Fox (SSBU)

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Fox in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Star Fox
Other playable appearances	in SSB in Melee in Brawl in SSB4
Availability	Starter (Unlockable in World of Light)
Final Smash	Team Star Fox

“	He can overwhelm his opponents with his quick movements, and his specials don't leave him open for counterattacks. His costume and voice have been redone to match his appearance in Star Fox Zero. This Fox is brand new! "Come on!"	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Fox (フォックス, Fox) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Fox is classified as fighter #07.

In the Japanese version of the game, Fox is voiced by Takashi Ohara, his voice actor in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 3D and Star Fox Zero. The English version has Mike West, Fox's voice actor from Star Fox 64, Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Zero, and Starlink: Battle for Atlas reprise his role with updated voice clips.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Aesthetics

• Fox's design is now a combination of his appearances in Star Fox Zero and Super Smash Bros. 4. His flight suit and headset are from Zero, whereas the rest of his design is from SSB4. The proportions of his head have been slightly altered, and his fur is more pronounced. Fox now also has visible whiskers. Lastly, the aesthetic used in Ultimate has resulted in Fox's overall color scheme being more subdue.
• Like all characters, Fox is significantly more expressive than in previous games.
• Up taunt has a different ending animation, with him performing a short fist pump. He also says "Let's Go!" instead of "Here I come!" during the taunt.
• Side taunt has an altered animation: Fox now spins his Blaster in his hand rather than tossing it in the air.
• Down taunt now has Fox say "Come at me." instead of "Come on!".
• Fox's victory animation that is based on his character selection from Smash 64 has the camera behind Fox, rather than in front of him. [1]
• Fox has a slightly altered entrance animation. [2]
• Fox has a slightly altered walking animation.

Attributes

• Like all characters, Fox's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 4).
• Fox dashes significantly faster (2.184 → 2.402).
• Fox's initial dash speed is slower (2.4 → 2.09) no longer being the fastest in the game.
• Fox walks faster (1.45 → 1.523).
• Fox's air speed is faster (0.96 → 1.11).
• Fox's fall speed and fast fall speed are slighty higher (2.05 → 3.28) and (2.1 → 3.36) respectively.
• Fox is slightly lighter (79 → 77), now lighter than Kirby.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack has an altered animation, with Fox standing more upright rather than lunging forward.
• Up tilt has increased knockback. This improves its KO potential, but worsens its combo potential at higher percents.
• Sourspotted down tilt sends opponents at a better angle for combos.
• Forward smash has significantly higher knockback.
  • Forward smash travels a shorter distance.
• Up smash's ending animation has been modified: Fox now does a three point landing after doing his up smash.
  • Up smash has a significantly larger hitbox, now being able to hit characters from the bottom platforms of Battlefield.

Aerial attacks

• All aerials have less landing lag (Neutral: frame 11 → 7, Forward: 27 → 18, Back: 15 → 9, Up: 22 → 13, Down: 25 → 17).
• Forward aerial:
  • Forward aerial has a greater hover effect, aiding Fox's recovery.
  • Forward aerial connects less reliably.
  • Forward aerial now has a landing hitbox, which improves its utility in landing but may hinder its tech-chasing capabilities.
  • Forward aerial has an altered animation.
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial has more knockback.
    • Back aerial has an altered animation, with Fox facing more towards the screen.
• Up aerial:
  • The second hit of up aerial deals less damage.
• Down aerial:
  • Down aerial has more follow up potential.

Throws/other attacks

• Standing grab and dash grab have increased ending lag.
• Pummel is slower. However, Fox can still get as many pummels in a single grab as he could in Smash 4.
• Down throw has less follow up potential.

Special Moves

• Fox Illusion:
  • Fox Illusion deals more damage.
  • Fox Illusion has more startup lag and slightly less range. Also, the move will immediately halt when it hits a shielded opponent.
• Fire Fox:
  • Fire Fox deals less damage on the initial hits, but this is made up by increased damage on the final hit.
  • Fire Fox's charging animation has been altered, and Fox glances up before firing.
  • Fire Fox travels a shorter distance.
• Reflector:
  • Reflector can only stall Fox once in the air before landing.
  • Reflector comes out faster and has less end lag.
  • Reflector appears to be more green in color.
• Fox has a new Final Smash called Team Star Fox, which involves an Arwing strike. Upon activating, Fox yells, "It's go time!" If the Arwings sucessfully catch their target, Fox yells, "Star Fox! Fire at Will!" with it captioned on screen during the cinematic.
  • If Team Star Fox is used against Wolf, Fox will say, "This is the end for you, Wolf!"

Classic Mode: Spaceborne Smash

Fox's opponents are all space travelers.

Round	Opponent	Stage	Notes
1	Samus	Brinstar
2	Rosalina & Luma	Mario Galaxy
3	Meta Knight	Halberd
4	Giant Dark Samus	Frigate Orpheon	Zero Suit Samus is a CPU ally.
5	Olimar	Distant Planet
6	Wolf	Venom (Ω form)
Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand	Final Destination	On a high intensity, Crazy Hand teams up with Master Hand.

Character unlock tree

Fox's Classic Mode character unlock tree includes the following characters in order:

• Captain Falcon
• Zero Suit Samus
• Peach
• Falco
• Daisy
• Bowser Jr.
• Wolf
• Mewtwo

Each character can be unlocked by clearing Fox's Classic Mode, or the Classic Mode of any preceding character, if all preceding characters have been unlocked. Once all the above characters are unlocked, clearing Classic Mode with any of them will default to Mario's character unlock tree, starting with Sonic.

In Competitive Play

Notable Players

•  Charliedaking- Was one of the best Fox players in Smash 4. Ranked 6th on the SoCal Smash 4 Power Rankings and 67th on the Panda Global Rankings 100. Currently plays Fox along with Palutena and Bayonetta.
•  Eon- Is ranked 7th on the SoCal Smash 4 Power Rankings and 98th on the Panda Global Rankings 100. Plays Fox along with Pichu.
•  Light- Was one of the best Fox players in Smash 4. Ranked 2nd on the New England Power Rankings, and 43rd on the Panda Global Rankings 100.
•  Nanchan- Japanese Fox main from Smash 4. Placed 7th at Toryumon Kiwami 1
•  Shogun- Currently ranked 36th on the JAPAN Power Rankings and 82nd on the Panda Global Rankings 100. Co-Mains Fox and Snake.

Role in World of Light

Fox was among the fighters that were on the cliffside that gathered to defeat the army of Master Hands.

During the opening cutscene, Fox was issuing orders to the other fighters, telling them "[not to] let a single one [of the Master Hands] get away." Fox was also present on the cliffside when Galeem unleashed his beams of light. He was vaporized offscreen, and was placed under Galeem's imprisonment alongside the other fighters (excluding Kirby). A puppet fighter cloned from him is later seen along with ones cloned from Simon, Mario and other fighters.

Fox is unlocked near a heart-shaped lake. The player must defeat either Nyna's or Panther Caroso's spirit to access his unlock battle. Unlocking Fox will allow the player to access the red switch which opens the red gate leading towards the Temple of Light sub-area as well as clearing a path blocked by rocks.

He is later seen again alongside Mario and several other fighters, making their last stand against Galeem and Dharkon. In the bad ending where Galeem emerges victorious against Dharkon, Fox is among the fighters witnessing the world becoming engulfed in light.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Fox's fighter card.

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  Fox freefalling on Summit.

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  Idling with Jigglypuff on 3D Land.

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  Performing Fox Illusion on Corneria.

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  Taunting near Duck Hunt's clay pigeon on Wuhu Island.

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  Attacking Marth with his jab on Great Bay.

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  Idling on Skyloft.

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  Crouching with an Alolan Vulpix on Summit.

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  Firing his Blaster with Kirby on Mario Galaxy.

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  Taunting with Mewtwo and Lucario on Coliseum.

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  Fox using his Blaster on a dodging Wii Fit Trainer on Great Bay.

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  Sleeping near Chrom with Lucario and Wolf on Living Room.

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  Holding a Black Hole on Final Destination.

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  Throwing the Black Hole.

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  Running with Krystal on Yoshi's Story.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Fox retains his Wolf costume, despite Wolf also being a separate playable character. This contrasts with Samus and Peach, whose Dark Samus and Daisy costumes were replaced when the latter were made echo fighters.

• If Fox wins a match with Falco present, there's a chance he will say, "Better luck next time, Falco!", in one of his victory animations. However, this line is strangely not found in his Sound Test.