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SuperSmashBros. Link FAQ
version 1.5
Steven Randolph, aka Ewok King
org. 7/14/99
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Contents:
1. Disclaimer
2. Version history
3. About this FAQ
4. Link
5. Link's moves
6. Link fighting basics
7. Link against....
8. Acknowledgements
9. Contact info
***_DISCLAIMER_***
I wrote this, so it's automatically copyrighted, you know that, don't act
stupid. Don't try to say you wrote this, and don't
try to sell it. Plagerism sucks, so don't contribute to the problem. If you
want to put this FAQ on your site, contact me and
I'll let you. Don't contact me and I'll get pissed. Capiche?
Super Smash Bros. is copyright, 1999, Nintendo and Hal Labs. All copyrights not
mentioned are implied.
***_VERSION HISTORY_***
7/15/99- Major update to the "Link Against...." section. New Disclaimer.
Added "About this FAQ". added two moves. new logo
***_ABOUT THIS FAQ_***
I wrote this FAQ assuming you, the reader, already knew the basics of SSB.
However, you may find some of the game basics in parenthesis and capital
letters.
Moves can be found in the "Link's Moves" section, but I have put them in the
strategies where necessary, so you don't have to keep looking back if you
forgot a move.
I wrote this FAQ because SSB is a pretty fun game and I'm good with Link. I
went in to much more depth than _most_ of the other character specific FAQs.
***_LINK_***
If you have been playing video games since the early eighties(as I have), or if
the SNES was your first home system, or even if you're five years old and got an
N64 for Christmas, odds are you've heard of Link. Link is the
star of a series of very popular RPG's for any one of Nintendo's
consoles(Virtual Boy excluded). His first game
was "Legend of Zelda" for the NES, which was one of my favorites when I was a
wee lad (I'm 16), and his latest is
"Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", which is one of my favorite games now.
In this series of games, you play Link as he fights the evil forces of
Ganon(dorf), to capture the pieces of the TriForce and save the land of
Hyrule(except for the GB game, in which you are on some island). Oddly, none of
the stories carry over to the next game and they are all pretty much the same
game over and over. That doesn't
detract from the fun factor at all, however, and you should play all of these
games.
Now, Link as in relation to Super Smash Bros. Link is one of the easiest and
best fighters to use (IMHO). He's not the most powerful, and his jumping spin
attack isn't that great, but he's a well rounded character. If you are playing
SSB for the first time, Link is a good choice. If you are an advanced SSB
player, Link is still a good choice. Here, I have put togeather the best
tactics I have for Link.
***_LINK'S MOVES_***
B =BACK
F =FORWARD
U =UP
D =DOWN
R =TOP RIGHT BUTTON
+ =PRESS SIMULTANEOUSLY
A = SWORD SLASH
A(REPEATEDLY) = RAPID SWORD THRUSTS*
U,A = UPWARDS SWORD SLASH
U+A = TRIPLE UPWARDS SLASH
F+A = OVERHEAD CHOP
D+A = TRIPLE DOWNWARDS SLASH
U,A(IN AIR) = UPWARDS STAB
D,A(IN AIR) = DOWNWARDS STAB
B = BOOMERANG(2 HITS)
U+B = TORNADO SPIN
U,B(IN AIR) = TORNADO SPIN IN AIR**
D+B = BOMB***
R = HOOKSHOT****
U+R(IN AIR) = UPWARDS STAB(MORE POWERFUL?)
D+R(IN AIR) = DOWNWARDS STAB(MORE POWERFUL?)
* IF YOU ARE ON THE HYRULE CASTLE STAGE, OR THE SECTOR Z STAGE, TRAP YOUR
OPPONENT IN THE CORNER WITH THIS ONE TO DO LINK'S INFINITE COMBO.
** AFTER PREFORMING THE DOUBLE JUMP(JUMP WHILE IN THE AIR), USE THIS FOR AN
EXTRA BOOST, IF NOT A VERY BIG ONE.
*** R AND A THROW THE BOMB WITH DELAYED FUSE, B THROWS THE BOMB AND CAUSES IT TO
EXPLODE ON CONTACT.
**** PRESSING R, A, OR B AFTER PULLING YOUR OPPONENT IN WILL CAUSE YOU TO KNOCK
THEM AWAY.
***_LINK FIGHTING BASICS_***
If you are fighting against a friend, this section will help you. Also, until I
finish the "Link Against...." section, this will help you a little against the
Computer controlled opponents.
While links attacks using the B button are generally more powerful,
they are slower. Your best bet is to
use his A button attacks to knock your opponent away, then jump in
with any B attack.
The platforms in SSB are very useful, by tapping D twice quickly, you
will drop off. Get over your
opponent, drop off, then quickly execute the downwards stab (D,A).
If your opponent is above you on a platform, you can jump and preform
the upwards stab (U,A), to
knock them off. Then jump over them and preform the downwards stab as
they get up.
The Hookshot is your friend, use it often, and near the edge, sooner
or later you will get a throw down.
The Boomerang isn't very powerful, but it does get two hits if timed
right (which isn't very hard). Also, if
your opponent is behind you and above, you maybe able to knock them
down by throwing the boomerang if
front of you, then jumping up and out of the way. The Boomerang will
curve upwards, but when you
move out of the way, it will keep going, how high you jump causes it
to curve more or less. This move
takes some time to master, but it is useful.
Your bombs are a very good weapon, but don't use them often, and don't
use them too close, as they can
hurt you just as much as your opponent. In most instances, if your
opponent has more than 100% damage,
the bomb will knock them far away, if you're lucky, this will get you
a throw down.
If you are fighting at Hyrule Castle, use the Twisters to your
advantage. As with the bombs, if your
opponent has more than 100% damage, the Twister will knock them away,
usually into the background for
throw down. Trap your opponent in the corner and start up Link's
infinite combo (see above), when their
damage level is sufficient (150% just to be sure), try to knock them
into the nearest twister.
If their is no Twister, or if you are at Sector Z, do the same as
above, but then get them close to the edge and
do a Tornado Spin(U+B) or a Overhead Chop(F+A), or use your Hookshot,
and you will almost certainly get
a throw down.
More coming soon.
***_LINK AGAINST...._***
The tips in this section are for use against the computer. I can't
say what your friends are going to do,
so look in the "LINK FIGHTING BASICS" section for that. The computer,
however, falls into patterns.
These patterns are easily recognizeable, especially in fighting games.
What I've done here is figured
out the cpu's patterns and found ways to beat them. For the time
being, this will only cover the fighters
you face in the regular one player game, not the secret characters.
This way, you are guaranteed to fight
them on their own stage. I may add the secret characters later.
*NOTE*-- I tested these on the game's "NORMAL" difficulty
setting.--*NOTE*
Link vs. Link
This is an easy fight. Just trap him in the corner, start Link's
infinite combo (A REPEATEDLY). Get him
to about 150-200% damage, then charge him(F,F,A, QUICKLY). This will
knock him up to the starting
level, so jump up there and overhead slash or hookshot him off. You
win,_and_ you should get a "NO
MISS" bonus. And a -99 for a cheap shot....
Sometimes, he'll jump over that little turret thingie, and you can't
get him in the corner for the infinite. In
this instance, just hookshot or overhead slash him off, when he double
jumps back and is hanging on the
edge, quickly jump up and downwards stab where his hands are, this
will knock him off and you should
get a "SPEED" bonus.
Link vs. Yoshi Team
This is a fight? They hardly even attack. The best advice I can give
you is knock them off in the _exact_
order in which the appear for the "Yoshi's Rainbow" bonus.
There is some fun to be had here though if you get a hammer ;)
Also if a red turtle shell pops up, put it
on the top platform, it will knock off each Yoshi as they fall
out of the sky.
Link vs. Fox
Fox is one of the best opponents. He is very quick, and that move he
has that reflector shield thing that is
_HIGHLY_ annoying. Your hookshot doesn't work well against him
either. Anyway, first thing throw a
bomb (D+B, THEN D+B AGAIN). _Quickly_ jump over and downwards stab.
Here is where the pattern
becomes obvious: after the stab, take a few steps towards the rear of
the ship and continue to face the rear.
He will roll to get in front of you, so take a swing at him, he will
roll back behind you. Do not turn to face
him! He will quickly roll back in front of you, so hit him with a
boomerang, then a bomb, then jump over
and downwards stab again. Jump onto the rear of ship and he will
follow. You can try to knock him off
now, but he'll come back. Instead, try to get him into corner for the
infinite, which he'll escape after about
ten hits by jumping. So when you see him start of jump hit him with
an overhead slash. He will ricochet
off the tail of the ship and land near the edge. Dash over and charge
him(F,F,A), this will knock him off,
but he will double jump and when it looks like he's not gonna make it,
use his rocket punch to get back on
the ship, so don't stand to close to the edge. Now you have to act
quickly so he doesn't hit the ground,
when the punch is over, jump and tornado spin(U+B IN THE AIR), this
will knock him off. In space, no
one can hear you scream, Fox.
Link vs. Mario Brothers
This match is only moderately hard, and that is because of the stage.
Who the computer picks for your
partner doesn't really matter as long as you can get both Mario and
Luigi on the top platform. You'll start
off on the bottom platform with Mario, dash forward and charge
him(F,F,A). Immediately jump and
upwards stab Luigi who should be directly above you. Mario will jump
up behind you, so jump so backward
so both of the brothers are in front of you. Just start hitting them
with A button attacks and back them up so
that they are near the edge, then hit them with a overhead slash to
knock them off, only use the hookshot
if there is only one brother left. The first few times they will jump
back up, but just be persistant and they'll
go flying sooner or later.
Link vs. Pikachu
Despite the fact that he is so cute, this little Pokemon is one of the
best fighters in game. His electricity
attacks really pack a punch. Hookshot will only work a few times
against him, so don't use it too much.
First thing, jump over and downwards stab him, then _quickly_ jump
back to your starting posistion so as to
not get hit by the electricity he shoots. When he jumps down to
follow, just hit him with a bomb and then
some A button attacks. Get him to at least 100% damage. From here
you can go two ways, the first one is
fun. The second one is tricky:
1) You may have read in other FAQs that Link's infinite combo
doesn't work in Safron City, because of
the random Pokemon which pop out of the door. I beg to
differ, because, in fact, you can use those
to your advantage. When that door opens, you have about
five seconds until that Pokemon pops out.
Trap Pikatchu in the corner and start the infinite. When
you see the door open just keep going, and
counting the seconds, when it gets to four and a half, jump
back out of the way. The Pokemon will
pop out and..... Bye-bye Pikachu! I don't remember if you
get a "Pokemon Finish" bonus for this or
not.
2) There is a bug in the game so that if you knock Pikachu in
between the main building and the heli-
pad, when he has over 120 or so % damage, he can't get out.
At least it's like that on my game. I
can't really tell you how to do this, you just have to time
it right.
Link vs. Giant Donkey Kong
As far as I can tell, Giant DK follows a pretty much set pattern every
time. Again, your partners are not
important. From the start, he will begin to charge his punch, so jump
up there and knock him down with a
downwards stab. This should put him on the main platform. Usually
the pattern is this: if you knock him
off the platform once, he'll spin back. Twice and he'll spin back
again. Third time, he won't come back;
you win. You have to make sure of two things however:
1) You knock him far enough away. If you don't, he can grab the
edge and flip back up.
2) You must knock him off when the barrel is on the other side
so he can't use it.
Link vs. Kirby Team
Kirby Team isn't much harder than Yoshi Team, and there are only eight
of them. Usually all it takes is
hookshot per Kirby. A few of them might make it back though, so just
hookshot them again.
Link vs. Samus
At the beginning of the match, she will start to charge her gun.
There are two things that work well here:
1) Move in a few steps, use your hookshot and clobber her.
2) If you're quicker, you can pull out a bomb(D+B), throw it so
it explodes on contact(D+B AGAIN)
then jump over and do a downwards stab.
Here, she'll do one of two things:
1) Start shooting at you with small blasts, in which case you
should get in as close as possible, block
and hookshot (Z TO BLOCK, + A TO HOOKSHOT) and clobber her.
2) Start charging again, in which case you start over.
By now you shold see the acid starting to rise beneath the main
platform. If you get close to her, she'll try to
evade, follow and hit her with A button attacks to keep her from
charging up. When the acid starts coming
up to engulf the platforms, knock her far away with either a hookshot
or a overhead slash(F+A), and quickly
jump to the upper platforms, where you'll be safe from the acid.
She'll hit the acid on the first rise, and it
will lower and begin a second rise. Here, you should jump to the
uppermost platform, which won't be
engulfed.. Keep Samus off of this platform by hitting her whenever
she triple jumps close. _DO NOT LET
HER TOUCH THE PLATFORM, HIT HER WHILE SHE IS STILL IN THE AIR_. Do
this right and she'll
hit the acid a second time, which will send her flying into the
background.
Link vs. Metal Mario
Okay, all this guy does is walk around and hit you when he gets close.
That's it. Then why is he so darned
hard? You will most likely lose a life on this one. As far as I can
tell, just hit him until he gets about 230%
damage, then hookshot him or overhead slash him for the throw down.
It takes a while to get that much
damage on him though.
Link vs. Fighting Polygon Team
This isn't overly hard, but it is incredibly monotonous. Just use the
same tactics as against Kirby Team.
Link vs. Master Hand
Master Hand doesn't really have any patterns, so I've found ways to
counter, or at least give him some
damage with every move he does. You have to remember that there are
two of his moves you can't escape
no matter what: his downwards punch and his downwards slap. Lots of
times you'll find him just sitting
there above you, doing nothing, take this opportunity to let him have
it. I know earlier I said don't use alot
of bombs, but Master Hand is the exception, they take off more than
20% damage! Use bombs often with
this one. I don't get why they made a boss this easy, the only thing
he has going is that 300 hit point thing.
ROCKET HAND-- In this move, MH's glove sets afire and he takes
off through the background like a
rocket. When he is about to come back and hit you the first
time, triple jump to dodge it. Move to the
far left side of the platform, because he always lands on the
right side. While he's landing, throw a bomb
then jump in with a downwards stab, you'll get two hits because
of his size.
TIP TOE-- In this move, he starts to walk across the platform on
two fingers, when he gets in close, he
proceeds to kick you into oblivion. get as far away as possible
and hit him with a barrage of bombs(I've
managed 3) and triple jump over him to avoid the kick.
SPINNING TOP-- When he begins to spin above your head, triple
jump out of the way, then while he's
spinning, hit him with three or four bombs.
PUNCH/SLAP-- These moves are self-explanatory. Just jump over
them and hit him in the back with a
tornado spin.
DOWNWARDS PUNCH/SLAP-- You can't avoid these. Period. The best
you can do is meet him in the
air with an upwards stab(U+A).
I think that covers them all.
***_ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS_***
THESE ARE OTHER FAQS THAT HELPED ME OUT:
SUPER SMASH BROTHERS INFINITE COMBO FAQ, BY ARLEN KWONG.
I learned Link's infiite combo here when I started playing SSB.
Without this, I couldn't have come up
with the strategies involving it.
THE LINK FAQ BY JACK CHEN.
I didn't get use anything from this FAQ, but he did one before me.
When I saw his, it gave me the idea
for this one, so thanx!
THE SUPER SMASH BROTHERS WALKTHROUGH(OR WHATEVER IT IS), BY HENRY FRANCIS
REINHART
The Boomerang strategy I used is just one I converted to battle use
from one in his Bonus section.
***_CONTACT INFO_**
If you have any comments, things to add to the FAQ, wanna talk about Star Wars,
or some such, my email is
[email protected]
I also have a website of Star Wars Fan Fiction that doesnt have squat yet at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/EwokKingsFanFiction
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THANKS FOR READING MY FIRST FAQ!
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