Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt
File:DuckHuntSymbol.png In-game sprite of the dog and a duck as they appear in Duck Hunt.
Universe	Duck Hunt
Debut	Duck Hunt (1984)
Smash Bros. appearances	Melee (Duck only) Brawl (Duck only) SSB4 Ultimate
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Dog (dog) Duck (duck) Presumably human (hunter)
Gender	Unknown (duck and hunter) Presumably male (dog)
Place of origin	Unknown
Article on Wikipedia	Duck Hunt

For fighter info, see Duck Hunt (SSB4). For information on the Duck Hunt universe, see Duck Hunt (universe).

Duck Hunt (known in Europe as Duck Hunt Duo) is a name used for the playable group of the dog, a duck, and the hunter from the NES light-gun title, Duck Hunt. The hunter is off-screen at all times, just like in his origin game, and is involved in all of Duck Hunt's smash attacks, as well as Duck Hunt's neutral and side special moves.

Origin

The hunter is the playable character in all versions of Duck Hunt. The hunter is never seen, as he is supposed to represent the player.

Throughout Duck Hunt, the goal is to shoot all of the ducks with a limited amount of bullets and time. By plugging a controller into the player 2 slot on the NES, a duck can be controlled to a limited extent by a human player.

The player also owns a non-playable hunting dog, who will pick up any ducks that are shot down with the NES Zapper. At the beginning of each round in either Game A or B, the dog jumps into a grassy patch, waiting for ducks to be shot down. If the player fails to shoot down any ducks, the dog will laugh, which has become infamously annoying to the standard of a meme. It is possible for the player to shoot the dog in the arcade version of Duck Hunt and VS. Duck Hunt.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

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Duck Hunt as they appear in Super Smash Bros. 4

Duck Hunt is an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. It consists of the dog with a duck on his back who fight together. His special moves include gunmen from the NES title Wild Gunman and cans from Hogan's Alley, both of which were also light gun games contemporary to Duck Hunt. His smash attacks are shots fired from the fourth wall by a "hunter".

Trivia

• Duck Hunt is the only newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4 not to appear as a significant character in any games featured on Nintendo's 7th and 8th generation consoles other than the Smash Bros. series. The duck cameoed in Wii Play and the pair appeared in a microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
• The dog from Duck Hunt, Palutena and Wii Fit Trainer are the only playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series that do not have a playable appearance in any other video game. In previous Smash installments, only Ganondorf and Sheik had this trait, but they no longer do in due to Hyrule Warriors.
  • The duck and the gunman are the only playable characters from the trio, as the duck was playable in game A of the original Duck Hunt, while the hunter was playable regardless.
• Duck Hunt is the oldest NES representative to be in the Smash series being slightly older than Ice Climbers and R.O.B.