Dr. Wright

Dr. Wright (, Doctor Wright) is a character that appeared in the SNES version of SimCity. In , he is seen as a normal trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee as well as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. 4, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Origin
Dr. Wright made his debut in the SNES (and cancelled NES) version of SimCity. In SimCity, he acts as an adviser for the player, giving players tips on how to manage the city. Named after series creator, he possesses tall green hair and eyebrows with a black toothbrush mustache. He wears spectacles and a brown suit with a purple bow tie, and holds a white baton. Dr. Wright helped the player by giving the player hints and suggestions on how to get the city prosperous, while preventing its destruction from various disasters, natural and otherwise - including a Godzilla-like attack from none other than Bowser. He reappeared in this role in the Japan-only SimCity 64, which was developed by HAL Laboratory.

As a character appearing in games of a primarily PC-based series not owned by Nintendo—although the character himself is owned by Nintendo—Dr. Wright is relatively obscure and is rarely referenced outside of Smash. He appears in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, although he is called "" in the English version. He also serves as the basis for from Oracle of Seasons and The Minish Cap.

Trophy
Dr. Wright appears as a trophy.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Dr. Wright appears as a trophy and an Assist Trophy.

As an Assist Trophy
When Dr. Wright is summoned, he uses his baton to erect three skyscrapers beside him, hurling players into the air. There is a one in ten chance that he will instead create super scrapers, covering a larger area and dealing more damage. He has a small hitbox below him when he is falling after being summoned, which deals 2%.

In Super Smash Bros. 4
Dr. Wright appears as a trophy and an Assist Trophy.

As an Assist Trophy
Dr. Wright reprises his behavior from Brawl.

As an Assist Trophy
Dr. Wright appears as an Assist Trophy and reprises his behavior from Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4.

Dr. Wright's entrance animation is slightly different compared to his previous entrance animations. Dr. Wright can be attacked, though doing so will result in him counterattacking with even larger skyscrapers. In either case, however, his attack is considerably weaker than it was before. He can be KO'd if he takes enough damage, though doing so can be quite difficult due to how short he remains onscreen.

Dr. Wright cannot be summoned on Arena Ferox, Brinstar, Corneria, Dream Land GB, Duck Hunt, King of Fighters Stadium, Luigi's Mansion, Magicant, Mishima Dojo, Pac-Land, Paper Mario, Peach's Castle, Spiral Mountain, Spirit Train, Super Mario Maker, Tomodachi Life, and Wrecking Crew.

Spirit
Dr. Wright also appears as an Ace-class support spirit. He can be obtained through its challenge by collecting 777 unique spirits.

Dr. Wright's Spirit Battle uses an army of puppet fighters and is fought on the New Donk City stage's Ω form. During the battle, Dr. Wright appears as a hostile Assist Trophy.

Trivia

 * Interestingly, Dr. Wright is one of only three Assist Trophies in Brawl whose actual trophy is posed differently from his artwork on the Smash Bros. DOJO!!. Lyn and Mr. Resetti are the others.
 * If Dr. Wright is facing away from the stage into empty space, then he will sprout the building on the platform under him. If there are no platforms under the platform he is standing on, he will sprout the building where he is standing.
 * Dr. Wright is the only character in the Super Smash Bros. series created and owned by Nintendo to hail from a third-party universe, as was originally created by Maxis and is owned by Electronic Arts.
 * The reverse is true of Geno.
 * In English, Dr. Wright is voiced by Nate Bihldorff, a Senior localization manager for Nintendo of America and voice actor of Shy Guy in the games. In Japanese, he shares his voice actor with Fox in Melee.
 * Dr. Wright is the only Assist Trophy with separate English and Japanese voice actors to not have any actual dialogue, only having grunting and sighing noises.

Dr. Wright