Little Mac (SSB4)

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Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Punch-Out!!
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Giga Mac

“	Little Mac Punches In!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Little Mac is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4. He was revealed on February 13th, 2014 during a Nintendo Direct, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Punch Out!! franchise, which had debuted in Japan that month in 1984. He has a special mechanic known as the Power Meter, which reaches different levels of charge. When it has fully charged, Little Mac can unleash an extremely powerful uppercut, claimed by Masahiro Sakurai to have the power to OHKO opponents. It has also been strongly implied that while he has extremely proficient fighting abilities on the ground, he has poor aerial abilities, being told in the trailer by Doc Louis that he "ain't no air fighter", and Sakurai later stating such on Miiverse. In the trailer's gameplay footage, Little Mac additionally has seemingly short jumps and what appears to be a poor recovery. Little Mac has been confirmed by the Super Smash Bros. Direct to have an alternate costume in the form of "Wireframe Mac" from the original arcade version of Punch-Out!!, whom the player saw from a first person perspective.

Overview

• Most of his moveset involves punches, most commonly jabs and uppercuts. Many of these punches are very fast.
• His forward smash will animate and function differently depending on how it is angled; non-angled is a straight punch, up angled is an uppercut, and down angled is a body hook. Sakurai's Miiverse post about it implies the body hook deals the most damage, but also deals the least knockback. No information about the functionality of the other variations are known at this time.
• Little Mac can wall-jump [1], in stark contrast to his notoriously bad aerial-game.

Moveset

Ground attacks

Normal

• Neutral attack - Two jabs, followed by a series of rapid punches ending with an uppercut
• Dash attack - Swinging overhead punch
• Forward tilt - Two jabs, the second of which has moderate knockback
• Up tilt - Swipes his fist above his head
• Down tilt - Punches along the ground

Smash attacks

• Forward smash - Can be angled for different attacks:
  • Standard: A straight punch
  • Upward: An uppercut
  • Downward: A body hook
• Up smash -
• Down smash - Punches in front of and behind himself along the ground

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial - Short jab
• Forward aerial -
• Back aerial - Swinging backhand behind himself
• Up aerial -
• Down aerial - Punches straight beneath himself

Grabs and throws

• Pummel - A body shot
• Forward throw -
• Back throw -
• Up throw -
• Down throw -

Special Moves

In Super Smash Bros. 4, special moves can be swapped out for different variants, but only two of Little Mac's have been seen. These are Mac's special moves:

• Neutral special move: Straight Lunge, a strong, chargeable punch attack. The move gives Little Mac launch resistance, and when released, Mac will charge forwards with a blazing punch.
• Side special move: Jolt Haymaker; Little Mac lunges forward and a bit into the air, both avoiding attacks and closing in on the opponent.
• Down special move: Slip Counter; a counterattack. When used, a red wave quickly appears, representing a heartbeat, and Little Mac punches his opponent.
• Up special move: Rising Uppercut; "though it doesn't have a lot of jump power, it makes up for it with attack power". It has Little Mac spin repeatedly, similarly to Wario in the Corkscrew, which concludes with a skyward punch. This propels him upwards, but the move appears to give quite poor horizontal distance in comparison to other recovery moves.

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Straight Lunge	Fire Spin Lunge	Shock Lunge
Side Special	Jolt Haymaker	Bury Blow	Guard Break
Up Special	Rising Uppercut	Tornado Uppercut	Rising Smash
Down Special	Slip Counter	Compact Counter	Dash Counter
Final Smash	Giga Mac	-	-

Final Smash

• Giga Mac, a transformation-type move akin to Giga Bowser. While he uses this move, Mac suffers from poor mobility compared to his normal form, though he is even stronger than normal as well. Although this is an increase in size for Little Mac, Giga Mac is only slightly taller than most other fighters.

Power Meter

As stated in the introduction, Little Mac has a Power Meter, that when fully charged, replaces his neutral special with a new, one-shot attack. It is unknown if the meter affects other moves and what, if any, effects the meter has outside fully charged.

• Neutral Special: KO Uppercut; an extremely powerful uppercut with claimed OHKO power.
• The meter charges both by hitting enemies with Mac's attacks and getting hit by their attacks.

Gameplay Trailer

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Palette swaps

Gallery

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  Artwork of Little Mac used on the website.

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  Little Mac's introduction picture.

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  The pic of the day shown during Little Mac's reveal.

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  Wireframe Little Mac alternate costume.

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  Sweatshirt Little Mac alternate costume.

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  A second pic posted on the initial Miiverse post pointing out what happens when his Power Meter gets fully charged up.

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  Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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  Wireframe Little Mac punching Link.

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  Little Mac's charging punch attack.

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  Little Mac's special move Uppercut.

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  Using the uppercut on Sonic.

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  Little Mac begins to spin...

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  ...and finishes with an uppercut.

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  However, the move does not offer very strong recovery.

• Little Mac Counter.png

  His counterattack.

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  About to transform into Giga Mac.

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  His Final Smash, Giga Mac.

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  A jab.

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  A low punch attack, likely the down tilt.

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  Dash attack.

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  Little Mac appearing to have been hit or getting Screen KO'd.

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  Little Mac facing the screen.

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  Punching with Villager.

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  A size comparison.

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  "Little Mac can deliver some solid punches while fighting on the ground."

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  "...However, he's not the strongest fighter while airborne."

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  Side by side with Samus.

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  With Diddy Kong.

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  The three different variations of Little Mac's forward smash.

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  A trophy depicting Little Mac in Captain Rainbow.

• SSB4 March 2014 Famistu scans 01.jpg

  Little Mac and Diddy Kong as shown in an issue of Famitsu.

Trivia

• Little Mac's promotional poster image is a reference to both the arcade Punch-Out!!, and Punch-Out!! Wii, where Donkey Kong appeared as a hidden fighter. Coincidentally, he was revealed on the same day that Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released in Japan.
• Samus's appearance in Little Mac's introduction trailer is a reference to an image of her and Little Mac on his Assist Trophy Character profile, with her questioning his ability to fight due to his small size (in the trailer, she pats his head and examines him from an angle, seeming to pose a similar question).
  • This was even further referenced in a picture that Sakurai posted on Miiverse.
• Little Mac is the only character in Super Smash Bros. 4 to have 16 different palette swaps (8 for normal-colored variants, and 8 for wireframe-textured variants)