25 Years on From Super Smash Bros. Melee, Creator Masahiro Sakurai Finally Confirms The Secret Behind How Much Damage is Healed by Food

Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Super Smash Bros., has revealed the crushed wherefore the series' nutrient assorted items each heal your quality by a circumstantial amount.

Writing this week connected Twitter/X, Sakurai simply dropped the item retired of obscurity — 25 years connected from erstwhile nutrient was archetypal introduced to Nintendo's deed warring series, backmost successful Super Smash Bros. Melee.

In short, the much calories a portion of nutrient is apt to have, the much it has been programmed to heal. So, portion a clump of steadfast grapes mightiness heal your quality by 4% successful Smash Bros. Ultimate, a pizza oregon stack of pancakes volition heal by 7%.

While immoderate had guessed the logic previously, this is fans' archetypal authoritative confirmation wherefore Smash Bros.' foodstuffs enactment this way. And, peering astatine the Smash Bros. Wiki leafage connected food, the mentation mostly stands up to reality.

Super Smash Bros. Melee introduced 28 nutrient types, a full that accrued to 36 successful Smash Bros. Ultimate — though the existent scope has varied implicit the people of the franchise.

Looking conscionable astatine Ultimate, then, debased healing items see cherries (1% harm healed), kiwis, lemons and beverage (all 2%), a lollipop (3%) and cola (3% — conjecture it's diet).

Mid-tier healing items see squash crockery (4%), cheese, cocoa and dumplings (all 5%), positive a blistery dog, maize dog, cherry pastry and popcorn (all 6%). Curiously, a crockery heals by 5% — though its representation shows it is covered successful immoderate benignant of dressing.

Undo your apical fastener and we're onto the top-tier foodstuffs by harm healed, specified arsenic the hamburger, pancakes and pizza (all 7%), spaghetti (8%), strawberry shortcake (10%), steak (11%) and turkey (12%). Curiously, breadstuff is besides successful this class (at 10%) — though it is the full loaf.

So, adjacent clip you're playing Super Smash Bros. and nutrient items spawn on-screen, caput for the tastiest-looking, highest calorie option. Wombo combo? Popcorn combo, much like.

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