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Rosalina & Luma (SSB4)

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This article is about Rosalina & Luma's appearances in Super Smash Bros. 4. For the character in other contexts, see Rosalina and Luma (species).
Rosalina & Luma
in Super Smash Bros. 4
Rosalina as she appears in Super Smash Bros. 4, from the character page.
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Universe Mario
Availability Starter
Final Smash Power Star
Rosalina and Luma's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Rosalina & Luma Launch into Battle!
—Introduction Tagline

Rosalina & Luma (ロゼッタ&チコ, Rosetta & Chiko), known simply as Rosalina in the customization menu and the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS foldout, are a newcomer duo for Super Smash Bros. 4 consisting of Rosalina and a Luma. They were announced on December 18th, 2013 during a Nintendo Direct, which coincided with Rosalina's reveal in Mario Kart 8. Rosalina & Luma is the first newcomer announced after E3 2013, as well as a new Mario representative alongside Bowser Jr.. She is voiced by Kerri Kane.

Luma (チコ, Chiko) is a member of the star-shaped species of the same name that is under the care of Rosalina. He affectionately refers to her as his "mother". He works with Rosalina similarly to how Nana works with Popo, but is never controlled by the AI, even when separated from Rosalina. When he respawns after being KO'd, he can show up in a color different from yellow, those being white, blue, black, red, or green.

Attributes

Rosalina is a lightweight character despite her tall frame, similar to Mewtwo and Zelda. In fact, she is one of the lightest characters, with only Kirby, Mr. Game & Watch, and Jigglypuff being lighter. Unlike the Ice Climbers or Olimar, Rosalina is not completely handicapped when a Luma is incapacitated and has her own move set independent from the Lumas. A Luma has its own attacks as well that it'll unleash when directional input is applied or automatically when close to an opponent as well.

  • Creation of Lumas which aid in attacks similar to Nana of the Ice Climbers. Lumas can attack while either next to or projected away from Rosalina, using a moveset (detailed below) connected with Rosalina's moveset. Lumas can be used to combo opponents back and forth with Rosalina, and like Pikmin can take attacks and be destroyed.
    • Luma respawns with Rosalina after 13 seconds (8 seconds in 3DS versions before update 1.0.4).
    • Luma does not respond to inputs that involve using a held Item.
  • Her air dodge, sidestepping, and rolling animations involve her disappearing and appearing in another place (except for her sidestep, in which she just disappears, but reappears on the same place).
  • Rosalina can crawl.

Rosalina's design in the game is slightly more realistic than her appearance in the Mario universe, similar to Peach's. Her proportions are based upon her appearances in the Super Mario Galaxy series and her light blue gown is as well, although with new star-shaped aesthetics.

Moveset

Ground attacks

Normal

  • Neutral attack - Swings her wand twice, then waves it in front of her. Finishes with one more swipe.
    • Luma: Punches once, kicks once, then spins in place. Finishes with a headbutt.
  • Dash attack - Rams the enemy with her body
    • Luma: Performs a ramming attack
  • Forward tilt - Sweep kicks in front of herself
    • Luma: Performs a similar sweep kick
  • Up tilt - Floats straight up, headdbutting. A Saturnian ring rises up from her head.
    • Luma: Headbutts straights up
  • Down tilt - Dropkicks along the ground
    • Luma: Headbutts at a downward angle

Smash attacks

  • Forward smash - Thrusts her hands forward, hitting the enemy with a magical blast.
    • Luma: Delivers a powerful straight punch
  • Up smash - Swings her wand above herself while leaning far back.
    • Luma: Performs a rising uppercut
  • Down smash - Kicks in front of and behind herself, creating magic galaxies with each kick
    • Luma: Kicks on either side of itself

Aerial attacks

  • Neutral aerial - Spins in the air, creating a starry field at the end of her feet that damages enemies
    • Luma: Kicks forward, then back
  • Forward aerial - Flip kicks, generating a spiral galaxy in front of herself.
    • Luma: Spins in the air
  • Back aerial - Kicks behind herself, generating a spiral galaxy at the end of her foot
    • Luma: Kicks straight back
  • Up aerial - Waves her wand, making a Saturnian ring rise above her head
  • Down aerial - Stomps, sending a Saturnian ring below herself
    • Luma: Punches straight down

Grabs and throws

  • Pummel - Smacks the enemy with her wand
  • Forward throw - Makes the enemy float in front of her, then Luma punches the enemy away as Rosalina gestures with her wand
  • Back throw - Spins the enemy around her body once, then tosses them behind herself with magic
  • Up throw - Luma uppercuts the grabbed enemy into the air
  • Down throw - Magically slams the enemy into the ground

Special Moves:

  • Neutral special - Luma Shot: Rosalina charges the Luma and then shoots it forward as a projectile. When Luma is distanced, Rosalina will instead summon it back to her with a wave of her wand.
  • Side special - Star Bits: The Luma spins its body and causes Star Bits to be released in front of it. This attack can be used when the Luma is distanced from Rosalina.
  • Up special - Launch Star (ギャラクシージャンプ, Galaxy Jump): Rosalina uses a Launch Star to propel herself long distances.
  • Down special - Gravitational Pull (アイテムキャプチャー, Item Capture): a Star Cursor traces around Rosalina. This move causes projectiles to fly over her head. If the projectile is an item, it will be deactivated and available for her own use. Items idle on the ground will also be pulled towards Rosalina.
Special Move Basic Custom 1 Custom 2
Neutral Special Luma Shot Luma Warp Power Luma Shot
Side Special Star Bits Floaty Star Bit Shooting Star Bit
Up Special Launch Star Launch Star Plus Launch Star Attack
Down Special Gravitational Pull Catch & Release Guardian Luma
Final Smash Power Star

Final Smash

  • Power Star: Rosalina produces a massive Power Star. It is similar to Jigglypuff's final smash Puff Up, but with several key differences. Rosalina and Luma do not remain stationary during the attack and can move independently, and with the attack's small range it is almost necessary for Rosalina to throw opponents into the Power Star's path. The Power Star itself grows in size and produces small shooting stars as projectiles. If one were to throw an opponent into the star, an insane amount of damage can be dealt, going at least over 200%.

Taunts

  • Waves her wand up, similarly to when she summons a Luma; Luma dances around
  • Puts her hand on her hip, leans back, waves her wand and says "Mmm hmm"; Luma nods his head
  • Rosalina and Luma lean forward and spin, like a planet on its axis

On-Screen Appearance

Rosalina and Luma enter the battlefield through a cloud of galactic dust. Upon entry, it is shown that the dust was from Rosalina's wand.

Victory Fanfare

A slight remix of the orchestrated tune that plays upon collecting a Power Star in Super Mario Galaxy. Alternatively, this same tune will play when one first accesses Super Mario Galaxy on its title screen.

Gameplay trailer

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Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Rosalina & Luma's regular trophy can be obtained by completing Classic Mode and their alternative trophy can be obtained by completing All-Star mode.

Rosalina & Luma
The mysterious Rosalina lives in the Comet Observatory with the Lumas. She first traveled with them in search of their mother. In Smash Bros., Rosalina and Luma can fight in different places at the same time. If you can trap someone between Rosalina and Luma, you'll be able to unleash incredible damage!
Rosalina & Luma (Alt.)
Rosalina can pull in items and projectiles around her with her Gravitational Pull move. Her up special Launch Star is a diagonal jump and, though harmless, it has exceptional range. You also have some control over Rosalina's trajectory when she uses it.

Alternate costumes

One of Rosalina's Palette swaps makes her look like her fire flower power up in Super Mario 3-D World.
Another makes her resemble Peach a bit.
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Gallery

Trivia

  • Luma and Mega Man are the only characters in the game to have unique KO animations once having passed the blast-line. Luma's is smaller than other characters, and appears as a burst of colorful stars.
  • In the Smash Bros. Direct released in April, the end sequence featured a little section for each character revealed up until that point. Rosalina & Luma's section is the only section to not feature new footage (it was instead taken from their reveal trailer).
  • At E3 2014 and Smash-Fest, Rosalina & Luma was the only newcomer not available on both demo versions.
  • Rosalina & Luma and Dark Pit are the only characters with a different victory theme that is not a remix of their universe's original victory theme.