Snake (SSBU)

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Snake in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Metal Gear
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Covering Fire

“	Back by popular demand, Snake brings a ranged fighting style unlike any other fighter in the game. His Final Smash locks onto an opponent and fires five homing missiles.	”
—"Today's Fighter" Super Smash Blog description

Snake (スネーク, Snake) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Rather than Kiefer Sutherland, who voiced his predecessor in the Metal Gear Solid V series, David Hayter confirmed on Twitter that he would be reprising his role as Snake.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Aesthetics

• Snake retains his design from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which in turn is based off Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. However, his body suit appears less form-fitting than before, and his overall appearance appears to be more detailed, particularly his hair and bandana.
• Snake has refined animations for many of his moves.
• Snake's series symbol has changed from the FOX logo to the "❗" Alert symbol seen in Metal Gear Solid games.
• Snake has two additional alternate costumes, increasing his total to 8. Like in Brawl, these costumes resemble camouflage worn by Naked Snake in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. One is a pure black costume resembling the Black Camouflage. The other is a lighter green costume resembling the Leaf Camouflage.
• Snake has a new victory animation. He does a spin kick, a side kick, and then finishes with a pose.

Attributes

• Snake benefits the most from the universal 3-frame jumpsquat out of any character; a massive improvement over his previous 9 frames. This vastly improves his ground-to-air maneuverability.

Ground attacks

• Up tilt now shows a trail to visualize its once-deceptively large hitbox. Its horizontal range and knockback seems to have been reduced regardless.
• Forward tilt is much weaker (20% → ~13%).
• Snake’s previous down smash has been changed into a double-sided kick.

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial is slightly faster and has less ending lag.
• Forward aerial is slightly faster.

Throws/other attacks

• Up throw has increased followup potential.
• Due to the removal of chain grabbing, Snake can no longer use down throw repeatedly, reducing his potential damage output.
• Down throw deals less damage (12% → 6.3%).

Special attacks

• Hand Grenades are much larger.
• Hand Grenades deal significantly lower damage (13% → 8%).
• Remote Missile travels faster and turns quicker.
• Remote Missile uses a different sound when preparing to fire a missile.
• The C4 now emits a flashing red light for a few seconds after being placed, improving its visibility.
• Snake now remains crouched when detonating a C4 from a crouching position.
• Snake has a new currently unnamed Final Smash. It involves him throwing a glowing smoke bomb to call an airstrike. A crosshair will first appear to mark opponents, before five homing missiles are fired at the marked victims.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Solid Snake with Rope Snake.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Snake was announced to return in Ultimate on June 12th 2018, which was also the 10 year anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
• Snake is the only character in Smash history to have their logo entirely changed: the FOX logo was altered to the "❗" Alert symbol from Metal Gear Solid.
  • This is possibly due to the FOX logo also being the logo for Kojima Productions, who no longer works for Konami. Konami, however, still owns the Metal Gear franchise, making a logo change necessary.