Heart Container: Difference between revisions

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| image        = [[Image:Heart Container.png|250px]]

| caption      = Heart Container artwork from ''Brawl''.

| series      = [[The Legend of Zelda (universe)|The Legend of Zelda]]

| appearance  = [[Super Smash Bros.|SSB]]<br />[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|SSBM]]<br />[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|SSBB]]

The '''Heart Container''' (Japanese: {{ja|ハートのうつわ}}, ''hāto no utsuwa'') is an [[item]] that will reduce the [[damage]] of the character who picks it up. In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', the Heart Container reduces a character's damage to 0%, but in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'', it only recovers 100% points of damage. In the original and ''Melee'', a player cannot take any damage for the short amount of time that the heart spends replenishing health, though in ''Brawl'' any damage received during healing will be subtracted from the 100%.

==Origin==

[[File:HeartContainerTLoZ.gif|thumb|left|150px|A Heart Container (to the right of Link), as it originally appeared in ''The Legend of Zelda''.]]

The Heart Container made its first appearance in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. At the beginning of ''The Legend of Zelda'', Link starts off with three hearts. When Link finds a Heart Container, it gives him another heart, allowing him to sustain more damage per life before dying. Starting in ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' Heart Containers would also replenish Link's health to full upon collection. In ''Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Melee'', the Heart Container's design is based around ''Ocarina of Time's'' Heart Containers. Its appearance changed in ''Brawl'' to the design in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCIireS3AYw]

==In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series==

[[Image:Heart.JPG|frame|right|Heart Container in ''[[SSB]]'']]

===''Super Smash Bros.''===

In ''Super Smash Bros.'', a Heart Container will restore all damage up to 999%.

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===

In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Heart Containers heal 100% of damage when used in battles.

In ''SSBM'''s [[All-Star Mode]], every character must be fought consecutively with only three special Heart Containers used to heal between matches. In this mode, they will completely heal the character. In ''Melee'', if the player enters the teleporter before they finish healing, it stops wherever the player entered; however, in ''Brawl'', they are fully healed. If the player makes it through all of All-Star mode without using a single Heart Container or a continue, then they receive the ''Melee Master'' bonus, which is worth 100.000 points.

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===

Heart Containers in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' are the same as their ''Melee'' counterparts, except the item's design now uses the model from ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess''. ''SSBB'''s All-Star and [[Boss Battles Mode]] both include 3 Heart Containers, but five of the special Heart Containers are available if co-op play is chosen.

Zelda series characters can use a Piece of Heart [[sticker]] that will add an additional 50% to the Heart Container's healing effect in [[Subspace Emissary]] mode.

In All-Star Mode, Heart Containers heal all health, the same way they do in ''Melee''.

==Description from the ''Super Smash Bros.'' Instruction Booklet==

''The Heart Container recovers all of your strength, returning your Damage Meter to 0%.''

==Trophy Information==

[[File:Heart Container Trophy Melee.png|100px|thumb|right|''Melee'' Trophy]]

''Heart Containers drift toward the ground slowly and replenish 100 percentage points of health. In ''The Legend of Zelda'', these items beefed up [[Link]]'s life meter; in most cases, Link found them in the possession of bosses or hidden in secret areas. Heart Containers are often scattered across the land in several fragments.''

[[File:Heart Container - Brawl Trophy.png|100px|thumb|left|''Brawl Trophy'']]

===Brawl===

''The best recovery item! Grab this and heal 100 percentage points of damage. It falls slowly, so it's best to grab it in midair. Damage recovery won't happen instantly, though, so try not to get launched while your damage is counting down. In the Legend of Zelda series, Heart Containers raise the player's maximum health. Bosses always have one in their possession.''