Wild Gunman

Wild Gunman (, Wild Gunman) is Duck Hunt's down special move.

Overview
When used, the dog summons one of five 8-bit gunmen, who will stand still for a moment before his eyes flash and he yells, "Fire!". Then, the gunman will face the direction the dog was facing and fire a single shot. The gunmen that can be summoned are: a white-suited short gunman, a white-suited tall gunman, a black-suited gunman, an orange-suited gunman (described in the in-game trophy as the leader), and a sombrero gunman. The gunmen are summoned in a random cycle, each appearing once with every use of the move until all of them have appeared and the cycle resets. As such, the fifth and final gunman in a cycle can be predetermined based on the four preceding him.

This move has start-up lag, and the time before it fires depends on each gunman. Each gunman also has different damage outputs, ranging from 4% to 7%, with each gunman's damage output varying by 1%. These attacks deal very little knockback, only being able to KO when the opponent has reached anywhere from 200% to 300% damage. In addition, opponents can attack the various gunmen. Doing this temporarily stuns them and prevents them from firing their weapons, and they will not fire at all if they take 5% damage or more; each gunman has 5 HP. However, this allows gunmen to function as a type of shield and thus protect Duck Hunt.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the gunmen have slightly faster startup when firing, and each of them has been buffed to deal more damage, with gunmen's damage now varying between 8% to 11%, and each gunman's damage output still varying by 1%. Due to their improved damage output, the gunmen now possess some degree of KO potential, especially the leader and the sombrero gunman. Additionally, using the move has slightly less ending lag, making it a safer option in the neutral game.

Gunmen
KO percents were tested against while near the edge of  in, and  at the center of  in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Customization
Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the variations:


 * 1) Wild Gunman: Default.
 * 2) Quick Draw Aces: Decreases the start-up lag and slightly increases the damage output, but reduces the shot distance of the gunmen, and the shots deal less knockback as well. Each gunman only has 1 HP, so they can be defeated by any kind of attack, regardless of damage dealt.
 * 3) Mega Gunman: The gunmen are considerably larger, and their ability to act as a shield is improved by increasing their HP amount to 40. The start-up lag is greatly increased and they will only fire if nothing hits them after some time. The shots fired deal slightly less damage than the standard variation.

Spirit
The Wild Gunman also appears as an Advanced-class primary spirit.

In Adventure Mode: World of Light, the Wild Gunman is presumably one of the countless spirits captured by Galeem during his takeover of the universe. After Galeem's defeat, Dharkon takes control of Galeem's spirits, including the Wild Gunman. The Wild Gunman's spirit is located in the southeastern section of The Dark Realm.

The Wild Gunman's Spirit Battle uses an army of puppet fighters and is fought on the Gerudo Valley stage's Ω form. During the battle, Shooting Type items appear and all fighters start off with 300% damage and occasionally become invincible, referencing the gameplay of Wild Gunman where the player must shoot a Gunman first in a game of reaction time.

Origin
The gunmen that Duck Hunt summons are taken directly from the classic NES title , which uses the to play. The game's objective is to square off against various gunmen in a classic Wild West quick draw showdown. When the gunman's eyes flashes and the word "Draw!" appears on the screen, the player has a small time frame to draw and shoot the gunman. Failing to do so will result in the gunman yelling "Fire!", and proceed to shoot the player, causing a game over; drawing before being prompted to do so will have the same effect.

Trivia

 * With the exception of the first gunman, the sprites of them facing sideways were created for SSB4 as all the other gunmen sidestep in the original game.
 * In Wild Gunman, the outlaw with the sombrero is the second fastest and the outlaw in the suit is the third fastest of the gunmen. In SSB4, their roles are reversed.
 * One of Duck Hunt's victory poses has them summoning the gunmen twice. As in gameplay, which gunmen show up is also random, but never the same two.
 * Two of the gunmen have unique sprites in certain circumstances: Attacking the lanky gunman's legs or the gunman in the suit's head will cause his pants to drop and his hat to fly off, respectively. This reflects these gunmen's loss sprites in the original Wild Gunman.