Luigi (V)

Luigi (マリオ, Luigi) makes his fifth appearance as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. V. He was confirmed in the August 2017 Nintendo Direct presentation, along with Bowser, King Dedede, Lucario, and Ness. He retains his status as a hidden fighter in the game, having been available from the start of SSB4.
Charles Martinet reprises his role as Luigi's voice actor, albeit through voice clips recycled from Brawl and SSB4.
==How to unlock==
Complete one of the following:
*Play 15 Vs. Matches
*Beat Classic Mode without continuing
After completing either option, you must fight and defeat Luigi in Luigi's Mansion.
==Changes from Smash 4==
===Aesthetics===
Like every other veteran, Luigi now appears much more vibrant and his appearance is more based off his appearance in his games with a small realistic touch.
===Attributes===
No changes.
===Ground Attacks===
No changes.
===Aerial Attacks===
No changes.
===Grabs and Throws===
Up throw does more damage.
===Special Moves===
Luigi's version of the Fireball attack has been replaced by an Ice Ball attack, his third custom neutral move option in the previous literation.
Luigi Cyclone has become an Up Special move, simular to that of Donkey Kong's Spinning Kong, Link's Spin Attack, and Bowser's Whirling Fortress.
==Special Attacks==
Move 	Name 	Damage 	Description
Neutral Special	Ice Ball 	4% 	Luigi fires a straight ball of ice that has a chance of freezing enemies on contact.
Side Special 	Green Missile 	10% (uncharged), ~19.8% (fully charged) 25% (misfire)	Luigi charges up and shoots forward like a missile. If used on the ground for too long, it cancels the charge. This move has a 1/10 chance to misfire, which has greater damage, knockback, and always go the same distance no matter the charge.
Up Special 	Luigi Cylcone 	1.5% (loop hits), 3% (last hit) 	Luigi rapidly spins around, trapping and dealing damage to the opponent before sending them flying on the ground, and spinning upwards at a high speed in the air. Can be mashed to gain height, and carries Luigi's double jump momentum to enable easier rise.
Down Special 	Ground Pound 	4% (ground leap), 8% (drop), 8% (impact) 	Luigi deals a powerful ground pound downwards at a high speed, head aimed at the ground. Like Yoshi's Yoshi Bomb, the move consists of an optional hit on the ground that leads into the main headbutt. This move can bury grounded opponents and meteor smash aerial ones, although doing so is very risky and is often a sacrificial KO. Luigi is able to sweetspot ledges if he lands facing against one, allowing it to be a situational edgeguard.
Final Smash 	Poltergust 5000	30% (captured), 10% (throw) 	The Poltergust 5000 from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon suddenly appears on Luigi's back. He then proceeds to suck up nearby opponents. Then, he will shoot them out and potentially K.O. them.
==Animations and Misc.==
===Taunts===
Up - Strikes a variety of poses in the following order: he faces the screen with one hand on his waist while displaying the V sign with the other, referencing his animation from Luigi's Mansion when he would find a key. Then he turns to the right slightly, pointing his hands that direction while giving a frightened look on his face. Then, he places his left hand just below his nose, similar to his artwork for Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Then he turns away from the screen, crouching as if he is sad, just like his Bogey animation in Mario Golf. Finally, he faces the screen once more, with both hands on his face, giving a frightened look that appears very similar to the one he sports on the cover of Luigi's Mansion.
Side - Planks while saying "Pow! Pow!" It is based off of one of his victory poses from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Down - Bashfully kicks the ground while sighing. If it makes contact with an opponent that is hanging on an edge or is off-stage, Luigi will perform a powerful meteor smash. Conversely, if the opponent is on-stage, it instead deals set knockback, and in some cases, an Instant KO. It also deals 2% in either case and is similar to the animation Luigi performs when he loses a minigame in Mario Party 2.
===Character Selection Screen Animation===
Character Select - Luigi planks and spins towards the screen, and stands up to the left or right side of the screen.
Stage Select - He then faces the screen and pulls on his nose and stretches it, simular to one of his idle animations.
===On-Screen Appearance===
A green Warp Pipe appears and Luigi leaps out of it while hesitantly saying "Let's-a go!" and sporting a frightened expression that appears very similar to the one he has on the cover of Luigi's Mansion.
===Victory Animations===
Turns around and then makes finger gun gestures with both hands while saying "Bang! Bang!"
Childishly swings his arms at the air, similarly to his dash attack, then exhaustively gasps afterward. It is also the same animation used when he is selected in Super Smash Bros.
Planks twice, similarly to his side taunt. Before the second time he does this, he disappears in a cloud of smoke, before reappearing.
===Losing Animation===
Luigi is seen clapping.
===Crowd Cheer===
“Wee-Gee!”
===Victory Theme===
A flourished remix directly from Smash 4 based on the sound clip that would play when Mario reaches the end of a level in Super Mario Bros.
===Idle Poses===
Rubs the back of his head sheepishly.
Pulls on his nose, which slightly stretches and then snaps back into place.
==Palette Swaps==
 	Color 	Origin/Description
Default	Green 	Luigi’s regular appearance
Second 	Orange	Similar to Mario's color scheme on the boxart of Pinball, but with an orange hat instead of a blue one.
Third 	Pink 	Based on Luigi's color scheme in Wrecking Crew, in which he wore pink.
Fourth 	White 	Based on Fire Luigi's appearance.
Fifth 	Purple	Resembles Waluigi, though the design on his cap does not make the L yellow, unlike in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Sixth 	Blue 	Switched colors of his regular appearance with a lighter appearance
==Trivia==
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