Screen KO: Difference between revisions

===In ''[[Melee]]''===

While Screen KOs in ''64'' were roughly the same length as star KOs (around 2 seconds), Screen KOs in ''Melee'' are significantly faster than Star KOs (around 1 second). This difference is significant, and can potentially affect gameplay. For example, when a character is KO'd by {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}'s [[Rest]], getting a Star KO means that the character will not [[respawn]] fast enough to [[punish]] the sleeping Jigglypuff, due to the length of the Star KO animation. However, if a character is instead Screen KO'd, this provides them with more time to potentially get a solid hit on the vulnerable Jigglypuff. The Screen KO's shorter duration can also influence the outcome of matches that have gone to a last [[stock]] situation. If both characters are KO'd off of the top at around the same time and one is Screen KO'd instead of Star KO'd, the Star KO'd player will win the match due to random chance and the lengthier animation.  

With strong knockback yells being scrapped and unused in ''Brawl'', characters now either use their regular pain yells or remain silent when they hit the screen.

[[File:Cloud (Advent Children) Screen KO.jpg|thumb|{{SSB4|Cloud}} getting Screen KO'd in {{forwiiu}}.]]

In ''SSB4'', instead of using their tumbling animation, every character now uses a unique Screen KO animation depicting them flying towards the screen, hitting it face-first, then staying in place briefly before sliding down. Due to this new separate animation, several characters pose during their Screen KOs in a manner referencing their series, such as {{SSB4|Kirby}} reusing a pose from ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'', {{SSB4|Cloud}} using a pose similar to his official render, and {{SSB4|Shulk}} hitting the screen with his back in order for the [[Monado]] to be visible. Characters who share the same base model tend to share the same Screen KO poses, such as {{SSB4|Ness}} and {{SSB4|Lucas}}. While ''Smash 4'' re-added strong knockback yells that were absent in ''Brawl'', Screen KO'd characters in ''SSB4'' no longer make any vocal sounds when they hit the screen, and instead, a comical "thud" sound effect is played.

Several characters have different Screen KOs between both versions. The maximum amount of characters that can be Screen KO'd at one time is three. If the 3D slider is turned on in the ''Nintendo 3DS'' version, the stage's field of view will momentarily "flatten" during a Screen KO while the KO'd character appears at the forefront, slightly protruding from the screen.

===In ''[[Ultimate]]''===

They also will not happen on [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] and [[Wuhu Island]]'s Battlefield and Ω forms (but star KO’s can), despite the normal versions of the stages having them.

==Trivia==

**Kirby's model in this instance appears to reference ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby: Triple Deluxe}}'', which has a similar gimmick when Kirby is hit by certain attacks.

*In ''SSB4'', {{SSB4|Bowser}} and {{SSB4|Donkey Kong}} are the only characters to fall back when Screen KO'd, as all the other characters just slide off the screen. ''Ultimate'' later adds {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}. Notably, these characters are the [[weight|heaviest]] in the series.

*In the 3DS version of ''SSB4'', Screen KOs may cause the two images simulating the screen's 3D effect to be misaligned. This often occurs when multiple opponents are Screen KO'd, or if there are too many effects occurring in the background.

*{{SSBU|Lucina}} is the only [[Echo Fighter]] in ''Ultimate'' to have an entirely different Screen KO animation from her counterpart.

*{{SSBU|Inkling}} is the only character to have different Screen KO animations depending on which alternate costume the player selected.

*Notably, Bayonetta, Snake, and Incineroar show no actual emotion when Screen KO'd in ''Ultimate''.

*{{SSBU|Shulk}} and {{SSBU|Sephiroth}} are the only two characters in ''Ultimate'' to hit the screen with their back.

==See also==