Duck Hunt (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)

''This article is about the Duck Hunt's appearance in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. For other uses, see Duck Hunt. ''

Duck Hunt, known as Duck Hunt Duo in Europe, is a duo of playable characters in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. They were revealed via a live stream made from people who received Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS early. They are from the classic NES game Duck Hunt.

How to Unlock
Complete the following:
 * Play 110 matches.
 * Complete Classic Mode with 8 characters.

After completing any option, the player must fight and defeat Duck Hunt on Battlefield.

Attributes
Duck Hunt consists of a dog known by fans as the "Duck Hunt Dog" or the "Laughing Dog", a duck, and a unseen player holding a NES Zapper. The dog is infamous for laughing at the player if they miss a duck.

Good aerial play. The duck hits pretty fast and its up aerial can kill at higher damages.

He can also put up a lot of pressure using his three specials.

Normal

 * Neutral Combo: The Dog attacks with his front paw, then a headbutt, a kick with his hind paws, and then the duck does multiple pecks forward.
 * Dash Attack: The Duck does a peck.
 * Side Tilt: The Duck attacks forward. It can be tilted up and down.
 * Down Tilt: The Duck attacks downward.
 * Up Tilt: The Duck attacks upward.

Smash Attacks

 * Side Smash: The unseen player fires three shots in front of the dog as he cowers in sheer terror.


 * Down Smash: The unseen player fires three shots from both sides of the dog as he cowers in sheer terror. Opponents hit by the third shot will be launched backwards.


 * Up Smash: The unseen player fires three shots above the dog as he cowers in sheer terror.

Other attacks
To be added

Aerial Attacks

 * Neutral Aerial: The Dog does a cartwheel.
 * Foward Aerial: The Duck attacks forward.
 * Back Aerial: The Duck attacks backward.
 * Up Aerial: The Duck pecks upwards three times. The third peck has decent launch power.
 * Down Aerial: The Duck attacks downward.

Grabs and Throws

 * Pummel: The Duck does a headbutt.
 * Forward Throw: The Dog throws the opponent forward.
 * Back Throw: The Dog throws the opponent backward.
 * Down Throw: The Dog throws the opponent down to the ground.
 * Up Throw: The Dog uses his hind paws to throw the opponent upward.

Taunts

 * Up: The Dog stands on front paws, while the Duck stands on one of the dog's hind paws.
 * Side: The Dog lays and does its infamous laugh, while the Duck is flying.
 * Down: Stands in two paws and does a little dance.

In competitive play
To be added

Gameplay Footage
All-Star Mode Gameplay: http://youtu.be/bEMScJpDlao

Other features
To be added

Trivia

 * The Dog is the second character in the Super Smash Bros. series that is solely quadrupedal, the first being Ivysaur.
 * The dog is the 1st canine character who is a domestic breed, since Lucario, Fox and Wolf are wild breeds.
 * The duck is the 2nd avian fighter in the series, the 1st being Falco.
 * He is, in a way, the first fighter comprised of 3 characters (if considering the dog, the duck, and the unseen player using the NES Zapper).
 * Duck Hunt perhaps is a replacement of the Ice Climber duo, but some people think that this is not the case. This was confirmed during an interview with Masahiro Sakurai, on which he said that the Ice Climbers would lag the game up, leading people to think that Sakurai didn't want to miss a 80's game representee, thus added Duck Hunt to fill the gap. This once happened to the Balloon Fighter, because he was originally slated to be a new fighter in Melee, but was later dropped for the Ice Climbers partway during development.