Recovery Attack: Difference between revisions

In a realistically portrayed fight, a fighter who gets knocked to the ground tends to have a hard time getting back on their feet unless their opponent allows it. Not so in [[Video Game|Video Games]]s, which have to make this ability to return to action possible, or else the (NPC) opponent could make the game [[Nintendo Hard]] or even [[Unwinnable by Design|impossible]] to complete. If taking a single hit, when you can still take more, is functionally a game over, this causes every attempt to be a [[No Damage Run]], and completely counters the point of even having defense at all, [[Mighty Glacier|slower characters who rarely hit first]], or many other game mechanics.

So, one safe way to counter an opponent's strategy of [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]? Grant that strategy to the player. The [['''Recovery Attack]]''' is where a fighter can attack while recovering from being knocked down. They may still be able to be damaged, but the ability to return fire causes the player's character to have a safe way of stopping damage, and starting to turn things around.

* In the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series, a [['''Recovery Attack]]''' can be performed both from knockdown and when hanging from a ledge on the end of a stage to make a safer recovery. However, once a fighter's damage exceeds 100%, the fighter's ledge recovery attack typically has a slower animation but deals slightly more damage.