Wolf (SSBU)

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Wolf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Star Fox
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Team Star Wolf

“	The leader of the Star Wolf mercenary team makes his grand return after 10 years! He puts his sharp claws to good use in wild attacks, and his Final Smash is an all-out attack by Team Star Wolf! If Fox or Falco is in the battle, you may hear a unique line of dialog.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Wolf (ウルフ, Wolf) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed playable on June 12th, 2018. Wolf is classified as fighter #44.

Ja Green, Wolf's voice actor from Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Zero, and Starlink: Battle for Atlas, reprises his role with new voice clips, replacing Jay Ward from Brawl.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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Aesthetics

• Wolf's bust is based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero. He now sports a traditional eye patch, and his eye is red instead of purple. His fur is also more detailed and fluffier.
• Wolf's design is mostly original to Ultimate. His jacket is now purple with heliotrope accents and has a more traditional appearance: it has a collar, buttons, a zipper, and a belt; it also appears to have more depth, and his necklace and choker have been replaced with a hopbush bandana (also wears one on his left leg). His gloves match his jacket, are wrapped around in bands, and are now fingerless. Wolf's boots are less metallic and instead have metallic detailing protruding from his heels and toe boxes; he also now wears shin guards that possess similar metallic details, and his knee pads are asymmetrical. The spikes on his shoulder pads and knee pad are significantly more protruding and they are old gold. Lastly, Wolf no longer carries his Reflector on his person.
• Like many other characters, Wolf is now more expressive.
• The majority of Wolf's animations are more fluid and polished, and none are visibly borrowed from other characters unlike Brawl. Many of his attacks also sport purple claw trails.
• Dash and crouch's animations have also changed. Wolf no longer limps when he dashes, and he now kneels akin to the other spacies instead of laying on all four limbs when crouching.
• Wolf now has a new side taunt, a beckoning gesture with one finger while asking, "Are you scared?" This replaces his taunt from Brawl, in which he kicked the air three times and said "What's the matter, scared?".
• Wolf now says "You're good, but I'm better." during his claw-swiping victory pose, one of his famous lines from Star Fox 64. This will replace the line from Brawl, "I will be the one to... Take you down!".
• Wolf's victory poses where he reaches for the sky is now a bit different. He now turns around and extends his right arm, keeping his left arm closer to his face as the camera zooms in. In addition, he says "Weaklings! The lot of you!" instead of "Weaklings! The bunch of you!".

Attributes

• Wolf's upright posture adjusts his hurtbox, resulting in its shape being less awkward. However, he will revert to his posture and idle poses from Brawl while holding a small item.
• Wolf's new upright posture has translated into his moveset, be it through a tweaked animation or a completely new move.
• Like all characters, Wolf's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 5).
• Wolf dashes faster.
• The removal of meteor canceling benefits Wolf, as he is now equally as vulnerable to meteor smashes as the rest of the cast instead of having a significantly longer meteor cancel delay.
• The removal of chain grabbing significantly improves Wolf's endurance against certain characters.
• Wolf's fastfall speed is much more in line with the rest of the roster, being far more useful than before.
• Wolf is significantly lighter, and is no longer classified as a heavy weight.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack has a much cleaner look overall. The ending hit is now a third claw swipe, instead of a dashing bite.
• Forward tilt retains two hitboxes and has an updated animation where he forcefully brings his claws together.
• Up tilt has a new ending animation where Wolf flicks his nose with his thumb while smirking.
• Dash attack is now a short ranged kick instead of a backflip. It has more horizontal range but less vertical.
  • Dash attack no longer halts Wolf's forward momentum.
  • Dash attack is now a great burst option that can KO at reasonable percents.
• Forward smash is now a forceful, standing palm strike that deals one hit. The new animation leaves it slower than before, and Wolf does not lunge forward, decreasing its reach.
  • Forward smash deals more knockback.
• Up smash has an altered animation, now performing a breakdance-style rotation before the kick.
• Down smash has an altered animation, Wolf now swipes both sides with one hand.
  • Down smash is slightly slower.

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial is now a sex kick similar to Fox's.
  • Neutral aerial now has more range.
• Forward aerial has an altered animation.
  • Forward aerial has less end and landing lag.
• Back aerial has an altered animation, closely resembling Ridley's back aerial.
  • Back aerial has more start-up and landing lag.
• Up aerial is much stronger.

Throws/other attacks

• Forward throw has a new animation: Wolf now slashes downward. It now also has a slash effect.
• Back throw has a new animation: Wolf now slashes upward.
• Back throw has increased damage and knockback, making it a viable kill option at high percents.
• Up throw has a new animation. Wolf now jumps and slashes the opponent with one claw, instead of two like in Brawl. The animation is also cleaner overall.
• Wolf has a new down throw. Wolf now grabs the opponent by the head, jumps while spinning around once, and slams them into the ground.
• Wolf has a new edge attack, an inward slash.

Special Moves

• Blaster:
  • Wolf has an altered animation for firing lasers from his blaster, which is significantly faster to fire than the old version.
    • Both the melee hitbox of the attack and the lasers from the blaster deal more damage than before.
    • The lasers fired from Wolf's Blaster are now colored purple instead of green. The blaster itself has a new design and updated sound effects.
• Wolf Flash:
  • Wolf Flash has been given updated visual effects: its trail now features three long, red slash-marks. Another shorter, identical trail also appears in front of Wolf, which indicates the sweetspot.
  • Wolf Flash can now be angled by inputting up or down on the control stick, increasing recovery options. [3][4]
• Fire Wolf:
  • Fire Wolf has an altered animation, now being enveloped in purple aura. [5]
  • Fire Wolf goes a much shorter distance than before, making it a worse vertical recovery.
  • Fire Wolf's final hit deals far more knockback, and all of its hits connect properly.
• Reflector:
  • Reflector has an altered animation.
  • Reflector has slightly more startup and end lag.
  • Reflector now sends diagonally up and away instead of forward and down. This potentially allows it to be followed up with aerials, but weakens its gimping potential. [6]
• Final Smash:
  • Wolf has a new Final Smash, Team Star Wolf, replacing the Landmaster from Brawl. It functions similarly to Team Star Fox, Fox's and Falco's new Final Smash. Upon activating, Wolf yells, "Wolf Pack!" If the Wolfens sucessfully catch their target, Wolf yells, "Grahaha! The hunt is on, boys!" with it captioned on screen during the cinematic. The target is then fired at with the Wolfen's lasers, and then launched with an explosion at the end.
    • If Team Star Wolf is used against Fox, Wolf will say, "I've got you now, Star Fox!"

Role in Classic Mode

Reunited Roster

Wolf fights fighters who are veterans that didn't appear in Super Smash Bros. 4.

Round	Opponent	Stage
1	Ice Climbers	Summit
2	Young Link	Great Bay
3	Pichu	Pokémon Stadium
4	Squirtle	Pokémon Stadium 2
5	Ivysaur	Spear Pillar
6	Snake	Shadow Moses Island
Bonus Stage
Final	Galleom	?

Note: When fighting Squirtle and Ivysaur, their respective Pokémon Trainers are absent.

Other Characters

Wolf also appears in the following fighters' Classic Mode rounds.

Character	Round	Stage
Duck Hunt	3	Garden of Hope

Role in World of Light

Wolf was absent in the World of Light trailer, though he presumably became a spirit alongside the rest of the galaxy (excluding Kirby) when Galeem unleashed its beams of light.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Wolf's amiibo.

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  Wolf's fighter card.

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  Wolf taunting on Corneria.

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  Posing with his Blaster in Skyloft.

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  Taunting on Skyworld.

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  Wolf attacking Duck Hunt with his neutral attack on Spear Pillar.

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  Wolf crouching near the Nintendog on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  Grabbing Fox on Skyworld.

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  Wolf, Lucario and Fox sleeping around Chrom with Super Leaf equipped on Living Room.

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  Firing his Blaster on Corneria.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• There are a few inconsistencies between Wolf's official render and his in-game model. The soles of his boots are blue in his official render while they are red in his in-game model, the straps behind his right shin guard is white instead of black, and his jacket and gloves are dark purple instead of light purple.
  • Oddly, in his showcase video, the inconsistencies only appear in the final part of the video, when he attacks Fox.
  • Additionally, the inconsistencies are used for his model in the first five screenshots of his character page on the Smash Bros. Ultimate official website.
  • They also appear in Mewtwo's character showcase video.
• The visual effects for all of Wolf's claw-based attacks displays three slashes despite Wolf using four fingers to strike.