Mewtwo (SR)

Mewtwo in Smash Remix
Universe	Pokémon
Base game appearance	Melee
Moveset inspiration	Mewtwo (SSBM)

“	Mewtwo Strikes back!!!	”
—Introduction tagline

Mewtwo is a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. mod Smash Remix. It was added into the mod in its v1.0.0 release on September 19, 2021.

Masachika Ichimura reprises his role as Mewtwo through archived audio from Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Attributes

Visualization of Mewtwo's hurtboxes

Mewtwo is mostly reminiscent of its Melee incarnation. Being a floaty heavy hitter with a big hurtbox. Unlike Melee however, only 1/4 of its tail actually has a hurtbox attached to it, rather than 3/4.

Moveset

Move	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack		4%	Emits a pulse of dark energy out of its hand, followed by repeated blasts of shadow energy.
		1% (loop)
Forward tilt		12%	Flicks its tail forward.
Up tilt		10% (clean), 6% (late)	Backflips and swings its tail.
Down tilt		10%	Spins once, sweeping its tail in a low profile.
Dash attack		14% (clean), 12% (late)	Holds its arms out while sliding and emitting shadow energy.
Forward Smash		18%	Thrusts both arms forward, releasing a pulse of shadow energy.
Up smash		1% (hits 1-8), 12% (hit 9)	Holds its palm up, summoning shadow energy above itself.
Down smash		16%	Extends its arm downwards and summons an explosion of shadow energy at its feet.
Neutral aerial		1% (hits 1-9), 8% (hit 10)	Releases a long-lasting shock out of its body.
Forward aerial		16%	Quickly swipes its left arm forward.
Back aerial		12% (clean), 8% (late)	Whips its tail behind itself.
Up aerial		13%	Flips upward, hitting with its tail.
Down aerial		14%	Flips backward and stomps downwards.
Grab		-	Reaches one arm out with a sparkle.
Forward throw		16%	Uses Psychic to swirl the opponent around its body before launching them upwards.
Back throw		14%	Telekinetically tosses its opponent behind itself.
Floor attack (front)		6%	Telekinetically gets itself up and spins around with its tail extended.
Floor attack (back)		6%	Telekinetically gets itself up and spins around with its tail extended.
Edge attack (fast)		6%	Flips onto the stage, using its tail to attack.
Edge attack (slow)		6%	Telekinetically walks on the side of the stage, then jumps on the stage and swipes its hand forward.
Neutral special	Shadow Ball	2-22, 1% (charge hits)%	Concentrates shadow energy into a large sphere. The attack itself is a powerful projectile that travels in a wavy path. If used in the air, Mewtwo will recoil backwards a great amount, which can help or hinder its recovery.
Up special	Teleport	-	Quickly vanishes and reappears in a different location. Can be directed with the control stick. Mewtwo is completely invulnerable during the move.
Down special	Disable	4%	Shoots out a short beam from its eyes forward, stunning any opponents who make eye contact with Mewtwo.

On-screen appearance

• Flies onto the stage from the background.

Taunt

• Crosses its arms and spins in midair, laughing sinisterly.

Crowd cheer

	Cheer
Cheer
Description	Mewwww - two! (Recycled from Melee)

Victory poses

• Spins around and ascends, while laughing sinisterly.
• Crosses its arms then turns its back to the screen. (CSS animation)
• Thrusts its hand forward, radiating dark energy.

Techniques

Double jump cancel

Mewtwo DJCing neutral airs

DJCing is a glitch-technique that involves using an aerial just after starting a double jump. This cancels the momentum of the double jump and allows quicker aerials, while also being able to speed up short hops, making short hopped DJC'd aerials especially effective when Z-cancelled. It can also help with extending combos and making new ones.

Lagless teleport

Mewtwo using a lagless teleport in various different positions

Mewtwo has less endlag when landing after a teleport compared to finishing teleport on the ground. With this, if Mewtwo uses teleport to somewhere slightly above the ground, then they can quickly teleport somewhere without suffering the usual endlag. This is especially useful for recovering or catching opponents off guard.

DJC shield break

Mewtwo breaking a shield with DJC'd fairs

Some of Mewtwo's aerials such as forward air or up air have high shieldstun, and this can be exploited with double jump cancels to repeatedly use those moves and perform a true shield breaking combo.

In Remix Modes

Remix 1P Mode

Mewtwo can appear as an ordinary opponent, giant opponent, or as a multi-man team, where it is fought on Saffron City^δ. It can also appear in Stage 4 as a team with Pikachu called "Pocket Monsters", where they are fought on Saffron City DL or Gym Leader Castle.

All-Star Mode

In All-Star Mode, Mewtwo and its allies can appear on Saffron City^δ or Pokémon Stadium (or Kalos Pokémon League prior to its removal in v1.4.0).

Profile

Born from Mew and genetically altered, Mewtwo is an incredibly powerful Psychic-type PKMN.

Enraged by the experiments performed on it while in captivity at the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnabar Island, Mewtwo escaped and sought refuge in Cerulean Cave. Bold trainers can still find it there to this day.

Works:

• Pokémon (GB)
• Pokémon Stadium (N64)
• Pokémon Puzzle League (N64)

Alternate costumes

• Default: Based on its appearance in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
• Green: Resembles its shiny coloration from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire onwards.
• Red: Resembles its original artwork from Pokémon Red and Green, which was presented as pink rather than purple later on.
• Blue: Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
• Yellow: Resembles its shiny coloration from Pokémon Gold and Silver. Its eye color is changed to match.
• Cyan: Resembles its cyan alternate costume from Smash 4.

Gallery

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  Mewtwo's congratulations screen.

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  Mewtwo's character selection screen icon.

Trivia

• Mewtwo's portrait on the character selection screen greatly resembles its artwork from Pokémon Red and Green Versions.
• Mewtwo's intro tagline "Mewtwo Strikes Back!!!" makes the same reference as its Smash 4 reveal trailer, a callback to the first Pokémon movie of the same name.
• Prior to 2.0.0, Mewtwo's polygon variant was based on Giegue/Giygas, the main antagonist of Earthbound Beginnings, whose sprite design is often said to resemble Mewtwo. This has since been changed to give it a hood-shaped head.
• In Melee, Mewtwo could use its back air at the point of its double jump with the most vertical momentum; however, this was not brought back in Remix.