Falco (SSBB)

This article is about Falco's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Falco Lombardi.

Falco Lombardi (ファルコ・ランバルディ Faruko Ranbarudi) has been confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. His moveset appears to have been differed quite a bit from his Fox-cloned moveset in the last game. One of the most immediately noticeable differences is that he throws his Reflector (down-B) like a boomerang. Some of Falco's movements have also been changed from Melee: He no longer has a tiny short-hop or the highest falling speed.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play 50 matches in Brawl, then defeat Falco
• Beat 100 Man Brawl, then defeat Falco
• Get Falco to join your party in The Subspace Emissary

Changes from Melee to Brawl

• New Neutral A Combo
• New Forward Smash
• Falco throws his Reflector

Role in The Subspace Emissary

Ejecting from his Arwing, Falco shows up in the nick of time to save Fox and Diddy Kong from trophy-ization at the hands of Bowser by flip-kicking the Trophy Gun from Bowser's hands and destroying it with dual lasergun fire. Falco then turns to leave, but is quickly dragged away by Diddy. A stupefied Fox McCloud shrugs his shoulders and walks off after them as he received the same treatment from Diddy earlier.

As Captain Falcon and Captain Olimar look down at the ship carrying Donkey Kong's trophy, Falco's Arwing shows up ejecting Diddy Kong from the Cockpit. Diddy then activates his Rocket Barrel Jet Pack and shoots the ship with his Peanut Popgun. Landing on the ship he quickly de-trophifies DK and Falco salutes Diddy and Donkey Kong as he leaves.

He makes is next appearance in the battle against the Shadowbug form of Mr. Game and Watch on the Halberd, where he teams up Fox, Peach, Sheik, Snake, and Lucario. When it's defeated they revive Game and Watch as Meta Knight takes back control of his ship.

Standard Moves

• Neutral A Combo: After the standard Jab, Jab, Falco tilts himself diagonally in the direction he is facing and begins to spin, arms out, repeatedly hitting the opponent.
• Dash Attack: Identical to his dash attack in melee (he jumps slightly off the ground while running and holds out his leg)
• Down Tilt: Tail swipe. Identical to his attack from melee, except a bit weaker
• Forward Tilt: Sticks his leg out, like his forward tilt from Melee
• Up Tilt: Vertical kick behind him, like his uptilt from Melee.
• Foward Smash: Falco swings his wing in an overhead powerful swipe, slashing anyone who is caught in it
• Down Smash: Splits kick, like his Meleee Downsmash
• Up Smash: Flip kick, like his Melee Upsmash
• Neutral Aerial: Falco spins in midair diagonally, like Peach's Neutral aerial, except it hits multiple times
• Forward Aerial: Falco turns horizontally and spins, hitting multiple times with his head, similar to Pikachu's Forward Air
• Back Aerial: Falco sticks his leg out horizontally behind him, similar to his Back Air from the previous game. Appears slightly weaker, however.
• Up Aerial: Overhead vertical flip kick, like Fox's. Still weaker than Fox's, but still capable of high percent KO's.
• Down Aerial: Falco turns diagonally and spins, similar in appearance to his down aerial from last game. Also similar to last game, it is a powerful spike, but this time, it appears as if this only happens if Falco hits with the proper part of his body (the center of his legs) at the begining of the move. If he misses this, it appears to knock the opponent up and away slightly.

Special Moves

• Standard Special Move: Blaster
• Side Special Move: Falco Phantasm
• Up Special Move: Fire Bird
• Down Special Move: Reflector
• Final Smash: Landmaster