Yo-yo

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Artwork of the standard yo-yo from EarthBound
Type	Weapon
Appears in	EarthBound Mother 3

Yo-yos are equippable weapons introduced in EarthBound, and later reappearing in Mother 3, which raises the user's Offense. In both games they appear in they are universal weapons meaning they can be used by any of the human party members. They replace the boomerang from EarthBound Beginnings.

In EarthBound they noticeably raise the user's offense higher than most of the equips that can normally be obtained at that point of the game, however they come with a cost: they lower the user's accuracy by a bit causing attacks to miss 18.75% of the time. In Mother 3 they no longer lower the user's accuracy.

List of yo-yos

EarthBound

List of yo-yos in EarthBound
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Additional effects		Where to obtain
	Yo-yo		ヨーヨー Yo-yo		+6	$29	Lowered accuracy		Onett
	A so-so weapon.
	Trick yo-yo		すっごいヨーヨー Awesome yo-yo		+46	$998	Lowered accuracy		Fourside
	A tough, strong weapon!
	Combat yo-yo		コンバットヨーヨー Combat yo-yo		+54	$1148	Lowered accuracy		Deep Darkness
	This one rocks, for sure.

Mother 3

List of yo-yos in Mother 3
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Additional effects		Where to find
	Handy Yo-yo		てごろなヨーヨー Affordable Yo-yo		+20	350 DP			Highway
	This yo-yo makes a perfect gift or souvenir. Offense +20.
	Friend's Yo-yo		ともだちのヨーヨー Friend's Yo-yo		+30		Speed +5 When used as an item, the enemy will applaud		Thunder Tower (guarded by Li'l Miss Marshmallow)
	Offense +30. Speed +5.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Ness using his yo-yo in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In all six of the Super Smash Bros. games Ness uses a yo-yo for both his up smash and his down smash. For his up smash Ness performs the "around-the-world" trick where he swing the yo-yo over his head, starting from the front, then finishing from the back. His down smash is the "walk-the-dog" trick and swings down from behind, then around below him and finishing in the front. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate they have been given the ability to charge while hanging off of a ledge, which has become infamous for its strong utility as an edgeguarding technique.

Trivia

• The friend's yo-yo is often theorized to be Ness's yo-yo due to being found in Porky's playroom and being called the "friend's" yo-yo.
• In Super Smash Bros. Melee there is a glitch with Ness's yo-yo smash attacks where they will drop a hitbox on the ground, which allows Ness to attack an opponent from almost anywhere on the stage.