How Pikachu's Final Smash Can INSTANTLY KO -- Random Smash Ultimate Facts

[@itsmevarnami]

Peach float cancels higher with metal than without.

[@Gamersgoinblind]

I think in general when a character has a metal cap they jump higher

[@itsmevarnami]

@@Gamersgoinblind are you sure about that?

[@Ninjo_]

Wat

[@lemguins7031]

Very esoteric. I love knowing it now tho!

[@slosh7072]

@@itsmevarnami Maybe he means that they have a higher jump stat to compensate for their much higher weight?

[@blutarchtheblue8453]

Fun fact : of you whack or Thwack bayonetta and kill her while she is in the middle of a smash attack she will die but the smash attack still come out

[@chuckthequail137]

You Mean like: *"Giant Fist, Try to Get Him for Me"* -Cereza "Bayonetta" Winkybunion

[@Yamanj23]

@@chuckthequail137 is that really her last name? It's a really weird name.

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@Yamanj23 no, it's a joke that's a little on the crude side

[@travisowens8905]

Did you know bayo witch time can cause Lucas's pk freeze to hit his partner even if ta is off.

[@Yamanj23]

@@travisowens8905 Bayonetta's witch time have a reflection effect without sending back the projectiles so any projectiles that have contact with witch time will become her projectile not just PK freeze.

[@chandlerj333]

Mario builds up speed for twelve game ticks and PUs into the blast zone.

[@ohlord1514]

And for that, we need to talk about parallel universes

[@SincradTB]

For the pikachu fact, it might be that the knockback for the hits during Pikachu’s final smash is very high to allow it to connect with eachother. The smart bomb might be dealing just enough angled knockback to knock Mario out of it, and send him flying.

[@elixir478]

I do believe this is a case of values being added on top of each other. for an example let's say you move 25 pixels a second by the smart bomb then pikachu does a 30 pixels per second knockback then now you move 55 pixels per second in total. alongside the time slowdown possibly adding this effect to even greater then before is a great explanation and is also the reason of a lot of movement techs in other games.

[@codytoeung5089]

I think transforming for Pyra/Mythra and Pokemon trainer puts them in midair briefly, therefore they land right as the animation ends as if they're jumping

[@remicou8420]

i'd say it's not really about being in midair, more like them not existing at all for a moment

[@midazct100]

It functions the same as an air dodge, not so much a jump, but point remains.

[@ChillavaKirby]

@@midazct100 I think this is probably the most accurate given the way they’re affected by fall speed when they’re transforming mid air

[@floof7572]

Fun fact: With a timer on, Yoshi's side special will allow you to see the egg vibrate back and forth and it looks really funny

[@Oretal]

I enjoy these glitch facts. Also kazooie waving at the camera is so charming

[@BurningNight314]

I remember that Pikachu Final Smash glitch happening when the game was released, but without the smart bomb. It would just happen sometimes. I figured it had gotten patched out, but it looks like people figured out how to make it happen again.

[@bfdirockythelugiastan]

"and you're probably not watching this at 21 minutes" I kid you not, when I heard this I checked the time and it was 7:21 PM

[@JohnboyTheGamer]

I've seen people die early from Pikachu's final smash lots of times. Its often for me to where it happened over multiple patches and I just thought it was blast zone thing. Edit: I remember a few months ago I was playing with my brother and that happened, and he was like "what?!" Then I said, "yep that happens".

[@ramirobaka]

It looks like the knockback of the bomb knocks the recipient out of the final smash, so they get pushed by the final smash "external" hitbox, which then chases them to the blast zone

[@JohnboyTheGamer]

@@ramirobaka It's more than explosions or items, an attack from someone can cause this too.

[@ramirobaka]

@@JohnboyTheGamer exactly my point, any attack that knocks them out of the "middle" of the final smash where they are kept in place, will then cause them to be pushed by the final smash hitbox, which chases them to the blast zone

[@JohnboyTheGamer]

@@ramirobaka Oh ok. Yeah honestly when he slowed it down in the video, I near realized that happened because it was so fast

[@grace4five]

9:15 he's called Gigachad for future reference love the videos btw

[@marigoldzephyrnio3647]

For Pikachu's final smash it's falling out of the multihits of the move... I've had it happen with Pichu's when there were no items currently on the field

[@btf_flotsam478]

I was thinking just that; many multi-hit moves in the Smash series have some hits have ridiculous amounts of knockback (see the Roy reverse up-b on Puff in Melee, or the with-rage reverse up-b on Peach in Smash 4), and hitting someone out of multi-hit moves could do the trick.

[@fernandobanda5734]

Yes but that still doesn't explain why they thought it was a good idea to make Pikachu follow the fighter.

[@marigoldzephyrnio3647]

@@fernandobanda5734 He follows the fighter specifically so they don't fall out but due to the knockback it's not fast enough to prevent that

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@marigoldzephyrnio3647 You can see in some examples in this very video that the fighter got far away and Pikachu chased after and kept hitting them offscreen. Only at the end they become centered.

[@marigoldzephyrnio3647]

@@fernandobanda5734 That's only sometimes that it manages to keep up with the knockback... Different hits of the multihit probably have different amounts of knockback

[@datenshiluka]

11:35 Kazooie isn’t waving, it’s just that all characters enter the spot dodge animation while using the dragoon/warp star! It’s most obvious with Bayonetta.

[@velvetbutterfly]

I thought some like Link looked more natural but I guess it goes so fast you don't see it unless you pause

[@Mightywolf420]

Sakurai himself as the last dlc would be hilarious ...but a mii costume as an ode to his work on it would be more likely and satisfying

[@xavierguilbault1800]

With fox, I found an interesting one. You can jab lock someone by sticking to a character and facing away.

[@Rheinwald]

I love your outros, they feel like i’m just hanging out with a chill friend

[@origamiman5460]

Willy the Terry Main is everywhere omg. Random comment sections in smash videos, in Yeet Smash compilations, and Twitter posting random smash facts

[@DiamondPanda207]

my best guess for the pikachu glitch is that the final smash likely has set knockback, while the other items do not

[@4orinrin]

pretty sure pkbeats mentioned how he's learning japanese so its a cool detail how he set his switch language to that assuming that was his footage. glad to see im not the only one with that idea

[@chanceisfortheweak4059]

New upload from my favourite source of SSBU info

[@arkoathbreaker5169]

This is the knockback calculation diddy kong receives when charging barrels

[@marikevangroning1603]

The dragoon and daybreak going away in final smashes is such a neat detail!

[@CyanicCore]

This is just a guess, but the Pikachu early kill may involve how final smash handles knockback, with a touch of zoom issues. The smart bomb impact may interrupt the sequence or whatever state the fighters are put into, letting knockback take full effect. Alternatively, both the knockback form the bomb and smash may apply at once, resulting in a weird stacked effect. Sorry, but isn't Pyra's switch more or less a jump? It could be a weight switch, but the animation..

[@surfinggarchomp2820]

pikachu may also inflict some sort of temporary knockback multiplier

[@CyanicCore]

@@surfinggarchomp2820 That's what I was trying to say! Also nice name

[@KLGB76]

This is the story of how Pikachu became top tier... In casual matches!

[@velvetbutterfly]

Only cowards refuse to play competitive items

[@newbsYT]

Sheesh you've been growing subs nicee

[@milkmaster9247]

I like the extra personality in the video, it really makes it a lot more enjoyable to watch

[@honorableintent]

I actually know why the switching thing happens! When they swap characters, they actually despawn the previous model and spawn the new one. When doing so, from a design perspective, you always want to drop them in at least a few pixels above where the previous model was, then let them fall to the stage. Otherwise, you might have weird clipping issues with the terrain, especially on slopes. So what's happening is that the new model is being spawned in just slightly above the stage, and they land on it as if it were a "jump".

[@velvetbutterfly]

This also is just in the animation. Pythra does a small leap & twirl as they swap and touch back down. The Pokemon get lifted as they are withdrawn then the next PokeBall is thrown out onto the stage where the new Pokemon spawns slightly above it as it pops open

[@honorableintent]

They make it look intentional like that so that way it isn't jarring to the player.

[@GamersAtFault]

another banger PK! keep up the great work!

[@Liggliluff]

PKBeats is living in December

[@tiffyw92]

9:16 "Chad meme man"? That's a weird way to say Masahiro Sakurai, but I guess people do have different accents and dialects.

[@TheSuperCasual2914]

Sounds like a lot of- *Smart Bomb failed detonation*

[@neotorious7448]

I believe what is happening is it Pikachu's final Smash just sends them in the direction that he hit in a straight line and the bomb is lodging them out of wherever he's hitting

[@KLGB76]

The Ice Climber beetle glitch is perfect.

[@SSM24_]

Fun fact: Kazuya's full 10-hit jab combo counts as exactly *_4_* separate moves with regards to move staling. The first, second, third, and fourth hits all stale completely independently of one another, with the rest of the combo counting together with the fourth hit. (Also, the last hit of the Flash Punch Combo, the one that ends with the stronger third hit, stales together with the third hit of the regular combo.)

[@FATE522]

With all the modding that has been done for smash ultimate, I'm really surprised there hasn't been a mod where the dragoon and daybreak are used at the same time. I'm just curious overall what that would look like with them simultaneously being used

[@IDontNeedAHandleIfIDontCreateC]

I would imagine it would look like ZSS's final smash, with the character in the background on the dragoon firing daybreak at the other players

[@FATE522]

@@IDontNeedAHandleIfIDontCreateC So now I'm wondering if the game would crash if the day break and the final smash and a dragoon would go at once simultaneously

[@adamkampen]

The massive scope of Ultimate means stuff like this beetle glitch can and will be discover for probably a long time, with all the specific interactions of every item, character, move, and mechanic

[@Hispac]

"You're probably not watching this at 21 minutes" Me watching that clip at 21:21

[@doodleacat]

I found out while playing online you can move the sudden death screen by causing a blue critical zoom in hit in your infinite sudden death box

[@jacedavis9880]

6:12 I see the Japanese is coming along :)

[@atruepanda1782]

9:33 Have you tried using the sudden death game mode and turning if bombs?

[@darkrai17]

(IDK if this is a joke or not but just in case it's not) the way sudden death works is that after a certain period of time, if neither player defeats the other, bombs start spawning whether items are on or not. And these bombs explode immediately.

[@AliceTheToastWitch]

Thanks for the shoutout! (Also thanks random gameplay)

[@ParakeetDSi]

Some Assist Trophies and Pokemon disappear whenever a Final Smash is activated

[@the_furf_of_july4652]

Thank you for putting the title/thumbnail at the start of your videos holy shit maybe I can actually get some sleep

[@CatboyJerma2]

First time I've seen one of the community posts sooner than 24 hours after the upload

[@velvetbutterfly]

If you're subbed you should see it as soon as it goes live, I do on mobile and on desktop I see it if I scroll down on the main page a few rows

[@sadeknight9112]

I think what’s happening with Pikachu’s final smash is the same thing as Samus’s up B that one time, the initial hit tends to have WAY more knock back than the finisher to guarantee the opponent is brought into the rest of the move. The Smartbomb was enough to adjust the knock back since stacking attacks can do that and, assuming Pikachu’s follow up doesn’t connect, the opponent is launched away and dies immediately.

[@rompevuevitos222]

My guess with smart bomb and pikachu's glitch: one of my guesses is that smart bomb has insane knockback which is never seen due to the stun lock it causes during it's explosion, Pikachu's smash breaks them out BUT does not force them into a specific spot (like other cinematic smashes do), instead just attempts to follow the target, which is far fetched. Another idea is that the smash tries to follow them after being pushed by the bomb and keeps pushing them along as they travel with set knockback (instead of just locking them into place like the smash usually does), making them go even faster The simple fact that every frame that the smash attempts to keep juggling the target, the same target is being moved causes the smash to be unable to keep them in place

[@Dan_-]

Pyra & Mythra also have a fun Warp Star/Dragoon riding pose. A cute little "side-saddle" posture with a hand shading their eyes.

[@t-bird6853]

Smash Bros. devs explaining why Pikachu KOing his opponent at 0% with a smart bomb and his final smash was a very deliberate choice: **footage of the event sped up 300%**

[@AmonGus-iw6vp]

*ding* "Yep, it'sa me, Mario. You're-a probably wondering how I-a got in this situation. Well-a, let me tell you"

[@huntingdavis1722]

He talked about the 21 thing at 1:21 for me

[@intensellylit4100]

3:35 the what now?

[@nicholaskane69]

My theory for the Pikachu early kill is: Pikachu's Final Smash is supposed to stop the opponent from moving, but it's more like it 'sets their speed to 0' and 'stops their momentum from changing', and some explosions set their speed to a high value without allowing their speed to change, putting the opponent in a permanent high speed state, until the last hit (or a later hit?) of Pikachu's Final Smash places them back at the starting point.

[@darioschottlender]

I have 2 hypothesis about pikachu's final smash. 1)The bomb makes Mario get hit by the knockback of a multihit move (Like it sometimes happens with lucas up b) but gives it hit lag so it doesn't get the effect that scoops you back into the blender 2)The final smash slows down time for dramatic show, which messes with the knockback for some reason (that can be tested) It can also be a mixture of the 2

[@mig215]

I have one funny fact, but it's not really related to the game itself, but to a trailer. In the Byleth trailer shown during the Sakurai presentation the video ends with "super smash bros ultimate X fire emblem three houses", and then cuts to Sakurai. But the trailer uploaded on KZbin, on the official smash channel, after the smash X FE has a bonus clip of Byleth crouching in front of three pikmins (blue, red and yellow)

[@Ninetails2000]

6:30- Nintendo Gamecube: "Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of my power."

[@thepufflord2399]

I agree with the addition of chad meme man for the final DLC character, wonderful choice.

[@angrychicken7097]

I'm pretty sure you can turn off bob-ombs for sudden death, so you should be able to see the pac land fire effect for longer if you do so.

[@octoking8113]

Maybe people already knew this but FUN FACT: when walking on the g&w stage you can barely hear a little sound effect when walking like the real g&w has

[@marioisawesome8218]

probably what's happening is knockback is being interrupted by forced electric hitstun, so the player keeps their extreme momentum at the beginning of knockback. and they don't properly lose it at the rate they should if they were being launched.

[@Breeze926]

This one time I used Pikachu's final smash against an opponent in a team battle and my Ganondorf teammate up smashed them and Pikachu did laps around the map trying to catch up to the huge knockback. I guess this is what happened.

[@Moss_Dude]

I never even knew you could see Pikachu's body during volt tackle

[@stupidw33b52]

my guess on the Pikachu glitch is that it's something akin to the knock back stacking that occurs the most often in stuff like doubles or free for alls. if someone gets hit one way and somebody or something else lands another attack while the opponent is still in knock back they get sent extra far

[@TheBoringDude]

Fun Fact: If you use Kirby’s copy ability on a mii, Kirby will use the default neutral b even if the mii doesn’t have that specific neutral b. [for example, if a mii gunner has grenade launch as their neutral b Kirby will do charge blast instead when he copies the mii] (BTW the default neutral specials are, shot put for brawler, gale strike for swordfighter, and charge blast for gunner)

[@ikessj239]

ABOUT THE BETTLE, IDK WHAT TF HAPPENS, BUT IM GLAD I KNOW IT, TY FOR THIS VIDEO

[@MrSpoonhands]

Those three back to back duds was hilarious

[@waynemidnight7454]

If King Dedede inhales Megaman's Air shooter, he'll spit it out going horizontally, instead of vertically.

[@guardian8926]

It also apparently works if you are in a specific spots of geometry. I had a trashy Pikachu do that to me in Great Bay

[@EtheRenard]

Here's my theory. I think the multihit attacks have a "default" knockback that get cancelled if the attacks continue. If not, that knockback applies. The knockback isn't only a distance but a Bézier curve: where it's going and at what speed. (Or else it would be as instant as a teleport) When Pikachu/Pichu catches someone with a Final Smash, they follow a "dot" that is a registered position of the opponent. (Normally not moving) However, with the knockback of the multihit, that dot moves. So Pikachu/Pichu follows that dot and chases the opponent, that still pushes them forward and forward until they hit the blast zone

[@budgetcoinhunter]

Someone already ran the math on the Punch-Out!! lights, and found it has 1250 'health' with each landing taking the amount of their weight from that number. When it reaches 0, the lights fall.

[@williamfalls]

Sepheroth down smash with Pichu Final Smash: "Don't talk to me or my son again!"

[@danthekid2516]

12:43 this dude was going sicko mode with them names

[@personlol3099]

I think I have an explanation for the Pikachu smart bomb thing Normally fighters are locked in place during Pikachu's final smash. The smart bomb could be allowing them to move. Since Pikachu is following them, he could be dealing so much knockback that he is essentially carrying them to the blast zone.

[@RaineCloud01]

"so-gall-lee-oh" physically harmed me... because I was drinking a sprite and the carbonation hurt but still it hurt the pokemon nerd inside of me

[@bombsmash206]

I think the pikachu glitch happens because the bomb has crazy priority and some of the hits that pikachu did might have accumulate to the total knockback.

[@sinteleon]

I don't think it's because of knockback, but because of the hitstun properties of explosions. The important thing is that in the times where Mario isn't being KOed, they're always brought back. As though they were stuck to Pikachu.

[@The8BitLeafeon]

My only guess as to how that glitch works is that something about volt tackle's programming causes it to push mario off the stage. I don't think mario is affected by an extreme knockback, I think mario is being pushed outside the intended area and pikachu's homing AI tries to chase after him, resulting in mario getting gradually pushed to the blast zone. This could also explain why it didn't always work, as mario could have been pushed into a trajectory where pikachu's final smash wouldn't push him all the way off the stage.

[@Freeze7650]

i like this answer.

[@gablink5190]

the pikachu final smash thing reminds me of a thing in the previous patch of ssf2, where sora side b would send opponents in random directions, sometimes killing dk at 10 for absolutely no reason, just because they fucked up and made the hitboxes have stacked knockback instead of each hit overwriting the last one, i was really jank im glad they fixed it in the new update. idk if thats the same case hapening here, since its a diferent game with a diferent engine, but it looked really similar.

[@CoopaiNuse]

Snake mains: See what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power.

[@amoura39]

YIKES I NEVER KNEW BEETLES HAD SO MANY WEIRD ABILITIES TO CRASH THE GAME LOL

[@TriforceZard]

In Century Smash the timer continues even when paused

[@travisowens8905]

All of this stuff looks amazing. I'm making and ode to jank video and some of this is perfect. I've personally discovered 2 things, first final smashes the Play a cinematic cutscene will cancel heroes kamakazee If it hits someone else and bayo witch time for whatever reason causes lucas pk freeze to hit his partner even if ta is off. Don't know if pk flash has a similar effect but projectiles like Samus charge shot do not.

[@LaggingLeland]

If you use Ryus "Third Final Smash" on a body in stamina mode a weird effect appears. I made a short video of it on my channel

[@denjin_hado]

Just saw it, does it happen when you KO someone in stamina mode?

[@LaggingLeland]

@@denjin_hado I did some experimenting and I found out it does not show the rare effect when you KO someone with it. It only works on dead/tired opponents.

[@TheGamersState]

Pretty sure PKBeats covered this way back.

[@LaggingLeland]

@@TheGamersState he covered the third final smash but he didn't cover the rare effect

[@velvetbutterfly]

I would recommend checking the description, filling out the submission and adding a link to your video when asked for proof

[@Justicetom21]

For the record, if nobody else has said it yet: Knockback stacks in smash if you hit things correctly, and knockback angles seem to average. Remember the technique in Smash 4 where you could use Robin's dair on an opponent trapped in Arcthunder and they'd go sideways? The Pikachu insta-KO is just a stronger version of that. I don't know the exact details, but it's actually pretty common as long as you combine a multi-hit and a strong regular move. Combined knockback angles

[@sleepykirbyplays6323]

Here's a tip for tf2 1:use heavy 2:choose theese items:G.R.U and chocolate Step1:eat chocolate Step2:keep changing your main weapon and G.R.U until chocolate is rechared Step3:repeat until you get the health you want The results start to arrive when repeated by 3 min

[@madeleine5305]

over ultimate, it's almost reached paper mario 64 levels of "doing blank will crash ssbu"

[@zakwilson2606]

Daybreak and Dragoon pieces can also fall out during Dedede's Final Smash, I'm not sure about any others, though.

[@dylster2125]

2:47 pikachu: see this this is what death looks like

[@cruzerion]

As far as the game is concerned, switching moves like Pyra/Mythra and Pokemon trainer likely removes the current character and then places the next one in the same spot. But for the purposes of the lighting rig it's basically the same as it cares about things making contact with it, regardless of whether it's a character landing or being placed there

[@atruepanda1782]

7:10 Well did you ask for their autographs?

[@EmmEDroid]

Really hope Bandana dee is that last dlc Feels he deserves it since he’s considered the 4th main character of the series and would fit everyone being there

[@realchezboi]

Just found out today but look at what happens when you Side B with Kazuya on a custom ice stage lol

[@imaksta]

Heyyy Willy made it into the video!

[@consolemayhemthestarcollec1308]

I just tried jumping on the lights in boxing ring as shulk. I have found out that while Monado shield doesn't change the amount of jumps it takes for him (13), using a metal box does. It goes down to 3 jumps.

[@velvetbutterfly]

Shield doesn't add weight

[@spectacledman]

I just noticed that Duck Hunt's clay pigeon says "DUCK HUNT" across the side and there's a picture of something on the top.

[@LFITZY1745]

why did the couch cross the road? it didn’t… it’s a couch

[@themarioking7127]

But why tho

[@mr.c8101]

Banjo and kazooie using warp star is my sleep paralysis demon

[@Randoman590]

To me, the Pikachu Final Smash thing looks very similar to the way Roy could one-hit-KO Jigglypuff in Melee with his Up-B. That happened because one of the first hitboxes on the move had an insanely high set knockback value because it was intended to lead into the follow-up hitboxes. But if something caused the opponent to not get hit by those follow-ups, the first one would just kill. I think the Smart Bomb is probably doing the same thing here with the hitboxes for Pikachu's Final Smash.

[@dominickf6095]

I've had people fall out of Pichu's FS which launches them so far that they just die

[@Seloliva1015]

Maybe Pikachus final smash puta the enemy in a special state supposed to not let them move from that spot but if a hit with right properties, timing or strength hits them the get out of place. And after getting displaced the state tries to get them back to the original spot but moves them away insted on accident until the final atack that allways sets them back to the position.

[@slugmachine6990]

fact/glitch/whatever you call it When you use Kazuya's rage drive on the top of the palutena temple (where the little ship decends), on the platform that you can use to go down into the underground dungeon or whatever you call it, you'll go straight through the platform instead of landing on it