Mr. Game & Watch (SSB4)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Mr. Game & Watch's up smash.

Overview

Mr. Game & Watch performs a powerful headbutt while wearing a diving helmet. One very short hitbox, with a long period of invincibility on his head and middle-body hurtboxes right up until it comes out. Defensively, this is one of the best up smashes in the game. The biggest weakness of the move is the lag time before the hitbox comes out and some after it ends; but the invincibility helps circumvent this, making it a legitimate counter-based kill move. His legs are still vulnerable during the invincibility period, thus making some grounded moves capable of hitting. If approaching with an aerial, this move is a hard punish and can easily KO most characters at under 100%. When it whiffs altogether, it can be used again if they are too slow to punish the first one. Spamming it is viable when opponents are in KO percentages, but this is of course risky. If used on shield, it is completely safe at only -3 (along with high shield pushback). An opponent could be punished for dropping shield with a tilt, jab, or dash attack. Charging it at ledge as a get-up read or simply as a mixup can get even earlier KOs.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Stretch
0	0	16%	0		40	93	0	5.5	0	0.0	12.0	-3.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch		0.0	10.0	6.0

Timing

Head/side limbs invincibility	4-25
Charges between	17-18
Hitbox	24-25
Interruptible	39
Animation length	43

Hitboxes

Invincibility

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Invincible

Interruptible

Mr. Game & Watch's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 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 · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash