Remote Missile

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Snake firing a Nikita missile.

Remote Controlled Missile (also called the Nikita) is Snake's Side Special Move. The missile can be controlled with the control stick, but Snake is defenseless until the shield button is pressed. Doing so will end the control over the guided missile, causing it to cease its forward movement and drop downwards. The missile will still explode if it hits anything while falling. The missile travels slowly when the control stick is tilted in any direction, but travels quickly in the direction it is facing if the Control Stick is in a neutral position. Strangely, tilting the Control Stick in the direction the missile is facing will also slow it down.

The missile can change direction randomly if it is hit by rapid attacks like Kirby's and Captain Falcon's Neutral A. When the missile hits its target, Snake will do a quick fist pump. However, when Snake misses he will quickly droop his head in disappointment. The missile does half its normal damage (around 7%) and has less knockback when dropped. If you turn the missile, it will travel a smaller distance, due to a lack of fuel.

Origin

Going back to the first Metal Gear game, the RCM was a weapon that Snake had to obtain in order to destroy a target that was otherwise out of reach. Both in the Metal Gear saga and in Brawl, the RCM is one of the few weapons in Snake's arsenal which is almost completely fictional.

Snake's special moves

Neutral special	Hand Grenade
Side special	Remote Missile
Up special	Cypher
Down special	C4
Final Smash	Grenade Launcher	Covering Fire