Secrets to Sonic's Spin Shot

This is a tutorial on Sonic's Spin Shot move. Quite a few people have asked me about it, and I didn't find any tutorials that explained the move in full. So here's my attempt.

Side Smash also works in place of Up Smash

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Sonic
• Spin
• Shot
• Super
• Smash
• Bros
• Brawl

[YoshiFriends333]

I wonder if this tactic will come in handy in real brawls when you just can't simply time it right sometimes, especially on Wi-Fi.

I don't think this tactic would help much though while you could have an extra jump when you're launched AND use one of the most reliable Up-B's in the game.

[KyuTwo]

Which is one of the main reasons why I use Wii Mote Nunchuk, since you can execute the move right almost every time. Also, learning this move will benefit Sonic users if the Spring Recovery gets too predictable. Since Sonic can't use his other special moves after Spring, Brawlers can retaliate as soon as Sonic lands.

Take a look at my Brawls and you can see Spinshot used effectively during Brawls.

[YoshiFriends333]

And this is a reason why I subscribed to you. I don't think I'll master the technique though, I'm a GC user :|

[KyuTwo]

Ah. Okay. Thanks for subscribing, though. :)

[RisingSun2007]

Hey I know that move yo udo your side B and hold the button down and instead of letting go and then you press A or something, and it does that. I could be wrong but I've done that several times before.

[KyuTwo]

Yeah, true. There's a lot more to Spin Shot that I wanted to explain so I hope this video explains it all.

[GODAXELthe1]

thanx!! i was playing smash bros today and i did that on accident in the middle of battle and it helped me out but i never done it before and i didnt no how i did it? and then sure enough i get on the computer and u have an entire explaination of how it works! thanx ur awesome!:)

[CHAALIEL]

whenever i try to do the up-smash way, i always end up doing up - aerial. help?

[PikuSonic]

Thank you so much this helps a lot when I'm Sonic! :) I used to wonder what the heck it was.. I thought it was a certain glitch but now I realize how effective it is. :D I'm definitely doing this when pwning taunter parties' asses! >:D

[szion72]

i used to do this all the time without knowing it was a tech of any kind o.o thot i was just doing the spin dash wrong or sumthn xDD?

[lordpsi99]

GREAT TECHNIQUE! Sonic just got a whole lot more "way past cool"!

[sonictheporcipine]

thanks aot i only knew how to do it on the spot

[SonikTheEdgehog5]

i wanna c u use it with a wii classic controller please.. but put the control settin like a gc controller.. please

[cobanermani456]

@KyutwoVideos Thanks!

[MacDaddyRiggles]

@KyutwoVideos Thanks dude, I appreciate it.

[KyutwoVideos]

@cobanermani456 For Spin Charge Spin Shot - Jump in the air, Use Spin Charge (Keep Charging), while charging hit either Up Smash or Side Smash.

For Spin Dash Spin Shot - Charge up the Spin Dash to 50% Charged, when you release B, IMMEDIATELY hit A. You MUST time the A button right when Sonic launches out of Spin Dash. Try sliding your thumb from 'B' to 'A'.

[KyutwoVideos]

@MacDaddyRiggles In Mid-Air, tap the Joystick in the opposite direction first (make sure you're not holding it down) and THEN hit 'B'. It works for any character.

Mid-Air --- Opposite direction --- release --- THEN hit B.

Jump, Tap <-- , B

[cobanermani456]

How can you spin shot with the gamecube controller? I've tried a TON of different moves and I can't do it.

[MacDaddyRiggles]

How'd you do the reverse homing attack?

[delkin525]

Thanks for the tutorial! subscribed!

[shrekbbbad]

DUUUDE!! I been looking all over for a video explaining the spin shot uses XD

I'm so happy I could cry ;D

THANKS A LOT KyuTwo

[KojinSagara]

fyi, ASC into spin shot can be done simply by taping forward on teh C-stick during the charge.

[VSKinzer]

Finally, somebody out there made a good visual tutorial on Spinshot. Many thanks.

And this is just me, but for ASCSS (Aerial Spin-Charge Spinshot), I find much success hitting the side of the C-Stick.

I also remember when I used to play with Single Wii-mote, Spinshotting with SpinDash was as easy as sliding my thumb from the 1 button to the 2 button.

[VSKinzer]

I don't think Nintendo, the makes of Brawl, intended on this kind of glitch/AT/physics/abuse/whatev­er you want to call it.

Which is why 95% of this kind of guides are not seen too often, not to mention that only a select few even give full detail.

[RisingSun2007]

Ya know, aside from watching this video, I've learned quite a few tricks with Sonic, watching your videos, that I use on my friends. And no way, I just watched this all the way through for the first time, and I had no idea you could do something liek that under Final Destination O_o, that's awesome ^_^; EPIC WIN.

[Xackadee]

Sweet! This should be an official tutorial! Why dont we see this sort of thing from Nintendo or SEGA?

[RisingSun2007]

It's a pretty useful video, as I can't do it in the air to save my life. . . .