Mewtwo is a playable character in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series. It first appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee, then in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as a downloadable character, and in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an unlockable character.
Appearances[]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[]
Mewtwo is much more difficult to unlock than most other secret characters in Melee, however; it can be unlocked after either playing 20 straight hours of Vs. Mode matches (5 hours for four players), or playing 700 Vs. mode matches. An easy way to unlock Mewtwo is to leave a versus match overnight. Upon return, just finish the match, and the Mewtwo challenge will begin. Defeat the challenge to unlock Mewtwo.
Despite being renowned for its power and battle prowess in the Pokémon Series, Mewtwo is often criticized by players because of his gameplay problems and negative build qualities (though since dedicated Mewtwo players have found new ways to use it, the criticism has softened in recent years), and it has a low rank in the current Melee tier list as a result, finding itself in 21st place.
Mewtwo's green alternate costume is colored after his Shiny form in the Pokémon franchise.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]
Mewtwo is the only cut character from Super Smash Bros. Brawl who is not a clone. This resulted in a significant amount of fan outcry, despite Mewtwo's lack of popularity as a playable character in Melee, as the majority of players saw it as an unjustified cut. However, by intensive hacking, it was confirmed that Mewtwo was intended to return, but was scrapped due to time constraints.
In the game, Mewtwo is only featured in the form of a trophy, which can be obtained by completing All-Star Mode on Intense difficulty.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U[]
Mewtwo once again did not return in the initial version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but only as a collectible trophy. Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y also appear together as a singular trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
During the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 50-Fact Extravaganza on October 23rd, 2014, Mewtwo was confirmed to return as a playable fighter, becoming the first downloadable fighter in the Super Smash Bros. series. Consumers who registered both the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game on Club Nintendo before March 31, 2015 could get it for free as of April 15, 2015, while other players were able to purchase it starting from April 28, 2015. Gameplay-wise, its moveset remains mostly unchanged from Melee, aside from the addition of a Final Smash.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Mewtwo is an unlockable playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Its mobility is improved, while its double jump is made faster. Mewtwo's aerial attacks have less landing lag, while its short hop timing is reduced; Mewtwo's smash attacks knock opponents back farther, while some moves deal more damage.
Several of Mewtwo's attacks receive names: its down tilt is Tail Sweep; its forward smash is Shadow Blast; its up smash is Galaxy Force; its down smash is Shadow Bomb; its standard aerial is Body Spark; its forward aerial is Shadow Scratch; its forward throw is Shadow Cannon; and its up throw is Psychic Whirlwind.
During the opening cutscene of World of Light, Mewtwo is seen attempting to deflect Galeem's large laser attack with Zelda by using Confusion. Both characters fail, and are eliminated by the lasers and turned into dark clones.
Trivia[]
- Mewtwo was planned to be a playable character in the original Super Smash Bros., but was cut for unknown reasons.[1]
- Mewtwo, Dr. Mario and Roy are the only characters to skip a Smash Bros. installment, being cut from Super Smash Bros. Brawl and returning in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
- Mewtwo is the only playable Legendary Pokémon in the Super Smash Bros. series.
- Prior to Generation VII, it is also the only playable Pokémon without evolutionary relatives due to its status as a Legendary, as Generation VII introduced the Cosmog and Type: Null lines, which could evolve.
- Mewtwo's portryal in Smash, like Charizard in 3DS/Wii U and Lucario, is based on a particular member of this species in the anime, specifically the version from the Original Series.
- Both share the same VAs in Melee: Masachika Ichimura (though its subsequent VA Keiji Fuijwara tried to emulate said voice), and boast about their power and question their existence. Said lines were turned into grunts during localization, making it one of 4 characters who are voiced solely in Japanese (the other 3 being Cloud Strife, Sephiroth and Hero).
- Mewtwo's kit contains Shadow Ball, which was used by the original Mewtwo in the movie before being added as an actual move in Generation II.
- Its 3DS/Wii U title references the movie Mewtwo appeared in: (Pokemon: The First Movie:) Mewtwo Strikes Back.
- Mewtwo also references the incarnation that appeared in the Black and White Series, sharing the traits of Mega Evolving into Mega Mewtwo Y, ad referencing the latter's debut movie (Genesect and the Legend Awakened) via its Boxing Ring Title (A Legend Reawakens).
- Mewtwo's use of Psystrike is starkly different from its animation in the Generation VI games, with Generation VII using the Smash animation as a basis.
- In spite of being considered a lightweight, Mewtwo canonically weighs 269 pounds/122 kg. This is attributed to its telekinetically hovering.
- Rosalina also has a similar quirk.
- The Parasol is the only item Mewtwo holds itself, most other items are held via telekinesis.
- Mewtwo, by default, has the fastest Air Speed of all Melee newcomers, and is only slower than Jigglypuff and Yoshi, making the second fastest playable Pokemon.
- As of Ultimate Mewtwo is one of the two playable Pokémon fighters alongside Incineroar to have deceased seiyū (voice actor). Unlike Incineroar’s seiyū however, Mewtwo’s second seiyū was a year after the release of Ultimate.
References[]
External links[]
- Mewtwo on Smashpedia