Yo-yo glitch

The Yoyo Glitch refers to a glitch done using Ness' yoyo in Melee. It can be used to attack or grab with near limitless range or attach certain single-hitbox attacks to Ness' body. The discovery of the glitch was a collaborative effort between VilNess, LonelyNess, and Dan smith, and was spurred on by an innocuous video of an unknown Japanese player accidentally dropping a yoyo hitbox.

Mechanics

Ness' up smash consists of 3 parts each with its own hitbox: outreaching, spinning, and swinging. The Yoyo Glitch drops the last hitbox of the up smash onto the ground and leaves it there until Ness dies or uses a non-projectile attack.

How to do it

1. Use Ness' up smash and hit any opponent or destructible part of the stage with the outreaching part of the yoyo. Charge the yoyo very slightly before releasing.
2. Make sure that, after the yoyo is released into its upward swing, it doesn't hit anything else.

Follow-up Techniques

Thunder Jacket

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by Simna ibn Sind.

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch.
2. Use PK Thunder to floorblast yourself from the air or use PK Thunder to hit yourself into a ledge and grab it.

Effects:

• Attaches the hitbox of PK Thunder (Ness' recovery attack) to Ness' body.
• Blocks most attacks that it collides with and hurts opponents and destructible stages.

Spike Jacket

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by MasterofFlames.

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch.
2. Use D-air and land immediately after the hitbox comes out. This can be done by Short hop fast fall l-canceling.

Effects:

• Attaches the hitbox of Ness' D-air to his lower body.
• Meteor smashes opponents and hurts destructible stages.

Star Jacket

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by MasterofFlames.

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch.
2. Use U-air and land immediately after the hitbox comes out. This can be done by Double jump canceling.

Effects:

• Attaches the hitbox of Ness' U-air to his upper body.
• Pops up opponents and hurts destructible stages.

Toy Jacket

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by Earthbound360.

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch
2. Use up smash or down smash on a disappearing platform timed so the platform disappears right as the yoyo comes out. This can be done on the awnings in Onett.

Effects:

• Attaches hitbox of Ness' up smash or down smash to his feet.
• Causes either weak or strong yoyo knockback based on the timing of the setup.

Kirby Jacket

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by Fisac.

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch.
2. Be inhaled and spit out by Kirby

Effects:

• Attaches the hitbox of Kirby's star launch to Ness' lower body.

Throw Jacket

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by Kahnu

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch.
2. Have another character use a normal throw on Ness into a wall or ceiling.

Effects:

• Attaches the hitbox from a throw to Ness' body.
• This is a unique way to get the Dead-Weight KO bonus.

Deadline

A follow-up technique to the Yoyo Glitch discovered by LonelyNess.

Instructions:

1. Perform the Yoyo Glitch.
2. Use any non-projectile attack or a grab and that attack will hit every target in between Ness and the location the Yoyo Glitch was performed (if a grab is used then only the target closest to Ness will be affected).

Effects:

• Adds near-limitless range to Ness' attacks.

Gallery

The yoyo glitch being performed.

Ness performing the Deadline

Deadline works with any attack.

Deadline works with PK Thunder 2

Interrupting PK Thunder 2 after performing the yoyo glitch will give Ness a Thunder Jacket. This will block projectiles that hit below Ness' hat

The Thunder Jacket attaches the hitbox from a PK Thunder 2 to Ness. He can then run into people and the PK Thunder 2 will hit them

Kirby can attach a hitbox to Ness. The Kirby Jacket was discovered in April 2015.

Demonstration video

See also

• Super Yoyo Glitch
• SLAPAYO