The Dark Cannons are large dragon looking guns, mainly used by some Subspace Army members, specifically Ganondorf, King Bowser and Wario. They shoot a black arrow-type projectile, which can reach very fast speeds and one-shots anything, turning it into a statue. It debutted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, appearing in the Subspace Emissary cutscenes and as a trophy.
When it is used, it will charge a yellow energy beam, which will later transform into a black arrow-shaped projectile, and after it touches anybody, it will turn them into trophies.
History[]
The Dark Cannon first appeared in a Subspace Emissary cutscene alongside Wario holding it while the Subspace Army is making their first invasion. After Petey Piranha is defeated, Wario comes out of nowhere and laughs evilly while looking at Peach/Zelda (depends) and Kirby. He then turns around and aims the cannon to one of the princesses (depends on which character the player had chosen to save) and charges it to shoot them. After a few seconds the cannon is ready to shoot, and Wario manages to petrify Peach/Zelda. When he finishes his job, he grabs the trophy, laughs and jumps away.
The Subspace Cannon appeared again a few cutscenes after, this time being held by Bowser in a jungle. This was because Bowser had met Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, and wanted to get rid of them by using the cannon. To prevent Bowser from petrifying Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong decides to charge up a punch by rotating his arm. Thanks to this he manages to throw Diddy Kong in the air saving him, but ending up getting petrified.
Later eventually, we see the Dark Cannon appearing once again, this time in Wario's hands. After Lucas is saved by Ness from the King Statue, they meet up with Wario while he's standing on top of a tall rock. Wario laughs and starts aiming his cannon at Ness, charging it in an attempt to petrify him. Though, this fails so Wario gets annoyed and starts charging it again, this time shooting a volley of bullets towards Ness, but he manages to dodge all of them. Wario's had enough of Ness, and decides to aim at the distracted Lucas instead. This time, Wario manages to hit Ness while he was trying to save Lucas. When Wario's done, he jumps down the rock, approaches Ness' trophy in a menacing way and scares Lucas away while laughing histerically along rain and lightnings in the background.
In the middle of the story, the Dark Cannon appears again being held by Bowser, after shooting Diddy Kong whilst he was talking to Fox in a random plain area. Later, Bowser decides to send shadow bugs on Diddy Kong's trophy, creating a clone of him. Fox is shocked and Bowser starts aiming him but soon after he is interrupted by Falco, shooting him from his Arwing. Falco then lands on the ground, rushes on the Dark Cannons and kicks it, throwing it in the air and blowing it up after shooting it with two laser pistols.
The Dark Cannon makes his appearance once again in another cutscene, after Bowser manages to petrify Peach/Zelda. Bowser created a clone of Peach/Zelda with the shadow bugs and hands it a Dark Cannon in order to kill Mario and Pit/Link and Yoshi. As soon as the clone starts aiming and charging the cannon, Pit/Link interrupts it by slashing the cannon in half, completely destroying it.
It then appears one last time, near the end of the story, with Ganondorf picking it up, betraying Bowser and petrifying him in an attempt to gain absolute power in the army.
Victims[]
- Princess Peach/Zelda: these 2 characters were the first victims of the cannon, they were shot down by Wario in the fighting arena.
- Donkey Kong: second victim, was shot by Bowser in the jungle while he was rescuing stolen bananas.
- Ness: shot by Wario in an attempt to save Lucas.
- Diddy Kong: while he was talking with Fox, he was shot by Bowser when he was distracted.
- Bowser: shot near the end of the story by Ganondorf, as a way to get rid of him and obtain more power on the army.