Kirby (SSB)/Forward throw

Overview

Kirby jumps with his grabbed target very high in the air and comes back down very fast, similar to Ninja Kirby's Air Drop in Kirby Super Star, causing a small explosion when he hits the ground. The explosion has a hitbox with weak knockback which will hit any bystanders. The grabbed opponent is then launched up in the air when Kirby hits the ground and Kirby will land on any piece of ground which was above him before he performed the throw. This move would become Kirby's up-throw in later installments. The move has very high base knockback, and reasonable knockback scaling, making it one of the strongest forward throws in the game. It is capable of KOing Mario at the center of Dream Land at 129%. If Kirby lands on the top platform of Dream Land, the throw KOes Mario at 106%, Donkey Kong at 149% and Jigglypuff at 72%.

If there is no ground below Kirby as he is performing the throw, he will keep falling until he reaches the lower blastzone, which will KO him. This can be used as a suicide move if standing at the edge of the stage, as Kirby and his opponent will get KOed at about the same time. When Kirby's opponent is KOed however depends on port priority. If Kirby has the lower port (such as port 1), he and his opponent will be KOed on the same frame. If Kirby has the higher port however (such as port 4), his opponent will be KOed one frame later than Kirby. Mario, Luigi, Fox, Pikachu, Samus and Captain Falcon can all jump in this scenario although Samus and Captain Falcon cannot recover from this position (on Dream Land). The rest of the cast cannot jump during this one frame. Another thing which affects this setup is the bigger Kirby glitch. If the bigger Kirby glitch is activated, Kirby will always be KOed first and the rest of the cast will have a decent amount of time to recover. Mario, Luigi, Fox, Pikachu, Ness and another Kirby can recover from this situation although the rest of the cast cannot.

Overall, Kirby's forward throw is a good throw, being a strong and versatile KO option.

Hitbox and Throw data

NTSC-J

	Bone	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw		13%		80	70	0
Release		6%		10	100	0

NTSC-U/PAL

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Effect	G	A	Sound
Collateral hit
0	0	7%	0		10	80	0	100	0	0	0	0					Punch

	Bone	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw		13%		100	70	0
Release		6%		10	100	0

Summary

• Angle (45° → 70°).
• Base knockback (80 → 100).
• Collateral hit added.

Timing

Invincibility	4-23
Air transition	6
Collateral hit (NTSC-U/PAL only)	45-52
Throw release	51 (NTSC-J) 53 (NTSC-U/PAL)
Animation length	79

NTSC-J
NTSC-U/PAL
Kirby

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Vulnerable

Invincible

State change

Throw point

References

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_arUxj76oi7aDh2TWlubGZHYkE/view https://sites.google.com/view/smashport/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E4%BB%96%E6%A4%9C%E8%A8%BC%E7%AD%89/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A3%E3%81%AE%E5%89%8D%E6%8A%95%E3%81%92%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E4%BA%A4%E6%8F%9B%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6?authuser=0

Kirby's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Forward throw · Back throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Up special · Down special