Landmaster

Landmaster is Fox McCloud's, Falco's and Wolf's Final Smash. He leaps up into the sky, coming back down the eponymous Landmaster Tank and the player gains control of it. It can hover using the jump button, roll using the control stick, and fire using the attack button. Players can also stand on top of the tank, but can be easily be thrown off by rolling. As the attack ends, the Landmaster begins to blink before fading away. This Landmaster is the more balanced of the three, having centered out strength and manueverability.

Landmaster's properties

Fox's

While powerful, the Landmaster has somewhat slow turning, driving backwards a short distance before actually turning around. If an opponent gets tackled by the tank, they will take about 15% damage. Each blast deals about 34%. This Landmaster is the more balanced of the three, having centered out strength and manueverability.

Wolf's

It appears to work the same way as Fox McCloud's, only a different color. Wolf's Landmaster appears more powerful than Fox or Falco's, capable of dealing more damage with high knockback. Its blasts are shot much faster, and its overall feel is more aggressive than Fox or Falco's. The jet boost is similar to Falco's. The main drawback here however is that his Landmaster doesn't last very long.

Falco's

It appears to be very similar to Fox McCloud's Final Smash. The weight, power, and color appear to be the same. The one noticeable difference is that Falco's jump jets appear to go higher. He is at one point seen flying so high, it star-KO's the person standing on top of the landmaster. Falco's Landmaster also is much quicker than the others.

Other Info

The tank's appearance is a cross between its Star Fox 64 look and its Star Fox Assault look. It maintains the sharp and futuristic appearance it had in Assault, but still has the traditional tank treads from 64. (In Assault, the Landmaster ran on off-road wheels)

Due to it's size, the cannon of the Landmaster fires above most character's heads, requiring a bit of strategy to properly use. Also, it comes from the sky as seen in gameplay videos and even goes off from smaller platform. This makes it difficult to use in small stages such as Battlefield.

Oddly, both Falco and Wolf use the Landmaster for their Final Smashes, despite Falco having an open hatred of it in Star Fox 64, and Wolf never using one in single-player. Recent Brawl English dialog's even have Falco saying "I prefer the Air" as his Final Smash line.

Because three characters use the Landmaster despite the blatant contradiction of the Star Fox canon, the term "Landmaster" has come to colloquially refer to any move that more than one character shares. The Landmaster has also become a recurring joke on many forums, in which the Landmaster is sarcastically referred to as something that there is not enough of in the game.

According to Falco's Final Smash trophy, Landmasters are manufactured as a regular military tank, with the Star Fox variety customized by Slippy. Wolf's Final Smash trophy indicates that he analyzed Fox's Landmaster and customized his own.

The Landmaster can be seen in action here.