Snake

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Snake

Snake's official art.
Series	Metal Gear Solid
Weight	Heavy
Costumes	Default camo, red and black camo, green camo, leppard skin camo, and blue camo
Special Moves	Hand Grenade, Cypher, Remote Controlled Missile, C4
Final Smash	Grenade Launcher

Background

Snake is the main character from the Metal Gear franchise (see the MGS Wiki) and one of the two third party characters in Brawl, the other being Sonic. He comes prepared with hand grenades, a remote control missile, D4 and a Cypher to get out of those tight spots.

Role in SSE

Snake is first revealed in Subspace when he was shown hiding inside his box. He would join forces with Lucario and Metaknight to take on the Subspace army until they reached a room were there were caged trophies of Zelda and Peach. After freeing them, Snake would make them stay in the room. Snake, Metaknight, and Lucario would enter the control room to find Game & Watches controlling the ship. He would then join up with more heroes after defeating the Game & Watches. They would continue on to the final boss.

Multiplayer

How to unlock

The following are ways to unlock Snake:

Play 130 brawls
Play 15 brawls on Shadow Moses Island
Get Snake to join your party in The Subspace Emissary

Pros

Powerful camping game
Extremely high priority
Quick, strong jabs
Powerful, disjointed tilts
Has great stage control
Mortar-sliding
Large arsenal is useful for mind games.
D-throw is a chain-grab on ledge and good tech chase
Difficult to KO

Cons

Easy to spike recovery
Recovery is sometimes difficult to maneuver and may get caught on stage lips (Final Destination, Pokemon Stadium 1)
Moderately-low dash speed
Fast-faller

Strategies

Snake is all about strategy. All his moves can be used in excellent combos. Planting his C4(down special) and his Down Smash on the edge of stages can be a good edgeguarder technique. Another great combo is to set down a Down smash and when your opponent comes at you then grab them and use your down grab. They must roll now so if they roll forward they hit the mine, if they roll backward then have your F-smash waiting for them and it will undoubtedly hit and if they decide to stand up in place just shield and regrab them.

Mortar slide - One of the most useful techniques a snake can learn. What you have to do is press Down on the C stick when running then immediately press Up and Z at the same time. This should result in you stopping the beginning of your dash attack and sliding a very far distance with your mortar out and firing.

Codec Messages

On the Shadow Moses Island stage Snake has a taunt where he talks with the support team: Otacon, Mei Ling and Roy Campbell, about the other characters he is fighting. To perform this do the down taunt. It has no real point except to cause a distraction and obstruct the screen.

Bowser

Colonel: "Careful Snake, that's the great and terrible Bowser!"

Snake: "Bowser? Looks like a cheap movie monster."

Colonel: "Hardly, Bowser leads an entire army of monsters. But I'd worry more about his claws and fire if I were you."

Snake: "Doesn't look that tough to me. Seems kind of slow actually."

Colonel: "Well he is king of Koopas it's only natural he'd be slow. But thats only because he's the heaviest fighter here by far. He's a powerhouse of destruction. be careful he doesn't flatten you."

Captain Falcon

Snake: "Hey that's Captain Falcon isn't it?"

Otacon: "Good eye Snake. He's F-Zero pilot number 7"

Snake: "You know, seeing Captain Falcon here reminds me...We should do that thing we always wanted to try."

Otacon: "Ohh yeah, that thing, good idea. OK, ready, go!"

Snake: "Falcon Puuuuuunch!"

Otacon: "Falcon Kiiiiick!"

Diddy Kong

Snake: "Otacon, there's a chimpanzee here wearing a Nintendo hat."

Otacon: "That's Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's partner. Not only is he lightweight, he can use a wide range of weapons as well, he can use those barrel jets on his back, and he can shoot nuts with his peanut popgun."

Snake: "Peanuts? As in those little ones in shells? Are you serious?"

Otacon: "Wait, heres the best part, You see them lying on the ground after he shoots? If you pick up some of the peanuts they'll restore your health a little."

Snake: "Hmm. Edible ammunition huh... times sure have changed."

Donkey Kong

Snake: "Otacon there's a gorilla here wearing a tie. He's huge."

Otacon: "That's Donkey Kong, as you can tell he's got strength to spare. He may be the king of the jungle but he lives in a house just like you or me. And he seems pretty smart- well for an ape anyway. The Donkey Kong that fought the epic battle with Mario was this guys grandfather."

Snake: "That was a long time ago, what about this Donkey Kong? Does he get along with Mario?"

Otacon: "Nope, they're still at it. Seems like they're always competing in something- kart racing, sport, you name it."

Snake: "A chip off the old block."

Falco

Snake: "This is Snake."

Slippy: "Copy, Snake. This is Slippy."

Snake: "Wha? Who is this? What are you, some kind of frog?"

Slippy: "Easy there buddy. Just thought i'd hop on the wireless and give you a holler. Don't get mad."

Snake: "Hacked right into my channel huh?"

Slippy: "But I'm not here to mess nothing up, don't worry."

Snake: "..."

Slippy: "Just so ya know, Falco uses a blaster and reflector that i designed, just like Fox does. But Falco will kick his reflector and send it flying around. Just showing off if you ask me."

Snake: "No reason a weapon can't have more than one use. In face, I'd say its versatility shows how well you designed it."

Slippy: "Hey! Maybe so. I feel all fuzzy now. Thanks Snake.

Snake: "Maybe next time we meet you can design me a weapon."

Fox

Snake: "Colonel, that Fox is fast!"

Colonel: "You're fighting Fox eh Snake? His full name is Fox McCloud. He's the leader of the commando for hire unit Star Fox. They're mostly active in the galaxy known as the Lylat system. Fox and his comrades pilot all terrain fighter crafts called Arwings. His skills in combat can turn the tide of any battle...You seem to have a thing with foxes don't you snake?"

Snake: "Don't remind me. First Foxhound and now this guy... I'm sick of foxes."

Colonel: "You and foxes have a long history together. You ought to be proud."

Ganondorf

Snake: "This guy is giving off a murderous vibe! Even being close to him makes my skin crawl."

Otacton: "Snake! Ganondorf is dangerous! His ambition is to rule the world, and he's got the power to do it. No wonder they call him King of Evil."

Snake: "Do modern weapons even work against him? Do I even have a chance?"

Otacon: "Take a look around you. There are plenty of people fighting with swords, or even bare hands. At least you've got fire power! Count yourself lucky. It's not like you to whine Snake."

Snake; "I was just asking, Sheesh. well its back to the mission for me."

Ice Climbers

Ike

Jigglypuff

King Dedede

Kirby

Link

Lucario

Lucas

Luigi

Mario

Marth

Meta Knight

Mr. Game & Watch

Ness

Olimar

Peach

Pikachu

Pit

Pokémon Trainer

R.O.B.

Samus

Sheik

Snake

Snake: Colonel its me, I'm fighting myself.

Colonel: Snake, whats going on out there?! Could it be? Has the 'Les Enfants Terribles' project realy come this far?

Snake: Its more then that. He's got my moves, my gear, its like looking in a mirror.

Colonel: Do you think they collected data on you and created another snake...?

Snake: He's got the same build too. Creepy. But this Snake is a different color, and his tactics are slightly different.

Colonel: Interesting. So even if your evenly matched in power, your fighting styles make a big difference. You've faced tougher odds then this in the past Snake. Don't let this imposter beat you.