Editing Missile

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:''This article is about Samus's side special move. For Snake's attack, see [[Remote Missile]]. For Luigi's attack, see [[Green Missile]].''

{{cquote|''Release guided missiles or tap {{Button|GCN|Control Stick|R-S|s=20px}} to launch powerful direct shots.''|cite=''Melee''{{'}}s instruction manual}}

{{cquote|''Launch a guided missile. Tilt the Control Stick to the left to launch a stronger missile.''|cite=''Brawl''{{'}}s instruction manual}}

'''Missile''' ({{ja|ミサイル|Misairu}}, ''Missile'') is [[Samus]]'s [[side special move]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. She makes a brief animation of pointing her arm cannon in front of her, then firing a missile. There are two types of missiles:

 

*'''Super Missiles''' are fired by tapping. They move in a fast, straight line, as opposed to Homing Missiles, and deal 10% damage with decent knockback. In ''Melee'', Super Missiles look the same as Homing Missiles except with a blue trail. In ''Brawl'', Super Missiles are distinguished with a fatter body and a green nose, as seen in ''{{s|metroidwiki|Super Metroid}}'' and ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Zero Mission}}''.

In ''Melee'', missiles are quite powerful, to the point where Super Missiles can [[KO]] at higher damage percentages due to average [[knockback]]. Samus can even create a form of obstacle course with missiles if she fires Super Missiles in the air if she falls to the ground and then back in the air by way of missile cancelling.

However, in ''Brawl'', the Missiles have been severely [[nerf]]ed in knockback and speed, and are best for comboing or spacing. CPU's still use this attack very prominently.

# '''Relentless Missile''': Missiles move much slower, granting homing Missiles more control. They also do less damage.

# '''Turbo Missile''': Missiles move faster, but hang in the air for a moment before flying forward, allowing for them to be angled. They deal less damage.

Missiles are explosive projectiles that are staples in the Metroid games. Once Samus finds a Missile Launcher, she can fire Missiles at any time as long as she has ammo remaining. Since Missiles do more damage than most Beam weapons and are the only way to access certain areas and damage some enemies, collecting Missile Expansions to increase ammo space is critical. In later games, different kinds of missiles are introduced, such as Ice Missiles.

 

Homing Missiles appeared in ''Metroid Prime'' as the standard for most missile types, but ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was released before ''Metroid Prime'', meaning that the idea of homing missiles first appeared in ''Melee''. From ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' onwards, Samus could collect an upgrade called the Seeker Missile, which allowed her to fire up to five simultaneous missiles at five targets.

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