X Bomb: Difference between revisions

The '''X Bomb''' (called a '''Cross Bomb''' in Japan) is an item from the ''[[Icaruspedia:Kid Icarus (series)|Kid Icarus]]'' title, ''[[Icaruspedia:Kid Icarus: Uprising|Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. It appears as an explosive [[item]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''. Upon detonation, the bomb explodes in two lines of flames that span across the stage in either an X-shaped or cross-shaped formation. The explosion does not hurt the players or their team if they throw it. If they activate it with other means, however, the bomb hits everyone. [[Bowser Jr.]]'s [[Final Smash]] in which he turns into [[Shadow Mario]] and paints an X over the screen to harm other players is nearly identical to this item's function.

[[Masahiro Sakurai]] stated on [[Nintendo]]'s Miiverse network that the X Bomb is from ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' and is not to be confused with an item of the same name from ''[[Wikipedia:Meteos|Meteos]]''. Though the design for the X Bomb in the game is definitely based off ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'', it actually behaves more like its ''Meteos'' equivalent. It's further confusing to note that the Japanese name for the X Bomb, Cross Bomb, is actually the name of an item in ''Meteos'', and the name is completely irrelevant to ''Kid Icarus''.