Item-swallowing

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Item Swallowing is a new technique in Super Smash Bros Brawl. It can be performed by Kirby, King Dedede, and Wario. These characters can use their neutral B moves to eat an item. King Dedede uses Inhale, Wario uses Chomp, and Kirby uses Swallow. When an item is swallowed, it takes some time for the character to swallow it. Small items like food are immediately swallowed, but large items like barrels have the characters briefly remain bloated with the item in their stomach, before they eventually swallow it. Some items such as Warp Stars take immediate effect upon being eaten, but most simply disappear. Explosive items that are eaten by Wario will cause him to take 6% damage, however the player will also damage nearby characters for about 15%. However, the others simply take 5% damage with no other effects. It's wise to eat thrown bombs if they can't be easily dodged because the knockback is zero from eating a bomb.

With Inhale and Swallow, the player must usually stand directly next to an item. However, certain items will be actually pulled in from a greater distance, like characters are.

Interestingly, eating the Peanut Popgun shots does not heal any damage unless the shell has been broken. While it will stop the projectile, it leaves Kirby vulnerable while swallowing and thus is generally not recommended.

Munchlax's function as a Pokeball Pokemon is to eat all the items on the stage.