Hand Slap

Hand Slap
Hand Slap in Brawl.
User	Donkey Kong
Universe	Donkey Kong
Article on DK Wiki	Hand Slap

Hand Slap (ハンドスラップ) is Donkey Kong's down special move. When performing it, Donkey Kong delivers an earth-shaking blow to the ground, sending nearby enemies skyward. It has considerable power, consistent and repetitive damage, and a large quake hitbox.

This move is good against bosses, but only works on certain ground bosses. In Brawl, it is one of the few down special attacks that can't be used in the air.

An interesting note is that as long as one keeps pressing the special button after a hand slap, they do not have to hold down the control stick or d-pad for it to continue.

In the co-op mode of Home Run Contest, when used with a character with a fast rapid attack, such as Ness's down tilt, it can quickly rack up tons of damage (potentially over 300%).

Origin

In Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong was able to do this move to get hidden items in the ground, though there weren't many places to do so. It also served as a second way to deal with enemies. In the game, however, DK would hit on the ground once with each hand each time, but was done the same way, by holding down and pressing attack. The move later appears in the Wii version of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, as well as Donkey Kong Country Returns, also on Wii.

Manual Descriptions

Melee manual description

"Press File:GCN BButton.png to deliver this earth-shaking move and send nearby enemies skyward. It can be used over and over again."

Brawl Manual description

"Slap the ground and send nearby foes into the air. Can be performed multiple times in a row."

Gallery

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  Hand Slap in SSB.

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  Hand Slap in Melee.

Donkey Kong's special moves

Neutral special	Giant Punch
Side special	—	Headbutt
Up special	Spinning Kong
Down special	Hand Slap
Final Smash	—		Konga Beat		Jungle Rush