Pitfall
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| Pitfall | |
|---|---|
    A Pitfall. | |
| Universe | Animal Crossing |
| Appears in | Brawl SSB4 Ultimate |
| Item class | Throwing/trapping |
| Article on Nookipedia | Pitfall Seed |
ThePitfall (おとしあなのタネ,Pitfall Seed) is anitem that appears inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl,Super Smash Bros. 4 andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. It hails from theAnimal Crossing series.
Origin[edit]
In all games in theAnimal Crossing series, pitfall seeds are items that can be found buried in the ground with the exception ofNew Horizons, which requires a crafting recipe for a pitfall seed. If the player or an animal walks over a buried pitfall seed, they will fall and be temporarily stuck in a hole. Players can dig up pitfall seeds and rebury them elsewhere, making it possible to pull "pranks" by setting traps for animals or other players to fall into. Unlike inSmash, buried pitfall seeds are visible in the form of a star-shaped mark on the ground, although they are indistinguishable from other buried items such as fossils.
Overview[edit]
When thrown, the Pitfall can bounces off walls until it touches the ground, which it then embeds itself into with no trace, waiting for an opponent to walk over it. The next opponent to walk onto its location will sustain damage and becomeburied. If nobody activates the Pitfall, it will despawn in a puff of smoke after 40 seconds. Characters on a solidplatform will remain buried for the normal duration as determined how muchdamage they sustained, though characters on a fall-through platform will be spiked downwards through the platform after the "buried" animation has finished. When thrown, the Pitfall also has a hitbox, and if it hits a grounded opponent, it will activate on them, and bury them for even longer. When thrown at an airborne enemy or at an enemy hanging on an edge, the target ismeteor smashed. Having multiple Pitfall items and planting them in the exact same spot can cause more damage than usual.
InUltimate, Pitfalls will not bury downed characters (including ifOlimar lands on one afterhis Final Smash), but the audience may still cheer as usual. Throwing a Pitfall on an already-buried character will cause a meteor effect, sending the character flying upwards with high knockback.
Damage output[edit]
| Brawl | SSB4 | SSBU | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walk over | 10% | 10% | 12% |
| Throw | 17% | 16% | 20.2% |
| Up tilt throw | 14-16% | 19% | 19.4% |
| Down tilt throw | 17-18% | N/A | N/A |
| Dash throw | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| Forward smash throw | 20% | 21% | 23.8-24% |
| Up smash throw | 12-21% | 22% | 19.4% |
| Down smash throw | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Aerial throw | 17% | 18% | 20.2-23% |
| Aerial drop | 16% | 18.4% | |
| Aerial up tilt throw | 11-18% | 19% | 19.4% |
| Aerial down tilt throw | 16% | 20% | 19.4% |
| Aerial forward smash throw | 17-18% | 17% | 24.2-25.5% |
| Aerial up smash throw | 13-18% | 19% | 19.4% |
| Aerial down smash throw | 16-19% | 20% | 19.4% |
Trophies[edit]
InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
The Pitfall item appears as a trophy inSuper Smash Bros Brawl. It is obtained by completing100-Man Brawl with any character.
- Pitfall
A tricky little item you can bury. Any player who passes over it will drop into a hole. If you land in a pitfall, move the Control Stick quickly back and forth to escape, because until you do, you're completely defenseless. In Animal Crossing, this item also dropped passersby into holes. It was a thrill to bury one and wait for a visiting pal to stumble across it.
A tricky little item you can bury. Any player who passes over it will drop into a hole. If you land in a pitfall, move the Control Stick quickly back and forth to escape, because until you do, you're completely defenseless. In Animal Crossing, this item also dropped passers-by into holes. It was a thrill to bury one and wait for a visiting pal to stumble across it.
:Animal Crossing
:Animal Crossing: Wild World
InSuper Smash Bros. 4[edit]
- Pitfall
- You can plant this in the ground as a trap against your enemies. If they set it off, they'll be rooted in place and at your mercy. If opponents are spending too much time in the air, throwing this at them can send them meteoring down to the ground—or better yet, right off the stage!
- :Animal Crossing: Wild World (11/2005)
:Animal Crossing: New Leaf (06/2013)- Bury this item anywhere you like, then wait for an unsuspecting fighter to step on it. They'll drop into a hole and be stuck there, giving you the chance to practise your best smashes on them. If that's not for you, try hitting your opponent with it in mid-air for a devastating meteor smash!
- :Animal Crossing: Wild World (03/2006)
- :Animal Crossing: New Leaf (06/2013)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese | おとしあなのタネ | Pitfall Seed |
 English | Pitfall | — |
 French | Piège | Pitfall |
 German | Falle | Pitfall |
 Spanish | Trampa | Pitfall |
 Italian | Trappola | Pitfall |
 Chinese (Simplified) | 陷阱种子 | Trap Seed |
 Chinese (Traditional) | Pitfall | — |
 Korean | 함정 씨앗 | Trap Seed |
 Dutch | Valkuil | Pitfall |
 Russian | Западня | Pitfall |
 Portuguese | Armadilha | Trap |
Trivia[edit]
- InBrawl, ifWario strikes a buried Pitfall while riding on hisWario Bike (and is not wheelieing or taunting), he will be sent flying for a near certainKO. This is due to how Wario is considered grounded despite being unable to be buried or plunged, and so he takes the full effect of the planted Pitfall's fixed knockback value of a ludicrous 300 (designed for a long bury time). This knockback value is also why the crowd cheers when someone enters a Pitfall.
- Likely in order to prevent this scenario inUltimate, the Bury Immunity supportspirit skill will completely negate damage and knockback from pitfall seeds, while with all other sources of burying, the burying attacks will simply deal the knockback they are programmed with rather than burying the opponent.
- However, a similar trick works inUltimate by exploitingKirby'sStone. If a Pitfall is thrown at Kirby in his stone form on the ground that deals enough damage to break him out of it, he will be meteor smashed off the ground with enormous knockback, comparable toJigglypuff's shield jump, virtually guaranteeing a KO if there is no ceiling above Kirby.
External links[edit]
| Items inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl | |
|---|---|
| Normal | Assist Trophy ·Banana Peel ·Beam Sword ·Blast Box ·Bob-omb ·Bumper ·Bunny Hood ·Cracker Launcher ·Deku Nut ·Dragoon ·Fan ·Fire Flower ·Food ·Franklin Badge ·Freezie ·Golden Hammer ·Gooey Bomb ·Green Shell ·Hammer ·Heart Container ·Home-Run Bat ·Hothead ·Lightning Bolt ·Lip's Stick ·Maxim Tomato ·Metal Box ·Motion-Sensor Bomb ·Mr. Saturn ·Pitfall ·Poison Mushroom ·Poké Ball ·Ray Gun ·Screw Attack ·Smart Bomb ·Smash Ball ·Smoke Ball ·Soccer Ball ·Spring ·Star Rod ·Starman ·Super Mushroom ·Super Scope ·Superspicy Curry ·Team Healer ·Timer ·Unira ·Warp Star |
| Containers | Barrel ·Capsule ·Crate ·Party Ball ·Sandbag ·Rolling Crates |
| The Subspace Emissary | Key ·Stock Ball ·Trophy Stand |
| Collectibles | CD ·Coins ·Sticker ·Trophy |
| Other | Smash Coins and Bills |
| Animal Crossing universe | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | Villager (SSB4 ·SSBU) ·Isabelle (SSBU) |
| Assist Trophies | Mr. Resetti ·Isabelle ·Kapp'n |
| Stages | Smashville ·Tortimer Island ·Town and City |
| Items | Pitfall ·Beehive |
| Other | K.K. Slider ·Lloid ·Timmy & Tommy ·Tom Nook |
| Trophies,Stickers andSpirits | Trophies (SSBB ·SSB4) ·Stickers ·Spirits |
| Music | Brawl ·SSB4 ·Ultimate |
