Snorlax

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Snorlax (カビゴン, Kabigon in Japanese language versions) is a fictional creature in the Pokémon media franchise. It appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon in all three Smash Bros. games.

Creature description

Template:PokeballPokemon Snorlax is a massive, extremely heavy, vaguely ursine life form. The Pokédex says it is very lazy, and its typical day consists of nothing more than eating and sleeping. It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day, and it promptly goes back to sleep once it is done eating. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful, and when its belly is full, it becomes too lethargic to even lift a finger. Its stomach's digestive fluids can dissolve any kind of food or poison, and it never gets an upset stomach even if it eats moldy or rotten food off the ground. What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly. It is such a docile specie that there are children who use its expansive belly as a place to play and bounce on.

Snorlax is one of the original 151 Pokémon that appears in the first generation games Pokémon Red & Blue. The player could capture a Snorlax by playing the Poké Flute to wake it up. The Poké Flute was used to awaken Snorlax in both the Pokémon anime and Pokémon Snap. Ash Ketchum at one time caught a Snorlax on his Orange Island adventures. He has called upon its extreme power in many situations. When the fourth generation came around, Snorlax gained a pre-evolved form Pokémon named Munchlax. A player could obtain a Munchlax by either breeding two Snorlaxes while one holds a Full Incense or using honey on a tree. In the highest levels of the Competitive Metagame, Snorlax is regarded as one of the most useful and most threatening Pokemon, ever since the days of Red and Blue.

In Super Smash Bros.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon

Snorlax uses Body Slam as his attack. Snorlax jumps in the air and disappears off the screen. Snorlax will then inflate himself and descend towards the bottom of the screen. Any character that makes contact with Snorlax will take damage. Snorlax also destroys certain things on a stage. He will destroy items like Bob-ombs and Motion-sensor Bombs. If Snorlax gets hit by an attack that's strong enough before he jumps he will jump diagonally. Snorlax's attack does not harm the summoner.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

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Snorlax in his SSBM form.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon

Snorlax returns in Melee with exactly the same functionality.

As a stage element

A giant balloon of Snorlax (in actuality the 3D model of Snorlax used in Pokémon Stadium for Nintendo 64) is one of the many floating and bending "platforms" that comprise the Poké Floats stage. The balloon's belly raises and lowers as if "breathing".

As a trophy

Snorlax features as a collectible trophy, unlocked as one of the 100+ trophies that can be collected randomly during normal play, such as in the Trophy Lottery and throughout the various Single-player Regular Matches. It reads as follows:

Snorlax

Snorlax love to sleep and love to eat: these portly Pokémon get grumpy if they don't get 880 pounds of food per day. After snacking out, they always nap. They have cast-iron stomachs and can eat moldy and even rotten food with no digestion problems. They are the heaviest Pokémon on record, weight in at over 1,000 pounds.

Note that this trophy description is out of date; Following Melee, even heavier Pokémon have been introduced, with the current record-holder for Pokémon weight being Groudon at 2,094 pounds (several glitch Pokémon, namely "Missingno." and "h Poké", are even heavier, weighing in at up to 6,099 pounds, but this is likely non-canon). It has now been out-ranked by four other Pokémon (one of two forms) making it the sixth heaviest legit Pokémon including alternate forms.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

As a Poké Ball Pokémon

Snorlax returns in Brawl with exactly the same functionality, making it the only Poké Ball Pokémon other than Goldeen to appear in all 3 installments with an attack not changed or given to another Pokémon. Oddly enough, its baby form (Munchlax) is also in Brawl.

As a Trophy

A Sleeping Pokémon. It's the ultimate loafer. Sometimes children like to play on top of its big belly. Once in a slumber, not even the hardest rain or the fiercest wind will wake it. Snorlax recovers health and restores its physical state by sleeping, and it proves daunting with its damaging Snore attack. Snorlax is the king of Sleeping Pokémon.