Incineroar (SSBU)

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Incineroar in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Pokémon
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Max Malicious Moonsault

“	Incineroar Enters the Ring!	”
—Introduction Tagline

“	A fighter with many special moves that appear to come from the world of pro wrestling. Incineroar has many moves from its original game, like Darkest Lariat, Cross Chop, and Revenge. Its Final Smash is Max Malicious Moonsault. Let the Z-Power explode and deliver a powerful blow!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Incineroar (ガオガエン, Gaogaen) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was confirmed as a playable character alongside Ken and Piranha Plant on November 1, 2018. Unshō Ishizuka, who passed away before Incineroar's premiere, voices the Pokémon in Japanese.

Attributes

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• Incineroar mainly utilizes pro-wrestling moves, most notably having powerful throws.
• Incineroar will pose after successfully landing certain attacks, as well as visibly expressing frustration if they don't. However, these poses are merely aesthetic and can be cancelled out of.
• Incineroar is noted for having extremely poor mobility, sporting the slowest walking speed in the game. This is compensated for with many of its attacks having high damage and knockback, with several attacks such as Darkest Lariat having transcendent priority.

Known moveset

• Darkest Lariat - Incineroar's neutral special, as well as its signature move in Pokémon Sun and Moon. Functions similarly to grounded Spinning Kong.
• Side special is a command grab where it tosses the opponent backwards into a wrestling ring rope, lunging them back towards Incineroar. Pressing the attack button will initiate a follow-up based on timing:
  • Pressing at the perfect time will initiate a powerful lariat.
  • Pressing too early will initiate a back body drop.
  • Pressing too late or not pressing at all will cause the opponent to damage Incineroar.
• Cross Chop - Incineroar's up special. It leaps into the air and rockets back downwards at an angle, causing an explosion upon impact. However, Incineroar can self-destruct if not used properly.
• Revenge - Incineroar's down special. A unique counterattack that deals weak damage and knockback, and also powers up Incineroar's next attack.
• Max Malicious Moonsault - Incineroar's Final Smash, a more powerful version of its Z-Move. When used, Incineroar dashes forward, grabs the first opponent it touches, and throws them into the ropes of Boxing Ring, where the opponent rebounds back to Incineroar. Incineroar then delivers a powerful uppercut, sidekick, and punch to the opponent before moving on top of them and slamming them down in the middle of the ring, making a large explosion when it hits the ground. It functions similarly to Omega Blitz.
• A knee strike dash attack, similar to Zero Suit Samus's.
• A standing dropkick forward smash.
• A double axe handle up smash.
• A splash down smash, similar to King K. Rool's.
• A splash neutral aerial.
• A dropkick forward aerial.
• A stomp down aerial, similar to Ganondorf's. Appears to be a meteor smash.
• Forward throw - A giant swing, similar to Wario's back throw.
• Back throw - A German Suplex.
• Up throw - An argentine backbreaker.
• Down throw - A chokeslam.

Alternate costumes

Reveal trailer

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Gallery

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  Incineroar's splash art.

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  Incineroar on Kongo Falls.

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  Attacking Little Mac on Big Blue.

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  Using its side special on Falco on Pirate Ship.

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  Posing with multiple Pikachu and Pichu on Paper Mario.

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  Reaching for a ball of yarn on Wii Fit Studio.

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  Using Revenge on Mushroom Kingdom U.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Masahiro Sakurai references Red Cyclone, the nickname of Street Fighter wrestling character Zangief, when explaining Incineroar's neutral special, Darkest Lariat.
• Incineroar is currently the fighter in Ultimate with the most recent game of origin, Pokémon Sun and Moon, which was released on November 18, 2016 for the Nintendo 3DS.
• Unshō Ishizuka voiced Incineroar in Ultimate before his unexpected passing on August 13, 2018. Ishizuka recorded all of his voice clips for the game before his death, making Ultimate his final posthumous role.
• Incineroar is the first non-Gen 1 Pokémon with an alternate costume purely based off of its Shiny coloration.
• Incineroar is the only playable starter Pokémon that doesn't have a special move based on a Pokémon move of its primary type.
• Incineroar's purple color swap resembles Big the Cat from the Sonic series.
• Incineroar's color swaps are heavily influenced off of the attire of real-life professional wrestlers:
  • Color 2 is based off of Tiger Mask, a masked wrestler that originated from a manga series of the same name that spawned an anime series and several wrestlers adopting the persona of the character in real life.
  • Color 3 is based off of Jushin Thunder Liger.
  • Color 4 is based off of Ultimo Dragon.
  • Color 5 is based off of Black Tiger, the arch-rival of Tiger Mask, who has also have had multiple wrestlers adopting the title in real life.
  • Color 6 is based off of Keiji Mutoh, aka The Great Muta from the late 1980s.
  • Color 7 is based off of Rey Mysterio Jr. and his attire from WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 in his match against Eddy Guerrero.
  • Color 8 is based off of Mitsuharu Misawa.