X Bomb

X Bomb
Universe	Kid Icarus
Appears in	SSB4
Item class	Explosive
Article on Icaruspedia	X Bomb

The X Bomb (十文字爆弾, Cross Bomb) is an item that appears in Super Smash Bros. 4. When detonated, it releases a cross-shaped explosion, either aligned diagonally or orthogonally. It can detonate after it is thrown or struck.

Origin

An X Bomb in Meteos, idle (top) and exploding (bottom).

The origin of the X Bomb is muddled. In terms of the bomb's design, it originates from Kid Icarus: Uprising, where it was an item that Pit could throw at opponents, which then fires four balls of energy in a cross pattern that proceed to bounce around. However, the item's apparent behaviour in SSB4 is to deal instant damage along two lines; this behaviour instead originates from the Meteos series (which predates Uprising), where the X Bomb would destroy all Meteos diagonal to itself upon detonation. Despite this, the Miiverse post that revealed the item specifically says the X Bomb is not from Meteos.

It's worth noting that the X Bomb from Kid Icarus: Uprising is called a "Cross Bomb" in Japan, which in Meteos is a different item altogether that destroys all Meteos in its row and column. The X Bomb in SSB4 exhibits this behaviour simply by rotating differently.

Gallery

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  The bomb itself.

• X Bomb Uprising.png

  Artwork of the X Bomb in Kid Icarus: Uprising

External links

• First confirmation