Cloud (SSB4)

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Cloud in Super Smash Bros. 4
File:Cloud SSB4 temporary.jpg
Universe	Final Fantasy
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	Omnislash

“	Cloud Storms into Battle!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Cloud (クラウド, Cloud) is an upcoming playable character and newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4 as the fifth downloadable character. He was announced during the November 12th, 2015 Nintendo Direct, and is the fifth third-party character to be introduced in the game, following Capcom's Mega Man and Ryu, SEGA's Sonic, and Bandai Namco's Pac-Man. It is currently unknown when he will be released.

Known moveset

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Cloud has been shown to fight with his signature weapon, the Buster Sword, as well the various magic skills he acquires in Final Fantasy VII.

• A series of slashes that creates kanji, resembling Cross-slash.
• A quick forward dashing strike that follows into a trapping series of slashes, similar to Pair Up, which is to be Cloud's Final Smash, based on Omnislash.
• A high slash upwards used as a recovery move that resembles Climhazzard. Can be followed up with a downward strike, possibly only when initated on the ground and/or if the first hit connects.
• Creation of a green beam that resembles Blade Beam.
• An horizontal overhead lunge, possibly based on Braver.
• A move that charges his Limit gauge, providing a temporary boost (and animation change) to certain attacks (notably specials and smash attacks) at full charge.
• A Smash attack that carries foes on the forward hit to the back hit, similar to Ganondorf's.
• A jab-like attack consisting of two kicks then a sword slash.
• A meteor smash aerial where Cloud stabs downward with his sword.
• A Smash attack which hits three times in rapid succession infront of Cloud.
• A Smash attack that consists of an overarcing upward swipe, seems to cover a great deal of space, like Bowser's up-tilt.
• An aerial with a similar animation to Ike's up tilt.
• A sliding kick, similar to Mega Man's.
• An aerial that has a similar animation to Shulk's neutral aerial.
• A dashing strike where Cloud holds his sword in two hands, one holding the blade, and pushes it forward.
• Cloud's double-jump animation is taken from his appearance in the Dissidia Final Fantasy series.
• Like Mewtwo and Rosalina, Cloud floats when he dashes, similar to how an Air Dash looks in Dissidia Final Fantasy.
  • It may also be a reference to how Cloud's dashing animation when attacking an enemy in Final Fantasy VII.

Reveal trailer

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Alternate costumes

Cloud's default look is based off his official artwork for Final Fantasy VII. He has an alternate costume based off his appearance in Advent Children.

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Gallery

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  Splash art.

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  With Mario and Samus.

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  Attacking Charizard.

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  On Final Destination.

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  Crouching on Midgar.

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  With Wii Fit Trainer and Lucario.

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  Attacking Ganondorf.

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  With Link.

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  With some Mii Fighters wearing Chocobo hats

Trivia

• Cloud is the first character in the Super Smash Bros. series to not have a canonical appearance from his respective series on a Nintendo console; however, he has made appearances in spin-off games.
• Cloud is the first newcomer in Smash 4 to have debuted in the 1990's, with Final Fantasy VII coming out in 1997.
• Cloud is the first DLC character to have an alternate costume that modifies the model as opposed to simply the textures.
• Cloud's pose in his official artwork is identical to his pose from his official artwork from Final Fantasy VII. This pose is also used as one of his taunts.
• Cloud is the second DLC character to represent a newly-added series to SSB4, after Ryu.
• Cloud's reveal trailer references moments and characters from the original Final Fantasy VII, as well as the Final Fantasy series in general.
  • The trailer contains a "blurring" screen transition to the battle phase in which Cloud faces off against Kirby, Samus, and Charizard, with Cloud situated opposite of the other three combatants. These instances reference the random-encounter battle sequences that are often seen in the Final Fantasy series.
  • Zelda clearly portrays Aerith the flower girl, a playable character from Final Fantasy VII, as Zelda is holding a Lip's Stick (which bears a resemblance to the flowers Aerith sold in Final Fantasy VII). The segment also references Final Fantasy VII scene Cloud falls from the Sector 5 Reactor down into the church and is found by Aerith, and Pikmin representing flowers in the church.
  • Cloud grabbing Wario and throwing him off his bike before making off with it himself references the segment when he commandeers the Hardy Daytona motorcycle to escape from Shinra Headquarters. In Advent Children, Cloud himself has the motorcycle Fenrir, to fit with his "Lone Wolf" motif.
  • Cloud being dizzy on The King of Red Lions is a reference to his trip on the Shinra Cargo Ship, which caused much of Cloud's party to get motion sickness.
  • The Sablé Prince turning into a frog next to Cloud is a reference to the recurring Toad spell, which transforms its targets into harmless frogs.
  • Cloud fighting Ike towards the end is a reference to the final battle in Cloud's mind between him and Sephiroth.
    • It may also be a joking reference to the popular web animation series "Brawl Taunts," wherein a character is seen speculating about Cloud being in Brawl, only to have Ike tell him that he's "the only pretty boy in this game."
  • The segment where chocobos appeared references Chocobo Woods, a location in Final Fantasy III, where chocobos and The Fat Chocobo can be found, and Smells Like Chocobos is a recurring quote in the series which reference Fat Chocobo can only be summoned in places that "Smells like Chocobos" in Chocobo Woods.
  • The segment with the Chocobos on Gaur Plain may be a reference to the Chocobo Farm from Final Fantasy VII located in the grasslands outside Midgar.
• Cloud is the first character to have an alternate costume that changes the appearance of his weapon; in this case to Fusion Swords from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.