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 Falco is voiced in all regions of ''Melee'' by Hisao Egawa, who reprises his role from ''Star Fox 64''.
-Falco is currently ranked 2nd on the ''Melee'' tier list, making him the highest ranked unlockable character, clone character, and newcomer all while this being his best placement in the series marginally. Falco has the most versatile combo game in ''Melee,'' as he possesses many combo openers and the options to extend them, most notably a frame 1 launcher in his [[shine]] and a frame 5 [[down aerial]] that spikes powerfully. These tools allow him to easily chain together highly damaging strings that are hard to [[DI]] out of. He also possesses very effective edgeguarding options, such as his back air, forward and down smashes, and his aforementioned down air. Falco also has one of the best neutral game options among the entire cast with his {{b|Blaster|Falco}}, as it allows him to pressure from afar and approach noncommittally.
+Falco is currently ranked 4th on the ''Melee'' tier list, making him the highest ranked unlockable and clone character all while this being his best placement in the series marginally. Falco has the most versatile combo game in ''Melee,'' as he possesses many combo openers and the options to extend them, most notably a frame 1 launcher in his [[shine]] and a frame 5 [[down aerial]] that spikes powerfully. These tools allow him to easily chain together highly damaging strings that are hard to [[DI]] out of. He also possesses very effective edgeguarding options, such as his back air, forward and down smashes, and his aforementioned down air. Falco also has one of the best neutral game options among the entire cast with his {{b|Blaster|Falco}}, as it allows him to pressure from afar and approach noncommittally.
 Falco, however, is not flawless; he suffers from being light yet having extremely high falling speed and low horizontal air speed. These flaws make him extremely vulnerable to chaingrabs and combos, while his low weight makes him among the easiest to KO horizontally. Additionally, his primary recovery moves, [[Falco Phantasm]] and [[Fire Bird]], both travel a short distance, leaving him extremely vulnerable to [[gimp]]ing, especially if he loses his double jump, and giving him one of the worst recoveries in the game. Falco also has mediocre movement options, due to his average dash speed, slow [[jump squat]], and relatively short [[wavedash]] and [[dashdance]] distances. He additionally has one of the worst grab games, as the unpredictable knockback from the lasers in his throws gives him no guaranteed throw follow-ups, which incentivizes his opponents to stay in shield in the neutral game. This also hurts his ability to land KOs at high percents due to his lack of reliable KO confirms, especially on floaty characters. Regardless of these flaws, Falco's strengths greatly overwhelm his weaknesses and he has amazing matchups, lacking any negative ones (making him and Fox in ''Melee'', {{SSB|Pikachu}} in ''Smash 64'' and {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} in ''Brawl'' the only characters with no negative matchups) and having only a handful that are considered even.
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 With PC Chris retiring soon after ''Brawl'' was released in 2008, and with the concurrent rise of {{Sm|KoreanDJ}} and {{Sm|Mew2King}} (who both played Fox, among other characters), Falco saw a dip in popularity for a brief period of time. There was noticeable debate over his position at 2nd on the tier list, and he fell to 4th in a 2008 revision. However, his metagame was revitalized by new world class players, such as {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|PPMD}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, and {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}, who all gave Falco results at the top level once again. Falco players continued to place extremely well, and for some time until 2014, even won more large tournaments than Fox players. This led some players at the time, [http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2014/may/08/if-final-destination-was-only-stage-melee-marth-would-be-best-character-mew2kings-top-5-super-smash-bros-tier-list-pt3/ such as Mew2King], to believe that Falco was a better character than Fox, with the argument that Falco succeeds in notable tournaments more consistently than Fox, while Fox's perceived superiority was based more on potential than performance.
-However, since then, there have been very few majors, if any, won by a Falco main; Fox players have since taken 1st place in many more majors, even in PAL. This is mainly due to {{Sm|PPMD}}'s hiatus, the rise of Fox mains such as {{Sm|Leffen}}, and more top players electing to pick Fox in high-level tournament matches for his superior matchups against [[floaty]] characters. The Falco counterplay metagame has also advanced considerably, as professionals have greatly improved their [[DI]] and [[powershielding]] skills that make it much harder for Falco players to win the neutral game and combo opponents. As such, while it is agreed that Falco can still succeed at the top level, his position at 2nd in the tier list is once again extremely debatable.
+However, since then, there have been very few majors, if any, won by a Falco main; Fox players have since taken 1st place in many more majors, even in PAL. This is mainly due to {{Sm|PPMD}}'s hiatus, the rise of Fox mains such as {{Sm|Leffen}}, and more top players electing to pick Fox in high-level tournament matches for his superior matchups against [[floaty]] characters. The Falco counterplay metagame has also advanced considerably, as professionals have greatly improved their [[DI]] and [[powershielding]] skills that make it much harder for Falco players to win the neutral game and combo opponents. As such, Falco is ranked 4th on the thirteenth and current tier list.
 ====PAL viability====