Master Hand glitch: Difference between revisions

There are two ways to perform the glitch. One requires only one controller; the other requires two.

This method works on all modes except Tournament, but many things freeze the game.

The player must have a controller in slot 3, or Master Hand cannot be controlled. It is much easier to do if there is only one name entered. Using this controller, place the cursor over the name field on the character selection screen. Now press the [[A button|A]] and [[B button]]s at the same time, and the player will come to the name selection. Hold the B button, but release the A button, then go down with the cursor until they are over the "name entry field". Then press the A button at the right time. The game should want to go back to the menu, because the player held the B button, but it should also want go to the name entry screen, because they pressed the A button over "name entry". If performed correctly, instead of going to either of these, the game should go to the stage selection screen (or, in Single Player, straight to the game). After selecting the stage, the player will be playing as Master Hand.

This method is much simpler, but only works in Melee or Special Melee mode. To perform it, simply have two controllers; one as P3 and the second one in any other port. Have the controller that's not player three select a character, and then hover over the back button, while the one in the third port goes to select a name, and have them hover over the name entry button. Both controllers must then hit A at the same time, as to select their option, and if done correctly, the stage select screen will appear (there is very little leeway between selection, less than a second). On whatever stage selected, player 3 will be Master Hand.

These move names are not official.

!width=10%|Move

!Name  

|{{Button|GCN|B|s=32px}} + {{Button|GCN|D-Pad|R|s=32px}}

|Gun

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|{{Button|GCN|Z|s=32px}} + <br />({{Button|GCN|D-Pad|U|s=32px}} Or {{Button|GCN|D-Pad|R|s=32px}})

===Explanation===

==Application==

!Mode

!Result

|[[Event Match]]

|Works on any event where the player can choose their character. His high scores go to {{SSBM|Mario}}.

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|[[Home-Run Contest]]

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|Melee

|The game freezes after the match because it can't show Master Hand as the winner, as he doesn't have a victory pose. The reason other stuff freezes the game is unknown. One is possibly because the [[crowd]] appeals a character when they achieve enough KOs or successfully do something, but Master Hand doesn't have a "crowd cheer" voice clip. Also, if many characters are chosen on a hazardous stage like [[Corneria]] or {{SSBM|Mute City}}, the game may freeze at the beginning and on Corneria, he will spawn below the blast line, causing most of his attacks to be useless, but his grab becomes a [[one-hit KO]]. If Master Hand loses a Coin or Bonus match, the records will be given to Mario.

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Master Hand was technically tournament legal before 2009 due to not being discovered yet and had a brief period afterwards where he was sometimes considered tournament legal due to the ambiguous legality of the name entry glitch at the time.<ref>[https://smashboards.com/threads/should-master-hand-be-tourney-legal.237539/ Early discussion about Master Hand legality]</ref><ref>[https://smashboards.com/threads/the-official-master-hand-guide.278836/ In-depth discussion about Master Hand]</ref> The most common reason is that the name entry glitch does not necessarily break the game on its own, as the player needs to do specific actions to cause the glitches, which were already covered in the ruleset. Under this interpretation, Master Hand may at first appear to have a considerable advantage, as he does not take [[knockback]] at all and thus cannot be [[KO]]ed at all under standard tournament rules, meaning the only way to win is to survive the full eight minutes while taking less [[damage]] than him and never losing a single [[stock]]. However, these stipulations are easier to achieve than initially anticipated. As typical of [[boss]]es, all of Master Hand's moves have both extremely long startup lag and ending lag, and he is unable to block or dodge opponents' attacks, allowing a skilled opponent to easily dodge all of Master Hand's telegraphed attacks, while using Master Hand's unavoidably large vulnerable periods to inflict damage, including slow high-damage attacks that would almost never successfully connect in a usual match.

==Trivia==