Staryu

It homes in on your foe and quickly fires star-shaped projectiles. Enemies will try to flee by moving up or down. Sabotage their efforts and let Staryu blast them. Staryu, (, Hitodeman), is a creature in the media franchise.

Origin
is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in, and is categorized within the Pokédex at #120 as the "Star Shape Pokémon". It evolves into Starmie by using a Water Stone, and it is one of 's Pokémon both in the games and the animated series.

is a special Normal-type move with 60 base power and perfect accuracy, which Staryu can learn naturally in every game.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon
Staryu appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee out of Poké Balls, replacing Starmie from Super Smash Bros. Once released it flies around looking for an opponent to target, and upon finding it it remains stationary and attacks with Swift, shooting a stream of damaging stars. Its attack can be easily DI'd out of. Touching Staryu while it's attacking also deals damage. Staryu's attack does not harm the summoner.

Trophy
Staryu features as a collectible trophy, unlocked as one of the trophies that can be collected randomly throughout the various Single-player Regular Matches.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon
Staryu appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl out of Poké Balls in a reprisal of its previous role and behavior. It appears to move faster than the last game, making more difficult to avoid, and also seems to have a quicker rate of fire.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon
Staryu reappears in Super Smash Bros. 4 as a Poké Ball Pokémon, keeping its previous function, though its attack speed was visibly reduced.

Trophy
Staryu's trophy appears in both versions. In it is part of the Pokémon.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon
Staryu once again returns as a Poké Ball Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, behaving as it did in Smash 4. While not directly changed, its shots link into each other more reliably due to the increased hitlag in Ultimate.

Staryu cannot be summoned on King of Fighters Stadium or Skyloft.

Trivia

 * Staryu is one of two Poké Ball Pokémon to replace a member of their evolution-line in later installments, the other being Weezing.
 * Staryu replaced its evolved form Starmie from Melee onwards, because it was most likely based on from the Pokémon anime.  used to have both Pokémon on her team at the time of Smash 64, but she only had Staryu since she had left her Starmie at her gym before Melee was released. Misty also used Staryu more often than Starmie regardless.