Drill (item)

Drill
The Drill as it appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
Series	Super Smash Bros.
Item Class	Shooting
Appearance

The Drill is an item introduced in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and later returning in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As the name suggests, it is a projectile item that fires a large drill.

Upon being fired, the drill bit flies across the screen, damaging and carrying any fighters in its path with it. The Drill's hitbox hits multiple times, allowing it to easily break shields or, upon a successful hit, drag the opponent along in the direction it is fired. It is possible for a Drill to continue beyond a Blast Line, in which case having a fighter on it would KO them. The projectile is very hard to DI out of, causing a trapped victim to either be dragged off of the stage for a KO or be trapped against a wall, hit continuously until the drill explodes. A Drill can be used only once when fired, but its base remains in the user's hand and can be thrown for a surprisingly large amount of knockback, similarly to a hammer head. Both the drill and the thrown base can be reflected.

There is a trophy of the Drill in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. In the Wii U version, it can be unlocked only in Trophy Rush.

Origin

While official and in-game sources refer to the item as originating from the Super Smash Bros. universe, its appearance is nearly identical to the Drill Arm from Kid Icarus: Uprising. Similarly to the item, the Drill Arm's charged shot fires a drill that plows through enemies, dealing ongoing damage for a time. Unlike the Drill Arm, however, the item has a much shorter base, no homing ability, and can only be fired once.

Trophy information

3DS image	Wii U image	Title	Category	Appears in*	Trophy Box*
		Drill	Item	Wii U Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	3: Gunner
Description
NTSC: This may look like a handy hand-to-hand weapon, but the steel bit actually fires like a bullet. You only get one shot, but if that shot hits enemies, it will drill into them, doing continuous damage and carrying them back. Don't forget to throw the base at them afterward, adding insult to injury! PAL: The drill may look like a blunt tool, but it is actually a single-use ballistic weapon that uses the drill bit as a bullet! Shoot the drill into an opponent and its point will fly straight and true, inflicting continuous damage and eventually knocking them over. Then, to add insult to injury, throw the drill base at them.

Trivia

• Although the Drill is from Kid Icarus: Uprising, mixing the Needle and Stone abilities in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards gets a look-alike product that behaves closer to the Super Smash Bros. variant than the Kid Icarus: Uprising variant.
• In the Trophy gallery of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, the Drill is shown to be a part of the Super Smash Bros. universe. This is probably because it is simply called "Drill" in the Japanese version.
• Bowser Jr.'s Forward Smash pops up two similar Drills.

Gallery

Kirby hitting Pit with the Drill in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Diddy Kong using the Drill in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

A close-up screenshot of a Drill from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U