Winged Pikmin (Super Smash Bros.)

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Winged Pikmin is Olimar's up B special or "recovery move" in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. It replaced the Pikmin Chain that Olimar used in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This was a needed change for Olimar because Pikmin Chain can be considered useles when playing against edge hoggers.

Usage
2 Winged Pikmin appear for a few seconds and carry Olimar a set distance that can be varied by the amount of Pikmin Olimar has behind him at the moment. If Olimar has Pikmin with him the Winged Pikmin struggle and carry Olimar for a less time and less speed and that means Olimar can't recover well. But if Olimar has 0 Pikmin, the Winged Pikmin can carry Olimar very far and at a high speed. The downfall is that Olimar will need to sacrafice his Pikmin to use the move properly, which means he will have to use Pikmin Pluck over again. This also works inversley to Pikmin Chain, which works better if Olimar has more Pikmin.

Origin
Winged Pikmin can carry items and captains over places that Pikmin can't go into. Places such as water (Blue Pikmin are the only type that can swim in Pikmin 3), and high up places account for this.

Trivia

 * This works oppisite to Pikmin Chain which helps Olimar recover when he has more Pikmin.
 * This was done because Olimar can only have 3 Pikmin at once instead of 6
 * It's not known if Purple Pikmin will way them down more than other types, like they would in Pikmin 3Olimar Gameplay Trailer! -Super Smash Bros. 4- (HD)