Mewtwo (SSB4)

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Mewtwo in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Pokémon
Other playable appearance	in Melee
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	Psystrike

“	Mewtwo Strikes Back!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Mewtwo (ミュウツー, Mewtwo) will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4 as a downloadable character available in April 2015. It was confirmed to be a playable character during the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 50-Fact Extravaganza Nintendo Direct presentation on October 23rd, 2014. Its appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4 makes it the first character in all of the series to be downloadable after the game's release; it also makes it the second cut veteran to return for Super Smash Bros. 4, after Dr. Mario. Mewtwo will be available as a free download on April 15th, 2015 to players who registered both the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game on Club Nintendo before March 31, 2015; however, Mewtwo will also be made available to buy separately on April 28th, 2015.

On March 19th, 2015, Sakurai remarked that Mewtwo's development was “pretty much done” and that it would be released “pretty soon”.

On April 1st, 2015, in a Nintendo Direct presentation, Mewtwo's release dates were announced to be April 15th, 2015 for players that registered both versions of Super Smash Bros. 4, and April 28th, 2015 for purchase otherwise.

Changes from Melee

As of this time, Mewtwo's moveset appears to be mostly the same as it was in Melee. Aside from a new neutral attack finisher like other characters, its neutral attack, dash attack, up smash, down smash, neutral aerial, back aerial, down aerial, forward throw, up throw, and down throw all have similar animations as their Melee counterparts. Mewtwo also retains all its special moves: Shadow Ball, Confusion, Teleport, and Disable. As expected, Mewtwo now has a Final Smash, involving Mega Evolving into Mega Mewtwo Y and using Psystrike.

Aesthetics

Mewtwo has undergone various changes in its model much like the other playable Pokémon in SSB4; its proportions more closely resemble its appearance in the main Pokémon games (with a smaller head, lighter skin and more bulbous fingers), which are completely different than that of its existing trophy.

• Darkness effects are much more saturated.
• Mewtwo has two new taunts. One involves surrounding itself with a dark aura (similar to Lucario's up taunt); the other involves thrusting its hand at the screen while emitting dark energy.
• Like many characters, Mewtwo faces the screen regardless of which direction it is looking.
  • Also, Mewtwo now moves realistically like all characters do when they are charging a smash attack.
• Mewtwo now has a Final Smash.

Attributes

• Mewtwo is much faster.
• Mewtwo can crouch much lower than it could in Melee.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack now has a finisher like other characters.
• Down Smash has much less ending lag.

Aerial attacks

• Mewtwo's down aerial now executes much faster than it did in Melee.

Throws

• The Shadow Balls released during forward throw are larger.

Special moves

• Confusion's projectile reflection now changes ownership.
• Confusion is now depicted as a purple wave than a flash, resembling the attack in the core games.
• Disable has a different animation and Mewtwo's eyes now turn green.

Trophy

Mewtwo's trophy as it currently appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

While not playable at the release of the game, there is a trophy of Mewtwo in both versions. Upon its playable release, it is expected to receive trophies that match the format of other fighters (a pair of trophies that describe some of its attacks); it is currently unknown what will happen to the existing Mewtwo trophy.

Created from modified Mew DNA, Mewtwo was designed to be the ultimate Pokémon. It didn't take on any of Mew's kinder traits and only uses its intelligence to destroy its enemies. Or...so it seems. Perhaps it just feels frightened or even tormented, and that's why it lashes out. Whatever the reason, Mewtwo is not to be messed with.

Videos

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Gallery

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  The differences in graphics between the 3DS and Wii U versions. The Wii U version model is used as its official artwork on Club Nintendo.

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  Mewtwo teaser.

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  Official splash art.

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  Mewtwo's appearance in the Wii U version.

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  Fighting Fox.

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  Forward throw.

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  Down smash.

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  With Mew.

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  Using Disable.

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  Transforming into Mega Mewtwo Y...

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  ...and then using its Final Smash.

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  Mewtwo attacking Toon Link in the 3DS version.

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  Fighting Greninja.

Trivia

• Mewtwo is so far the only Melee newcomer to be available as downloadable content.
• Mewtwo's trophy has different features than the eventual design of it as a playable character, such as having smaller eyes, a shorter tail, and a lighter shade of purple for its midsection and tail. In turn, both its playable model and the trophy differ slightly from Mewtwo's model in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, which has larger and rounder eyes than either of the two (to match Mewtwo's official art by Ken Sugimori).
• Mewtwo is the only playable Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. 4 to not be the evolved form of another Pokémon.
• Mewtwo's introduction tagline is a reference to the first Pokémon movie. Mewtwo's trailer also shows it encountering Genesect, likely in reference to the sixteenth Pokémon movie.
• Mewtwo's pose in its official artwork closely resembles its pose in its Melee artwork.