Crawling is a new addition in Brawl. To crawl, while holding down, simply shift the control stick slightly to the left or right; it’s easiest to press the control stick in the two notches located at 225 and 315 degrees. Not all characters can crawl, but most can.

Projectiles are usually placed near the upper body of most characters, so crawling offers a chance to actually avoid these projectiles while continuing an approach because it places your characters on a lower plain. Beyond this, crawling can be used similarly to walking when it’s needed to minutely change your character’s position. Unlike walking, though, your character cannot immediately turn around and is limited to slow forward and backwards movement while continually facing the same direction.

Note #1: Default control scheme using the GCN controller is assumed.