Wolf (SSBU)

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Wolf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Star Fox
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Team Star Wolf

“	The leader of the Star Wolf mercenary team makes his grand return after 10 years! He puts his sharp claws to good use in wild attacks, and his Final Smash is an all-out attack by Team Star Wolf! If Fox or Falco is in the battle, you may hear a unique line of dialog.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Wolf (ウルフ, Wolf) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed playable on June 12th, 2018.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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Aesthetics

• Wolf has some elements based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero, but most of his design is original to Ultimate.
• Wolf's appearance is more detailed. His fur appears fluffier and his jacket is given more depth and color.
• Wolf's new upright posture has translated into his moveset, be it through a tweaked animation or a completely new move. The majority of Wolf's animations are also more fluid.
• Like many other characters, Wolf is now more expressive.
• Dash and crouch's animations have changed. Wolf no longer limps when he dashes, and he now kneels akin to the other spacies instead of laying on all four limbs when crouching.
• Wolf has new idle animations. One is a beckoning gesture similar to one of Fox's idle animations, and the other is an animation where he flicks his nose with his thumb while smirking.
• Many of Wolf's attacks sport purple claw trails.

Attributes

• Like all characters, Wolf's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete.
• The removal of meteor canceling benefits Wolf, as he is now equally as vulnerable to meteor smashes as the rest of the cast instead of having a significantly longer meteor cancel delay.
• The removal of chain grabbing significantly improves Wolf's endurance against certain characters.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack has a much cleaner look overall. The ending hit is now a third claw swipe, instead of a dashing bite.
• Wolf's dash attack is now a short ranged kick instead of a back flip. It has more horizontal range but less vertical.
• Dash attack no longer halts Wolf's forward momentum.
• Up smash has an altered animation.
• Foward smash is now a forceful palm strike.
• Down smash is slightly slower.

Aerial attacks

• Forward aerial has an altered animation.

Throws/other attacks

• Forward throw has a new animation.
• Up throw has a new animation. Wolf now jumps and slashes the opponent with one claw, instead of two like in Brawl. The animation is also cleaner overall.
• Wolf has a new down throw. Wolf now grabs the opponent by the head, jumps while spinning around once, and slams them into the ground.

Special Moves

• Wolf has an altered animation for firing lasers from his Blaster. It also has a new design and updated sound effects.
• The lasers fired from Wolf's blaster are no longer big enough to hit crouching opponents.
• The lasers fired from Wolf's Blaster are now colored purple instead of green.
• Wolf has a new Final Smash where he uses his Wolfen alongside his crew, similar to Fox's and Falco's Final Smash. How it differs (if at all) is currently unknown.

Gallery

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  Wolf's amiibo.

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  Wolf taunting on Corneria.

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  Posing with his Blaster in Skyloft.

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  Idling on Skyworld.

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  Wolf attacking Duck Hunt with his neutral attack on Spear Pillar.

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  Wolf crouching near the Nintendog on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  Grabbing Fox on Skyworld.

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  Wolf, Lucario and Fox sleeping around Chrom with Super Leaf equipped on Living Room.

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  Firing his Blaster on Corneria.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• There are a few inconsistencies between Wolf's official render and his in-game model. The soles of his boots are blue in his official render while they are red in his in-game model, the straps behind his right shin guard is white instead of black, and his jacket and gloves are dark purple instead of light purple.
  • Oddly, in his showcase video, the inconsistencies only appear in the final part of the video, when he attacks Fox.
  • Additionally, the inconsistencies are used for his model in the first five screenshots of his character page on the Smash Bros. Ultimate official website.
  • They also appear in Mewtwo's character showcase video.
• The visual effects for all of Wolf's claw-based attacks displays three slashes despite Wolf using four fingers to strike.