Mach Rider (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Mach Rider appeared on Super Smash Stadium. For information about him in general, see .
Mach Rider is a retired character on Super Smash Stadium. The first "Smash 64 Era" character to debut, he appeared halfway through Season 4, alongside Excitebike, and saw 157 appearances in the 7 years he was active.
==In his own universe==
Mach Rider is a combination platformer and 3-D driving game set in a dystopian future, in the year 2112. You control the titular Rider as he beats down the Quadrunners and tries to save any survivors of their crimes against humanity.
Despite clearly being referred to as male on SSS, the arcade game Vs. Mach Rider hinted, via its ending, that Mach Rider may actually be a woman, likely based on women seen in TV shows of the era such as Cagney and Lacey and barely beating out Samus Aran as Nintendo's First Lady. We've never been able to prove this, though. Even St. Clair Publications canon draws a blank: Mach Rider only appeared on a single January 2011 episode of The World of Nintendo themed around Nintendo's "lost" franchises, and had no speaking parts or obvious indications of being a woman.
Coincidentally, "Mach Rider" was also the name of a toy Nintendo made in 1972.
==Attributes==
Essentially, he was Wario, but permanently on the Wario Bike. It's believed that that bike caused him to be tied with Captain Falcon for speed; however, as Falcon debuted just six days before his retirement, and the two never met in the intervening episodes, this is difficult to prove. Unfortunately, thanks to that bike, it took him a while to reach that high speed, and he had almost no traction, no jump, and no air game. Due to that cruel mistress known as "real-world physics", he was also unable to grab anyone without his bike getting in the way. The bike was immune to all attacks that did 10% or less, making his hitboxes weird.
If he took more than 10% from a single attack, there was a chance he'd be knocked off his bike, leaving him vulnerable for at least five seconds as he struggled to get back on. The chance was 10% for every percentage above 10, essentially guaranteeing a knockoff at 20% or more.
Even worse, Mach Rider's "gimmicks" (what gear the bike was in and how much ammo he had left on his down special) were not displayed next to his damage meter due to the primitive graphics of the era, potentially reducing you to guessing. It wouldn't be until Season 38 when such displays began to be used.
===Changes===
None.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Rode in.
Move Name 	Description
Neutral Special:
Shift Gear	Mach Rider changed gears on his bike, affecting him thusly:
*First gear: Improved Mach Rider's traction, but made him slow.
*Second gear: Improved Mach Rider's damage output, but decreased knockback.
*Third gear: The default.
*Fourth gear: Increased Mach Rider's speed and knockback, but decreased damage, made him go out of control, and there was a chance he'd overheat and explode, stunning him for 10 seconds.
Unlike, say, Shulk's Monado Arts, the gear changes were permanent and even persisted through kills; you had to use this move again in order to change gears. He always shifted in sequential order; wrapping back around to first if he shifted from fourth.
Could not kill on its own.
Up Special:
Wheelie	Mach Rider popped a wheelie. This was unusual for an up special in that it acted as a counter.
Down Special:
AK-47	Mach Rider fired a round from precisely that, pelting opponents with bullets for 15 seconds assuming you held that long. If Mach Rider fully uses up a round, you can't use the move again for another 15 seconds, with smoke visibly appearing from him to indicate this. Did 1% every five frames, at a time when the game was 30 FPS, for a maximum of 90% on one opponent when you were in third gear (1% every ten frames in fourth, 1% every three frames in second); however, the move did little knockback.
Could not kill.
Final Smash:	Final Smashes didn't exist while Mach Rider was active.
===Taunt===
Spun around while doing a wheelie.
===Victory===
*Pose: Spun around while doing a wheelie.
*Theme: "You are Mach Rider"
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Tires screeching and a massive crashing noise. (Not the Wii one, that is...)
==Costumes==
*Default
*All black
*White
*Yellow/green
Category:Humans