Pichu (Super Smash Flash 2)

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Pichu is a playable veteran unlockable character in Super Smash Flash 2 revealed at Day 4 of Super Smash Con 2017. Pichu's sprites are completely custom-made and are based on its appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Pichu's 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.

Ground Attacks

 * Standard attack: Performs an extremely quick headbutt.
 * Down tilt: Swipes its tail in front of itself.
 * Down smash: Quickly spins in place.
 * Side tilt: Plants itself on its upper paws and kicks both its feet forward.
 * Forward smash: Emits a small jolt of electricity from its cheeks.
 * Up tilt: Swipes its tail above its body in an arc.
 * Up smash: Headbutts upwards similar to Mario's up smash.
 * Dash attack: Jumps and headbutts forward.

Aerial attacks

 * Neutral aerial: Curls up in a ball and somersaults in the air.
 * Forward aerial: Does a barrel roll in the air, emitting sparks from its cheeks which envelop its entire body.
 * Back aerial: Quickly spins in a disc-like motion.
 * Up aerial: Swiftly swings its tail above itself in an arc.
 * Down aerial: Performs a barrel roll, like its forward aerial, except that it is facing downwards. Creates a small shockwave that hurts nearby opponents when Pichu lands during the attack. Has meteor smash properties.

Grabs and Throws

 * Grab: Grabs the opponent with its paws.
 * Pummel: Electrocutes the opponent with its cheeks.
 * Forward throw: Places the opponent on its back and shocks them, sending them forward.
 * Back throw: Rolls backwards while still holding the opponent, then flings them behind itself.
 * Up throw: Tosses the opponent upwards and follows that up with an upwards headbutt.
 * Down throw: Tosses the opponent on the ground, then body-slams them.

Other

 * Ledge attack: Quickly does a cartwheel and attacks with its foot.
 * Floor attack: Gets up and headbutts both sides of itself.

Misc.

 * Entrance: Pops out of a PokéBall.
 * Taunts:
 * Standard: Unknown
 * Side: Unknown
 * Down: Unknown
 * Idle pose: Unknown
 * Fanfare: An excerpt from the main theme of Pokémon.
 * Wins: Unknown
 * Loses: Unknown

Trivia

 * Pichu is the first character that was originally implemented as a Poké Ball character to become a playable character.
 * 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.
 * However, the devs have confirmed that both the playable Pichu and the Poké Ball Pichu will be nonetheless appearing at the same time.
 * Out of all of the characters playable in SSF2 who are also playable in the official Super Smash Bros. games, Pichu is the only character that (following its playable appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee) has been cut from all future official Smash games released thus far.
 * Pichu is the first character in SSF2 to be added as a playable character via a patch of an already-released version, Beta v1.1.0.
 * Despite its gimmick, Pichu only has two moves that actually damage it in the actual Pokémon games.