Taunt

Taunt is a move used in the Super Smash Bros. series, Mario Party series, Mario Tennis series, and Mario Golf series.

In the Super Smash Bros. series, this move is typically done as a way to brag after KO-ing another player. Unlike other taunts, Luigi's taunt (which happens to be a modest kick to the ground) and Snake's taunts are the only ones capable of harming an opponent character, though they only do about 1% damage. Kirby's copied ability after using his Inhale will disappear after he taunts. If Samus quickly performs her Taunts ↑↓↑ in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, she will turn into Zero Suit Samus instantly. Doing the same thing as Zero Suit Samus will cause her to revert back to normal Samus with her Power Suit back on.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, players are able to Taunt once again. Nearly every character has three different taunts in this installment, except for Wario, who has four. However, during Wi-Fi mode, the Taunt can be used for an even greater use. When players press one of the directions on the D-Pad during Wi-Fi mode, the characters will not only taunt, but a small speech bubble will appear above them, with a quote that the players set. Players can create any quote they want, and they can set four at one time, with each button on the D-Pad activating a different quote. However, this only works in the With Friends mode of Wi-Fi; in With Anyone mode, the taunt quotes do not work.

In the Mario Party series, each character has a taunt – however it is unlockable. This taunt does nothing useful, and the player just shouts something to a character. In the Mario Golf series, when an opponent is about to hit a ball, the player can taunt the opponent – though this is also useless. If one human player is playing against another human, the taunt may distract the other player. The player can also cheer for the opponents as well in the Mario Golf series.

Smash Taunts
Smash Taunting is a taunt available only to Solid Snake and the Star Fox characters. This technique helps the player communicate with the player's allies.

To activate it, the player must execute a down taunt for just a split second; however, the taunt only works on specific stages when the player is controlling a specific character.

Snake’s Smash Taunt
Choose Snake and play Shadow Moses Island. Make a split-second down taunt. Then, if he is not interrupted, he will establish communication with Roy Campbell, Mei Ling, or Otacon, who begin talking about the fighters. In the Metal Gear series, players were able to obtain information during boss fights using the radio. This is similar to that. If the player does this while playing against Falco, they will establish communication with Slippy Toad from the Star Fox series. If Snake is KO'd while the conversation is on Screen, the person on the other end will shout "Snake? SNAKE? SNAAAAAKEEEEEEEE!!" in reference to the standard Game Over Screen of the Metal Gear series.

Here is the complete List of Snake's Codec Conversations.

Star Fox (Group) Smash Taunt
In this one, the player must choose Fox, Falco, or Wolf, and play in Lylat Cruise, and do the same split-second taunt.

After the spaceship warps to the next location, a conversation that matches the background begins. There are five background variations, so there are five types of communications per character.

The characters who make appearances here are Fox, Falco, Peppy, Slippy, Krystal, Wolf, Leon, and Panther.

Because the dialog is staged as if allies are observing the fight from the spaceship, the communication always excludes the one who’s engaged in the fight. Strangely, whenever Wolf uses his smash taunt, Fox never appears in any conversations, while Falco does.

Please note that when the spaceship warps as someone is executing a Final Smash, or if the Dragoon appears, the communication fails.

In the Melee Corneria stage, the player can enjoy the same set of communications that existed in the previous version of the game; however, as only Fox and Falco could initiate these communications in Melee, only Fox and Falco can initiate these communications in Brawl as well.

Full list of Lylat Cruise conversations

''Mario Power Tennis
In Mario Power Tennis all players can taunt and their taunts lower the power gauge of the foe, making it harder for him/her to get a special attack.