Hand Slap: Difference between revisions

The '''Hand Slap''', also called '''ground pound'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' instruction booklet, page 13 ([https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_DKC_Returns.pdf NTSC]) / 18 ([http://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/EUR/SF8P/SF8P_E.pdf PAL]).</ref> (alternatively '''Ground Pound'''<ref>[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/wii_u_6/donkey_kong_country__tropical_freeze/ElectronicManual_WiiU_DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze_EN.pdf ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' instruction manual (PDF).] Section 12.</ref>) or '''Ground Slap''',<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_DK_Jungle_Beat.pdf ''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' instruction manual], page 14</ref> is one of [[Donkey Kong]]'s attacks in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' games and the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series.

 

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', the Hand Slap is a move that only Donkey Kong can use by pressing {{button|paddown}} and {{button|snes|Y}}/{{button|gbc|B}}/{{button|gba|B}}. The move can defeat most regular enemies, and it even rewards a free [[banana]] for each enemy beaten. In the Japanese version, Donkey Kong is rewarded a [[Banana Bunch]] for every third enemy that he Hand Slaps, including [[Krusha]]s (even though it does not defeat them). In the Japanese and Game Boy Advance versions, Donkey Kong can also defeat dormant [[Rock Kroc]]s with this move. If he uses a Hand Slap in certain areas on the ground or on tree tops, Donkey Kong can unearth a Banana Bunch or even an [[Extra Life Balloon]].

In the [[Game Boy Color]] remake, the Hand Slap is required to unearth a [[DK Sticker Pack]] in each level. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, some boss arenas have a buried [[photograph]], which Donkey Kong can unearth with his Hand Slap.

The Hand Slap, referred to as the Ground Pound, reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', though it is performed differently from other games. This time, the ground pound is done by shaking the Wii Remote, or pressing the X button on the Nintendo 3DS. It can open [[item container]]s, crack [[Cracked Block|blocks]], push [[Spinning Platform|trapdoors]], open [[Rambi the Rhino|Rambi]]'s [[Animal Crate|crate]], and stun enemies. Ground pounding is also possible when [[cling]]ing onto grass ceilings and walls. While mounted, Rambi can also use this move; he instead stomps the ground with his front two feet.

Hand Slap is Donkey Kong's down special move in every ''Super Smash Bros.'' title, starting with the first game, ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. It is executed by pressing the special move button while pressing the Control Stick or Circle Pad down.

By performing the move, Donkey Kong rapidly slaps the ground, generating a small shockwave around him. This causes nearby opponents to get knocked upward and be damaged. The attack is very useful in the Multi-Man modes when Donkey Kong is surrounded by opponents, letting him launch all of them away, but it has no effect against aerial targets. The attack does takes a while to use, but once used, all the player must do is hold the Control Stick or Circle Pad down and continuously tap the special move button. Donkey Kong will keep using the attack until the special move button stops being tapped, or Donkey Kong is hit by an opponent. Until ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Donkey Kong could not execute the move in mid-air. Though the move isn't as useful in the air, it can still serve as a [[meteor smash]]. Additionally, the move can now break shields quite effectively, being able to break a full shield in 3 hits.  

The Hand Slap has set knockback in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', although in subsequent ''Super Smash Bros.'' installments, it can send opponents with low damage high into the air, but the Hand Slap's low knockback scaling at higher percentages prevents it from being effective at KOing an opponent.

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