Pikachu (PM)

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Pikachu in Project M and Project+
File:SJS pikachu.png
Universe	Pokémon
Base game appearance	Brawl

Pikachu is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M.

Attributes

Changes from Melee to PM

Pikachu was buffed from Melee to Project M overall, due to the new options that give it additional leverage against top-tiered characters.

• Last hit of forward aerial retains its Brawl power, and the hits now also link better.
• Back aerial is now its Smash 64 kick, which has combo potential and KO/edgeguarding strengths that its previous back aerial did not.
• Down smash's hits now link better each into other.
• Grab range from Melee increased.
• Skull Bash can now grab ledges, like in Brawl.
• During a Quick Attack, enemies cannot hit Pikachu's tail.
• Retains wall jump from Brawl, allowing for a slightly better situational recovery on stages such as Yoshi's Story. Also retains crawl.
• Retains QAC from Brawl, greatly improving Pikachu's approach and defensive options, especially with the new physics. QAC also allows some new options, such as wavelanding out of a QAC.

In terms of cosmetics, Pikachu has received an additional costume where it wears its blue party hat costume from Melee and 64. He also got a pirate hat, which was put into the same slot as the Dr. Mario skin was for Mario and the Mr. L skin for Luigi.

Revisions

2.5b

• Up-Smash and Neutral-Air's sound effects adjusted
• Forward-Throw has electric graphical hit effects restored
• Up-Throw matched to Melee
• Up-B minimum and maximum distances increased to match Melee

2.6b

• Full jump sound effect doesn't occur right at the start of the jump
• Neutral-Aerial weak hit knockback values have been fixed
• Forward-Aerial received slightly more horizontal range with new graphical effects to match that range
• Down-Aerial has an added burst graphic to the impact
• Up-B startup slightly reduced and can grab edges
• Up-B delay between dashes is a little longer
• Up-B goes maximum distance upward when stick input is below the amount needed to change direction
• Up-B air mobility and air friction adjusted during the move and when in Special Fall
• Up-B preserves momentum at the end of the dashes and when going into the ending
• Up-B ending animation stretch does not push Pikachu as much away from walls
• Fixed a bug where QACing out of Up-B into a platform and dropping through could result in Special Landing well after going into Fall
• Using Up-B into the ground uses the ground Up-B ending animation instead of Special Landing's

3.0

• Skull Bash can now grab ledges, reinstated from Brawl
• Quick Attack's animation stretches less and his tail is now intangible during travel
• Quick Attack Cancel tweaked to compensate for the SCD bugfix

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack	Headbutt
Forward tilt	Pika Kick
Up tilt	Tail Smack
Down tilt	Tail Sweep
Dash attack	Running Headbutt
Forward smash	Thundershock
Up smash	Tail Somersault
Down smash	Electric Flower
Neutral aerial	Pika Roll
Forward aerial	Electric Drill
Back aerial	Back Kick	16%	Pikachu does a back kick while airborne, doing great horizontal knockback.
Up aerial	Tail Chop
Down aerial	Electric Screw
Grab		—
Pummel	Electric Shock
Forward throw	Electrocution
Back throw	Submission
Up throw	Electric Skull
Down throw	Electric Slam
Floor attack (front)
Floor attack (back)
Floor attack (trip)
Edge attack (fast)
Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special	Thunder Jolt
Side special	Skull Bash
Up special	Quick Attack
Down special	Thunder
Final Smash	Volt Tackle

In competitive play

Notable players

•  Anther
•  Axe
•  Chu Dat

Palette swaps

Recolors
File:Pikachu recolors.png

Alternative
File:Pikachu alternative.png

External links

• Project M character page