Green Shell: Difference between revisions

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{{cquote|''When attacked or thrown, this shell slides around the battle stage, damaging whomever it hits.''|cite=''Super Smash Bros.'s'' instruction manual}}

==Origin==

[[File:GreenShellSM64.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Official artwork of a Green Shell from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64}}''.]]

In ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Bros. 3}}'' and in later games onward, if a Koopa Troopa is jumped on and retreats into its shell, it can be picked up, carried around. This, however, can be dangerous, as the Koopa Troopa can emerge out of the shell while carried and can damage the player holding the shell.

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==Overview==

===As an item===

Upon being thrown, the Green Shell will deal significant damage and knockback to opponents; however, it has a higher specific gravity than most other items, and as a result, it will fall onto the ground more quickly than other items. Unlike other items, the Green Shell will continue to move forward when it hits the ground, and it will continue to deal damage and knockback as it slides. The resulting hitboxes, however, are not as powerful as the throwing hitbox, and the Green Shell's output becomes weaker and weaker as it begins to slow down. Furthermore, opponents can immediately stop the trajectory of the Green Shell by merely jumping on it, then use it against the original wielder; as the Shell also ricochets off walls and other barriers, it is also possible for a player to hit by their own Green Shell.

If the Green Shell is not picked up by players, it will stay in place until it is hit by a damaging hitbox, after which it will begin moving with a speed directly proportional to the knockback of the hitbox. Jumping on it will also cause it to begin moving either left or right, but with relatively little movement.

Unusually, the Green Shells found from actual Koopa Troopas are smaller than the actual item.

==Damage output==

|22%

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===Description from the ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' instruction booklet===

''Slides along and launches foes.''

==Trophies==

===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===

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===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

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===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===

==Spirits==

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GreenShellIconSSB.png|Artwork of Green Shell in ''Smash 64''.

GreenshellSSBB.jpg|Green Shell artwork from ''Brawl''.

Green Shell (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U).jpg|The Green Shell in ''Smash Wii U''.

*Initially the lines between the scales on the Green Shell were pale. Although the Green Shell's trophy in ''Brawl'' depicts it as it appears in contemporary ''Mario'' games, with black lines in-between the scales, the shell's in-game model is identical to its appearance in ''Melee''. In ''SSB4'', the shell's in-game model matches its trophy and has black lines.

*Out of the three Shell items in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, the Green Shell is the only one to appear in every title, as the [[Red Shell]] has been missing since ''Brawl'', and the [[Spiny Shell]] did not debut until ''Smash 4''.

*In ''Brawl'', characters with high falling speed can perform a technique with the Green Shell called "[http://youtube.com/watch?v=TCNyy70-WjE Shell Hopping]", involving fastfalling, throwing a Green Shell downward, and regrabbing the shell in midair. The result gives the player a significant vertical boost, though the results are most apparent when used with {{SSBB|Falco}}.