Falco (SSBU)

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Falco in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Star Fox
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Team Star Fox

“	He's a talented aerial fighter with amazing jumping ability, but Falco is a bit slower on the ground. His final smash is an all-out attack using an unorthodox formation of Arwings!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Falco (ファルコ, Falco) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Mark Lund, Falco's voice actor from Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Zero, and Starlink: Battle for Atlas reprises his role with new voice clips.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

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Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from SSB4, Falco's model features a more subdued color scheme. His feathers feature simple detailing, similar to Brawl.
• While Falco retains some design elements from SSB4, he now wears his flight suit and headset from Star Fox Zero.
• Falco has altered sidestep and rolling animations.

Attributes

• Like all characters, Falco's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete.

Ground attacks

• Neutral infinite now finishes with a spinning downwards kick instead of a knifehand strike. Falco also now does a backflip upon finishing the attack.
• Up tilt has less ending lag and a larger hitbox, hitting grounded opponents more easily.
• Falco's torso faces the opposite direction when performing a down smash.
• Up smash has an altered animation.

Aerial Attacks

• All aerials except up aerial have less landing lag.
• Back aerial has a larger hitbox.
• Back aerial deals less knockback and has increased startup lag.
• Down aerial has faster start up and less endlag. It also autocancels from a shorthop.
• Down aerial deals less knockback.

Special moves

• Blaster fires slightly faster and has significantly lower ending lag on the ground.
• Blaster makes a different sound when fired and when hitting an opponent.
• Reflector's ending animation has been altered, with Falco standing upright to catch his Reflector while turned slightly.
• Reflector has significantly reduced ending lag.
• Falco has a new Final Smash which involves him leading an Arwing strike in a similar manner to Fox's Final Smash, but with a more erratic and aggressive flight pattern. Unlike Fox's version, Falco's sends opponents almost vertically.

Gallery

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  Falco on Battlefield after catching his Reflector.

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  Firing his Blaster on Pokémon Stadium 2.

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  Performing Falco Phantasm next to Sonic on Prism Tower.

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  Air dodging on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  Attacking Captain Falcon with Falco Phantasm on Pokémon Stadium.

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  Performing Fire Bird on the Great Plateau Tower.

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  Taunting on Lylat Cruise.

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  Buried with Villager and Wii Fit Trainer by Shovel Knight on Garden of Hope.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• One of the pictures of Falco from his fighter page on the Ultimate website features him using Fire Bird above the Great Plateau Tower. This is a likely homage to Revali, a similar looking character from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
• A section of Falco's trailer pictures him showing frustration by charging Fire Bird once he notices a roast chicken food item on the ground. This is a recurring joke from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, as Falco's clear movie shows him crouching near the roast chicken food item, as well as Roy's clear movie, where he is seen "turning" into a roast chicken item upon being hit by Flare Blade.
• In Falco's character showcase video, frame-by-frame inspection reveals that the hitbox visualization of Falco's Blaster lasers and Falco Phantasm are visible while Falco fights Cloud. [1][2]. This is likely an error that went unnoticed during editing.
• Falco's artwork was one of the three that have been updated on the official site, alongside Palutena and Shulk. In his case, he is covered with more feathers, his forehead appears slightly larger, and his body and beak have more saturated colors.
• Due to an error on the American official site blog, Falco and Incineroar are the only characters to not be included when sorting blog posts in the "By Fighter" category.