Blinky

> *This article is about Blinky's appearance in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch. For other uses, see Blinky (Pac-Man).*
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## Character Statistics

### Has a Tether

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**Blinky** (**ブリンキー,** *Akabei*) is an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. Switch, being the second representative of the Pac-Man series. He was orginally a stage hazard and a assist trophy, and holds the record of being the only stage hazard to be a playable character in the next game.

His moveset is based on his overall behavior in the Pac-Man games.

## Attributes

Staying true to his roots as a ghost in Pac-Man, Blinky is a character that is fast, floaty, and relies on pure pressure. All of Blinky's attacks launch the opponent in a way so he can mix up the opponent, trick them out, or aggresively annoy them into making a mistake Blinky can capitalize on. Even against characters with disjoints like the Fire Emblem swordsmen, or against characters who revolve around spacing and projectiles, Blinky can quickly close in with his quick air peed and potent attacks.

His weaknesses revolve how he can be at a disadvantage against characters with long disjoints, or can trap Blinky away, as Blinky needs to close in onto the opponent.

## Special Ability - Cruise Elroy

When Blinky spawns onto the stage, he will gain a timer that is invisible to see in game unless it's training mode. If Blinky stays in a match with his current stock for 1 and a half minutes, Blinky will begin to show an angry expression on his face. When this happens, Blinky's speed will drastically increase so he's as fast as Captain Falcon. This speed increase will automatically go away if he loses a stock.

It's a good trait for his metagame, as it helps his rush down capabilites, however, the sudden burst of speed can cause Blinky to sometimes self destruct, as with his very floaty playstyle/

## Moveset

### Ground Attacks

#### Normal

* **Neutral Attack**: Punches twice, ending with a headbutt. 3%, 3%, 6%
* **Forward Tilt**: Performs a backhanded slap. Has good range and can jab lock. 7%
* **Up Tilt**: Similar to Pac-Man, Blinky will perform a jumping uppercut. It's faster than Pac-Man's and sends the opponent in a situation where Blinky can grab or perform another attack. 5%
* **Down Tilt**: Slides his hand along the ground, jabbing with it. Pops the opponent up for follow-ups. 6%
* **Dash Attack**: Spins forwards, sending himself across a long distance and stopping. This is one of his best attacks as it's quick, and can follow up the easiest with other attacks. 10%

#### Smash Attacks

* **Forward Smash**: Charges and punches forwards, surrounding it in fire. A pretty strong move, and his most potent finisher, however, this has some ending lag. 12 -> 20%
* **Up Smash**: Charges and performs a jumping headbutt, covered in fire. A good vertical kill move, but has starting lag. 14 -> 23%
* **Down Smash**: Spins around, surrounding himself in Fire. Similar to Pikachu's down smash, but it sends the opponent upwards. 16 -> 26%

#### Other attacks

* **Floor Attack (Front)**: Turns into a 3D version of his original sprite and moves left and right briefly before turning back to normal. Kinda slow. 8%
* **Floor Attack (Back)**: Same has front attack. 6%
* **Floor Attack (Trip)**: Quickly spins around. 7%
* **Ledge Attack**:Turns into the 3D version of himself and crawls onto the stage. 10%
* **Ledge Attack (100%)**: Slowly crawls up and "kicks" with the bottom of his body. 15%

### Aerial Attacks

* **Neutral aerial** - Curls into a spiky ball and spins. THis attack hits up to 6 times, and can be used to drag opponents along with Blinky. (4% per hit)
* **Forward aerial** – "Kicks" forwards, spiking his "legs" out. The attack does the most dmage when the spikes "stick" out. 6% (Early and late), 10% (Sweetspot)
* **Back aerial** - Same as his forward aerial, but behind him and stronger. 8% (Early and late), 14% (Sweetspot)
* **Up aerial** – Tilts diagonally and spins, hitting up to 5 times and sending the opponent upwards. One of his best kill moves. (5% for each hit)
* **Down aerial** - Spikes his "legs" below him. Will meteor smash when sweet spotted. 9% (Early, late) 15% (Sweetspot)

### Grabs and Throws

* **Grab**: Grabs forwards with his hand.
* **Pummel**: Headbutts the opponent, pretty quick. 2%
* **Forward Throw**: Pushes the opponent forwards. Leads the opponent into a flipping state at 67% for most characters, but can't link into anything without prediction. 7%
* **Back Throw**: Swings and throws the opponent behind him. 12%
* **Up Throw**: Uppercuts the opponent into the air. Sends the opponent in a juggle state for more combos. 13%
* **Down Throw**: Stomps down onto the opponent. Can link into many other attacks or into a chain grab. 6%

### On-Screen Appearance

A miniature ghost box from the Pac-Maze appears as Blinky pops out, laughing to himself.

### Taunts

Side - Floats proudly, and chuckles at the opponent.

Up - Floats into the air and emits the ghost wondering sound.

Down - Takes out a Power Cookie and eats it.

### Idle Poses

* Crosses his arms, and growls.
* Vibrates his body and emits flames.

## Victory

### Theme

A remix of the start up jingle heard in the original Pac-Man.

### Poses

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* 2 -
* 3 -

## Alternate Costumes

1. Red - Based on his appearance from the Pac-Man games.
2. Pink - Resembles Pinky with eyelashes.
3. Cyan - Resembles Inky.
4. Orange - Resembles Clyde.
5. Purple - Resembles Sue with eyelashes.
6. Green - Resembles Funky.
7. Grey - Resembles Spunky with eyelashes.
8. Yellow - Based on Kinky from Pac-Man Arrangement with glasses on his eyes.
9. Greenish-Grey - Based off of Orson from the Pac-Man World series.
10. Black - Based off of Lord Bretrayus from the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures series.
11. Slate - Based off of Butt-ler, a character from Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
12. Navy Blue - Based off of the scared state ghosts get when Pac-Man eats a power pellet. When dizzy, he turns white, and his eyes are red, referencing when the ghosts are about to turn back to normal.

## Trivia

* When hit with a powerful attack or got dizzy, Blinky turns blue with a scared face similarly like in the classic arcade games.
* When KO'd, Blinky's eyes flies off into an top of the screen, where he appears in his ghost body on a revival platform resembling a miniature ghost box.