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The Master Hand glitch is a glitch in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Based on the Name Entry glitch, it allows the player to freely use and control Master Hand on any stage; while any player slot allows selection of Master Hand in this way, only when in player 3's slot can he be controlled. As the game offers no special treatment to Master Hand in regular matches (giving him a damage percentage like all other characters), he cannot lose a non-Stamina match, as he is immune to knockback and can never get KO'd by crossing a blast line. The glitch is somewhat notorious for how long it took to discover - it was not publicized until June 2009, almost eight years after Melee's release. (more...)