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An on-screen appearance[1] is a short animation for fighters in a Super Smash Bros. match performs when the match begins. Each character has one different pose that they perform upon starting a match. Unique animations have appeared in all games except for Super Smash Bros. Melee, which has a uniform entrance animation for all characters (specifically, their trophies coming to life).
Samus[]
Samus's appearance in Ultimate
Samus's on-screen appearance in Super Smash Bros. is the same in each following game (Melee excluded) and is depicted as her emerging from a Save Station that disappears behind her. In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Save Station resembles the design seen in Super Metroid; in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U onward, its design has been updated to a more unique aesthetic.
Zero Suit Samus[]
Zero Suit Samus's appearance in Wii U
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, owing to her being an alternate form of Samus, her on-screen appearance depicts her as having the pieces of her Varia Suit fall off and Zero Suit Samus emerging from them, in the same manner as the Zero Laser aftermath. It is also one of the few entrance animations to directly relate to gameplay, as the various pieces of the suit can be picked up by her or any other fighters to use as weapons.
Starting with Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Zero Suit Samus's on-screen appearance has changed, and instead depicts her Gunship flying overhead and Zero Suit Samus emerging and disembarking, similar to Fox and Falco's entrance animations. This is because character transformations have been removed, therefore Zero Suit Samus is a separately selected character from Samus.
Ridley[]
Ridley's appearance in Ultimate
Ridley's entrance animation depicts him swooping down on the battleground. Upon landing, he briefly utters a low roar while making a threatening pose.
Dark Samus[]
Dark Samus emerges from a dark blue wormhole that closes shut, similar to Ganondorf's on-screen appearance.
References[]
- ^ On-Screen Appearances. Smash Bros. DOJO!! (2 November 2007). Retrieved on 22 December 2018.