Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt
File:DuckHuntSymbol.png In-game sprite of the dog and a duck as they appear in Duck Hunt.
Universe	Duck Hunt
Debut	Duck Hunt (1984)
Smash Bros. appearances	Melee (Duck only) Brawl (Duck only) SSB4 Ultimate
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Dog, Duck
Gender	Both Unknown, Dog presumably male.
Place of origin	A grassy field
Article on Wikipedia	Duck Hunt

For fighter info, see Duck Hunt (SSB4). For information on the Duck Hunt universe, see Duck Hunt (universe).

Duck Hunt (known in Europe as Duck Hunt Duo) is a name used for the playable group of the dog, a duck, and the gunman from the NES light-gun title, Duck Hunt. The gunman is off-screen at all times, just like in his origin game, and is involved in all of Duck Hunt's smash attacks, as well as Duck Hunt's neutral and side special moves.

Character Description

In Duck Hunt, the player owns a non-playable hunting dog, who will pick up any ducks that are shot down with the NES Zapper. At the beginning of each round in either Game A or B, the dog jumps into a grassy patch, waiting for ducks to be shot down. If the player fails to shoot down any ducks, the dog will perform an infamous laugh. It is possible for the player to shoot the dog in the arcade version of Duck Hunt, VS. Duck Hunt.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

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Duck Hunt as they appear in Super Smash Bros. 4

Duck Hunt is an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. It consists of the dog with a duck on his back who fight together. His special moves include gunmen from the NES title Wild Gunman and cans from Hogan's Alley, both of which were also light gun games contemporary to Duck Hunt. His smash attacks are shots fired from the fourth wall by a "hunter".

Trivia

• Duck Hunt is the only newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4 not to appear in any games featured on Nintendo's 7th and 8th generation consoles other than the Smash Bros. series (although the duck cameoed in Wii Play and the pair appeared in a microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves).
• The Dog, Palutena and Wii Fit Trainer are the only playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series that do not have a playable appearance in any other video game. In previous Smash installments, before the release of Hyrule Warriors, only Ganondorf and Sheik had this trait.
  • The duck and the gunman are the only characters that were the only playable characters from the trio, as the duck was playable in game A of the original Duck Hunt, while the Gunman was playable regardless.
• Duck Hunt is the oldest NES representive to be in the Smash series being slightly older than Ice Climbers and R.O.B.
• The pairing of the Dog and Duck might be a reference to the N64 game, Banjo Kazooie.
  • Adding to this connection even further is the eighth alternate color scheme for Duck Hunt, in which the Duck Hunt Dog is brown and the duck is red.