Pokémon Trainer

"Just a little more, Charizard!"

- Pokémon Trainer

The Pokémon Trainer is a new playable character in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is the main male character of the games in the Pokémon series that took place in the Kanto region, portrayed in the Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen games. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he will stay in the background, and use three Pokémon, Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard to fight for him. His down special move, Pokémon Change, will switch out between these three Pokémon. The player chooses the Pokémon to start with, and they will then be changed in the order Squirtle → Ivysaur → Charizard → Squirtle, and so forth. This is the first time this kind of fighting style has been used in the Super Smash Bros. series.

The Pokémon Trainer is the first playable Pokémon character in the Super Smash Bros. series who is not an actual Pokémon.

Pok&#233;mon Change
Pokémon Change is a move used by the Pokémon Trainer in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is his Down special move. Once used, the Pokémon Trainer withdraws his current Pokémon into its Poké Ball, and sends out another one. For example, if he starts off with Charizard in the beginning of the battle, when he uses Pokémon Change for the first time, he would switch his Charizard with Squirtle. If he uses it again, he will send out Ivysaur. Afterwards, Charizard re-enters the battle, and the order starts over again. This attack has many more strategy options, as players can now switch between three characters, and no damage can be taken between switches. This is similar to Zelda's and Sheik's Transform move. Like Transform, each Pokémon shares the same HP.

Changing Pok&#233;mon can be crucial since each Pok&#233;mon has their own set stamina. As the Pok&#233;mon's stamina drops, its attacks will pack less power than normal. When the Pok&#233;mon is tired out, that's the time to use Pok&#233;mon Change. However, the player must not use this move too quickly or else the Pok&#233;mon won't have enough time to recover, and will get tired more quickly.

On a side note, if the Pok&#233;mon gets KO'd, Pok&#233;mon Trainer will automatically bring out the next Pok&#233;mon (unless he loses all of his stock lives in a Stock match).

Final Smash: Triple Finish
Triple Finish is Pokémon Trainer's Final Smash in the Wii game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is unique in the fact that all three Pokémon, Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard, are used in the attack. When the Smash Ball is collected by the Pokémon currently being used, Pokémon Trainer sends out his two other Pokémon. Then, a text box appears at the bottom of the screen (exactly the same style of text box used in Diamond & Pearl), and the three Pokémon use Hydro Pump (Squirtle), Solarbeam (Ivysaur), and Fire Blast (Charizard), which are all powerful attacks. No matter who it is used against, it will be "Super effective" on the opponent, according to the text box. The attack is particularly powerful when a player is close up. The beam-like ray is shot twice.

Role in the Subspace Emissary
In the Subspace Emissary, he allies with Lucas who helps him find his Charizard and Ivysaur. The two also encounter Wario and a large Subspace Army robot, saved by the robot's detonation by Meta Knight and they team with him, Marth and Ike afterwards. When encountering a huge Subspace Army group on the foothills of a mountain (and Meta Knight has left to retake the Halberd), they are saved by Mario and his team (Link, Yoshi, Pit and Kirby).

Solid Snake Codec Conversation

 * Snake: Pokémon Trainer... That's the guy giving orders behind a Pokémon, right?
 * Colonel: Right, and this Pokémon Trainer is controlling Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard. They represent water, grass, and fire, and they're all powerful.
 * Snake: So he makes his Pokémon fight while he sits back and watches. Sounds like a good deal if you ask me.
 * Colonel: It's not like that, Snake. Those Pokémon wouldn't know what to do if the Pokémon Trainer wasn't there giving orders. In every battle, there's a soldier doing the fighting, and a commander telling him what to do. By working together as a team, they accomplish much more than either could on their own. So let's do this together, partner.
 * Snake: ...Yeah... Whatever you say, Colonel.

Trivia

 * Pok&#233;mon Trainer is one of the few fighters to only get five alternate costumes in Brawl, instead of the usual six. This is also shared with Lucario, Jigglypuff, and Sonic.
 * None of his pokemon are formally introduced in the Subspace Emissary.