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Watch Every Super Smash Bros. Character Comically Save Themselves From Falling

by Mike Futter on Dec 10, 2014 at 07:13 AM

As you’ve been playing Super Smash Bros., you probably noticed that every character has an animation when too close to the edge of the stage. This little visual clue is subtle in context, but what happens when you just let it play?

In a video from YouTube user "Master0fHyrule," the little balancing animations become much more amusing when they’re in focus. I honestly have no idea what the Wii Fit Trainers are doing at the edge of the platform or how it’s supposed to combat the ill effects of gravity.

As for the funniest looking ones? I suggest spending some time with Lucario and Duck Hunt Dog, the latter of which seems to expose his evil side when facing death by gravitational influence.

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For more on Super Smash Bros., be sure to check out our review. If it’s humor you’re looking for, check out our guide to recreating stages cut from the Wii U version.