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Mewtwo (SSB4)

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This article is about Mewtwo's appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4. For the character in other contexts, see Mewtwo.
Mewtwo
in Super Smash Bros. 4
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Universe Pokémon
Other playable appearance in Melee


Availability Downloadable
Final Smash Psystrike
Mewtwo (SSB4)
Mewtwo Strikes Back!
—Introduction Tagline

Mewtwo (ミュウツー, Mewtwo) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4 as a downloadable character that was released in April 2015. It was confirmed to be a playable character during the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 50-Fact Extravaganza Nintendo Direct presentation on October 23rd, 2014. Its appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4 makes it the first character in all of the series to be downloadable after the game's release; it also makes it the second cut veteran to return for Super Smash Bros. 4, after Dr. Mario. Mewtwo will be made available to the public on April 28th, 2015; however, it was available early as a free download on April 15th to players who registered both the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game on Club Nintendo before March 31, 2015.[1]

Mewtwo is now voiced by Keiji Fujiwara, replacing Masachika Ichimura's work from Melee.

Changes from Melee

As of this time, Mewtwo's moveset appears to be mostly the same as it was in Melee. Aside from a new neutral attack finisher like other characters, its neutral attack, dash attack, up smash, down smash, neutral aerial, back aerial, down aerial, forward throw, up throw, and down throw all have similar animations as their Melee counterparts. Mewtwo also retains all its special moves: Shadow Ball, Confusion, Teleport, and Disable. As expected, Mewtwo now has a Final Smash, involving Mega Evolving into Mega Mewtwo Y and using Psystrike.

Aesthetics

Mewtwo has undergone various changes in its model much like the other playable Pokémon in SSB4; its proportions more closely resemble its appearance in the main Pokémon games (with a smaller head, lighter skin and more bulbous fingers), which are completely different than that of its existing trophy.

  • Change Darkness effects are much more saturated.
  • Change Mewtwo has two new taunts. One involves surrounding itself with a dark aura (similar to Lucario's up taunt); the other involves thrusting its hand at the screen while emitting dark energy.
  • Change Like many characters, Mewtwo faces the screen regardless of which direction it is looking.
    • Change Also, Mewtwo now moves realistically like all characters do when they are charging a smash attack.
  • Change Mewtwo now has a Final Smash.

Attributes

  • Buff Mewtwo is much faster.
  • Buff Mewtwo is also heavier.
  • Nerf The loss of wavedashing has hindered Mewtwo's approach and mobility options, however.
  • Buff All of Mewtwo's regular attacks and aerial attacks are faster than they were in Melee.

Ground attacks

  • Buff Neutral attack now has a finisher like other characters.

Aerial attacks

  • Buff Mewtwo's down aerial now executes much faster than it did in Melee.

Throws

  • Buff The Shadow Balls released during forward throw are larger.

Special moves

  • Nerf Shadow Ball no longer does damage while charging.
  • Buff Confusion's projectile reflection now changes ownership.
  • Change Confusion is now depicted as a purple wave than a flash, resembling the attack in the core games.
  • Change Disable has a different animation and Mewtwo's eyes now turn green.
    • Nerf Performing Disable on a stunned opponent no longer launches them
  • Nerf Teleport has a dissapearing animation distinct from Mewtwo's airdodge, removing mindgames.

Alternate costumes

File:MewtwoCostumes.png

Trophy

Mewtwo's trophy as it currently appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Mewtwo, like the other fighters, now has Classic and Alt. Trophies. It is currently unknown what will happen to the existing Mewtwo trophy.

Created from modified Mew DNA, Mewtwo was designed to be the ultimate Pokémon. It didn't take on any of Mew's kinder traits and only uses its intelligence to destroy its enemies. Or...so it seems. Perhaps it just feels frightened or even tormented, and that's why it lashes out. Whatever the reason, Mewtwo is not to be messed with.

Videos

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Gallery

Trivia

  • Mewtwo's trophy has different features than the eventual design of it as a playable character, such as having smaller eyes, a shorter tail, and a lighter shade of purple for its midsection and tail. In turn, both its playable model and the trophy differ slightly from Mewtwo's model in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, which has larger and rounder eyes than either of the two (to match Mewtwo's official art by Ken Sugimori).
  • Mewtwo's introduction tagline is a reference to the first Pokémon movie. Mewtwo's trailer also shows it encountering Genesect, likely in reference to the sixteenth Pokémon movie.
  • Mewtwo's pose in its official artwork closely resembles its pose in its Melee artwork.

References

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