Starfy

Starfy (, Starfy), previously known as Stafy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and other media before the localization, is the main character of the The Legendary Starfy series. The first three games in the series appeared on the, and the latest two on the. His trademark move is his attack. His most recent game, The Legendary Starfy for the Nintendo DS, is the first game in the series to be released outside of Japan.

Origin
Starfy is the prince of the Pufftop Kingdom, which is found high in the sky above the ocean. His adventures involve resolving a crisis in his kingdom, or another kingdom (in the last two Legendary Starfy games) with help from his friends the clam,  the lobster and his younger sister, among others.

When Starfy appears in  as an Assist Trophy, a short melody will be heard. This melody plays in the first four Legendary Starfy games for when Starfy or Starly faces a boss as part of the tune.

The Starfy Assist Trophy attacks using the neutral form of his (known as the Spin Attack in Japan). This is Starfy and Starly's most basic attack in the Legendary Starfy games that was originally taught to Starfy by in  and is described as Starfy's famous move in The Legendary Starfy, though Starfy often forgets it. In the Legendary Starfy games it can be upgraded two times, to the Mighty Star Spin (Spin Attack level 2 in Japan), and then the Ultra Star Spin (Spin Attack level 3 in Japan).

As an Assist Trophy
Starfy appears as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A fanfare plays upon appearing before he starts performing his spin attack, which can briefly trap an opponent, somewhat like 's Spin Attack. However, Starfy's spin attacks are very weak, and similar to Lakitu, Starfy can be attacked and knocked away. If he receives a high amount of damage, however, he will explode, which gives high knockback and damage, which can act as a deterrent of sorts to prevent combatants from attacking him. If Starfy is somehow knocked away, he can stun opposing players upon descending for about two seconds and deal a large amount of damage, leaving said players open for attack from the summoner.

Additionally, Starfy appears as a regular trophy, which is unlocked by clearing Target Smash!! Level 1 with at least 10 different characters. In Brawl, his name is spelled "Stafy", as Brawl was released before the first Starfy game was released outside of Japan, which gave him his localized name.

As an Assist Trophy
Starfy re-appears in Super Smash Bros. 4 as an Assist Trophy, functionally identically as he did in Brawl, albeit he loses his explosion attack and can be KO'd if he takes enough damage.

Trophy
The Wii U version of the Starfy trophy states that The Legendary Starfy was released on 09/2002 for the Nintendo DS; in actuality, it was released on June 8, 2009. This was fixed in an update. In the Japanese version, his debut is listed as Legend of Starfy for the Game Boy Advance.

As an Assist Trophy
Starfy makes a return as an Assist Trophy and acts similarly to how he did in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4, albeit KOing him now earns a point.

Starfy cannot be summoned on Suzaku Castle

Spirit
Starfy also appears as an Ace-class primary spirit. He can be summoned using the cores of, , and.

Trivia

 * In Brawl, the trophy of Starfy's sister Starly (named "Stapy" in Brawl) is indexed under the "Fighter Related" category, despite the fact that Starfy is not a playable character in the game. Furthermore, no, or  trophies appear in the "Fighter Related" category, although Starfy, Ray Mk III, Helirin and Mr. Resetti all appear as Assist Trophies.
 * Starfy is the only second-party created Assist Trophy from a non-playable universe to have appeared in all three games since the introduction of the item.
 * In Brawl and SSB4, the inside of Starfy's mouth is yellow, but his official artwork for Brawl shows it as red. It is red in-game in Ultimate.

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