Assist Trophy

This article is about the summoning item in Super Smash Flash 2. For the collectible item, see Trophy. For the summonable characters in Fraymakers, see Assist.

An Assist Trophy (アシストフィギュア) is an item in Super Smash Flash 2 that, when grabbed, summons a random non-playable character to aid the player who summoned it.

Overview

Assist Trophies work nearly identical to Poké Balls. However, no Pokémon come out of them, and once an Assist Trophy is grabbed, it is automatically activated, assuming the holder is standing on the ground, and not in a jump, attack or hitstun animation. Basically they are "guest" characters separate from the playable roster. The majority of Assist Trophies in SSF2 are undamageable, with only Metroid, Mother Brain and Starfy being able to be interrupted or otherwise hit.

List of characters released from Assist Trophies

These are the characters that can be summoned from Assist Trophies:

Name	Universe	Description
Bullet Bill	Mario	Bullet Bills get launched from a Bill Blaster up to six times, homing in on the nearest opponent.
Hammer Bro	Mario	Hammer Bro stands in one place and starts throwing hammers in the direction of opponents while also occasionally jumping.
Lakitu & Spinies	Mario	Lakitu soars in the air, moving back and forth, dropping Spiny Eggs onto the stage that hatch into Spinies, whom will start walking around, damaging any opponents they touch.
Rambi	Donkey Kong	Rambi moves back and forth ramming any obstacle in his path, damaging any opponent he hits. All players can stand on Rambi's back to hitch a ride.
Metroid	Metroid	Metroid chases any opponent and upon catching one, it latches onto it, racking up the damage of the opponent. It can be attacked to prevent it from latching on someone.
Mother Brain	Metroid	Mother Brain stands in one place, summoning a swarm of Rinkas that damage opponents on contact. She laters shoots her powerful Laser Brain Attacks several times that deals heavy damage on opponents. Players may stand on her container.
Starman	EarthBound	Starman teleports around and shoots PSI moves, like PK Beam γ or PK Beam Ω, in various directions without moving. The lasers deal decent damage and knockback, and KO at very early percentages.
Lyn	Fire Emblem	Lyn pauses for a moment and then teleports directly behind an opponent to deliver a quick, powerful slash with her sword.
Excitebike	Excite	Multiple Excitebike riders race around the stage, dealing damage to any opponent they hit. They may drop from ledges.
Dr. Wright	SimCity	Dr. Wright summons a skyscraper from the ground that violently hits any opponent in the proximity.
Starfy	The Legendary Starfy	Starfy attacks by performing a series of spinning moves, ironically called "Star Spins", with short range that trap nearby opponents, with possibilities of dragging them off-screen, KO'ing them. He is weak and can be attacked, but is hard to defeat.
Dillon	Dillon's Rolling Western	Dillon curls into a ball and starts rolling around, ramming on opponents. The last time he does this is a lot more powerful than the others.
Silver the Hedgehog	Sonic	Silver utilizes his psychokinetic powers to freeze the summoner's opponents, allowing the player to attack them repeatedly until he disappears.
Air Man	Mega Man	TBA
Proto Man	Mega Man	Proto Man rushes across a selected portion of the stage, where there are opponents near; he will then ram into them using his Proto Shield and fire at them with his arm cannon.
Magnet Bomber	Bomberman	Magnet Bomber dashes across the stage, occasionally jumping and releasing a Magnet Bomb that targets an opponent and explodes on contact.
White Mage	FINAL FANTASY	White Mage conjures one of several different white magic spells that will either directly aid the summoner or directly hinder the summoner's opponents.
Riku	KINGDOM HEARTS	Riku jumps into the air and spins forward, traveling straight forward and back while delivering a circling slash with the Way to the Dawn.
Krillin	Dragon Ball	Krillin stands in one place and begins charging five Kienzan that he throws at opponents.
Nagato	Naruto	Nagato uses Chibaku Tensei to form big rocks that he uses to attack opponents.
Rukia Kuchiki	Bleach	Rukia Kuchiki initially stands in one place preparing her signature Some no mai, Tsukishiro, which delivers a single quick slash with her Zanpakutō that freezes opponents.

Unconfirmed Assist Trophy

This section contains information of a formerly confirmed feature.

The original source that confirmed the subject has otherwise become obsolete, outdated or deprecated and has yet to be reconfirmed by an official modern source.

Assist Trophy	Name	Universe	Description
	Viewtiful Joe	Viewtiful Joe	Viewtiful Joe fights alongside the characters using a plethora of moves, including Mach Speed and Voomerangs. His fate as an Assist Trophy is still unknown.

Removed Assist Trophies

This section contains information pertaining to unused content.

The subject was never implemented or was removed, cut or altered at some point of its development, and this section pertains to its original implementation.

Name	Universe	Description
Bandana Dee	Kirby	Bandana Dee charges at opponents and jumps around. Very weak and can be defeated with a few weak attacks. Changed into a playable character in Beta 1.0.
PAC-MAN	PAC-MAN	PAC-MAN follows directions from the summoner and chomps down opponents to send them flying with high knockback. Changed into a playable character in Beta 1.0.
Amigo	Samba de Amigo	Amigo plays Samba de Janeiro, which causes all grounded opponents except for the character who released him, to taunt uncontrollably until he leaves the screen. Removed for being increasily buggy in each update as well as being annoying to players.
Renji Abarai	Bleach	Renji attacks with several combos while jumping and running around the stage, culminating with his strong Bankai: Hihiō Zabimaru. Removed due to collision bugs, as well as Rukia's larger importance in Bleach.
Light Yagami	Death Note	Light, with the help of Misa Amane, uses the Death Note to write the name of one of the opponents in order to KO them after a 10-second timer ends. Due to his cheap nature, Light Yagami is one of the rarest Assist Trophies to appear. He was removed for being too overpowered.

Gallery

Screenshots

Early designs

Trivia

Due to complications with some bugs, the Assist Trophies, Poké Balls, Bumpers, and Explosive Tags were disabled on demo v0.9b but were added back in patch 0.9.1.1965, except for the latter.
PAC-MAN and Bandana Dee are the only characters so far to be upgraded from an Assist Trophy to a playable character between updates.
Within the SSF2 Beta data, there are unused Assist Trophy files for Birdo from the Mario series, the Color TV-Game 15, Qbby from the BOXBOY! series, and Sheena Fujibayashi from Tales of Symphonia.

External link

Assist Trophy page on the DOJO!!!