- For fighter info, see Little Mac (SSBWU/3DS).
Character Description
Little Mac (リトル・マック Ritoru Makku?) made his appearance in the game Punch-Out!!. Like his name suggests, he is a very little character. Despite his size, he entered a boxing tournament and was able to become a champion. After a long time without being heard of, he makes an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Recently, Little Mac appeared in the fifth installment of the Punch-Out!! series for the Wii, released one year after Brawl. Little Mac becomes a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
Moveset
Ground Moves
Normal
- Neutral Attack:
- Held: Two jabs, then a fast punching combo. Ends with an uppercut.
- Tapped: Does two jabs, then an uppercut. This is more reliable to use.
- Side Tilt: A One-Two Combo with the first hit trapping then the last hit launching. Can KO.
- Up Tilt: Little Mac swings his fist around him, hitting above and behind him.
- Down Tilt: Foot-hitting jab that reaches far and knocks upward. Combos to KO Punch in Low-Mid percents.
Smash
Special Attribute: He is the only character with super armor in all his smash attacks.
- Side Smash: Pulls back, takes a far step then punches. All but end lag frames have super armour. Three varieties:
- Upward: An uppercut. Hits above him.
- Forward: A straight punch.
- Downward: A body blow. Does the most damage and shield pressure, but deals low knockback.
- Up Smash: A large uppercut with super armor. Sweet spots in the first few hitbox frames, shown when the opponent bursts into flames. Strongest Up Smash in terms of knockback in the game.
- Down Smash: He does a wide spin around him, punching the legs of the opponent. Does not have super armor in the middle of his animation.
Aerial Attacks
- Neutral Aerial: A quick diagonal punch. Does not have any knockback growth, but has the least amount of lag.
- Foreward Aerial: A weak swinging punch.
- Back Aerial: A back hand punch (like a slap).
- Up Aerial: A swinging punch above him
- Down Aerial: A quick, downward punch.
To be added.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Little Mac is an Assist Trophy character in the game. When summoned, he dashes about the stage to opponents, attacking by dealing two straight punches and an uppercut. The punches do a good amount of damage and the uppercut is devastating because it has very high power, dealing 25% damage, and knockback, and is an instant shield breaker. If at the right damage percentage, Little Mac can easily knock out opponents for the one who summoned him, but he is unreliable as he often falls off the stage. The punching sound effects from Punch-Out!! can be heard as Little Mac attacks. Little Mac receives his own trophy in the game, like all other Assist Trophies.
Trophy Description
A lightweight scrapper from the Bronx. After meeting with a former boxing great named Doc Louis who fell from glory, Mac takes Doc on as his coach, and together the pair try for the championship belt in the WVBA. Little Mac works his way up the ranks of the WVBA, taking out foes several times his size. By landing multiple blows, Little Mac gains a "☆" uppercut.
In Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U
- Main Article: Little Mac (SSBWU/3DS)
Little Mac was confirmed to be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS on February 13, 2014 in a Nintendo Direct. One new feature he has is a power meter at the bottom of the screen, which when charged up, can be a one-hit KO. He will also be able to access Giga Mac (a power he has in Head-To-Head mode in Punch-Out!! for Wii) as his Final Smash. A few months after his reveal, it was also revealed that he would have an alternate costume, "Wireframe Little Mac," based on his appearance in the arcade version of Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!!.
Trivia
- Given that Punch-Out!! is itself a fighting game series, Little Mac is the first of two characters in the Super Smash Bros. series to have originated in a fighting game, the second being Ryu. Consequently, he also belongs to a group of characters who have also appeared in another fighting game, which includes Donkey Kong (whom he previously appeared with in Punch-Out!! for the Wii), Link (Soul Calibur II), Snake, Sonic (Sonic the Fighters), Pac-Man, Mega Man and Ryu.
- Little Mac is the first Assist Trophy in Brawl to become playable in later installments.
- According to Sakurai:
- The man that drew pixel art wire frame of the character was Shigeru Miyamoto using graph paper.
- Sakurai said that Little Mac had the highest loss ratio out of any other fighter.
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