Little Mac (SSB4)

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Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Punch-Out!!
Final Smash	Giga Mac

“	Little Mac Punches In!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Little Mac has been confirmed to be a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4, revealed on February 13th, the day Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze released in Japan, during a Nintendo Direct. He has a special mechanic known as the Power Meter, which reaches different levels of charge. When it has fully charged, Little Mac can unleash an extremely powerful uppercut, said by Masahiro Sakurai to have the power to OHKO opponents. It has also been strongly implied that while he has extremely proficient fighting abilities on the ground, he has poor aerial abilities, being told in the trailer by Doc Louis that he "ain't no air fighter", and Sakurai later stating such on Miiverse. In the trailer's gameplay footage, Little Mac additionally has seemingly short jumps and what appears to be a poor recovery. Little Mac has been confirmed by the Smash Bros. Direct to have an alternate costume with the Wireframe Mac from the arcade version of the original Punch-Out!!.

Known moveset

• Most of his moveset involves punches, most commonly jabs and uppercuts. Many of these punches are very fast.
• His forward smash will animate and function differently depending on how it is angled; no angle is a straight punch, up angled is an uppercut, and down angled is a body hook. Sakurai's Miiverse post about it implies the body hook deals the most damage, but also deals the least knockback. No information about the functionality of the other variations are known at this time.

Special moves

• Neutral special move: Straight Lunge, a strong, chargeable punch attack. The move gives Little Mac launch resistance, and when released, Mac will charge forwards with a blazing punch.
• Side special move: Jolt Haymaker; Little Mac lunges forward and a bit into the air, both avoiding attacks and closing in on the opponent.
• Down special move: Slip Counter; a counterattack. When used, a red wave quickly appears, representing a heartbeat, and Little Mac punches his opponent.
• Up special move: Rising Uppercut; "though it doesn't have a lot of jump power, it makes up for it with attack power". It has Little Mac spin repeatedly, similarly to Wario in the Corkscrew, which concludes with a skyward punch. This propels him upwards, but the move appears to give quite poor horizontal distance in comparison to other recovery moves.

Final Smash

• Giga Mac, which appears to be a transformation-type move akin to Giga Bowser.

Power Meter

As stated in the introduction, Little Mac has a Power Meter, that when fully charged, replaces his neutral special with a new, one-shot attack. It is unknown if the meter affects other moves and what, if any, effects the meter has outside fully charged.

• Neutral Special: KO Uppercut; an extremely powerful uppercut with claimed OHKO power.
• The meter charges both by hitting enemies with your attacks and getting hit by their attacks.

Gameplay Trailer

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Gallery

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  Artwork of Little Mac used on the website.

• Littlemacpunchesin.png

  Little Mac's introduction picture.

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  The pic of the day shown during Little Mac's reveal.

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  A second pic posted on the initial Miiverse post pointing out what happens when his Power Meter gets fully charged up

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  Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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  Little Mac's charging punch attack.

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  Little Mac's special move Uppercut.

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  Using the uppercut on Sonic.

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  Little Mac begins to spin...

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  ...and finishes with an uppercut.

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  However, the move does not offer very strong recovery.

• Little Mac Counter.png

  His counterattack.

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  About to transform into Giga Mac.

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  His Final Smash, Giga Mac.

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  A jab.

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  A low punch attack, likely the down tilt.

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  Dash attack.

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  Little Mac appearing to have been hit or getting Screen KO'd.

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  Little Mac facing the screen.

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  Punching with Villager.

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  A size comparison.

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  "Little Mac can deliver some solid punches while fighting on the ground."

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  "...However, he's not the strongest fighter while airborne."

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  Side by side with Samus.

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  With Diddy Kong.

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  The three different variations of Little Mac's forward smash.

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  A trophy depicting Little Mac in Captain Rainbow.

• SSB4 March 2014 Famistu scans 01.jpg

  Little Mac and Diddy Kong as shown in an issue of Famitsu.

Trivia

• Little Mac's official Smash Bros. artwork is a reference to both the arcade Punch-Out!!, and Punch-Out!! Wii, where Donkey Kong appeared as a hidden fighter. His connection to Donkey Kong is further referenced, as his reveal coincided with the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in Japan.
• Samus' appearance in Little Mac's introduction trailer is a reference to how, on the official website for Brawl, there is an image of her and Little Mac on his Assist Trophy Character profile, with her questioning his ability to fight due to his small size.