Pichu (Super Smash Flash 2)

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Pichu is a playable veteran starter character in Super Smash Flash 2 revealed at Day 3 of Super Smash Con 2017. Pichu's sprites are completely custom-made and are based on its appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee. His voice clips come from the same game. Like in Melee, it is a clone character of and shares many similar attacks and properties.

Pichu's main gimmick is that for every electrical attack it uses, it damages itself. Combined with it being lighter than the already-light Pikachu, it is very easy to KO.

Trivia

 * Pichu is the only character to switch from a Poké Ball character to a playable character.
 * Pichu is the only character in the game to get added in a patch of an already-released version, Beta v1.0.3.
 * Out of the three characters to ascend from being assist characters to becoming playable (the other two being and ), Pichu is the only one to do so in the same version that it was introduced as an assist character, and the only one to remain an assist character simultaneously.