Yoshi (Smash Plus)

Yoshi is a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Plus for the Nintendo Switch Plus. Representing the Yoshi universe, Yoshi is listed as fighter #27 in Smash's modified numbering system, and is classified as a Middleweight fighter. He is also one of the 8 available characters at the start of the game, equaling the 8 characters available at the start of the original Super Smash Brothers.
Yoshi may be classified as a Middleweight fighter (having had his weight decreased in the transition from Ultimate to Smash Plus), but he ranks near the top end of that category. He is a highly mobile character, with excellent airspeed and very good ground game, augmented by unorthodox attacks and a sound defensive ability in the form of his Egg Shield, which lasts slightly longer than the usual bubble shields that other players have. Yoshi's moveset as a whole is utilitarian in nature, as most of his attacks have a variety of different applications depending on the situation. If there is one real weakness in his abilities, its that many of his ground attacks and some of his aerial attacks are highly telegraphed, and can be punished by an astute opponents. Players must be thinking ahead two or three steps before committing to a course of action with Yoshi, or else they may not have a chance to dial back. He also is somewhat lacking in KO power, but that is usually made up for in his versatility. Yoshi has two jumps and can crawl.
==Moveset==
===Basic Attacks===
*Neutral Jab- Yoshi delivers a front kick, followed quickly by a roundhouse kick to knock foes away.
*Side Tilt- Yoshi swings his tail in a forward direction. This attack can be angled up or down slightly based on controller input.
*Up Tilt- Yoshi leans down and flicks his tail upward, launching foes on the front hitbox of the tail, which makes it good for air counters.
*Down Tilt- Yoshi crouches down and spins in a single circle, spinning his tail forward.
*Dash Attack- Yoshi leans down and hits a running headbutt on foes. While it doesn't do much damage (launching at the start of the move only), it has very little endlag and can work to force opponents into uncomfortable locations.
*Grab & Pummel- Yoshi grabs players with his tongue, swallowing them and holding them in his mouth. He pummels by biting down on trapped players.
*Forward Throw- Yoshi spits out the opponent, shooting them forward.
*Back Throw- Yoshi spits out his opponent over his shoulder, shooting them out behind him.
*Up Throw- Yoshi spits out the opponent straight into the air.
*Down Throw- Yoshi spits out the opponent onto the ground, causing them to bounce back up into the air. Yoshi's most useful throw for setting up combos.
*Neutral Air- Yoshi delivers a stalling flying kick with a lingering hitbox. It comes out quickly and does a decent amount of damage.
*Forward Air- Yoshi performs a downward striking headbutt that can meteor foes if it hits right at the beginning of the move. Powerful, but it has a high startup time.
*Back Air- Yoshi will quickly wag his tail three times in midair, with the third hit launching foes.
*Up Air- Yoshi flicks his tail wupwards at a high angle, launching foes straight up. Despite a large vertical hitbox, the move works best when it begins, and sourspots if foes land into the lingering hitbox.
*Down Air- Yoshi performs a series of downward flutter kicks that hits enemies multiple times and does the most knockback with the final kick. The most damaging down aerial in the game, if all the blows hit.
===Smash Attacks===
*Side Smash- Yoshi rears back and fires off a powerful headbutt directly in front of him. A powerful move that can KO at midrange percentages at the ends of stages, it has severe startup time as well as endlag, limiting its effectiveness.
*Up Smash- Yoshi performs a standing bicycle kick, with the upward arc doing far more damage and knockback than the late hit downward arc. Arguably Yoshi's most reliable KO move, though it has limited range.
*Down Smash- Yoshi crouches down and sweeps his tail on either side of him. Easy to telegraph, if it hits it will launch at low angles, and at high percentages will disorient opponents with how quickly it comes out, making it a surprise KO option.
===Special Moves===
*Neutral Special: Egg Lay- Yoshi will stick out his tongue quickly. Anyone caught by the tongue will be captured and swallowed by Yoshi, only to spat out behind him captured in a Yoshi Egg. Opponents can button mash their way out of the egg, but while trapped in there Yoshi can attack them with inpunity. It will be harder to escape the egg at higher percentages, making the Egg Lay a possible surprise KO option off stage or near ledges.
*Side Special: Egg Roll- Yoshi will encase himself in a Yoshi Egg and begin rolling around on the ground for several seconds. While the move does hit opponents multiple times if they are caught in the stampeding egg, it's slow startup time and predictability (combined with its relatively weak damage) make it a move of little practical use.
*Up Special: Egg Throw- Yoshi tosses a single Yoshi Egg on a parabolic arc. The arc can be somewhat controlled by controller input, and will bounce off the ground once before exploding if aimed low enough. An effective projectile with a variety of uses. If used in midair, it will give Yoshi a slight increase in height, making it a last ditch recovery move.
*Down Special: Yoshi Bomb- Yoshi leaps into the air from the ground, stopping at the apex of the jump and then ground pounding straight down, creating two small star projectiles upon landing. If used in midair, Yoshi will instead drop down with the ground pound only, and not gain more height. More powerful if used from the ground, it still is a powerful damage tool with little startup lag.
*Final Smash: Stampede!- Yoshi delivers a powerful headbutt straight ahead of him. Anyone hit by it will be sent into a cinematic cutscene within a canyon, where they are trampled by a multicolored stampede of Yoshis. After taking a good amount of damage, the foes are launched when the cinematic ends.
===Miscellaneous===
*Entry Animation- Yoshi pops out of a Yoshi Egg, poses, and then stands ready for battle.
*Idle Animation 1- Yoshi looks around twice before returning to normal stance.
*Idle Animation 2- Yoshi absent-mindedly hops on one foot briefly before returning to normal stance.
*Side Taunt- Yoshi chases his tail in a circle, bewildered by it briefly before resuming his normal stance.
*Up Taunt- Yoshi does a short little dance in a circle, cheering out "Yoshi!" as he finishes.
*Down Taunt- Yoshi faces the camera and then jumps up and down twice with happy exclamations.
*Victory Animation 1- Yoshi performs a Flutter Jump, spins in a circle and then flashes a Peace Sign as he lands.
*Victory Animation 2- Yoshi is shown eating some unknown fighters with his tongue, spitting them out as eggs. He then poses with four Yoshi Eggs bouncing up and down behind him, giving a Peace sign.
*Victory Animation 3- Yoshi rolls into frame inside a Yoshi Egg, bursting out and striking a pose with an exclamation of "Yoshi!"
 
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