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'''Daisy''' ({{ja|デイジー|Deijī}}, ''Daisy'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. She was revealed as a newcomer alongside {{SSBU|Inkling}} and {{SSBU|Ridley}} on June 12th, 2018. Daisy is {{SSBU|Peach}}'s [[Echo Fighter]] and was the first new Echo Fighter to be revealed, thus being classified as [[Fighter number|Fighter #13^ε]].

{{s|mariowiki|Deanna Mustard}}, Daisy's voice actress since ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour}}'', reprises her role in all regions, albeit via repurposed voice clips from ''Mario Kart Wii'', ''Mario Super Sluggers'', ''Mario Party 9'', ''Mario Kart 8'', ''Mario Party 10'', ''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' and ''Super Mario Run''.

With the exception of the third method, Daisy must then be defeated on [[Figure-8 Circuit]].

Daisy is Peach's Echo Fighter; as such, she directly inherits Peach's moveset, attributes and animations without major modifications. Just like Peach, Daisy is a somewhat light character with somewhat below-average horizontal mobility and poor [[jump]] height who is extremely floaty, but possesses the second-best [[air acceleration]] in the game and retains Peach's unique [[floating]] ability. Curiously, Daisy's idle animation has her assuming a very slightly lower stance, but her arms are further stretched out, meaning that her horizontal hurtbox is wider while standing.

Just like Peach, Daisy's aerial game is one of her greatest strengths. Her retention of Peach's floating ability grants her the power to hover at any height she chooses, giving her a distinct advantage in combat. Floating also helps her to control space; floating low to the ground and using retreating aerials makes her difficult to [[punish]], and this greatly helps her own approach as well, because with good spacing, she can attack the opponent's shield with little fear of reprisal. Float can increase her mobility and movement options, allowing her to frustrate her opponents with quick and unpredictable mixups. Additionally, floating aids Daisy's off-stage presence when combined with her slow falling speed, despite her low jumps and the high ending lag of her aerial attacks (except for down aerial); not only does it help her cover certain angles when edgeguarding, it can also be used to aid her horizontal recovery or potentially even allow her to go underneath stages such as {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, {{SSBU|Final Destination}}, [[Smashville]] or [[Town and City]]. Neutral aerial is her fastest aerial with the lowest landing lag, and deals an impressively high amount of damage despite its speed while also possessing a decently long duration; when combined with her ability to float close to the ground, neutral aerial's combination of fast startup, low base knockback and low landing lag makes it an incredibly good combo tool at lower percents that can even lead into itself with enough [[technical skill]], especially after a down tilt, while its damage output and knockback scaling ensures that it still has decent KO potential at higher ones. Her forward aerial is her slowest aerial attack, but it is also her strongest one, and it can be used while floating to "fish" for a kill with relative safety, especially given its disjointed hitbox and fairly low landing lag relative to its strength; however, it possesses a weaker sourspot on her arm. Her back aerial possesses a decent combination of fast startup with good range and power in addition to being her most reliable follow-up from a down throw, and although it suffers from notable ending lag compared to other back aerials, Daisy's float and slow falling speed compensate for this. Up aerial hits twice and is impressively disjointed, while the first hit can potentially drag down opponents after a short hop height down aerial for grounded follow-ups; however, its horizontal range compared to Daisy's other aerial attacks is somewhat lacking. Finally, her down aerial has the lowest ending lag of all her aerial attacks, and can be used as a potential combo starter at low to middle percents thanks to the final hit's vertical angle.

Her special moves have their uses as well. {{b|Toad|move}} is a [[counterattack]] where if either Daisy or the Toad are attacked, the latter will retaliate with spores hitting multiple times; like most other counterattacks, the move can be used as an edgeguarding tool against certain recovery moves with damaging hitboxes, most notably {{SSBU|Ike}}'s [[Aether]] and {{SSBU|Chrom}}'s [[Soaring Slash]]. Unlike most other counterattacks, Toad does not scale relative to the strength of the attack countered, while the Toad's spores can be curiously be reflected or absorbed, the former of the latter two in particular rendering the move useless against many reflectors, such as {{SSBU|Mario}}'s [[Cape]] or {{SSBU|Fox}}'s aptly-named {{b|Reflector|Fox}}. [[Daisy Bomber]] is a move where Daisy lunges forward and strikes with her butt; it can be used as a horizontal recovery option in addition to her aforementioned floating ability, its travel distance is increased if the move is smash-inputted, and in addition to being decently strong if successfully landed, it is also very difficult to punish [[out of shield]] because of how she rebounds after successfully hitting a target, though it suffers from high ending lag if whiffed. [[Daisy Parasol]] is a serviceable vertical recovery move, and can be used as an out-of-shield option thanks to its fast startup and decent range. It is also fairly difficult to contest from above thanks to its large disjoint above her and lingering hitbox if the parasol is kept open after ascending. Finally, [[Vegetable]] serves as her projectile, and as a throwable [[item]], it is quite a versatile one; the move also has a 1/250 chance of spawning a powerful [[Bob-omb]] and a 1/166 chance of spawning a shield-shattering [[Mr. Saturn]].

Compared to Peach, Daisy has lower representation in comparison. Despite this, she receives decent results from the few players who use her, such as {{Sm|Umeki}}, and also shares Peach's positive competitive reception, as both characters are collectively regarded as viable top-tier characters.

Even amongst all other [[Echo Fighter]]s in the game (and even past clones in the ''Smash Bros.'' series), Daisy is more or less exactly the same as Peach gameplay-wise in almost every single area. All of Daisy's basic attributes are identical to Peach's, in addition to all of her moves having identical animations, hitbox properties and frame data. The only major gameplay difference between Daisy and Peach is that Daisy's altered idle and running animations somewhat alter her hurtbox shape compared to Peach's equivalent animations, but this does not have a significant enough impact on her gameplay or competitive viability. Additionally certain other parameters (see the "Misc." section) have been altered, but these differences are extremely situational even compared to the aforementioned hurtbox shifting resulting from altered animations, and have no relevance in competitive play due to involving [[Tournament rulesets (SSBU)|non-legal stages]] or [[Spirits]]. Otherwise, Daisy plays and acts identically to Peach, and as such, choosing between one or the other is entirely a matter of personal preference.

In earlier versions, Daisy had a notable gameplay difference, as the turnips from [[Vegetable]] copied the knockback values from {{SSB4|Peach}} in ''SSB4'' instead of the latter's new knockback values. After this difference was discovered several months after ''Ultimate''{{'}}s release, version {{SSBU|3.0.0}} removed this difference, leaving Daisy without any practical differences for any of her moves.

*{{change|Daisy's dashing, braking and turnaround animations are different, resembling her run animation in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Mario Party 10}}'', though her initial dash animation is identical.}}

*{{change|Daisy has flower and petal visual effects for several of her attacks, including her dash attack, back aerial, up tilt, up smash and side special, instead of hearts, referencing her flower-based abilities in several ''Mario'' games. These effects are also animated somewhat differently.}}

**{{change|The visuals for dash attack, in addition to featuring petals instead of hearts, commence one frame earlier than Peach's. This in particular causes the second hit to appear to come out late.}}

**{{change|The tennis racket has a different design, matching the one she uses in the original ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Tennis|Nintendo 64}}'' for the Nintendo 64.}}

*{{change|A {{s|mariowiki|Blue Toad}} appears instead of {{s|mariowiki|Toad|character}} himself when Daisy grabs an opponent. The Toad does not appear angry during Daisy's [[pummel]].}}

**{{change|A {{s|mariowiki|Blue Toad}} appears instead of {{s|mariowiki|Toad|character}} himself.}}

Much like her [[Peach (SSBU)|original parent]], Daisy has been largely nerfed overall, and also became the first full clone character to receive more nerfs than buffs. Additionally, update 3.0.0 altered the knockback values of Vegetable to match Peach's variant, removing the only genuine gameplay difference between the two.

|neutraldesc=Slaps the enemy twice with her {{rollover|leading arm|uses the left arm if facing right, and vice versa|?}}: the first being an inward forehand slap, and the second being an outward backhand slap. The first hit can [[lock]]. The move is similar to Peach's {{s|supermariowiki|Super Slap}} attack in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}''.

|fairdesc=Daisy grabs the crown off her head and strikes with it in a vertical arc with pink and green magic sparkles emerging from the crown. Has the slowest startup out of all her aerial attacks. However, it is also her strongest aerial if sweetspotted. Her arm possesses a sourspot that deals 1% less damage, and KOs much later.

|bairdesc=Daisy strikes behind her by thrusting her butt. She creates a flower, although it is aesthetic, and possesses no hitbox. At low percentages, even the clean hit can lock.

|dairdesc=Rapidly kicks straight downwards four times. Depending on how the last hit lands, may launch opponents behind her. Has incredibly low landing lag for a down aerial, and is a decent combo starter at low to mid percents if performed from a float at short hop height.

|bthrowdesc=Places opponent behind her and bumps them away with her butt. The Toad is present, mimicking her butt thrust, but does not contribute any damage. The strongest of Daisy's throws.

|dthrowdesc=After putting the opponent on the ground, the Toad leaps up and headbutts them, sending them upwards and behind Daisy. Good for starting combos, as it can lead to her back aerial and forward tilt at low to mid percents.

|nsdesc=Daisy covers her ears and turns away as a Toad appears in front of her, arms spread out. If hit, the Toad will retaliate with a spray of spores. If attacked from behind, Daisy and the Toad switch places. Direction can be switched manually, but it has strict timing.

|ssdesc=Daisy lunges her body forward to deliver a powerful bash with her butt. Upon impact, she rebounds away from the victim, allowing for hit-and-run tactics. Deals considerable shield damage. Smash-inputting the move has her travel further.

|dsdesc=Plucks a Vegetable from ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Bros. 2}}'' from the ground. She can then throw it as a [[projectile]] item. Its face determines how much damage it will do; the rarer the expression, the stronger the turnip. Along with turnips, Daisy can rarely pull out [[Mr. Saturn]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s.

|fsdesc=Daisy performs a dance, causing all of her enemies to fall [[asleep]]. The closer they are to her when she activates it, the more damage they will take and the longer they will slumber. Three giant flowers appear, healing 20%. This Final Smash fails to affect anyone outside the range of the screen borders.

*Appears spinning out of a shower of flower petals and enthusiastically waves to the camera, yelling "Yo-ooo!".

SSBUDaisyIdle1.gif|Daisy's first idle pose

SSBUDaisyIdle2.gif|Daisy's second idle pose

*'''Left:''' Stretches her back towards her right side, then points skyward while exclaiming "Yeah!". The final pose resembles the end of her Hole-in-One animation in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Golf: World Tour}}'', albeit mirrored.

*'''Up:''' Jumps for joy twice (assuming the same pose as in her official render during the second jump) while exclaiming "Whoo-hoo!", then does a fist pump with her right arm on her hip, all while smiling. Her teeth are visible in her smile. The pose she assumes at the end is similar to that of Peach's "Up" victory animation.

*'''Right:''' Twirls into the scene while exclaiming "Whoo!", then winks with a sideways peace sign. The initial twirling resembles her Hole-in-One and Birdie animations in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Golf: World Tour}}''.

[[File:MarioSeriesVictoryThemeUltimate.ogg|thumb|A flourished remix of the Course Clear Fanfare used in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Bros.}}'', slightly sped up.]]

==In competitive play==

Most of Daisy's opponents are princesses in their respective franchise.

Humorously, all these fighters have deep, masculine voices.

Daisy was one of the many fighters that fell under [[Dharkon]]'s control upon Galeem's first defeat. She is found in the {{b|Dracula's Castle|Adventure Mode}} sub-area where she is guarded by a ghost; the nearby [[List of spirits (Super Mario series)|Dry Bowser spirit]] must be freed to access the cannon able to destroy the ghost.

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==In Spirit battles==

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*After the change to her Vegetables in 3.0.0, Daisy is the only character in the game to have all her moves function identically to another character - in this case {{SSBU|Peach}}.  

*As an Echo Fighter of Peach with an identical moveset, Daisy utilizes some abilities exclusive to Peach that she never uses in the ''Mario'' series, such as [[floating]], and [[Daisy Blossom|putting people to sleep]].

**For example, Daisy's victory animations resemble her victory celebrations in ''Mario'' spin-offs such as ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Golf: World Tour}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Tennis Aces}}'', and ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games}}''.

*Oddly, the bottom lace at Daisy's dress vanishes when viewed from inside her dress.<ref>[https://imgur.com/jWlCyvt]</ref> This was not present in her early gameplay screenshots, most notably the third screenshot of her attacking {{SSBU|Link}}.

*Unusually, when Daisy uses her [[back throw]] against a character in the game when {{SSBU|Peach}} is in the match, the same heart effects used in Peach's own attacks appear. This appears to be an oversight, as this does not happen when Peach uses her back throw against any character in the game. A similar event happens with {{SSBU|Wolf}}'s [[Blaster (Wolf)|Blaster]]; it uses {{SSBU|Fox}}'s blaster smoke effects when he is present in the match.  

*Daisy and {{SSBU|Pichu}} are the only fighters to not possess any Ace or Legend-class spirit in Spirit battles.

*Daisy and {{SSBU|Ridley}} are the only newcomers who were not shown being added to the panoramic group artwork (Not counting {{SSBU|Inkling}}, who was featured on the banner when it was initially shown off).