ARTICUNO

Articuno has the highest jump height out of his fellow heavyweights. Due to his bulky size, Articuno relies on his defensiveness to allow him to keep fighting on, but his strength and speed are only average as a result.

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A - Peck Combo
- Lunges forward for a strong 2-strike combo with his beck.

Side A
- Lunges forward for a stronger attack with his beck.

Up A
- Leaps up and lunges upward for a stronger attack with his beck.

Down A
- Lunges forward for a stronger attack with his beck, while crouching.

Dash A - Drill Beak
- Articuno flies forward and spins around rapidly, striking the opponent by pecking them continuously.

Ledge Attack
- Strikes anyone with his tail while pulling himself back up

Get-up Attack
- Gets up and throws her wings out, knocking back anyone who's close

Side Smash - Wing Attack (Side)
- Articuno uses his wings to attack horizontally. Also causes a small gust of wind which pushes opponents on the direction of the attack.

Up Smash - Tail Whip
- Articuno uses his tail to strike an opponent from above him with his Long-ranged tail.

Down Smash - Wing Attack (Down)
- Articuno uses his wings to attack each side of him by slamming them on the ground.

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Air A
- Sticks his wings out and legs back, body slamming with his stomach.

Air Front A
- Slashes up, diagonally, and forward in an arc, with his Talons.

Air Back A
- Swipes with his tail, striking anyone nearby.

Air Up A
- Does a backflip while in mid-air and slashes in an arc pointing upward with his Talons.

Air Down A
- Slashes in an arc pointing downward with his Talons.

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Standard Special - Ice Beam
- Like Robin's Thunder, Articuno can charge and fire Ice Beam from his Beak. It's strength varies for how long he lets it charge between uses. If fired at Full-Power, it has a 1/8 chance of freezing an opponent solid.

Side Special - Agility
- Like Fox's Illusion, Articuno can use his fast speed to jet forward, causing an afterimage effect, striking any enemies in his path.

Up Special - Fly
- Like Pit's Power of Flight, Articuno soars into the air. The flight's direction can be altered in any way except downwards.

Down Special - Powder Snow
- Like the Ice Climbers' Blizzard, Articuno flaps his wings and releases and a wide wall of frigid air to damage opponents in front. This can be fired continuously if holding the button down.

Final Smash - Blizzard
- Articuno flies up and off the screen and into center-view. There, Articuno squawks loudly and uses his Blizzard Attack: a blast of Wind and Snow coats a wide portion of the area. During Blizzard, the Combatants are hurt by the intense Snow pelting them and have 1/4 of a chance of being frozen solid. For the second half of the Final Smash's duration, Articuno has a short period of time attack who he wants. After a few seconds, Blizzard stops and the stage goes back to normal.


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Grab
- Grabs with her Talons

Pummel
- Pecks Opponent

Front Throw
- Blasts the opponent away with a Gust Attack

Back Throw
- Spins around and hurls his opponent in the opposite direction with his talons

Up Throw
- Flies up high and slams the opponent back down (Like Charizard's Seismic Toss)

Down Throw
- Pecks the opponent multiple times before finishing it off with one strong peck

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Symbol
- A Poke Ball

Entrance
- Descends from the sky surrounded by Sparkly Snow

Up Taunt
- Turns to the viewer and squawks fiercely while spreading his wings out
Side Taunt
- Flies up, twirls around once while in mid-air, and poses with his wings out
Down Taunt
- Spins around once, leaving a trail of sparkles behind his tail feathers

Victory Poses
- Twirls around a few times and makes one final squawk in Victory
- Makes a circular flight pattern with her flight before poses one last time with his wings out
- Comes in for a landing and stands for his Victory Pose

Palettes
- Blue Feathers
- Light Blue Feathers (Shiny Articuno)
- Blue Feathers, with Red Hue
- Blue Feathers, with Yellow Hue
- Blue Feathers, with Green Hue
- Grey Articuno
- Albino Articuno
- Brunette Articuno

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Character Cinematic
In Pokemon Stadium 2, Four of the Pokemon players in Smash are seen in battle with one another: Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, and Greninja. All four of them are evenly matched with one another. However just as all four of them are about to collide with one another, a stray blue feather, and some snow begins to fall from the sky around them. They take notice of the feather, followed by the snow. Afterwards, they look up and they notice a figure hovering above them: The figure reveals itself as Articuno. Shortly after his reveal, Articuno squawks fiercely and a subtitle then appears next to him that reads:

Articuno chills out!

A montage of Articuno's abilities are seen for the rest of the cinematic while "Battle! Wild Pokemon (Diamond / Pearl)" is heard playing over the montage.

After the game's title screen disappears, Capt. Falcon, Falco, Duck Hunt, and King Dedede, all arrive on the scene of Pokemon Stadium 2 and discover the other Pokemon who were fighting earlier frozen solid. Articuno appears behind them and squawks loudly, frightening them all off.

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Palutena's Guidance

Pit: Look! It's Articuno!
Viridi: Another Legendary Pokemon, and with Wings that could make a certain Angel I know jealous!
Pit: Hey lay off, just because Lady Palutena's not here doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want!
Viridi: Yeah yeah whatever. Besides, Articuno's wings should be the least of your concern.
Pit: Oh yeah, Those talons of his don't look friendly either...
Viridi: I was referring to his Ice Powers genius! Articuno are known for their extremely powerful Ice Abilities!
Pit: I'm sure my Guardian Orbitars can take on whatever that overgrown bird has to throw at me, and besides, my Power of Flight could run circles around him!
Viridi: Oh, are you so sure? Typical of you to look down upon animals as majestic as Articuno. As much as I hate to say it, good luck. I suppose...
Pit: Sometimes you're really come off cold Viridi...
Viridi: THAT'S NOT FUNNY PIT!!