Super Smash Bros. Brawl update: pokeball item, Manaphy

Another cute and cuddly pocket monster is added to the list of things you can use against your opponent. Enter Manaphy. This pokemon is unlike the other pokemons that we’ve featured before. She doesn’t deal damage or hurls your enemies off  the stage, but she can definitely level the playing field.

Details on Manaphy after the jump!

The Smash Brother’s website has just released a new pokemon that can be used for Nintendo’s upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. With their latest update comes Manaphy, a cute, little, blue, water-type pokemon.

Manaphy made her first appearance in Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. Since much of her body is made up of water, she can heal herself when it rains. Sad to say, she won’t be able to use her aquatic powers in the game.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Manaphy has a unique skill. Although she can’t deal damage or hurl your enemies off the stage, she can switch the bodies of players. If you look closely at the screenshots below, Donkey Kong and Zelda apparently have traded bodies because of Manaphy’s powers.

But be careful, even though when you have switched an enemy, you haven’t fully traded bodies. If you commit suicide using your enemy’s body, it will still count as self-destruct for you.

With Manaphy’s powers, she is definitely something that you guys should watch out for. She can definitely turn the tides of war.

Enjoy the screenshots we have for you while waiting for the release of the game. We’ll be keeping you posted for more updates on this game as they come.