opponent takes every hit. Pikachu spins horizontally with its tail out, doing metallic damage to anyone in its way. If it hit the bottom of a soft platform, it would stop, until Season 39. Travels diagonally down and forward if it hits a platform, it then snakes along that platform for five seconds. Pikachu shoots out a ball of electricity that, while weak, is spammable. While Pikachu has been nerfed over the years, it still remains a potent threat. 3 seconds, of invincibility even if it was cancelled early), insane edge-guarding skills, good comboing skills, powerful Smashes, and a surprisingly powerful back throw. This was attributed to its high speed, the best recovery at the time (which had a whopping 20 frames.
It is extremely fast, but is a glass cannon and has mediocre strength, the latter of which it can patch up using an exclusive item called the Light Ball.ĭuring the Smash 64 Era (Seasons 4 to 14), Pikachu was considered to be one of the best characters on the show, if not THE best. Pikachu is of the Electric type naturally, this means that most of its moves involve electricity in some way. It evolves from Pichu if its Friendship is brought up high enough and it's leveled up, and can further evolve into Raichu with a Thunder Stone. They are also the only three characters to be used more than 4,000 times, although DK (3,925 appearances) is catching up.įor better or for worse, Pikachu is the mascot of the Pokémon franchise. It debuted alongside Indigo Plateau and, as of the end of Season 48, made an estimated 4,025 lifetime appearances, making it the third most-played character to date behind Kirby (4,170) and Bowser (4,133). The first character to ever debut in the history of Super Smash Stadium, Pikachu is a playable character who still sees heavy play to this date. Pokémon Red and Blue Versions, Game Boy, 1998 (international) Pokémon Red and Green Versions, Game Boy, 1996 (Japan) For information about it in general, see its article on Bulbapedia. This article is strictly about how Pikachu appears in Super Smash Stadium. Clair Publicationsĭo not edit without the permission of User:Alexs23743 unless you are correcting spelling or grammar errors, a bad translation, or an egregious factual error.