Editing Wolf (SSBU)

{{disambig2|Wolf's appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''|the character in other contexts|Wolf O'Donnell}}  

'''Wolf''' ({{ja|ウルフ|Ulufu}}, ''Wolf'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. He was confirmed playable on June 12th, 2018. Wolf is classified as fighter #44.

Ja Green, Wolf's voice actor from ''Star Fox Zero'' and ''Starlink: Battle for Atlas'', reprises his role with new voice clips, replacing Jay Ward from ''Brawl''.

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===Aesthetics===

*{{change|[[Dash]] and [[crouch]]'s animations have also changed. Wolf no longer limps when he dashes, and he now kneels akin to the other [[spacies]] instead of laying on all four limbs when crouching.}}

*{{change|Wolf now says "You're good, but I'm better." during his claw-swiping victory pose, one of his famous lines from ''Star Fox 64''. This will replace the line from ''Brawl'', "I will be the one to... Take you down!".}}

*{{change|Wolf actually has a new victory pose. He now holds a pose with his mouth open. In Brawl, he would bend down and growl and then laugh and smirk.}}

*{{buff|Like all characters, Wolf's [[jumpsquat]] animation now takes three frames to complete.}}

*{{buff|The removal of [[meteor canceling]] benefits Wolf, as he is now equally as vulnerable to [[meteor smash]]es as the rest of the cast instead of having a significantly longer meteor cancel delay.}}

*{{buff|The removal of [[chain grab]]bing significantly improves Wolf's endurance against certain characters.}}

*{{buff|Wolf's fastfall speed is much more in line with the rest of the roster, being far more useful than before.}}

*{{change|[[Neutral attack]] has a much cleaner look overall. The ending hit is now a third claw swipe, instead of a dashing bite.}}

*{{change|[[Forward tilt]] retains two hitboxes and has an updated animation where he forcefully brings his claws together.}}

*{{change|[[Up tilt]] has a new ending animation where Wolf flicks his nose with his thumb while smirking.}}

*{{change|[[Dash attack]] is now a short ranged kick instead of a backflip. It has more horizontal range but less vertical.}}

**{{buff|Dash attack no longer halts Wolf's forward momentum.}}

**{{buff|Dash attack is now a great burst option that can KO at reasonable percents.}}

*{{nerf|[[Forward smash]] is now a forceful, standing palm strike that deals one hit. The new animation leaves it slower than before, and Wolf does not lunge forward, decreasing its reach.}}

**{{buff|Forward smash deals more knockback.}}

*{{change|[[Up smash]] has an altered animation, now performing a breakdance-style rotation before the kick.}}

*{{change|[[Down smash]] has an altered animation, Wolf now swipes both sides with one hand.}}

**{{nerf|Down smash is slightly slower.}}

===Aerial attacks===

*{{change|[[Neutral aerial]] is now a [[sex kick]] similar to {{SSBU|Fox}}'s.}}

**{{buff|Neutral aerial now has more range.}}

*{{change|[[Forward aerial]] has an altered animation.}}

**{{buff|Forward aerial has less end and landing lag.}}

*{{change|[[Back aerial]] has an altered animation, closely resembling {{SSBU|Ridley}}'s back aerial.}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial has more start-up and landing lag.}}

*{{buff|[[Up aerial]] is much stronger.}}

*{{change|[[Forward throw]] has a new animation: Wolf now slashes downward. It now also has a [[slash]] effect.}}

*{{change|[[Back throw]] has a new animation: Wolf now slashes upward.}}

*{{buff|Back throw has increased damage and knockback, making it a viable kill option at high percents.}}

*{{change|[[Up throw]] has a new animation. Wolf now jumps and slashes the opponent with one claw, instead of two like in ''Brawl''. The animation is also cleaner overall.}}

*{{change|Wolf has a new [[down throw]]. Wolf now grabs the opponent by the head, jumps while spinning around once, and slams them into the ground.}}

*{{change|Wolf has a new [[edge attack]], an inward slash.}}

***{{buff|Both the melee hitbox of the attack and the lasers from the blaster deal more damage than before.}}

***{{change|The lasers fired from Wolf's Blaster are now colored purple instead of green. The blaster itself has a new design and updated sound effects.}}

**{{change|Wolf Flash has been given updated visual effects: its trail now features three long, red slash-marks. Another shorter, identical trail also appears in front of Wolf, which indicates the sweetspot.}}

**{{nerf|Fire Wolf goes a much shorter distance than before, making it a worse vertical recovery.}}

**{{nerf|Reflector has slightly more startup and end lag.}}

**{{change|Wolf has a new Final Smash, [[Team Star Wolf]], replacing the [[Landmaster]] from ''Brawl''. It functions similarly to [[Team Star Fox]], {{SSBU|Fox}}'s and {{SSBU|Falco}}'s new Final Smash. Upon activating, Wolf yells, "Wolf Pack!" If the Wolfens sucessfully catch their target, Wolf yells, "Grahaha! The hunt is on, boys!" with it captioned on screen during the cinematic. The target is then fired at with the Wolfen's lasers, and then launched with an explosion at the end.}}

==Role in {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}==

===Reunited Roster===

Wolf fights fighters who are veterans that didn't appear in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Round!!Opponent!!Stage

|1||{{SSBU|Ice Climbers}}||[[Summit]]

|2||{{SSBU|Young Link}}||[[Great Bay]]

|3||{{SSBU|Pichu}}||[[Pokémon Stadium]]

|4||{{SSBU|Squirtle}}||[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]

|5||{{SSBU|Ivysaur}}||[[Spear Pillar]]

|6||{{SSBU|Snake}}||[[Shadow Moses Island]]

|colspan="3"|Bonus Stage

|Final||[[Galleom]]||?

===Other Characters===

Wolf also appears in the following fighters' Classic Mode rounds.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|{{SSBU|Duck Hunt}}||3||[[Garden of Hope]]

==Role in [[World of Light]]==

Wolf was absent in the World of Light trailer, though he presumably became a [[Spirits (characters)|spirit]] alongside the rest of the galaxy (excluding {{SSBU|Kirby}}) when [[Galeem]] unleashed its beams of light.

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===Character Showcase Video===

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*There are a few inconsistencies between Wolf's official render and his in-game model. The soles of his boots are blue in his official render while they are red in his in-game model, the straps behind his right shin guard is white instead of black, and his jacket and gloves are dark purple instead of light purple. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62uBiZfw9w0&t=0m13s]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B4w2Tsy9PE&t=0m4s]</ref>

**Oddly, in his showcase video, the inconsistencies only appear in the final part of the video, when he attacks Fox.

**Additionally, the inconsistencies are used for his model in the first five screenshots of his character page on the ''Smash Bros. Ultimate'' official website.

**They also appear in {{SSBU|Mewtwo}}'s character showcase video.

*The visual effects for all of Wolf's claw-based attacks displays three slashes despite Wolf using four fingers to strike.