Naruto

> *This article is about Naruto's appearance in*Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch*. For the character in other contexts, see Naruto Uzumaki.*
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## Voice Actor

### Japanese

Junko Takeuchi

**Naruto** (ナルト, *Naruto*) is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch. He is the 2nd Shonen Jump character to appear in the Smash Bros series as a playable character, and was the 2nd 4th party character to appear in the Smash Bros series. He is voiced by his long time voice actor, Malie Flanagan, in English, and Junko Takeuchi in the Japanese version.

(if you're reading this, know that naruto isn't actually coming to ultimate and this is fanmade.)

His moveset is based off of his movesets in the various games he was in. Many of his attacks and animations are based on the game Battle Stadium D.O.N., a game similar to Super Smash Bros. and a game that Naruto appeared in. His design takes cues mostly from *Naruto*: *Shippūden*, however, his personaity and fighting style is taken throughout his many iterations.

Naruto is currently ranked on the bottom of C- tier on the current tier list. Naruto has fast attacks, great combo ability and powerful finishers in all of his smash attacks, higher stages of Rasengan, back aerial, and down tilt. Naruto can play offensively by rushing down his opponent or defensively by zoning with his Shadow Clone projectiles. Shadow Clone Slash creates a projectile that can be set as a trap onstage or dropped onto unsuspecting foes, strengthening his stage control, combo game, and edge guarding ability.

However, Naruto's recovery covers a fair distance and is predictable, making it easy to deal with if the opponent knows how it works. All of his projectiles can be out-prioritized or reflected, reducing the effectiveness of his zoning game. He has problems dealing with characters who possess disjointed reach and great mobility (such as Meta Knight and Marth). Naruto also has below average weight which allows him to be KO'd early.

## Attributes

Naruto can be described as a character with many play styles. He can be played offensively, as a rush down character, or defensively, as a zoning character. Naruto has above average dashing and walking speed, but with poor air speed giving him above average mobility. He has reliable kill moves in his forward smash, up smash, an almost fully charged Rasengan, the Fūton: Rasenshuriken (the initial hitbox stuns the opponent trapping him/her to take the full hit of the attack), his up aerial, back aerial, and his down tilt.

Even though he can rush down his opponents; he can zone or projectile camp with his shadow clone projectiles and leave clone land mines from his Shadow Clone Slash giving Naruto a decent amount of stage control.

His recovery, although covers a fair distance, allows him to deal with edge guarders with the initial hitbox at the beginning of the move and if he presses the attack button during his ascent, he will be able to kick his opponents away. Naruto's down aerial (as long as he is above the ledge) and Rasenshuriken (slows his descent before he throws it) can help him recover horizontally.

Naruto has an amazing ground game with his tilts and dash attack being great tools. His up tilt and dash attack are great for starting combos. His forward tilt is a good spacing tool, while also doing decent knockback. His down tilt is strong which can make for a great KO option.

However, Naruto has problems concerning his recovery, although it can help him deal with edge guarders; it can be easily edge hogged and his recovery will be shortened if chooses to attack during his ascent. Down air can help him recover horizontally, but if he goes to low, then he might not be able to recover vertically. Rasenshuriken, if the player is not careful on how they recover with it, will allow for an opponent to reflect it, which might knock Naruto further from the stage, if not KO him outright.

All of his projectiles can be reflected or out-prioritized, meaning his stage control can be countered and turned against him if he goes up against characters with reflectors. With the exception of his forward tilt, Naruto lacks range in most of his attacks leaving him vulnerable to characters with disjointed hitboxes (ex. Marth and Lloyd). Characters who posses more priority in their attacks also give him trouble (ex. Fox and Tails).

He lacks any reliable ways to deal with projectiles and his crouch is not low enough to make it suitable to dodging projectiles.

Adding on to the fact, Naruto has only average survivability. He has below average weight which allows him to be knocked off stage easily or KO'ed early. With him also having above average accelerated falling speed, makes him good enough to be combo'ed easily, thus giving him another problem.

## Moveset

### Ground Moves

 Forward Air
 Back Air
 Up Air
 Down Air

### Grab

 Forward Throw
 Back Throw
 Up Throw
 Down Throw

### Other Attacks

 100% Ledge Attack
 Floor Attack

On-Screen Appearance Edit
Teleports to the foreground using the Shunshin no Jutsu (瞬身の術, "Body Flicker Technique").
Taunts Edit
Up: Uses the Orioke no Jutsu (おいろけの術, "Sexy Technique", albeit a censored version of it), and blows a kiss while giggling(His longest taunt).
Side: Takes out his kunai and slashes out across in front of him.
Down: Summons three Shadow Clones, each one of them smiling with a thumbs-up (His shortest taunt).
Idle Poses Edit* Fixes his headband.

Victory Edit
Naruto's theme plays and he does a victory pose

Theme Edit
A remix from an excerpt from the song, Rising Fighting Spirit.
Poses Edit* Naruto raises his thumb up and smiles in triumph while saying; "だってばよ! (*Dattebayo!)"* or "Believe It!"
* Jumps and performs a fist bump in the air, while saying "That was awesome!"
* Naruto crosses his arms, however, his stomach growls, and he falls on his behind, rubbing his stomach.

Trophies Edit
Naruto Uzumaki* A ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village, and the Jinjuriki of the Nine Tails, a monsterous fox. He was born and rasied as a shun in, with the members of the village avoiding him because of his hidden demon inside of him. However, he proves them that he's the hero of the Hidden Leaf, and becomes it's hokage.

Trivia Edit* Some of the moves Spring Man uses can't be orginally performed by him in his games.
* Spring Man is currently the most newest character to appear in any Smash Bros. game to date.
* Spring Man has an error in the Mushroom Kingdom III stage. On the HUD, his name is accidentally misspelled as "Sping Man"