Captain Falcon (SSBB)

This article is about Captain Falcon's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Captain Falcon.

Captain Falcon
Captain Falcon
Universe	F-Zero
Appears in	SSB SSBM SSBB
Availability	Unlockable
Tier	F (35)

Captain Falcon (キャプテン・ファルコン, Kyaputen Farukon, full name, Douglas Jay Falcon) appears as an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Originating from the F-Zero universe, Captain Falcon returns again to compete in Brawl. To unlock Captain Falcon, the player must either play 70 brawls or beat Classic Mode on Normal difficulty or higher, and after doing either of these, (s)he must defeat Captain Falcon in a brawl match. Alternately, one can have him join the player's party in the Subspace Emissary, which will unlock him.

Captain Falcon is currently ranked 35 on the tier list as a result of the major nerf of his priority from Melee, combined with his slow attack speed with very low shieldstun with addition of poor hitboxes in his aerials to prevent him approaching in the air (making safe approaches nearly impossible, especially when considering his lack of projectiles), the impact of the new Brawl physics (Falcon was arguably hit the hardest by the physics changes; less hitstun and the loss of L-cancelling result in drastically fewer, weaker combos, and he can no longer dashdance effectively or moonwalk.), predictable recovery, low traction, and as a result of these issues, terrible match-ups (none of all are in his favor, some as low as 20/80 and only counters Ganondorf with a slight advantage, and has nearly neutral matchups with Sheik, Charizard and Yoshi and poor overall tournament results.

falcon punch

Role in the Subspace Emissary

In Subspace Emissary, Captain Falcon will team up with Captain Olimar and his Pikmin. When Olimar sends his Pikmin to attack a giant ROB, it wakes up the robot, causing it to shake off the Pikmin. Luckily, Captain Falcon drives his F-Zero machine straight towards them, jumps out in mid-motion, and Falcon Punches the ROB, thus destroying it and, upon landing, Olimar's remaining Pikmin (except for the red Pikmin beside Olimar). When Captain Falcon shouts "Falcon Punch!" in this Subspace Emisarry Cutscene, it strongly resembles the sound bit from the N64 version of the game. Once the two get out of the forest, they find a Primid transport platform that is holding the trophied DK hostage. The two watch as Diddy Kong falls from Falco's Arwing, and fires peanuts at the ship. After Diddy Kong revives DK, Captain Falcon grabs Olimar, and jumps off the ledge and onto the ship. Then the four must fight off a horde of Primids. Afterwards, the ship will take them into the secret Subspace HQ, where they will meet up with Samus, Pikachu, and, eventually, a friendly ROB.

Captain Falcon in the SSE

After fighting off a large army comprising of various Subspace troops with the others, the heroes are unable to stop the ROBs which arm the last remaining Subspace bombs. Captain Falcon seemed to be analyzing the power of the Subspace Bombs, because afterwards, he motions to everyone to "Get out of this place ASAP". Captain Falcon presses a few buttons on his wrist, summoning his ship, the Falcon Flyer. Everyone piles into the ship and prepares to escape the doomed base when they are attacked from behind by Meta Ridley. After defeating the monster, they escape the floating island where a giant explosion of subspace engulfs the island. (In fact, the explosion is so fatal, the island doesn't return to normal even after Tabuu is beaten. Instead, a light -shaped like an "X"- is in its place.) Captain Falcon joins with the other heroes and uses his ship to help in the assault on the Subspace Battleship. He continues to help throughout the rest of the story.

Towards the end, Captain Falcon and everyone else glimpse Tabuu. In a single, devastating act, Tabuu turns everyone into trophies. All are brought back to life due to the Dedede Badges and efforts of Kirby, Luigi, Ness, and Dedede. With the aid of Sonic, Tabuu becomes vulnerable, and a final battle between the characters and Tabuu begins. The player may pick Captain Falcon to fight Tabuu, if the player has found and picked up the Captain Falcon trophy.

Exclusive Stickers

The following stickers can only be used by Captain Falcon:

• Blue Falcon: [Specials: Direct] Attack + 3
• Capt. Falcon (F-Zero): [Slash] Resistance +23
• Capt. Falcon (F-Zero GX): [Arm, Leg] Attack + 8
• Capt. Falcon (F-Zero X): [Specials: Direct] Attack +19
• Gomar & Shioh: [Specials: Direct] Attack +10
• Samurai Goroh:[Arm] Attack +18
• Black Shadow(F-Zero GX):[Flame]Attack +25

Costume Gallery

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Captain Falcon's changeable clothing in SSBB

Trophy description

A skilled F-Zero pilot and resourceful bounty hunter. All that's known of his past is that he hails from Port Town. He's won fame and fortune outracing his opponents in his beloved Blue Falcon. His incredible athleticism and never-say-die attitude makes him the pilot to turn to in times of trouble.

F-Zero (Super Nintendo)

F-Zero GX (Nintendo Gamecube)

Trivia

• Captain Falcon is one of the few characters to speak during The Subspace Emissary. He yells out "Falcon Punch!" while using the move on a giant R.O.B. and he says "Come on!" following with a snap to summon the Falcon Flyer.
• Captain Falcon is one of the four characters that has a holstered weapon but does not use it at all. The others are Ganondorf, Snake and Sheik.
• Captain Falcon's "Come on!" and "Blue Falcon!" are in Melee's master sound test despite not appearing anywhere else in that game.
• Captain Falcon can be seen in the "How To Play" video in the game, despite being a secret character; in the Final Smash montage, Falcon can be seen sleeping from Peach's Peach Blossom. He also can be seen during Lucas' PK Starstorm during the montage (though he is harder to spot, since the scene lasts such a short time.).
• Captain Falcon has a two hit side smash with the star rod and beam sword.
• As shown in this screenshot, Nintendo took the time to model and texture-map Captain Falcon's eyeballs and teeth. (The teeth, of course, are necessary for some of Captain Falcon's moves in which he opens his mouth, and scenes in the Subspace Emissary where he opens his mouth - teeth must be visible or he would look strange.)
• Captain Falcon is one of the only four characters to wear a helmet, the others being Olimar, Samus, and Wario's biker outfit.
• SSBB is the only Smash Bros. game to have Captain Falcon's scarf hanging out off his shirt.

External links

• Dojo page
• Screenshots of Captain Falcon and the rest of the Subspace Emissary characters
• Captain Falcon Guide on SWF