Villager (SSB4)

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Villager in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Animal Crossing
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Dream Home

“	Villager Comes to Town!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Villager (むらびと, Murabito) is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4. Similar to Mr. Game & Watch, his moveset involves using a variety of miscellaneous objects from his series to attack. On May 16th, it was confirmed that, just like with the Wii Fit Trainer, players will be able to play as male and female versions of the Villager. There are four male and four female variations available.

Moveset

Ground attacks

Normal

• Neutral attack - Quickly punches with boxing gloves. Does 3% damage. Can be done rapidly by holding the button, but has no finisher. May be a reference to Punch-Out!! appearing in the original Animal Crossing as an obtainable NES game.
• Dash attack - Falls over and drops a potted sapling, which flies a short distance and shatters on the ground. The pot does 10% damage if it hits before being dropped, then 6% if it hits while airborne. Sometimes the pot bounces instead of breaking, but it does no damage afterwards.
• Forward tilt - Swings an umbrella horizontally. 9% damage. Fairly high base knockback, but low knockback scaling.
• Up tilt - Waves a stick upwards in a circular motion. Hits twice; first hit does 6%, second hit does 5% with decent vertical knockback. KOs at about 135%.
• Down tilt - Pulls a weed out of the ground, knocking foes upwards. Does 13% close, 8% far. Close hit has about the same knockback as the up tilt.

Smash attacks

• Forward smash - Leans forwards and drops a bowling ball. Does 15% damage (21% fully charged) with powerful knockback, enough to KO reliably around 95% (60% fully charged). Although it has poor horizontal range, the ball falls a good distance when dropped from a ledge, making it great for edge-guarding if the opponent recovers low. It can, however, be reflected.
• Up smash - Detonates a fountain firework, creating an explosion above himself. Hits six times for a total of 11% (15% fully charged). Has a fairly large hitbox and pulls opponents to the center of the blast, but is a somewhat weak smash, not reliably KOing until about 145% (105% fully charged).
• Down smash - Takes out a shovel and digs in front, then behind. Does 6% damage (8% fully charged) and buries opponents.

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial - Does a cartwheel. 9% damage with a clean hit, 5% late.
• Forward aerial - Fires a slingshot pellet that travels slightly less than half the length of Final Destination. Does 7% close up, 4% at mid range, 2% at long range. Low knockback.
• Back aerial - Like the forward aerial, but aimed backwards. 9% close up, 5% at mid range, 3% at long range.
• Up aerial - Randomly swings one, two or three turnips upward. Damage depends on number of turnips. One turnip does 8% (4% with a late hit), two turnips do 10% (5% late hit), and three turnips do 13% (6% late hit).
• Down aerial - Randomly swings one, two or three turnips downwards. Same damage values as up aerial. A clean hit with three turnips is a meteor smash.

Grabs and Throws

• Grab - Traps opponents in a net with an overhead swing. Long range, but laggy if it misses.
• Pummel - Yanks the net backwards to damage the opponent inside. 3% damage, somewhat slow.
• Forward throw - Swings net overhead again, tossing the opponent out. 9% damage. Very low knockback scaling.
• Back throw - Turns around swinging net horizontally. 11% damage. KOs reliably around 165%.
• Up throw - Flips net over and tosses opponent upwards. Does 10%. Won't KO until around 225%.
• Down throw - Turns net horizontally and slams it into the ground. Does 4% and knocks opponent upwards.

Taunts

• Faces the camera and cheers three times.
• The Shrunk Funk Shuffle from New Leaf.
• Bends down and pokes the ground with a stick.

Special Moves

• Neutral special move: Pocket, A move where Villager catches various ranged attacks, stowing them away; using the move again uses the stored attack, acting as a delayed reflector. They can also pocket items.
• Side special move: Lloid Rocket, a move with involves launching the Gyroid Lloid sideways. The Villager can choose to ride on him, which increases its damage.
• Up special move: Balloon Trip, a move where Villager uses two balloons, both of a set color, to fly Balloon Fight-style (as Balloon Fight appeared in the original Animal Crossing as an obtainable NES game). The Villager's helpless animation after they are popped is the same as the Balloon Fighter's losing animation in Balloon Fight. This move does 4-7% damage.
• Down special move: Timber, a move of 3 different attacks in order, where Villager plants, waters, and chops down a tree, which hits opponents as it falls, even bouncing off near edges to lower areas. However, the tree can be destroyed by other characters, and is a fairly slow move to use altogether - using the move once only advances through one of the four stages (plant, water, first chop, second chop), so having it actually deal damage takes four total usages in the same location. The axe can be swung during the chop stages regardless of distance from the tree, as long as that Villager's grown tree currently exists on the map.

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Pocket	Bloom Pocket	Wide Pocket
Side Special	Lloid Rocket	Climb Rocket	Giant Rocket
Up Special	Balloon Trip	Explosive Balloon Trip	Balloon High Jump
Down Special	Timber	Counter Seed	Big Timber
Final Smash	Dream Home

Final Smash

• Dream Home ("Housewarming Party" in Europe) - Tom, Timmy, and Tommy Nook trap any opponents in front of Villager and start building a house around them and then finish the house, only for it to explode, blowing away Tom and the Nooklings and knocking the Villager down while the enemies inside the house take a lot of damage and knockback.

Palette swaps

Gallery

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  His artwork from the Super Smash Bros. website

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  Villager's introduction picture.

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  Female Villager costume.

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  Villager and Wii Fit Trainer on the 3DS version of Battlefield.

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  His punching attack.

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  Him using an umbrella.

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  Him using a stick.

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  Villager pulling a weed.

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  Him tripping and dropping a potted plant.

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  His slingshot.

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  Villager attacking with a turnip downward.

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  Villager attacking with three turnips.

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  Villager using fireworks.

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  Villager buries Donkey Kong and uses a bowling ball to KO him.

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  Villager buries Mario and Bowser.

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  Villager catches a fully charged shot launched by Samus.

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  Villager launching a Gyroid.

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  Villager rides a Gyroid.

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  Villager flies upwards.

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  One of Villager's balloons being popped.

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  Villager chopping down a tree.

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  Villager possibly taunting.

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  Villager throwing Pit's Palutena's Arrow.

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  The Villager and Wii Fit Trainer near a couple of breakable blocks on 3D Land.

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  Villager showing the steps in order of chopping down a tree as an attack.

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  Villager using a net to grab Link.

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  Villager breaking his plant.

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  Villager in the air.

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  Link and the Villager in Palutena's Temple.

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  Various Male and Female Villagers in Town and City.

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  The Female Villager and a Mii Brawler on the Find Mii stage.

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  Villager on the cover for the 3DS version.

Trivia

An example of depicting the Villager as a crazed psychopath. The image itself references an iconic scene from the 1980 horror film The Shining.

• The Villager was considered as a character in the planning stages of Brawl, but dropped because "he wasn't suited for battle".
• The Villager was the first newcomer announced for Super Smash Bros. 4.
• The initial reveal for the Villager quickly became an internet phenomenon; due to his constant smile and variety of weapons associated with stereotypical serial killers, such as a shovel and axe, many smashers and outside observers joked that the Villager was actually a dangerous psychopath. The Wii Fit Trainer was also given this treatment on her reveal, though this was much less widespread than the Villager's.
• The Villager is the only newcomer to be on both the Wii U and 3DS covers.
• In the Japanese version, due to a glitch, when the crowd is cheering when a Villager is fighting against Dr. Mario, the male portion of the crowd will chant "Popo!" while the female portion chants "Nana!" alternately.