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[[File:Space Animals.jpg|thumb|An illustration from [[List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers#King K. Rool|The Rivals]] and [[List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers#Banjo & Kazooie|Best Friends]] trailers of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' depicting all three {{uv|Star Fox}} fighters, colloquially referred to as "Space animals".]] | |||
'''Space animal''', sometimes contracted as '''spacie''', is a collective slang term that commonly refers to the {{uv|Star Fox}} characters ([[Fox]], [[Falco]], and [[Wolf]]). | |||
The term originated in the competitive ''[[Melee]]'' community, where players noticed that {{SSBM|Fox}} and {{SSBM|Falco}} not only have an extremely similar moveset, being [[clones]], but also very similar physical attributes, such as high [[falling speed]] and [[gravity]], and light [[weight]]. These similarities not only grant the two characters a similar playstyle, but also make them susceptible to similar counterplay, such as {{SSBM|Marth}} up throw [[chain throw]] in ''Melee'' and {{SSBB|Pikachu}} down throw chain throw in ''Brawl'', as well as specialized combos like {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}'s [[space animal slayer]]. Subsequent titles differentiated Fox and Falco more, by giving them different moves and slightly altering their attributes; however, their moveset and physical attributes remain very similar across the series, and as such the term "space animal" continues to see wide usage. ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' introduced {{SSBB|Wolf}}, another ''Star Fox'' character with a moveset based on Fox. Although their movesets are only superficially similar and he is an heavyweight in ''Brawl'' and a middleweight in ''Ultimate'', as opposed to a lightweight, the overall similarities to Fox and Falco still cause Wolf to be included among space animals. | |||
[[ | In addition to the three ''Star Fox'' characters, [[Captain Falcon]] also has high [[gravity]] and high falling speed. As a result, Captain Falcon is vulnerable to many of the combos and chain throws that afflict the space animals, and consequently is occasionally considered by ''Melee'' players as part of the space animals despite not being a ''Star Fox'' character, not having a moveset based on Fox and not being an anthropomorphic animal, although he is an intergalactic bounty hunter. | ||
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{{incomplete|Can someone add visual examples of the falling speed, gravity, and light weight properties that a "Space Animal" has?}} | |||
Also, [[Krystal]] appears in ''Ultimate'' as a ''Star Fox'' character and anthropomorphic animal, but due to her actually being a [[Assist Trophy]] character and not having a moveset based on Fox, she is not considered as part of the space animals. | |||
[[Category:Character-specific terminology]] | [[Category:Character-specific terminology]] | ||
