Smashpedia talk:Did you know

Here's the place to suggest new fun facts to put into the Did you know. I suggest we rotate fun facts weekly, at the same time as the Article of the Week.

Unlike the Article of the Week, "Did you know" facts do not need to pass a vote to be included. However, they should follow these guidelines:


 * Most fun facts should be of widespread interest - to novices and experts alike. This doesn't mean that esoteric facts about the game's physics are not allowed (like "Luigi's wavedash is so long that Luigi can cross all of Final Destination in just two wavedashes"), but the majority of fun facts should be accessible to everyone.
 * If possible, fun facts should span all three games in the series.
 * Fun facts should be verifiable. A fun fact whose truth lies on shaky ground might not be chosen.  Some claims (like "Some players can KO over 1000 Fighting Wire Frames with Pikachu in Cruel Melee, using a strategy popularized by a Japanese player's video") can be backed up on common knowledge, but other claims require a source, or that another player reproduce your results.

'''Put new fun facts under "unverified" or "verified, unused" (if it is common knowledge or you have a source). They will be put into the "did you know" template at the end of the week.'''

List some fun facts!
Did you know....

In use
Did you know that if DK picks up Snake's box while taunting, he will be able to carrey it around as if a crate or barrel?

Already used

 * (none yet)

Verified, unused

 * ...that with the addition of Solid Snake and the change from Ganondorf's Ocarina of Time look to his look in Twilight Princess, Brawl is the first Super Smash Bros. game to feature bearded characters?
 * ...that many enemies in Melee's adventure mode can be grabbed, but are carried freely and thrown as items?
 * ...that during Pichu's crouch animation, he appears to fall asleep?
 * ...that Attacks like Donkey Kong's B done in the air, By pressing R or L you are able to cancel the charging process
 * ...that if Mario Cape's a thrown Pokéball or Hothead, it becomes his item
 * ...that Wario can produce a suicidal Star K.O using a fully charged Wario Waft in midair?
 * ...that Wolf Up-Smash, and Sonic Up-aerial are the same attack?
 * ...that Kirby run attack is different in all three games of the saga?
 * ...that the Pokemon Trainer himself has 3 separate taunting animations.
 * ...that if Counter is used against the Master Hand, his attack will not be interrupted, but the user will not take damage?
 * ...That when Kirby copies Falco's blaster in Brawl, the copied blaster's shots dont have the electrifying side-effect that Falco's blaster has?
 * ...That one of Lucas's alternative costumes is a reference to his brother, Claus, in the Japan-only GBA game Mother 3?
 * ...That one of Ganondorf's alternative costumes has darker and greyer colors that are a reference to his old Ocarina of Time and Melee look?
 * ...That one of Samus's alternative costumes is a reference to the corrupted "Fusion suit" in Metroid Fusion?
 * ...That one of Fox's alaternative costumes is a reference to his Star Fox Adventures look?
 * ...That one of Wolf's alternative costumes is a reference to his Star Fox Assault look?
 * ...That one of the Pokémon Trainer's alternative costumes is a reference to the grayed colors native of the Gameboy games Pokémon Red and Blue?
 * ...That Link's alternative costume, Dark Link, has appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, while Toon Link's Dark Toon Link alternative costume never appeared in any Zelda game?

Unverified

 * ...that, besides the "Starly" Assist Trophy", the "Lakitu & Spinies" Assist Trophy can also be damaged?

Some wikis have a choose tag which generates a random text. Wouldn't it be fun to have it here too, so that we don't need to delete any of the facts? (I can show an example, but it's in a foreign language, and irt could be taken as ad'ing, sorry) 18:32, February 19, 2007 (GMT)


 * I guess that would be nice. We'd first have to generate a lot of facts!  19:31, February 19, 2007 (GMT)


 * Wikia has this extension. It is used by writing like this:

This is some random text which may appear. This is some more text. This text rarely displays. Et cetera. Test it in their sandbox. 19:44, February 19, 2007 (GMT)


 * That looks cool, do tags work with our software? 20:01, February 21, 2007 (GMT)
 * Sadly not. 20:20, February 21, 2007 (GMT)


 * ...that with three PK Flashes, Oil Panic can unleash 117% of damage, making it the strongest non-glinch attack.

false facts?
This list claims that gw is the only character whose every attack has a disjointed hitbox. There is no definition of disjointed hitbox that includes gw's moves and not every other attack in the game. Perhaps I should argue this on the Hitbox page? Disjointed hitbox is really a term leftover from a time when people didn't really know what they were talking about, and has no legitimate use. Every attack's hitbox is separate from the character's hitbox. Sometimes they overlap, sometimes they don't, always to varying degrees. Nearly every single attack in the game has its hitbox extend past where the character can be damaged. Under any definition I've seen used, nearly every attack counts as having a disjointed hitbox. Usea 14:08, April 4, 2007 (GMT)
 * You are completely right. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who knows how useless the term "disjointed hitbox" is.  I'll delete that statement presto.  In the future, feel free to delete it yourself :).  19:07, April 4, 2007 (GMT)

Link Tether Recovery
Would this be counted as an interesting fact?

You can use Link's tether recovery by pressing A in the air immediately after air dodging?

Everybody knows thats only because R + A is a grab in melee. --GDawg816- &quot;Sonic&#39;s the name, speeds my game! (talk) 18:45, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction?
Just checking, but on the current "Did you know?" it says the strongest non-glitch attack is 372, 3 PK Flash, Mr. G&W, Roy, but on the other, it says that if you counter it again you get 382. Which is it? MidnightCeltic 16:23, February 13, 2008 (EST)

What is this page??
Whatever happened to Template talk:Did you know - Gargomon251 (talk) 23:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Meh, dues this page existing which page should we direct our could-be-added fun facts? :P Zexas A. (talk) 01:04, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Wrong facts
Squirtle's crouch is as low as Snake's, so they both can dodge Ganondorf's Wizard's Foot.  Blue Ninjakoopa  Happy Holidays 05:30, 25 December 2008 (UTC)