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(While the article certainly hyped Pikachu a decent amount, its utter dominance of SSB is something that the game has and likely never again will see. I added information based on both the matchup chart and pro consensus to illustrate this more clearly~~~~)
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Pikachu, however, is not perfect. It is a lightweight character, allowing for it to be KOed earlier than most other characters, and can also be easily comboed by others. Pikachu also has limited options out of a [[tech]].
Pikachu, however, is not perfect. It is a lightweight character, allowing for it to be KOed earlier than most other characters, and can also be easily comboed by others. Pikachu also has limited options out of a [[tech]].


Despite this, Pikachu's strengths exceed its weaknesses, and it has held the best tournament results in [[competitive play]], alongside good representation. Pikachu's prowess in ''Smash 64'' is considered undisputed to such a great extent that in the international [[NTSC]] version of the game, it is considered to have the best matchup spread of any character in the series, with even its worst non-mirror matchup ({{SSB|Captain Falcon}} being 55/45, meaning that it holds the distinction of being the only Super Smash Bros. character that is favored in every single non-mirror matchup. Even in the Japanese version of the game, it is still one of only four characters in the series (the other three being {{SSBM|Fox}} in ''Melee'', {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'', and {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} in ''Brawl'') to have no disadvantageous matchups, and some of its matchups are actually improved compared to on the international version [[NTSC]].
Despite this, Pikachu's strengths exceed its weaknesses, and it has held the best tournament results in [[competitive play]], alongside good representation. Pikachu's prowess in ''Smash 64'' is considered undisputed to such a great extent that in the [[NTSC]] version of the game, it is considered to have the best matchup spread of any character in the series, with even its worst non-mirror matchup ({{SSB|Captain Falcon}}) being 55/45, meaning that it holds the distinction of being the only Super Smash Bros. character that is favored in every single non-mirror matchup. Even in the Japanese version of the game, it is still one of only four characters in the series (the other three being {{SSBM|Fox}} in ''Melee'', {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'', and {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} in ''Brawl'') to have no disadvantageous matchups, and some of its matchups are actually improved compared to on [[NTSC]].


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