Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Mr. Game & Watch's forward aerial.

Overview

Mr. Game and Watch slams a boxed package downwards, referencing the game Mario Bros. It is known to also referenced Mario’s Cement Factory called “Cement Factory” according to the Melee official strategy guide. It is his most used aerial, partially due to its ability to be L-cancelled, unlike some of his other aerial attacks. The move is very strong when the sweetspot connects to the opponent, which can be used as a combo finisher, while the sourspot is used as a combo starter or a gimping tool. Both the sweetspot’s strength, and sourspot providing opportunities to gimp make this move a decent edgeguarding tool for him.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	16%	0		30	80	0	6.2496	0	0.0	4.2966	12.4992						Punch
1	0	16%	0		30	80	0	4.6872	0	0.0	4.2966	6.2496						Punch
late hit
0	0	6%	0		10	80	0	6.2496	0	0.0	4.2966	12.4992						Punch
1	0	6%	0		10	80	0	4.6872	0	0.0	4.2966	6.2496						Punch

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	10-12
Late hit	13-32
Animation length	44

Landing lag

Animation length	25
L-cancelled animation length	12

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Mr. Game & Watch's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special