Falco (SSB4)

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Falco in Super Smash Bros. 4
Falco
Universe	Star Fox
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Landmaster

Falco (ファルコ, Faruko) returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4, as confirmed by a leaker's Twitch stream. His moveset appears to be largely unchanged from its Brawl incarnation.

His appearance also hasn't changed much from Brawl, albeit a lighter shade of blue for the feathers and a smaller eye reticle. He will be voiced in English by Mark Lund, his voice actor from Star Fox 64 3D.

Changes from Brawl

• Forward air and neutral air connect better.
  • Forward air has less ending lag.
• Neutral attack has a finisher.
• Back air has a new animation and is faster.
• Falco Phantasm has slightly less startup lag and no longer leaves Falco helpless when used in midair.
• Up smash is stronger.
• Fire Bird gains more recovery distance.
• Down air is slower.
  • However, it is stronger.
• Forward smash has more startup lag.
• Lasers have landing lag and cannot be fired as frequently
• Landmaster is less powerful.

Moveset

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack	Jab, Straight, 100-Slash Attack	?%	Falco does a jab, another jab, and then tilts diagonally and spins very quickly with his arms out.
Forward tilt	Bird Kick	?%	Kicks his leg out. Can be angled up or down with the control stick. Below-average knockback.
Up tilt	Wing Swipe	?%	Swings both of his wings above his head, hitting twice.
Down tilt	Bird Sweep	?%	Falco performs a quick tail swipe.
Dash attack	Jumping Side Kick	?%	Falco jumps slightly off the ground while running and performs a kick.
Forward smash	Wing Flap	?%	Falco swings his wings in an overhead powerful swipe, slashing anyone who is caught in it.
Up smash	Double Flip Kick	?%	Falco does a backflip, kicking out with both feet.
Down smash	Falco Split	?%	Falco does a split kick that comes out relatively quickly.
Neutral aerial	Windmill Slash	?%	Falco does a series of spinning swipes with his wings, hitting five times.
Forward aerial	Beak Drill	?%	Falco turns horizontally and spins, hitting multiple times with his beak, similar to Pikachu's or Sonic's forward aerial.
Back aerial	Reverse Flying Kick	?%	Falco does a backwards flying kick with one leg outstretched.
Up aerial	Falco Flip	?%	Falco does a forwards flip kick into the air, hitting twice.
Down aerial	Air Drill	?%	Falco turns diagonally and spins. Hits once, but can spike the opponent.
Grab		—	Grabs the opponent.
Pummel	Knee	?%	A fairly quick knee pummel.
Forward throw	Elbow Bash	?%	Falco bashes the opponent forward.
Back throw	Skeet Blaster	?%	Falco throws the foe backwards and then blasts them with his blaster.
Up throw	Star Blaster	?%	Falco throws the foe upwards and shoots at them.
Down throw	Floor Blaster	?%	The opponent is thrown on the ground and shot.
Floor attack (front)	Double Kick	?%	Falco lunges and kicks backwards and forwards.
Floor attack (back)	Stretch and Hit	?%	Falco extends to attack in front and in back.
Floor attack (trip)	Spinning Kick	?%	Falco spins around, kicking those who are near.
Edge attack (fast)	Twirl Kick	?%	Falco lunges at the opponent with a kick.
Edge attack (slow)	Slow Hammer Kick	?%	Falco slowly gets up and hammers the ground with a kick.
Neutral special	Blaster	?%	Falco fires his blaster. Unlike Fox's Blaster, it is slow but can stun the opponent. The lasers lose power as they travel.
Neutral special custom 1	Explosive Blaster	?%	Falco fires a shot that slows down as it travels and explodes right before it stops.
Neutral special custom 2	Burst Blaster	?%	Falco fires more rapid shots, but with less power and range.
Side special	Falco Phantasm	?%	Falco becomes invisible and suddenly dashes through opponents, leaving behind after-images. Unlike Fox, Falco will send opponents straight downwards on contact.
Side special custom 1	Falco Phase	?%	Falco is intangible for the duration of the move, but cannot hit opponents either.
Side special custom 2	Falco Charge	?%	A shorter dash that hits much harder at the beginning of the move.
Up special	Fire Bird	?%	Falco charges up and suddenly fires himself in one of eight directions, depending on what direction is held.
Up special custom 1	Fast Fire Bird	?%	Falco instantly fires himself in one of eight directions, but travels a shorter distance.
Up special custom 2	Distant Fire Bird	?%	Falco charges up for a longer period of time, but travels further and deals more damage.
Down special	Reflector	?%	Falco activates his Reflector and kicks it away from him, reflecting any projectiles and shocking any enemies it comes in contact with. It then returns to him as if magnetized.
Down special custom 1	Accele-Reflector	?%	It can only reflect projectiles while moving forwards, but increases the power of the reflected shots.
Down special custom 2	Reflector Void	?%	Will nullify projectiles instead of reflecting them, but deals more damage on contact.
Final Smash	Landmaster	?%	Falco summons his Landmaster. It has more air speed than Fox's, but does not last as long.

Taunts

• Kicks his reflector around like a hackey sack.
• Stands on one foot with his wing raised, posing.
• Spins once and crosses one arm, (same as in Melee).
• Smash Taunt: When fighting as Falco on the Corneria stage, quickly tap down on the directional pad once and he will kneel down and seem as though he's trying to communicate with someone through a device, and then stand back up, at which point a conversation will begin with another character from the Star Fox universe.

On-Screen Appearance

Falco ejects from an upside-down arwing.

Victory Fanfare

A flourished remix directly from Brawl based on the theme that would play at the title screen in Star Fox 64 It is shared with Fox.

Palette Swaps