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This fierce fighter uses electric moves like Thunder Jolt and Thunder. Pikachu Libre is one of the alternate costumes and you can tell she's female by the shape of her tail.
Pikachu (ピカチュウ, Pikachu) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was confirmed on June 12th, 2018. As in SSB4, Ikue Ōtani's portrayal of Pikachu from Brawl was repurposed for Ultimate.
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Neutral aerial is a completely new attack that has Pikachu emitting an electric surge around itself. It hits multiple times, similar to Mewtwo's neutral aerial.
Neutral aerial has less landing lag and is more useful for starting combos.
Forward aerial deals more damage if all hits connect. The final hit deals more knockback.
Back aerial has more startup lag.
Back aerial executes more quickly and has less landing lag.
Back aerial has an altered ending animation, with Pikachu spreading out its limbs in a more upright position.
Grounded Thunder Jolt has slightly less startup lag.
Uncharged Skull Bash deals slightly more damage and has less end lag
Skull Bash causes Pikachu to bounce back when it hits an opponent, making it safer to use.
Skull Bash travels a shorter distance.
Quick Attack now has an angle indicator to telegraph Pikachu's trajectory. This may help prevent missed directional inputs, but also makes Pikachu's movement more predictable.
Quick Attack deals slightly more knockback, launching opponents more effectively but reducing its combo potential.
Thunder deals more knockback,the thunderbolt meteor and the bolt deals slightly more damage.
Thunder has more startup lag and end lag.
Thunder produces a yellow lightning bolt rather than blue and causes Pikachu glow a bright yellow while flashing a dark tint.
Volt Tackle now involves Pikachu dashing quickly forward while surrounded by a ball of electricity. If the move connects, Pikachu speeds around the stage at different angles, racking up damage before launching opponents with an electric blast at the end of the move.
Pikachu was among the fighters summoned to the cliffside to fight an army of Master Hands.
Pikachu was present when Galeem unleashed its beams of light, and attempted to run away. Pikachu was then noticed by Sonic who slowed down for Pikachu in an attempt to save him. Both of them were vaporized and ultimately transformed into spirits, along with the rest of the fighters, except for Kirby.
This is the first time Pikachu was not the first Pokémon character to be explicitly announced for a new Smash title, with Mewtwo being confirmed before it.
Pikachu's pose in its official artwork resembles its front sprite in the Generation III Pokémon games.
In the E3 demo of the game, Pikachu's portrait used its in-game model as opposed to its official artwork. This was also the case with Link, Mario and Villager. This has since been fixed.
While Pikachu has possessed a goggles alternate costume since Brawl, it has been removed and returned to Pichu, who was the original owner of said palette swap.
Since Pikachu's last two costumes are female (because of the distinct heart-shaped tail), this officially confirms that Pikachu is a male.
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Pikachu's has a more subdued color scheme. It more closely resembles its appearance in recent mainline 
Like all characters, Pikachu's 
Forward tilt has slightly more end lag.
