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"Okay, you look-a right here! I baked that into a pizza ONCE and nobody can ever know. Not even the health inspector. Capeesh?"
— Peppino.

Peppino Spaghetti (simply referred to as Peppino) is the main protagonist of Pizza Tower.

Description

Peppino is a somewhat overweight Italian chef wearing a black t-shirt, black pants, a white apron and a chef's hat. He also has black hair and a small mustache under his long nose.

He's the owner of his own restaurant, called Peppino's Pizza and always shows signs of both anger and anxiety, frequently shifting between those two emotions.

Main Abilities

Peppino is the most balanced character included in the game due to the great quantity of abilities he has at his disposal.

Jump

Press the jump button while on the ground to initiate a jump. Holding the button longer results in a higher jump.

Jumping on top of enemies will stun them, allowing them to be grabbed if they normally hurt Peppino when attempting to grab them.

As expected of a platforming Italian, Peppino can bounce higher off of an enemy by holding the jump button when landing on top of the enemy.

Body Slam

Press down while in the air at low speed to belly flop, damaging enemies from above.

He hangs in the air for a moment before dropping and can slightly shift left or right as he drops.

With enough height, this can be used to break metal boxes, indicated by the meteor-like effect.

Jumping after this gives Peppino a little more height than a regular jump.

Dash

One of Peppino's most important abilities for blasting his way through the towers. He builds up speed for as long as the dash button is held, allowing him to transition to several successive stages of dashing. Jumping during the dash keeps his momentum at whatever stage he is currently at.

Dash Stages:

Mach 1:

Peppino starts to run at a moderate pace.
Peppino can stun enemies by bumping into them.

Mach 2:

Peppino starts dashing madly, indicated by his red and green afterimages.
Can damage enemies, but must be wary of those protected with weapons.
Can initiate a roll by pressing down while dashing.
Can initiate a Dive by pressing down in the air.
Can run up vertical walls by jumping at them while dashing, or by running up a staircase connected to a wall.
Can break through non-metal boxes.

Mach 3:

Peppino starts dashing at an insane rate, indicated by his extremely angry sprite animation.
Distinct in its added sounds and force-field effect.
Has the same abilities as Mach 2, as well as the following:
- Enemies freeze in shock when Peppino reaches them, letting him bust through defenses like Forknight's fork.
- Can break metal boxes.
- Can initiate a super jump by pressing up while dashing.
Attempting to turn around in this stage will result in Peppino "drifting", in which he takes slightly longer to change directions but preserves his dash momentum.
Jumping off a wall results in Peppino moving back to Mach 2.
If the player continues pressing forward whilst running, he goes supersonic which gives him a bit more speed and alters the animation and sounds.

Mach 4:

Activated when the player is in Mach 3 and continues holding forward in the direction Peppino is running.
It is almost identical, the main differences being sprite changes and him going significantly faster.

This stage will activate instantly when Peppino interacts with the (now unused) Pepper Pizza power-up.

Roll

Press down while dashing on the ground at Mach 2 or higher to roll in a blue-hedgehog-like fashion. Damages enemies and breaks boxes to clear through crawlspaces.

Dive

Press down while dashing in the air at Mach 2 or higher to make Peppino dive downwards at a diagonal angle, can damage enemies and break non-metal boxes in the same fashion as the dash or roll.

Super Jump

Press up when the Dash reaches Mach 3 and release to super jump. The player can move side-to-side slowly before releasing, but cannot move horizontally once the super jump is initiated.

Flies straight upward quickly, busting through weaker obstacles until he hits a ceiling.

The player can cancel the super jump before hitting a ceiling with a dash, transitioning back into Mach 3. Skillful players can control Peppino's movement very quickly and precisely by alternating between a Mach 3 dashing stage and a super jump.

As of March 2020, the super jump has been reworked and now it only goes a set distance instead of endlessly going upwards. Because of the height nerf, it can now be used at any mach. The only way to extend the distance it goes is to hit an enemy or a block while super jumping. Also, it no longer has the mach effect, meaning it is impossible to cancel the super jump into a dash or another super jump. Now, it can only be cancelled into a grab.

However, these changes were reverted in Western Build V2 and instead it was given a different, more minor change, that being the inability to super jump in midair, meaning it is no longer possible to chain super jumps in midair by cancelling the move into a dash.

As of the April 2021 build, Peppino moves much slower while in the pre-super jump position.

There is also the Side Super Jump, which can only be enabled by hacking the game. As the name states, it is the super jump, but sideways. It will also break through metal boxes and kill enemies. The Noise's pogo moveset has a move similar to this, but he can steer it with little control.

Team Dash

While in Co-op mode, if both players attack each other at the same time, they will start rolling, which has most of the same effects as a Mach 3 dashing stage. The direction of the team dash depends on who attacked first and will go in the direction the first attacker was facing. Neither player can turn around, roll through one-block gaps, or end the dash until they hit a wall, but whoever attacked first can control the speed of the ball as well as jump.

Grab

Grabs a static enemy or object in his clutches. He can carry caught enemies around before smashing them away, upwards, or behind him. Pressing down whilst on the ground releases a stunned enemy.

He also has some wrestling moves he can perform while holding an enemy.

Giant Swing: Pressing dash while holding an enemy will cause you to spin forward with them, breaking blocks, bouncing off walls and killing enemies. Spinning into a hazard causes you to parry it. In previous builds, pressing the forward and backward directions quickly would allow you to spin and press the grab button to throw.
Spinning Piledriver: Jump with a held enemy and press down while in the air.
Uppercut: When pressing up with a enemy in hand, Peppino performs an uppercut, sending the enemy flying upwards at a high speed. The enemy can be grabbed again if still in mid-air.

Hold the dash button after initiating a grab and he will immediately start dashing at Mach 2, letting him reach top speed faster.

In earlier builds of the game this move had a lunging form which could break through blocks and be used for precise platforming.

Tackle (Unused)

In Peppino's Xmas Break and builds afterward, holding dash while holding an enemy will cause Peppino to tackle forward while still holding the enemy. The tackle won't break anything but small blocks, and releasing the dash button will drop the enemy and slow Peppino down. Pressing the grab button again while tackling will throw the enemy forward. Peppino can jump in this form as well as turn around, but the latter will cause him to drop the enemy. Any enemy hit while Peppino is using this move will be defeated. This move was replaced by a spin move in the April 2021 Build.

The tackle was also in GOLF and onwards, but was scrapped in the SAGE 2019 Demo.

Quick Roll

In the Cheese Dragon Boss Patreon build and builds afterward, if the grab button is pressed while Peppino is lunging forward for a grab on the ground, Peppino will do a short roll forwards, which can be used to build up speed quickly and defeat enemies.

Belly Slide

If the player crouches right after pressing grab, Peppino will slide forwards while laying down on his stomach. This attack can be used to destroy blocks in one-block spaces, but it cannot be used to defeat enemies. There is also an option to jump out of a slide to activate a slide jump, which unlike the normal slide, can damage enemies. Peppino can jump repeatedly in succession if he jumps again right when he touches the ground.

Shoulder Bash

Rushes forwards using his shoulder. It is similar to a Dash, but somewhat nerfed as it's not as fast as Mach 4, doesn't stay out permanently and cannot break stronger blocks - albeit much quicker to pull off overall due to being faster than getting from Mach 1 to 4. It is stated by PTG that this attack would be used during boss fights.

Buzzsaw (Unused)

Peppino charges forward with a large pizza cutter-esque buzzsaw, instantly killing enemies in his path. The buzzsaw needs ammo, represented by fuel cans, to function, and the player can only hold three at a time. Enemies will sometimes drop fuel cans to compensate.

Pistol

If the shoot button is pressed without a shotgun or Mort, Peppino will fire a bullet from his pistol, hurting enemies from afar. The pistol, however, has very limited ammo, only being able to hold three bullets at a time. Enemies will sometimes drop bullets to compensate.

Taunt

Strike a pose. If the player gets a combo counter of 3x or more, a super taunt will occur, where the taunts pop-out, with one of four unique taunts being selected (different taunts are purely cosmetic, and different ones don't affect gameplay), and all enemies on-screen are defeated. However, this also ends the combo afterwards.

His many taunt poses reference the likes of Peter Griffin, Akuma, Daffy Duck, Dr. Robotnik, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.

As of the Patreon Western Build, taunting now causes any projectile-based enemies to fire their projectiles, making waiting for them to attack to get the transformation their projectile gives take less time.

As of the upcoming combat-focused overhaul recently implemented, the super taunt now only hurts and stuns every enemy on screen, taking one of their health points away instead of instantly killing them like before.

Parry

If the player makes Peppino taunt right before he gets hit by an enemy or projectile, he will parry it and attack back. This can be used to make it easier to defeat enemies that often attack the player and can also be used to reflect projectiles thrown at them.

Breakdance (Unused)

If the shoot button is pressed without a shotgun, Peppino will do a breakdance kick to attack enemies. This attack has a bigger hitbox than grabbing and can be cancelled into either a rolling attack where Peppino curls up into the fetal position, which can bounce off of walls unlike the normal rolling, or a butt-first dashing attack. The rolling attack can also be used instantly by pressing the shoot button while rolling during a dash.

Slap (Unused)

Peppino will close his eyes and nervously swing his palm. It takes a few hits to stun an enemy before grabbing them.

This move only appeared in some early demos before being cut, and some of the animations would later be used for when breaking big boxes with a grab.

Transformations

Along with his basic moveset, Peppino has the abillity to transform in a varity of ways for different purposses.

See also: Transformations

Ball Peppino

(Gained from: Getting kicked by a Pepperoni Goblin or Goblin-Bot or pressing down while on stairs)

Peppino inflates himself just like a balloon and quickly rolls until he hits a wall. He is invincible in this form and will bowl over enemies. He can also break small blocks instantly without losing momentum.

Knight Peppino

(Gained from: Grabbing a sword or getting hit by a Pizzard's projectile)

Peppino will be heavy and slow, but he will be invulnerable and can still take out enemies by walking into them or jumping on them. He also gains fast momentum from sliding down on stairs and slopes. If he slides into a wall or touches a level hazard, the armor will break and return him to normal form.

Bomb Peppino

(Gained from: Picking up a bomb or The Noise's interference)

Originally, the player couldn't get rid of a bomb Prior to the April 2021 Build, however just like in Demo 2, if the player presses 'Grab' (formerly known in Demo 2 as 'Slap'), they are able to throw the bomb away. However sometimes the path can be blocked by purple metal boxes marked with bomb symbols that can ONLY be destroyed by an explosion, forcing the player to grab a bomb. During the transformation Peppino will run around without input of the player themselves (However, he can turn around if the left and right keys are pressed as of the Sage 2019 Demo.) and will be stunned temporarily upon the bomb explodes but won't be hurt.

Firebutt Peppino

(Gained from: Touching a pool of boiling sauce, burning haystack, Cheese Dragon's fireballs, or Peasanto (setting haystack on fire))

Peppino will jump up high and after landing his bottom will be briefly exposed. He can actually defeat any enemies that touch him at any point in the animation. In demos after Peppino's Xmas Break, the cheek-exposed recovery animation is now absent so that the player can regain control of Peppino more quickly.

Firemouth Peppino

(Gained from: Kentucky Kenny's spicy chicken wings)

When Peppino eats a spicy wing tossed by a Kentucky Kenny, he gains the firemouth form. His mouth is caught on fire, and he can destroy TNT blocks and kill enemies by touching them. He'll also run nonstop just like his bomb transformation. Free Milk booths will set him back to normal.

Ghost Peppino

(Gained from: Ranch Shooter's bullets)

Peppino turns into a ghost, allowing him to jump as many times as he wants and pass through electrified blocks and certain walls while being invincible, but he can't dash or attack. To end the transformation, there are tombstones around levels featuring this transformation that can be grabbed and tossed around to different areas by Peppino without a transformation, which can then be used to turn back to normal when touched by Ghost Peppino.

Mort

(Gained from: Picking up Mort)

Upon touching Mort, Mort will mount on top of Peppino's head and give him several new abilties like having Mort smack his head around and ascending slowly in mid-air, as well as being able to break Mort Cubes by using the previously mentioned head smacking attack.

Barrel

(Gained from: Dashing into a barrel)

Peppino gets stuck in a barrel and rolls around in it quickly. This can defeat enemies and break blocks. Hitting a wall while rolling in the barrel will cause the barrel to break, which ends the transformation. However, if there is a slope next to the wall, the barrel won't break and will instead change directions. The barrel itself can be grabbed and tossed around to different locations before using the transformation. This transformation is the only way to break Barrel Blocks.

Cheeseball Peppino

(Gained from: Trash Pan's cheeseballs)

If Peppino touches a cheeseball tossed by a Trash Pan, he gets stuck in it and will be stuck rolling in the direction of the cheeseball until hitting a wall. The only action that can be done while in this form is jumping, but the jumps are very small. There are also specific blocks labelled with a cheeseball on them that can only be broken with this transformation.

Sticky Cheese Peppino

(Gained from: Getting hit by a Cheese Peppino Robot or Cheese-inator)

In Demo 2, Peppino could get covered in sticky cheese from the causes above. He is lot slower in this form, walking similarly to a zombie, but can cling on vertical conveyor belts and jump off of them. To get out of this form, the player has to touch an outlet.

Pizza Box Peppino

(Gained from: Getting crushed by a Box Stamper or the scrapped Noise boss)

Peppino will be crushed in a pizza box, making him be able to crawl on smaller places more easily without having to do a roll. He can only get out of this form by getting hurt.

Weapons

In some versions and under certain circumstances, Peppino can afford a few weapons that help him endure the enemies he has to pass through during his quest:

Shotgun

In the SAGE 2019 Demo

Shotguns can be purchased for 4 pizza coins from Pizzamart (with a maximum of two guns). The gun will break from taking damage, but the player can carry one backup shotgun. The shotgun fires three projectiles at once by pressing up and the grab button at the same time. When performing the body slam, Peppino instead fires downwards while getting a slight vertical boost first, then stomps towards the ground. Pressing the grab button without the upward direction performs a shoulder tackle.

In the Western Build and onwards

The shotgun currently functions slightly differently than it did in the SAGE Demo, with shotguns now being obtained for free instead of bought from Pizzamarts and is now used more like a transformation and less as a powerup. The shotgun can now be gotten rid of by a metal detector. Since the projectiles fired by the shotgun go through walls, it is also now used in puzzles. Peppino can still perform the downward-fire & stomp combo, and the stomp can now briefly stun onscreen enemies when he hits the ground. There is also now a unique "shoot" button for firing the shotgun instead of pressing the up and grab buttons.

Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw

The Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw is a weapon that is in the files for the GOLF demo and Demo 2. It is currently not added but not an unused idea. In current demos, the Cutter Buzzsaw can be seen stuck in the background of some rooms in The Wasteyard level. In footage, Peppino would have had it at his disposal. It would be used to ram into enemies. He could have carried up to three canisters of fuel for it.

Pizza Revolver

The Pizza Revolver is a gun Peppino wields in the GOLF demo and April 2021 build. In GOLF, it shoots out toppings when the trigger is pulled, but in the April 2021 build, it fires a bullet that damages enemies. Peppino can carry up to three bullets.

In the comics

Peppino appears in the Peppino and Noise Comics.

In Peppino and Noise Comics, he is one of the titular characters of the comics and is often seen being annoyed and/or tortured by The Noise, to his dismay.

He is also planned to appear in a currently unfinished comic featuring him and Gustavo in the desert, where the two would be antagonized by Mr. Incognito.

Trivia

One of Pizza Tower Guy's Twitter posts jokingly described the background of Peppino as the main antagonist of a fictional 1996 video game called Pizza Boy Tower. There he would be known as "Chef Raider" as an antagonist and would be the nemesis of a character known as Totino the Pizza Boy, the protagonist of the game. However, Peppino's current backstory hasn't been defined yet.
- This is a reference to the predecessor of the Wario Land series, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. As this game marked the first appearance of Peppino's Mario counterpart, Wario, also acting as the villain, this is fitting.
While it's not confirmed by PTG, Peppino's anxiety could originate from a war he experienced before the main events of the game. The only proof for this is a sketch drawn by PTG showing Peppino with an army helmet. If this is true, Peppino might suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (This and other sketches can be seen in Peppino's Gallery)
Peppino's Grab move was originally inspired by the Suplex Copy Ability from the Kirby series. The inspiration is most obvious on demos or builds like GOLF.

In the real game lore, Peppino's Pizza place wasn't doing so well, so Peppino started to read about towers and eventually, he found a page that contained information about towers with ingredients to make perfect Pizzas. He then got a call from someone that was somewhere near the towers and for now that would explain how Peppino involved in the world of Pizza Tower.

Coincidentally, Peppino shares his name with Peppino Turco, the lyricist of Funiculi Funicula, that's also a song included in the game's soundtrack.

Modding Noise's Hardoween to play as Peppino makes the stage harder to complete, as the stage was initially designed around The Noise's altered moveset (The Noise with his skateboard could reach Mach 3 at much shorter distance than Peppino, and jumps higher).
Peppino's body slam is based on the same move from Virtual Boy Wario Land (without the bull power-up.)
In the game's lore, Peppino is mute but has a screaming voice when in his firebutt form, and the cheerful-sounding voice clips heard from getting a combo come from the TV counting points, not Peppino.
- However, he is shown speaking on the rank screens (Except the S-Rank Screen) and in some of the comics. That might mean that he is only selectively mute.(Side note: In the second Demo there are audio files of Peppino saying "Oh my goodness!" "Ohohohoho!" a grunting noise "most likely for when he got hurt" and "That's-a good!")
When picking up the shotgun, the quote "it's time to chew ass" will appear on screen. This is a reference to a popular Duke Nukem meme called "Dick Kickem" in which the popular catchphrase "it's time to kick ass and chew gum" is swapped by two words.
During one of PTG's live streams, it was revealed that Peppino was initially planned to be share the name of his creator, Pizza Tower Guy, akin to Doomguy from the Doom series. However, this didn't stick for very long.
- As the name suggests, this idea didn't come to light until the start of Pizza Tower's development, his final name sticking around before then.

Other Game Cameos

Although Peppino's main appearance is in Pizza Tower, there have been many official mods made by Pizza Tower Guy for various games that add him as a playable character, as well as officially approved cameos.

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart

Peppino appears in this Sonic racing fan-game as a downloadable character mod. Peppino has default stats, and a lot of his voice-lines came from Demo 0. Instead of driving a kart, he rides his signature scooter.

Rivals of Aether

Peppino is available as a custom playable character in this platform fighting game through the game's Workshop function. While originally planned to be made by Pizza Tower Guy himself, problems arised with coding, as the coder that was going to code Peppino never got to doing so. Much later on however, user Mineken713 ended up completing the mod himself using the sprites Pizza Tower Guy had made for the mod, with help from him to understand which sprites were supposed to be used for what. His moves include throwing a Cheeseslime, smashing into small pizza blocks, and shinesparking.

DOOM 2

Peppino appears as class mod for this game, with the mod currently only being available in the Pizza Tower Discord server. Many of his attacks and weapons reference Pizza Tower objects and moves, like the one where Peppino swings an outlet or a nuclear bomb (which is one of the possible junk objects that can appear in Dragon Lair), or using the normal Pistol and/or Shotgun. Other Pizza Tower characters also cameo in certain attacks, like The Noise being used to smack enemies, The Vigilante throwing dynamite, a Pizzard using its magic, and Pizzaface acting as one of the most powerful weapons. It seems that pizza slices and pizza boxes can be used to refill health, and that both can also be used as weapons too.

Treasure Tech

Peppino appears in one of the pages of the manual as an advert for Pizza Tower, and some 3 panel comics, though some of the screenshots from the game are likely from Patreon builds. The advert tells players to go to itch.io to download demos of the game.

Fraymakers

Peppino appears as an assist character. In game, he will run up to the opponent for a lunging grab, and follow with a giant punch if successful.

Antonball Deluxe

Peppino appears as an unlockable guest character. He has a chance to be unlocked by spending points (50,000 to be exact) in a Lottery Machine.

Gallery

For more images, see the gallery here: Peppino/Gallery

Promotional art of Peppino.
More promotional art of Peppino.
Promotional art of Peppino grabbing a Cheeseslime.
Promotional art of Peppino dashing.
Peppino's idle stance.
Peppino's normal walk.

Peppino's normal walk.
Peppino dashing at Mach 2.
Peppino dashing at Mach 3.
Peppino dashing at Mach 4.

Comics

These comics got posted on Pizza Tower Guy's twitter.

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-<!-- In this image, white does not have a red name because the screenshot is from the Among Us trailer, made before Impostors had red names. -->
-[[File:AmongUsWhiteKillBlue.png|thumb|right|An Impostor (white) has killed a Crewmate (blue), with another player (pink) having witnessed their death. Because of the game's vision mechanic, the pink player is partially obscured.|alt=A white-suited astronaut named "Buddy" (the player) stands in front of an unnamed blue-suited corpse. The room they are in is labeled "Admin". In the hallway, slightly obscured by the sight line mechanic, is a pink-suited astronaut named "Chum". In the upper-left corner of the player's screen, there is a fake list of tasks as well as the player's goal: to kill all Crewmates. The player also has the option to Use, Report, Sabotage, and Kill. As the player has just killed, the button is on cooldown and faded.|282x282px]]
-''Among Us'' is a [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer game]] for four to ten players. Up to three players are randomly<ref>{{cite web |author=Izaak |date=September 29, 2020 |title=Is there a surefire way to become an imposter in Among Us? |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-how-become-impostor-among-us |website=[[Sportskeeda]] |access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref> chosen to be the impostor(s) each round. A round can take place on one of four [[Level (video games)|maps]]: a spaceship called "The Skeld"; a headquarters building called "MIRA HQ"; a planet base called "Polus";<ref name=":6"/> or "The [[Airship]]", which is based on InnerSloth's ''Henry Stickmin'' series.<ref name=":31">{{cite web | url = https://www.pcgamer.com/among-us-map-the-airship-live/ | title = The newest Among Us map, The Airship, is now live | first = Andy | last =Chalk | date = March 31, 2021 | access-date = March 31, 2021 | work = [[PC Gamer]] }}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=March 31, 2021|title=LET'S GO AIRSHIP 🎉 New update out now! – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/237019/lets-go-airship-new-update-out-now|url-status=live|access-date=April 4, 2021|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref>
+== Description ==
-At the start of the game, Crewmates are assigned "tasks" to complete around the map in the form of [[minigame]]s, consisting of maintenance work on vital systems such as fixing wires and downloading data.<ref name=":1" /> Impostors are given a fake list of tasks to blend in with Crewmates. However, they cannot legitimately perform tasks. Impostors can sabotage vital systems (such as the ship's oxygen supply), covertly travel through vents, and work with other Impostors to kill Crewmates. If a player dies, they become a ghost. Ghosts can pass through walls, spectate other players, and chat with other ghosts.<ref name=":2" /> Living players have a [[Fog of war#In video games|limited cone of vision]],<ref name=":5" /> but ghosts do not have this limitation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Paez|first=Danny|title=3 'Among Us' ghost tips to help your team win from beyond the grave|url=https://www.inverse.com/gaming/among-us-ghost-tips-how-to-win-crewmate-imposter-ejection|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|language=en|archive-date=September 21, 2020|date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123215/https://www.inverse.com/gaming/among-us-ghost-tips-how-to-win-crewmate-imposter-ejection|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Peppino is a somewhat overweight Italian chef wearing a black t-shirt, black pants, a white apron and a chef's hat. He also has black hair and a small mustache under his long nose.
+He's the owner of his own restaurant, called Peppino's Pizza'' ''and always shows signs of both anger and anxiety, frequently shifting between those two emotions.
-Ghosts help their living teammates by completing their tasks (as a Crewmate) or performing sabotages (as an Impostor).<ref name=":6" /> The Impostors win when they kill enough Crewmates to be equal in number, or when the Crewmates fail to resolve a major sabotage.<ref name=":2" /> The Crewmates win by completing all tasks, or by identifying and ejecting all Impostors.<ref name=":6" /> Games can also end by players quitting the match if doing so fulfills any win condition (if a crewmate quits the game, their tasks are automatically considered completed).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duckworth|first=Joshua|date=October 8, 2020|title=Among Us: 5 Quality of Life Improvements The Game Needs|url=https://gamerant.com/among-us-5-imposter-ghosts-penalties-cheating-quality-life-improvements/|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=Game Rant|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mc|first=Chris|date=October 2, 2020|title=How to Find the Impostor in Among Us|url=https://www.gamespew.com/2020/10/eighteen-tips-for-beating-the-impostor-in-among-us/|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=GameSpew|language=en-GB}}</ref>
+== Main Abilities ==
-To help the Crewmates identify Impostors, there are various surveillance systems on each map, such as security cameras system on The Skeld,<ref name=":20" /> a doorlog in MIRA HQ,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stella|first=Marloes|date=September 25, 2020|title=Among Us Guide: tips to winning as Crewmates|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/among-us/guide-tips|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927151252/https://www.pcgamesn.com/among-us/guide-tips|archive-date=September 27, 2020|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=[[PCGamesN]]|language=en-GB}}</ref> and a vitals indicator in Polus.<ref name=":6" /> Crewmates may also confirm their identity through visual tasks, which cannot be faked by Impostors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meluso|first=Maria|date=October 20, 2020|title=Every Visible Task in Among Us (& How They Work)|url=https://screenrant.com/every-visible-task-among-us-how-to-complete/|access-date=November 8, 2020|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref> Any living player may call a group meeting by reporting a dead body, or by pressing the Emergency Meeting button at any time (except during major sabotages, when Emergency Meetings cannot be called, but dead bodies can still be reported).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Marshall|first=Cass|date=September 18, 2020|title=New Among Us players keep accidentally outing themselves as aliens|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/18/21445675/among-us-community-memes-new-players-accidental-guilt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123249/https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/18/21445675/among-us-community-memes-new-players-accidental-guilt|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 19, 2020|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|language=en}}</ref>
+Peppino is the most balanced character included in the game due to the great quantity of abilities he has at his disposal.
+=== Jump ===
-During a meeting, players discuss who they believe is an Impostor based on the available evidence. A plurality vote is held, and the chosen player is ejected from the map and they become a ghost.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Players can communicate in a [[Online chat|text chat]],<ref name=":1" /> but only during meetings, and only if they are alive (though ghosts can speak with one another at any time).<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> While the game does not have a built-in [[Voice chat in online gaming|voice chat]] system, it is common for players to use external programs such as [[Discord (software)|Discord]].<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" />
+Press the jump button while on the ground to initiate a jump. Holding the button longer results in a higher jump.
+Jumping on top of enemies will stun them, allowing them to be grabbed if they normally hurt Peppino when attempting to grab them.
-In each game's lobby, various options can be adjusted to customize aspects of gameplay, such as player movement speed, the allowed number of emergency meetings, number of tasks, if there will be visual tasks,<ref name=":4" /> or whether or not an impostor is revealed after being voted off.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Garst|first=Aron|title=Playing "Among Us?" Here are some tips and alternate rules to up the ante.|language=en-US|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/tips/among-us-tips-rules/|access-date=October 9, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> There are also many cosmetic options, including spacesuit colors, [[Skin (video gaming)|skins]], hats, and pets,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilde|first=Tyler|date=September 24, 2020|title=How to customize your character in Among Us|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-customize-your-character-in-among-us/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927112805/https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-customize-your-character-in-among-us/|archive-date=September 27, 2020|access-date=September 28, 2020|website=[[PC Gamer]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":19" /> some of which are paid [[downloadable content]].{{Efn|Both the free mobile version of ''Among Us'' and the paid PC version have paid DLC. For the PC version, however, some of the mobile version's DLC is included in the standalone game.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Zackery|last=Cuevas|date=October 2, 2020|title=All the differences between the PC and mobile versions of Among Us|url=https://www.androidcentral.com/there-difference-between-pc-and-mobile-versions-among-us|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=[[Android Central]]|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013043233/https://www.androidcentral.com/there-difference-between-pc-and-mobile-versions-among-us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7" />|name=|group=}}<ref name=":7" /><ref name="gamerantsequel" /><ref name=":5" />
+As expected of a platforming Italian, Peppino can bounce higher off of an enemy by holding the jump button when landing on top of the enemy.
-==Development and release==
-===Early development===
-{{Video game timeline|title=''Among Us'' timeline|range1=2018|range2=2019|range3=2020|range4=2021|2018a=iOS/Android release|2018b=Windows 10 Release|2019a="MIRA HQ" release|2019b="Polus" release||2020a=macOS release|2020b=[[Nintendo Switch]] release|2021a=PC [[Xbox Game Pass]] release|2021b="The Airship" release|2021c=[[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S]], [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 5]] release}}
-''Among Us'' was inspired by the live party game [[Mafia (party game)|''Mafia'']],<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":16" /> and science fiction horror film [[The Thing (1982 film)|''The Thing'']].<ref name=":33">{{Cite web|last=Fischer|first=Tyler|date=January 9, 2021|title=Original Among Us Was a Much Different and More Stressful Game|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/among-us-game-original/|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=Comicbook|language=en}}</ref> The idea for the concept was originally given by Marcus Bromander, co-founder of Innersloth, who had played ''Mafia'' since he was a kid. In the original game, function cards were dealt and players wandered around a house, aimlessly, while another person secretly killed the players, drawing a finger around their neck. Most of its mechanics were still present in ''Among Us'', but the team wanted to "alleviate the need to create an interesting home model and have someone wandering around in a boring environment". So, they decided that the game would be space themed and also added tasks, which, according to Forest Willard, programmer at Innersloth, "changed several times during development".<ref name=":33" /><ref name=":28">{{Cite web|date=January 9, 2021|title=Among Us dev recounts how the game took flight, including early game ideas|url=https://indieworld.nintendo.com/news/#among-us-dev-recounts-how-the-game-took-flight|url-status=live|access-date=February 9, 2021|website=Nintendo}}</ref>
+==== Body Slam ====
-Development began in November 2017.<ref name=":28" /> The game was initially intended to be a mobile-only [[local multiplayer]] game with a single map.<ref name="improb" /> Bromander paused development on Innersloth's other game, ''The Henry Stickmin Collection'', in order to build ''Among Us''<nowiki/>' first map, The Skeld.<ref name="newgroundspod" /> When they began developing the first map, they intended that the ship was always in crisis and that the Impostors could do tasks. However, they found this setup "stressful" and decided that it "[wouldn't leave] much time for detective work and informed meeting conversations".<ref name=":33" /><ref name=":28" /> Willard described [[playtest]]ing as painful and frustrating, as the game would break down during sessions forcing him to send playtesters new builds off of [[Google Play]]. The team tested the game with 8 of their friends and never tested the game with 9 or the maximum of 10 players.<ref name="newgroundspod" /> The game was developed using the [[Unity (game engine)|Unity]] engine.<ref name='itchpage'/>
+Press down while in the air at low speed to belly flop, damaging enemies from above.
+He hangs in the air for a moment before dropping and can slightly shift left or right as he drops.
-The game was released in June 2018 to [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] under the AppID of "spacemafia".<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Among Us – Apps on Google Play|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innersloth.spacemafia&hl=en_US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123231/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innersloth.spacemafia&hl=en_US|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=[[Google Play]]|language=en}}</ref> Shortly after release, ''Among Us'' had an average player count of 30 to 50 concurrent players.<ref name=":4" /> Bromander blamed the game's poor release on Innersloth being "really bad at marketing".<ref name="improb" /> The team nearly abandoned the project multiple times, but continued work on it due to a "small but vocal player base",<ref name=":14" /> adding in online multiplayer, new tasks, and customization options.<ref name=":14" /> The game was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] on November 16, 2018.<ref name="improb" /><ref name="outofbeta" /> [[Cross-platform play]] was supported upon release of the Steam version.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Power|first=Tom|date=September 16, 2020|title=Is there crossplay in Among Us?|url=https://www.gamepur.com/guides/is-there-crossplay-in-among-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924153020/https://www.gamepur.com/guides/is-there-crossplay-in-among-us|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=September 21, 2020|website=Gamepur|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Matthews|first=Emma|date=September 10, 2020|title=How crossplay works in Among Us|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/among-us-crossplay-pc-and-mobile/|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=[[PC Gamer]]|language=en-US|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123342/https://www.pcgamer.com/among-us-crossplay-pc-and-mobile/|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally, the game had no audio to avoid revealing hidden information in a local setting,{{Efn|For example, the sound of an Impostor killing a Crewmate could reveal to other Crewmates who the Impostor was.|name=|group=}} and Willard mixed sounds from numerous sound packs to compose the SFX during the game's Steam release.<ref name="newgroundspod">{{Cite web|title=#27 – Innersloth|url=https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/972286|language=en|access-date=October 20, 2020}}</ref>
+With enough height, this can be used to break metal boxes, indicated by the meteor-like effect.
-On August 8, 2019, Innersloth released a second map, MIRA HQ,<ref name=":11"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2019|title=MIRA HQ Launched! – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/94023/mira-hq-launched|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123251/https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/94023/mira-hq-launched|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2020|last=InnerSloth|website=[[Itch.io]]|language=en}}</ref> a "tightly packed headquarters roughly the size of The Skeld." A third map, Polus, was added on November 12, 2019 and is set in a research station.<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 12, 2019|title=Polus Map Launched! – Among Us by InnerSloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/109603/polus-map-launched|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123255/https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/109603/polus-map-launched|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2020|last=Innersloth|website=[[Itch.io]]|language=en}}</ref> The fourth map, the Airship, was released on March 31, 2021 and is based on a location in the ''Henry Stickmin'' universe.<ref name=":31" /><ref name=":32" /> MIRA HQ and Polus originally cost players {{Currency|4}} via in-app purchase. Their prices were reduced to {{Currency|2}} on January 6, 2020, then made free on June 11, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 6, 2020|title=Among Us and Innersloth in 2020 – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/118224/among-us-and-innersloth-in-2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924212833/https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/118224/among-us-and-innersloth-in-2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=September 27, 2020|last=Innersloth|website=[[Itch.io]]|language=en}}</ref> While the map packs are still available for purchase on all platforms, they now only provide the player the skins that were bundled with the maps.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 11, 2020|title=Among Us – All Maps Free and Among Us Merch! – Steam News|url=https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/945360/view/2406558942705547209|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926165007/https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/945360/view/2406558942705547209|archive-date=September 26, 2020|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]]|language=en}}</ref>
+Jumping after this gives Peppino a little more height than a regular jump.
-According to programmer Forest Willard, the team "stuck with [the game] a lot longer than we probably should have from a pure business standpoint", putting out regular updates to the game as often as once per week. This led to a steady increase in players, causing the game's player base to [[Snowball effect|snowball]]. Bromander attributed this to the studio having enough savings to keep working on the game even while it was not selling particularly well.<ref name="improb" />
-===Popularity===
+=== Dash ===
+One of Peppino's most important abilities for blasting his way through the towers. He builds up speed for as long as the dash button is held, allowing him to transition to several successive stages of dashing. Jumping during the dash keeps his momentum at whatever stage he is currently at.
-====Initial spike in popularity====
-[[File:Sodacrop.png|thumb|right|Twitch streamer [[Sodapoppin]], credited with popularizing ''Among Us'' on Twitch|alt=Sodapoppin in a purple Twitch hoodie]]
-While ''Among Us'' released in 2018, it was not until mid-2020 that it saw a surge of popularity, initially driven by content creators online in South Korea and Brazil. Bromander stated that the game is more popular in Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea than the United States.<ref name="improb" /><ref name=":7" /> According to Willard, Twitch streamer [[Sodapoppin]] first popularized the game on Twitch in July 2020.<ref name="improb" /> Many other Twitch streamers and YouTubers followed suit, including prominent content creators [[xQc]], [[Pokimane]], [[Shroud (gamer)|Shroud]], [[Ninja (gamer)|Ninja]], and [[PewDiePie]].<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Zheng|first=Jenny|date=September 21, 2020|title=Among Us Is Even More Popular Than You Think Right Now|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/among-us-is-even-more-popular-than-you-think-right-now/1100-6482376/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923035935/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/among-us-is-even-more-popular-than-you-think-right-now/1100-6482376/|archive-date=September 23, 2020|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=[[GameSpot]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":16" />
+==== Dash Stages: ====
-The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was frequently cited as a reason for the popularity of ''Among Us'', as it allowed for socializing despite [[Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic|social distancing]].<ref name="improb" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is 'Among Us', and How Did It Get So Popular? – Review Geek|url=https://www.reviewgeek.com/58061/what-is-among-us-and-how-did-it-get-so-popular/|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=www.reviewgeek.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Epstein|first=Adam|title=How an obscure 2018 computer game became a global phenomenon overnight|url=https://qz.com/1911718/how-among-us-became-a-global-video-game-phenomenon/|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]|language=en|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002010031/https://qz.com/1911718/how-among-us-became-a-global-video-game-phenomenon/|url-status=live |ref=none}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stuart|first=Keith|date=September 29, 2020|title=Among Us is the ultimate party game of the Covid era|url=http://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/sep/29/among-us-the-ultimate-party-game-of-the-covid-era|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en |ref=none}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sands|first=Sean|date=August 23, 2020|title='Among Us' Is Not Just the Game of 2020, It's '2020: The Game'|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep43yz/among-us-is-not-just-the-game-of-2020-its-2020-the-game|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001082837/https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep43yz/among-us-is-not-just-the-game-of-2020-its-2020-the-game|archive-date=October 1, 2020|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|language=en |ref=none}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> Emma Kent of ''[[Eurogamer]]'' believed that the release of Innersloth's ''The Henry Stickmin Collection'' also contributed to awareness of ''Among Us'',<ref name=":15" /> and ''[[PC Gamer]]''<nowiki/>'s Wes Fenlon credited Twitch streamer SR_Kaif for "prim[ing] ''Among Us'' for its big moment." Fenlon also praised ''Among Us'' for improvements over other popular tabletop games that had been inspired by Mafia, such as ''[[Secret Hitler]]''. He said other video game adaptation of Mafia such as ''[[Town of Salem]]'' and ''[[Werewolves Within]]'' were "just add[ing] an online interface for the basic Werewolf rules," whereas ''Among Us'' is as an entirely new take on the concept.<ref name=":16" /> Along with ''[[Fall Guys]]'' and the ''[[Jackbox Party Pack]]s'', ''Among Us'' provided a narrative-less experience that helped to avoid the "cultural trauma" of the pandemic, according to M.J. Lewis of ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.wired.com/story/among-us-narrative-free-games-pandemic-coronavirus/ | title = Among Us and a Resurgence of Narrative-Free Games | first = M.J.| last = Lewis |date = December 4, 2020 | access-date = December 4, 2020 | journal = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] }}</ref>
+''Mach 1:''
+* Peppino starts to run at a moderate pace.
+* Peppino can stun enemies by bumping into them.
+''Mach 2:''
+* Peppino starts dashing madly, indicated by his red and green afterimages.
+* Can damage enemies, but must be wary of those protected with weapons.
+* Can initiate a roll by pressing down while dashing.
+* Can initiate a Dive by pressing down in the air.
+* Can run up vertical walls by jumping at them while dashing, or by running up a staircase connected to a wall.
+* Can break through non-metal boxes.
+''Mach 3: ''
+* Peppino starts dashing at an insane rate, indicated by his extremely angry sprite animation.
+* Distinct in its added sounds and force-field effect.
+* Has the same abilities as Mach 2, as well as the following:
+** Enemies freeze in shock when Peppino reaches them, letting him bust through defenses like Forknight's fork.
+** Can break metal boxes.
+** Can initiate a super jump by pressing up while dashing.
+* Attempting to turn around in this stage will result in Peppino "drifting", in which he takes slightly longer to change directions but preserves his dash momentum.
+* Jumping off a wall results in Peppino moving back to Mach 2.
+* If the player continues pressing forward whilst running, he goes supersonic which gives him a bit more speed and alters the animation and sounds.
+''Mach 4:''
+* Activated when the player is in Mach 3 and continues holding forward in the direction Peppino is running.
+* It is almost identical, the main differences being sprite changes and him going significantly faster.
+* This stage will activate instantly when Peppino interacts with the (now unused) [[Pepper Pizza]] power-up.
-====Continued popularity====
-The game's popularity continued into the following months. [[YouTube]] reported that videos about ''Among Us'' were viewed 4 billion times in September 2020,<ref name="youtube">{{citation|title="Among Us" Surged in September – "Among Us" videos topped 4 billion views in September|date=October 14, 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/trends/articles/among-us-september/|work=[[YouTube|YouTube Culture and Trends]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160744/https://www.youtube.com/trends/articles/among-us-september/|quote=Among Us is an online multiplayer social deduction game developed by an American indie game studio, Innersloth. Among Us is a space-themed game in which a crew of astronauts must complete tasks while trying to figure out who among them is an imposter, who is sabotaging their work and killing the other players. The game has been available for about two years, but viewership of videos related to the game soared last month. There were over 4 billion views of videos related to Among Us in September.|access-date=October 14, 2020|archive-date=October 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[TikTok]] videos related to ''Among Us'' had over 13 billion views in October 2020.<ref name="newyorktimes">{{citation|last=Lorenz|first=Taylor|title=With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us – YouTubers, influencers and streamers popularized the multiplayer game. Then their fans started playing too.|date=October 14, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/style/among-us.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014204604/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/style/among-us.html|quote=When an indie game company created Among Us in 2018, it was greeted with little fanfare. The multiplayer game remained under the radar as many games do — until the summer of the pandemic. Eager to keep viewers entertained during quarantine, Chance Morris, known online as Sodapoppin, began streaming the game, created by InnerSloth, to his 2.8 million followers on Twitch in July. By mid-September, Among Us caught on like wildfire. Suddenly major YouTube stars, TikTok influencers, and streamers were playing it. PewDiePie, James Charles, and Dr. Lupo have all played the game for millions.|access-date=October 14, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> YouTuber CG5 wrote a song based on the game in September 2020, titled "Show Yourself", and gained over 60 million views in 4 months.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gravelle|first=Cody|date=November 6, 2020|title=Among Us Music Video Goes Viral After Game Dominates Sales and Streaming|work=[[ScreenRant]]|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-show-yourself-music-video/|url-status=live|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> In September 2020, the game exceeded 100 million downloads<ref name=":16" /> and its player count rose to 1.5 million concurrent players<ref name=":3" /><ref>
-*{{Cite web|last=Macgregor|first=Jody|date=September 9, 2020|title=Multiplayer space mystery Among Us hits 1.5 million simultaneous players|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/multiplayer-space-mystery-among-us-hits-15-million-simultaneous-players/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123259/https://www.pcgamer.com/multiplayer-space-mystery-among-us-hits-15-million-simultaneous-players/|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 12, 2020|website=[[PC Gamer]]|language=en-US |ref=none}}
-*{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Alice|date=September 8, 2020|title=Among Us had 1.5 million people playing at the same time this weekend|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/09/08/among-us-had-1-5-million-people-playing-at-the-same-time-this-weekend/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909025017/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/09/08/among-us-had-1-5-million-people-playing-at-the-same-time-this-weekend/|archive-date=September 9, 2020|access-date=September 12, 2020|newspaper=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]|language=en-US |ref=none}}
-*{{Cite web|last=Bailey|first=Dustin|date=September 7, 2020|title=Among Us reaches 1.5 million concurrent players|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/among-us/player-count|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909025026/https://www.pcgamesn.com/among-us/player-count|archive-date=September 9, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=[[PCGamesN]]|language=en-GB |ref=none}}
-*{{Cite web|last=Zheng|first=Jenny|date=September 18, 2020|title=Among Us Is Really, Really Popular Right Now|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/among-us-is-really-really-popular-right-now/1100-6482376/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123301/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/among-us-is-really-really-popular-right-now/1100-6482376/|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 19, 2020|website=[[GameSpot]]|language=en-US |ref=none}}</ref> (nearly 400 thousand of which were on Steam),<ref name=":11" /> then peaked at 3.8 million in late September.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lugris|first=Mark|date=September 29, 2020|title=Among Us Had 3.8 Million Concurrent Players Last Weekend|url=https://www.thegamer.com/among-us-3-8-million-concurrent-players-last-weekend/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001152149/https://www.thegamer.com/among-us-3-8-million-concurrent-players-last-weekend/|archive-date=October 1, 2020|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=TheGamer|language=en-US}}</ref> The sudden increase in players overloaded the game's server, which according to Willard was "a totally free [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] server, and it was terrible." This forced him to work quickly, under [[Crunch time (video gaming)|crunch time]], to resolve these issues.<ref name=":14" />
+==== Roll ====
-In August, Innersloth opened an online store for ''Among Us'' themed merchandise.<ref name="gamerantsequel" /><ref name=":4" /> The game's popularity inspired many original songs, [[Fan art|fanarts]] and [[internet meme]]s,<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Among Us se bucură de un succes neașteptat de mare|url=https://zonait.ro/among-us-se-bucura-de-un-succes-neasteptat-de-mare/|website=Zona IT|language=ro}}</ref> Willard expressed that fan-created content "really is the best part" of making ''Among Us'', and Bromander called it "my favorite thing to see".<ref name=":14" /> The game popularized the slang word "sus" (meaning "suspicious or suspect"),<ref name="cnbc">{{citation|last=Rodriguez|first=Salvador|title=How Amazon's Twitch turned an obscure game called Among Us into a pandemic mega-hit|date=October 14, 2020|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/how-among-us-became-a-mega-hit-thanks-to-amazon-twitch.html|work=[[CNBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160729/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/how-among-us-became-a-mega-hit-thanks-to-amazon-twitch.html|quote=Developed by InnerSloth, a small studio in Redmond, Washington, Among Us was download nearly 42 million times on Steam in the first half of September, according to Safebettingsites.com, and it was downloaded nearly 84 million times on iOS and Android that month, according to SensorTower. The game hasn’t left the top five on Apple’s U.S. App Store since Sept. 1, and it has seen more than 158 million installs worldwide across the App Store and Google Play to date, SensorTower says.|access-date=October 14, 2020|archive-date=October 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Marshall|first=Cass|date=September 21, 2020|title=Among Us fans are calling everything 'pretty sus,' and it keeps working|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/21/21449498/among-us-fans-pretty-sus-meme-explained|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924153115/https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/21/21449498/among-us-fans-pretty-sus-meme-explained|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schuhart|first=Johnathan|date=October 13, 2020|title=Among Us Phrases & Commonly Used Words Explained|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-sus-afk-where-meaning-slang-glossary/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160737/https://screenrant.com/among-us-sus-afk-where-meaning-slang-glossary/|archive-date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Alina|date=October 5, 2020|title=Red Is Lowkey Sus: A Political Reflection on "Among Us"|url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2020/10/5/red-lowkey-sus-political-reflection-among-us/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160736/https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2020/10/5/red-lowkey-sus-political-reflection-among-us/|archive-date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=[[The Chicago Maroon]]|language=en}}</ref> which had been used as a slang term before the game's release.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sus {{!}} Definition of Sus by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Sus|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/sus|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en}}</ref>
+Press down while dashing on the ground at Mach 2 or higher to roll in a blue-hedgehog-like fashion. Damages enemies and breaks boxes to clear through crawlspaces.
+==== Dive ====
-During its time of widespread popularity, ''Among Us'' was controversially played by the [[U.S. Army Esports|U.S. Navy Esports team]], in which players on the stream used in-game names referencing the [[N-word]] and the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|bombing of Nagasaki]]. The stream was deemed "offensive" and "intolerable" by some viewers.<ref>
+Press down while dashing in the air at Mach 2 or higher to make Peppino dive downwards at a diagonal angle, can damage enemies and break non-metal boxes in the same fashion as the dash or roll.
-* {{Cite web|last=Lemon|first=Jacon|date=September 13, 2020|title=US Navy's Twitch account criticized for streaming games with offensive player names|url=https://www.newsweek.com/us-navys-twitch-account-criticized-streaming-games-offensive-player-names-1531578|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123308/https://www.newsweek.com/us-navys-twitch-account-criticized-streaming-games-offensive-player-names-1531578|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=[[Newsweek]]|language=en |ref=none}}
+==== Super Jump ====
-* {{Cite web|last=Gault|first=Matthew|date=September 14, 2020|title=A U.S. Navy Twitch Stream Included Jokes About Nagasaki and the N-Word|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kp3db/a-us-navy-twitch-stream-included-jokes-about-nagasaki-and-the-n-word|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123259/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kp3db/a-us-navy-twitch-stream-included-jokes-about-nagasaki-and-the-n-word|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|language=en |ref=none}}
+Press up when the Dash reaches Mach 3 and release to super jump. The player can move side-to-side slowly before releasing, but cannot move horizontally once the super jump is initiated.
-* {{Cite web|last=Grayson|first=Nathan|date=September 15, 2020|title=Navy Twitch Stream Spirals Out Of Control Due To Slur, War Crime Jokes|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/09/navy-twitch-stream-spirals-out-of-control-due-to-slur-war-crime-jokes/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123338/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/09/navy-twitch-stream-spirals-out-of-control-due-to-slur-war-crime-jokes/|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=[[Kotaku Australia]]|language=en-AU |ref=none}}
-* {{Cite web|last=Marchetto|first=Claudia|date=September 14, 2020|title=Among Us: la Marina americana lo gioca su Twitch usando nickname razzisti ed è bufera|url=https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2020-09-14-news-videogiochi-among-us-giocato-twitch-marina-militare-usa-nickname-razzisti|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123341/https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2020-09-14-news-videogiochi-among-us-giocato-twitch-marina-militare-usa-nickname-razzisti|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=[[Eurogamer|Eurogamer.it]]|language=it |ref=none}}</ref> In October 2020, U.S. Representatives [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] and [[Ilhan Omar]] streamed the game alongside several other prominent streamers such as Pokimane and [[Hasan Piker]] as a way to encourage people to vote in the [[2020 United States presidential election]], drawing almost 700,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stephen|first=Bijan|date=October 20, 2020|title=Watch AOC play Among Us live on Twitch with HasanAbi and Pokimane|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/20/21525740/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-twitch-hasanabi-pokimane-ilhan-omar-among-us|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Abram|title=Almost 700,000 People Flock To Twitch To Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Play Hit Video Game 'Among Us'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/10/20/almost-700000-people-flock-to-twitch-to-watch-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-play-hit-video-game-among-us/|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=[[Forbes]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/tech/aoc-twitch-account-voting/index.html | title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just played a video game on Twitch to encourage voting | first = Hanna | last = Ziady | date = October 21, 2020 | access-date = October 21, 2020 | work = [[CNN]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Streams On Twitch With Hasan Piker And Pokimane, Draws Over 430,000 Viewers|url=https://kotaku.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-streams-on-twitch-with-hasan-p-1845431479|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=[[Kotaku]]|language=en-us}}</ref>
+Flies straight upward quickly, busting through weaker obstacles until he hits a ceiling.
-The game also received several mods made by the community, which added new roles, game modes, cosmetics, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matheus|first=Emma|date=March 22, 2021|title=The best Among Us mods to try with your friends|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/best-among-us-mod-download/|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=[[PC Gamer]]}}</ref> ''Among Us'' was also featured in [[Twitch Rivals|Twitch Rivals 2020]], an online gaming tournament which was held on December 4, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mukherjee|first=Arnab|date=December 6, 2020|title=Twitch Rivals Among Us Showdown: Trainwrecks wins for the 4th time in a row, Glitch Pet Twitch Drops active on his channel!|url=https://thesportsrush.com/among-us-news-twitch-rivals-among-us-showdown-trainwrecks-wins-for-the-4th-time-in-a-row-glitch-pet-twitch-drops-active-on-his-channel/|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=The Sports Rush}}</ref> During the event, players were able to receive an exclusive pet called "Glitch Pet", which is the [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] logo.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sayles|first=Lauren|date=December 9, 2020|title=How to get the free Twitch Glitch pet to use in Among Us|url=https://www.pcinvasion.com/twitch-glitch-pet-among-us/|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=PC Invasion}}</ref>
+The player can cancel the super jump before hitting a ceiling with a dash, transitioning back into Mach 3. Skillful players can control Peppino's movement very quickly and precisely by alternating between a Mach 3 dashing stage and a super jump.
-===Canceled sequel and ongoing updates===
-In August 2020, the team shifted focus onto a sequel, ''Among Us 2''.<ref name="sequelannouncement"/><ref name="gamerantsequel" /><ref name="techraptorsequel"/><ref name="sequelsomag"/> During this time, Forest Willard and Amy Liu continued to update ''Among Us'', increasing the maximum player base, adding four servers and three regions,<ref>{{cite web|last=Willard|first=Forest|date=September 1, 2020|title=Among Us Beta 2020.9.1 :: Among Us General Discussions|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/945360/discussions/0/2923353981937819321/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123256/https://steamcommunity.com/app/945360/discussions/0/2923353981937819321/|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] Community|language=en}}</ref> and implementing longer multiplayer codes to support more concurrent games.<ref>{{cite web|last=Willard|first=Forest|date=September 10, 2020|title=Servers Update (2020.9.9 beta) :: Among Us General Discussions|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/945360/discussions/0/2952628643857359158/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123256/https://steamcommunity.com/app/945360/discussions/0/2952628643857359158/|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] Community|language=en}}</ref> On September 23, 2020, the team canceled the sequel, instead opting to add all content intended for the sequel to the original ''Among Us'', due to "how many people [were] enjoying [the original game]".<ref name=":13"/><ref name=":15"/><ref name=":12">{{cite web|date=September 23, 2020|title=The Future of Among Us|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/181107/the-future-of-among-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924084429/https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/181107/the-future-of-among-us|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=September 23, 2020|last=Innersloth|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref> However, Innersloth deemed the game's [[codebase]] "outdated and not built to support adding so much new content", so the team made plans to rework the game's core code to enable adding new features.<ref name=":12" />
+As of March 2020, the super jump has been reworked and now it only goes a set distance instead of endlessly going upwards. Because of the height nerf, it can now be used at any mach. The only way to extend the distance it goes is to hit an enemy or a block while super jumping. Also, it no longer has the mach effect, meaning it is impossible to cancel the super jump into a dash or another super jump. Now, it can only be cancelled into a grab.
-The team subsequently announced their plans to fix the game's server issues and widespread [[Cheating in online games|cheating]] problem,<ref name=":24">{{Cite web|last=Grayson|first=Nathan|date=October 2, 2020|title=Among Us Has A Cheating Problem|url=https://kotaku.com/among-us-has-a-cheating-problem-1845256959|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003212735/https://kotaku.com/among-us-has-a-cheating-problem-1845256959|archive-date=October 3, 2020|access-date=October 4, 2020|website=[[Kotaku]]|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":25">{{Cite web|last=Marshall|first=Cass|date=October 8, 2020|title=Among Us with randoms is rough|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/8/21499102/amoung-us-playing-game-popularity-random-public-lobbies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009025656/https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/8/21499102/amoung-us-playing-game-popularity-random-public-lobbies|archive-date=October 9, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":26">{{Cite web|last=Wilde|first=Tyler|date=October 5, 2020|title=Of course there are already Among Us cheaters|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/of-course-there-are-already-among-us-cheaters/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009115036/https://www.pcgamer.com/of-course-there-are-already-among-us-cheaters/|archive-date=October 9, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=[[PC Gamer]]|language=en-US}}</ref> as well as add a system for banning disruptive players.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|last=Turney|first=Alexandria|date=October 9, 2020|title=Everything Among Us Desperately Needs To Add|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-voice-chat-report-filter-new-maps/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013144959/https://screenrant.com/among-us-voice-chat-report-filter-new-maps/|archive-date=October 13, 2020|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2020, [[Color blindness|colorblind]] support for the "wires" task was added to the ''Among Us'' [[Beta development stage|beta]] on Steam, as well as some previously unannounced lobby customization options.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kent|first=Emma|date=October 12, 2020|title=Among Us beta adds new ways to spice up investigations|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-12-among-us-beta-adds-new-ways-to-spice-up-investigations|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=Eurogamer|language=en|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013075055/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-12-among-us-beta-adds-new-ways-to-spice-up-investigations|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wheelock|first=Kyle|date=October 13, 2020|title=Among Us Beta Updates Make Both Impostors' & Crewmates' Jobs Easier|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-beta-updates-impostors-crewmates-tasks-easier/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160731/https://screenrant.com/among-us-beta-updates-impostors-crewmates-tasks-easier/|archive-date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref> As-of-yet unimplemented features include improving gameplay for ghosts,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Paez|first=Danny|date=October 6, 2020|title='Among Us' developers promise to fix the most boring part of the game|url=https://www.inverse.com/gaming/among-us-ghost-update|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009003238/https://www.inverse.com/gaming/among-us-ghost-update|archive-date=October 9, 2020|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=Inverse|language=en}}</ref> adding customizable controls,<ref name=":18" /> a friends system, and more player colors.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":15" /><ref name=":12" /><ref name=":21" /> They also announced an update to the game's art style, lobby support for 15 players, new six colors, and a new meeting screen.<ref name=":32" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Etra|first=Alden|date=April 20, 2021|title=Among Us' Next Update Will Add New Crewmate Colors & More|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-update-new-crewmate-colors/|url-status=live|access-date=April 24, 2021|website=Screen Rant}}</ref><ref name=":29">{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=April 27, 2021|title=Clever and interesting dev log title - Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/247343/clever-and-interesting-dev-log-title|url-status=live|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref>
+However, these changes were reverted in Western Build V2 and instead it was given a different, more minor change, that being the inability to super jump in midair, meaning it is no longer possible to chain super jumps in midair by cancelling the move into a dash.
-First announced at [[The Game Awards 2020]], the Airship map was released on March 31, 2021.<ref name=":31" /><ref name=":32" /> The Airship features multiple floors, contraptions, tasks, and "more."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Team|first=M. G. H.|date=December 11, 2020|title=Among Us 'The Airship' Map: Release Date, Leaks, Costumes and More|url=https://mobilegaminghub.com/2020/12/12/among-us-the-airship-map-release-date-leaks-costumes-and-more/|access-date=December 11, 2020|website=Mobile Gaming Hub|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Adler|first=Matthew|date=November 19, 2020|title=Among Us Teases New Airship Map|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/among-us-teases-new-map-with-boat-theme|website=IGN}}</ref> In addition, Game Awards presenter [[Geoff Keighley]]'s face was added as a skin. The map itself is based upon the ''Henry Stickmin''<nowiki/>'s Toppat Clan Airship.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skrebels|first=Joe|date=December 11, 2020|title=Among Us Reveals New Map, The Airship|url=https://sea.ign.com/news/167007/among-us-reveals-new-map-the-airship|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=[[IGN]] Southeast Asia|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|language=en-sg}}</ref> Innersloth also stated that the map would be free to all players.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=November 3, 2020|title=Small Patch and Small Roadmap – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/192737/small-patch-and-small-roadmap|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref><ref name=":32" /> It also features a skin bundle that includes ''Henry Stickmin''-themed cosmetic that can be bought on Steam.<ref name=":32" />
+As of the April 2021 build, Peppino moves much slower while in the pre-super jump position.
-The accounts system was implemented along with the update, and it allows players to report players that are not following Innersloth' Code of Conduct in order to make the game a welcoming and respectful place. Punishment ranges from temporary to a permanent ban. They also stated that reports would be viewed manually and not by bots, that account creations would be required if players want to use Free Chat or to customize their nicknames, and that people under the age of 13 would need their parents' permission to create an account. A friends system and the ability to link to multiple accounts would be added somewhere in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holt|first=Kris|date=March 24, 2021|title=The upcoming 'Among Us' account system is mostly about making the game safer|url=https://www.engadget.com/among-us-account-system-safety-harassment-kids-185830761.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=Engadget}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=March 24, 2021|title=Info on Accounts – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/235010/info-on-accounts|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref>
+There is also the Side Super Jump, which can only be enabled by hacking the game. As the name states, it is the super jump, but sideways. It will also break through metal boxes and kill enemies. The Noise's pogo moveset has a move similar to this, but he can steer it with little control.
-In mid-February 2021, the game added a feature called Quickchat, which replaces the standard chat interface with a series of preset phrases that players must pick from. Players under the age of 13 are required to use Quickchat, but those over 13 are also allowed to use Free Chat, which allows them to type original messages.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-08|title=What Among Us' New Quickchat Feature Is (& What It Does)|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-quickchat-wheel-new-feature-works-how/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-03-08|title=Among Us introduces quick chat option that's "faster and safer"|language=en|work=Rock Paper Shotgun|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/among-us-quick-chat-feature-update|access-date=2021-04-25}}</ref> Innersloth later revaled in a devlog post that they will reveal more about the new six colors sometime in May.<ref name=":29" />
-=== Console releases ===
+==== Team Dash ====
+While in Co-op mode, if both players attack each other at the same time, they will start rolling, which has most of the same effects as a Mach 3 dashing stage. The direction of the team dash depends on who attacked first and will go in the direction the first attacker was facing. Neither player can turn around, roll through one-block gaps, or end the dash until they hit a wall, but whoever attacked first can control the speed of the ball as well as jump.
-Amid its popularity, Innersloth considered releasing the game to [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]] consoles, but encountered a problem in implementing player communication, since standard text-based or voice-based chat seemed unusable. They considered a system similar to the "quick comms" system from ''[[Rocket League]]'', as well as the possibility of developing an entirely new communication system for the game.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /> Versions of the game for Xbox consoles were later announced.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-06|title=Here's everything you need to know about Among Us for Xbox|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/among-us-xbox|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Windows Central}}</ref>
+=== Grab ===
+Grabs a static enemy or object in his clutches. He can carry caught enemies around before smashing them away, upwards, or behind him. Pressing down whilst on the ground releases a stunned enemy.
+He also has some wrestling moves he can perform while holding an enemy.
-''Among Us'' was released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] on December 15, 2020, the same day it was announced during [[Nintendo Direct]] [[Indie World]] showcase. The Switch version supports cross-platform play with the mobile and Windows versions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farokhmanesh|first=Megan|date=December 15, 2020|title=Among Us launches for the Nintendo Switch today|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/15/22176459/among-us-nintendo-switch-cross-play-launch|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=[[The Verge]]|language=en}}</ref> This port was published by Play EveryWare.<ref name=":30">{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=March 18, 2021|title=📣 March 31 – The Airship Releases! – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/232933/-march-31-the-airship-releases|url-status=live|access-date=March 20, 2021|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref> Upon release, the Switch version had an [[Video game exploit|exploit]] to access ''The Airship'' prior to its official release in early 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Julia|date=December 16, 2020|title=How to play Among Us' new Airship map on Nintendo Switch|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/16/22179208/among-us-new-map-airship-nintendo-switch|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|language=en}}</ref> The exploit was fixed two days after release in the Switch version's first update.<ref>{{Cite web|author=rawmeatcowboy|date=December 20, 2020|title=Among Us Airship map glitch fixed|url=https://gonintendo.com/stories/374458-among-us-airship-map-glitch-fixed|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=gonintendo.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 21, 2020|title=List of Nintendo Switch game patches/updates|url=http://www.benoitren.be/switch-gamepatches.html|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=benoitren.be|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201223200717/http://www.benoitren.be/switch-gamepatches.html|archive-date=December 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently, all the game's downloadable content is unavailable on Switch, although the team stated that it will be added in some point.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=January 19, 2021|title=The upcoming Airship map, consoles, and what's next 🎈 – Among Us by Innersloth|url=https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us/devlog/202874/the-upcoming-airship-map-consoles-and-whats-next-|url-status=live|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=[[Itch.io]]}}</ref>
+* ''Giant Swing:'' Pressing dash while holding an enemy will cause you to spin forward with them, breaking blocks, bouncing off walls and killing enemies. Spinning into a hazard causes you to parry it. In previous builds, pressing the forward and backward directions quickly would allow you to spin and press the grab button to throw.
+* ''Spinning Piledriver:'' Jump with a held enemy and press down while in the air.
+* ''Uppercut:'' When pressing up with a enemy in hand, Peppino performs an uppercut, sending the enemy flying upwards at a high speed. The enemy can be grabbed again if still in mid-air.
+Hold the dash button after initiating a grab and he will immediately start dashing at Mach 2, letting him reach top speed faster.
-On the same date as the announcement of The Airship, it was announced that ''Among Us'' will be available in [[Xbox Game Pass]] for PC at "some point in the not-too-distant future," as quoted from ''[[Shacknews]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandler|first=Sam|date=December 10, 2020|title=Among Us is coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/121917/among-us-is-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-for-pc|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=[[Shacknews]]|language=en}}</ref> The game is also planned for release on Xbox One and [[Xbox Series X/S]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/12/10/among-us-coming-soon-to-xbox-game-pass-for-pc/|title=Update: Among Us Available Now with Xbox Game Pass for PC, Coming 2021 to Xbox Game Pass for Console|website=Xbox Wire|last=Tuttle|first=Will|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref> During the Xbox Indie Showcase, it was announced that it would include the new "Airship" map.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tran|first=Victoria|date=March 26, 2021|title=Find the Impostor When Among Us Comes to Xbox Series X{{!}}S and Xbox One in 2021|url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/03/26/find-the-impostor-when-among-us-comes-to-xbox-series-xs-and-xbox-one-in-2021/|url-status=live|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=Xbox Wire}}</ref> Innersloth stated that as the game is coming to other consoles, it is facing several approval processes.<ref name=":30" /> Releases of ''Among Us'' for the [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 5]], supporting cross-platform play with existing versions, were announced in April 2021 with an unspecified released date; players on these consoles will get an exclusive ''[[Ratchet & Clank]]'' cosmetic.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/22410549/among-us-ps4-ps5-release-date | title = Among Us coming to PS4, PS5 in 2021 | first=  Owen | last = Good | date=  April 29, 2021 | accessdate = April 29, 2021 | work = [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] }}</ref>
+In earlier builds of the game this move had a lunging form which could break through blocks and be used for precise platforming.
+==== Tackle (Unused) ====
-===October 2020 and January 2021 hacks===
+In Peppino's Xmas Break and builds afterward, holding dash while holding an enemy will cause Peppino to tackle forward while still holding the enemy. The tackle won't break anything but small blocks, and releasing the dash button will drop the enemy and slow Peppino down. Pressing the grab button again while tackling will throw the enemy forward. Peppino can jump in this form as well as turn around, but the latter will cause him to drop the enemy. Any enemy hit while Peppino is using this move will be defeated. This move was replaced by a spin move in the April 2021 Build.
-In mid-October 2020, a hacker known as "Eris Loris" began targeting mainly North American servers. Several players on the ''Among Us'' [[Reddit#Subreddits|subreddit]] and [[Twitter]] reported this player hacking their lobbies and [[spamming]] in-game chat with promotions for his YouTube channel, links to his Discord server, and controversial political messages.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mukherjee|first=Arnab|date=October 24, 2020|title=Among Us Hacker: Who is Eris Loris & how to respond to his Among Us hack /spam attack – guide|url=https://thesportsrush.com/among-us-hacker-who-is-eris-loris-how-to-respond-to-his-among-us-hack-spam-attack-guide/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=The SportsRush|language=en-US}}</ref> Eris Loris also threatened to personally hack players that refused to subscribe to his YouTube channel. The Discord server has been found to contain large amounts of offensive content, such as racist language, gore, pornography and images depicting animal abuse.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Emma|first=Kent|date=October 23, 2020|title=Among Us is dealing with a huge spam attack|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-23-among-us-is-dealing-with-a-huge-spam-attack|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024215004/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-23-among-us-is-dealing-with-a-huge-spam-attack|archive-date=October 24, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2020|website=[[Eurogamer]]|language=en-Us}}</ref>
+The tackle was also in [[GOLF (Demo)|GOLF]] and onwards, but was scrapped in the [[SAGE 2019 Demo]].
-A ''Eurogamer'' report from October 23, 2020, features an interview with a person claiming to be Eris Loris, conducted via the Discord server from one of the links provided in the hacked games. In the interview, Loris claims he created the bot responsible for the hacks "in only six hours", and had enlisted up to 50 volunteers to form a [[botnet]] which boosted the strength of their attacks. Loris claimed that the hack impacted 4.9 million players in 1.5 million games. He also added that the hacks were part of a publicity stunt to influence players to vote for [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election]].<ref name=":22" />
+==== Quick Roll ====
-Innersloth added an in-game message warning players about the hacks on October 22,<ref name=":22" /> and released a statement on Twitter the next day. They said they were "super aware" of the hacking issue, and stated that an "emergency server update" would be pushed out to combat the hacks. They encouraged players to stick to private games and to avoid playing on public ones until the update was released.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|last=Innersloth|date=October 23, 2020|title=Innersloth's Response to the hacking problem|url=https://twitter.com/InnerslothDevs/status/1319471920115376130|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234001/https://twitter.com/InnerslothDevs/status/1319471920115376130|archive-date=October 24, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2020|website=[[Twitter]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The team plans to address the hacking vulnerabilities as part of a planned overhaul for the game.<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /><ref name=":26" />
+In the Cheese Dragon Boss Patreon build and builds afterward, if the grab button is pressed while Peppino is lunging forward for a grab on the ground, Peppino will do a short roll forwards, which can be used to build up speed quickly and defeat enemies.
+==== Belly Slide ====
-At the end of January 2021, players reported on Twitter the return of Eris Loris' hack attack, which is now distributing ''Among Us'' hacks and cheats.<ref name="EirsLorisWave2">{{Cite web|first1 = Aqdas|last1 = Khan|url = https://thesportsrush.com/eris-loris-among-us-another-hack-wave-players-ask-questions-as-eris-loris-hack-is-reportedly-back/|title = Eris Loris Among Us : "Another hack wave?", Players ask questions as Eris Loris hack is reportedly back|website = The Sports Rush|date = January 30, 2021|access-date=February 7, 2021|language = en-US}}</ref>
+If the player crouches right after pressing grab, Peppino will slide forwards while laying down on his stomach. This attack can be used to destroy blocks in one-block spaces, but it cannot be used to defeat enemies. There is also an option to jump out of a slide to activate a slide jump, which unlike the normal slide, can damage enemies. Peppino can jump repeatedly in succession if he jumps again right when he touches the ground.
+=== Shoulder Bash ===
-==Reception==
+Rushes forwards using his shoulder. It is similar to a Dash, but somewhat nerfed as it's not as fast as Mach 4, doesn't stay out permanently and cannot break stronger blocks - albeit much quicker to pull off overall due to being faster than getting from Mach 1 to 4. It is stated by PTG that this attack would be used during [[List of bosses|boss]] fights.
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-{{Video game reviews
-| MC = PC: 85/100<ref name="MCPC">{{cite mc |id=among-us |type=game |vgtype=pc |title=Among Us (PC) |access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]: 79/100<ref name="MCSwitch">{{cite mc |id=among-us |type=game |vgtype=switch|title=Among Us (Switch) |access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref>
-| 4P = 68/100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Switch/Test/42379/84750/0/Among_Us.html|title=Test: Among Us|last=Krosta|first=Michael|date=February 3, 2021|website=[[4Players]]|access-date=April 11, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
-| GI = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/review/among-us/among-us-review-better-late-than-never|title=Among Us Review – Better Late Than Never|last=Ruppert|first=Liana|date=September 29, 2020|website=Game Informer|access-date=October 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115112314/https://www.gameinformer.com/review/among-us/among-us-review-better-late-than-never|archive-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref>
-| JXV = 14/20<ref name="JXV">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/1327943/among-us-que-vaut-vraiment-le-party-game-du-confinement.htm|title=Test : Among Us : Que vaut vraiment le party game du confinement ?|author=Tiraxa|date=November 23, 2020|website=Jeuxvideo.com|access-date=November 28, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127052408/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/1327943/among-us-que-vaut-vraiment-le-party-game-du-confinement.htm|archive-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>
-| IGN = 9/10<ref name="IGNReview" />
-| NLife = 8/10<ref name="NintendoLife">{{Cite web|first1 = PJ|last1 = O'Reilly|url = https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/among_us|title = Among Us Review (Switch eShop)|website = Nintendo Life|date = December 21, 2020|access-date = February 7, 2021|language = en-US}}</ref>
-}}
+==== Buzzsaw (Unused) ====
-''Among Us'' was well received by critics. On the aggregator website [[Metacritic]], the PC port received a 85 of 100 score based on 9 critic reviews, while the [[Nintendo Switch]] version received a 79 of 100 score based on 8 critic reviews, both them indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="MCPC" /><ref name="MCSwitch" /> It was also considered as one of the "Best PC Games for 2018", being ranked 17th, and as the "#38 Best Discussed PC Game of 2018".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best PC Games for 2018|url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/pc/filtered?sort=desc&year_selected=2018|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Best PC Video Games|url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/discussed/pc/filtered?sort=desc&year_selected=2018|url-status=live|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> Since December 2020, ''[[IGN]]'' considered it as one of 2020's best reviewed games so far.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sirani|first=Jordan|date=September 25, 2020|title=The Best Reviewed Games of 2020|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-reviewed-games-of-2020-so-far|url-status=live|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>
+Peppino charges forward with a large pizza cutter-esque buzzsaw, instantly killing enemies in his path. The buzzsaw needs ammo, represented by fuel cans, to function, and the player can only hold three at a time. Enemies will sometimes drop fuel cans to compensate.
+=== Pistol ===
-Elliott Osange of ''Bonus Stage'' considered that the game is "silly fun", but felt that is more fun "to be an Impostor".<ref name=":27">{{Cite web|last=Osange|first=Elliott|date=September 23, 2020|title=Among Us Review|url=https://www.bonusstage.co.uk/2020/09/23/among-us-review/|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=Bonus Stage}}</ref> Craig Pearson of ''[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' had the same opinion, found playing as an Impostor "a lot more fun" than playing as a Crewmate, which he called "exhausting".<ref name=":1" /> In reference to the game's popularity among streamers, Evelyn Lau of ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]'' said: "Watching the reactions of people trying to guess who the impostor is (and sometimes getting it very wrong) or lying terribly about not being the impostor is all quite entertaining."<ref name=":2" /> Alice O'Conner of ''Rock, Paper, Shotgun'' described the game as "Mafia or Werewolf but with minigames".<ref>{{Cite news|author=O'Conner|first=Alice|date=September 8, 2020|title=Among Us had 1.5 million people playing at the same time this weekend|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/09/08/among-us-had-1-5-million-people-playing-at-the-same-time-this-weekend/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909025017/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/09/08/among-us-had-1-5-million-people-playing-at-the-same-time-this-weekend/|archive-date=September 9, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|newspaper=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]}}</ref> Andrew Penney of ''TheGamer'' said the game was "worth it for the price" and that "who you play with dictates how fun the game is."<ref name=":5"/> L'avis de Tiraxa of ''[[Jeuxvideo.com]]'' praised the game's Freeplay mode, which offers newer players "to browse the map alone to accomodatte the places", as they would need to play several games in order to "perfect their strategies".<ref name="JXV" />
+If the shoot button is pressed without a shotgun or Mort, Peppino will fire a bullet from his pistol, hurting enemies from afar. The pistol, however, has very limited ammo, only being able to hold three bullets at a time. Enemies will sometimes drop bullets to compensate.
+=== Taunt ===
-Leana Hafer from ''[[IGN]]'' stated in her verdict on the game: "I don't have any sus that this will be the last game of its breed to make a splash, since we’re already seeing its influence on even mega-games like Fortnite". As a negative point, she pointed out some technical problems, such as the difficulty of finding rooms that aren't already full or are a long way from getting there. She also lamented the lack of "mechanic to punish players who rage-quit when they don't get to play as impostor, or are caught dead to rights in the middle of a murder".<ref name="IGNReview">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/among-us-review|title=Among Us Review|date=December 22, 2020|website=[[IGN]]|last=Hafer|first=Leana}}</ref> Tiraxa of ''[[Jeuxvideo.com]]'' was more critical to the game, which lamented the lack of an incremented voice chat into the game, the server bugs, which "[prevents] some from joining the party, in a totally unexplained way", the public servers with strangers, as she considered it "less entertaining" than private servers with friends, and the large development progress, considering that the game has a "bit of a way to go before it reaches its full potential".<ref name="JXV" /> The mobile version of the game, although being free-to-play, was criticized. Osange of ''Bonus Stage'' called the presence of ads and in-app purchases of cosmetic changes that are mostly available for free on the PC version "nonsense". He also called the PC version "stable" but also stated that the Android version is "a device-by-device situation".<ref name=":27" />
+Strike a pose. If the player gets a combo counter of 3x or more, a super taunt will occur, where the taunts pop-out, with one of four unique taunts being selected (different taunts are purely cosmetic, and different ones don't affect gameplay), and all enemies on-screen are defeated. However, this also ends the combo afterwards.
+His many taunt poses reference the likes of Peter Griffin, Akuma, Daffy Duck, Dr. Robotnik, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.
-The Nintendo Switch version received some criticism. William Antonieli of ''[[Insider Inc.|Insider]]'' said that the Switch controls give "many tasks a satisfying game response". However, he also stated that most of the tasks could be "done quickly with the Switch's touchscreen control", which can only be used when the console is in handheld mode. He noted that many of the game's tasks are difficult to complete using a gamepad, which is required when the console is connected to a larger screen, and considered this version "inferior" to the PC and mobile versions.<ref name=":34">{{Cite web|last=Antonelli|first=William|date=December 23, 2020|title='Among Us' is the biggest game of 2020, but don't play it on the Nintendo Switch|url=https://www.insider.com/among-us-nintendo-switch-game-review-2020-12|url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=Insider}}</ref> He also stated that the communication system is "frustrating", as using the joystick to select letters is "slow", and said the fact that the game has support for multiplayer across multiple platforms gives Switch players "immediate disadvantage".<ref name=":34" /> PJ O'Reilly of ''Nintendo Life'' noted that the Switch lacked much of the additional content available on other platforms, such as skins, which he called a "shame".<ref name="NintendoLife" />
+As of the Patreon Western Build, taunting now causes any projectile-based enemies to fire their projectiles, making waiting for them to attack to get the transformation their projectile gives take less time.
-''Among Us'' has been frequently compared to ''Fall Guys'', as both became popular as party games during the COVID-19 pandemic;<ref name="improb"/><ref name=":10"/><ref name=":18" /> the developers of both games have positively acknowledged each other on [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1308574859144945667|user=FallGuysGame|title=This is actually true<br/>We love Among Us 😍|author=[[Fall Guys]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1308884508897423363|user=forte_bass|title=This is horrifying.<br/>I love it.|author=Forest Willard}}</ref> Comparisons have also been drawn between the two games' [[Avatar (computing)|avatars]], which have been said to look like [[jelly bean]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fairfax|first=Zackerie|date=September 27, 2020|title=A Fall Guys X Among Us Crossover Could Happen (& It Just Makes Sense)|url=https://screenrant.com/fall-guys-among-us-crossover-costume-skin/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008063055/https://screenrant.com/fall-guys-among-us-crossover-costume-skin/|archive-date=October 8, 2020|access-date=October 4, 2020|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Iain|date=October 1, 2020|title=Someone has modded Among Us's Red into Left 4 Dead 2, naturally|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/left-4-dead-2/mod-among-us-red|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003173555/https://www.pcgamesn.com/left-4-dead-2/mod-among-us-red|archive-date=October 3, 2020|access-date=October 4, 2020|website=[[PCGamesN]]|language=en-GB}}</ref> ''Among Us'' has also been compared to [[The Thing (1982 film)|''The Thing'']],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":17"/> ''Town of Salem'',<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":17" /> ''Werewolves Within'',<ref name=":16" /> and ''Secret Hitler''.<ref name=":16" />
+As of the upcoming combat-focused overhaul recently implemented, the super taunt now only hurts and stuns every enemy on screen, taking one of their health points away instead of instantly killing them like before.
-=== Sales ===
-{{As of|2020|9}}, [[Steam Spy]] estimated that the game had more than {{nowrap|10 million}} owners on [[Steam (service)|Steam]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Jay |title=Among Us is so popular that its developers just canceled the sequel |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/23/21453499/among-us-2-sequel-popular-canceled-developers-innersloth |access-date=February 20, 2021 |work=[[The Verge]] |date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> The [[Associated Press]] noted the game was the most downloaded app on the [[App Store (iOS)|iOS App Store]] for both [[iPhone]]s and [[iPad]]s in October 2020.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/the-top-iphone-and-ipad-apps-on-apple-app-store/2020/10/13/69318488-0d7c-11eb-b404-8d1e675ec701_story.html|title=The top iPhone and iPad apps on Apple App Store|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 13, 2020|access-date=October 13, 2020|quote=1. Among Us!, InnerSloth LLC|archive-date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160813/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/the-top-iphone-and-ipad-apps-on-apple-app-store/2020/10/13/69318488-0d7c-11eb-b404-8d1e675ec701_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[SuperData Research]], the game had roughly {{nowrap|500 million}} players worldwide {{as of|2020|11|lc=y}}, with the [[free-to-play]] mobile version accounting for 97% of players and the [[buy-to-play]] PC version accounting for 3% of players, though it was the buy-to-play PC version that generated 64% of the game's gross revenue.<ref>{{cite news |title=November 2020 worldwide digital games market |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=[[SuperData Research]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=December 18, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218193653/http://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market |archive-date=December 18, 2020 }}</ref> ''Among Us'' became one of the best selling games of 2020 on Steam, being listed on the platinum category on "The Year's Top 100" list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/steam-reveals-2020s-most-played-and-best-selling-pc-games/|title=Steam reveals 2020's most-played and best-selling PC games|last=Blake|first=Vikki|date=December 28, 2020|website=GamesRadar+|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/130697/cyberpunk-2077-among-us-top-steams-best-selling-games-of-2020|title=Cyberpunk 2077, Among Us Top Steam's Best-Selling Games of 2020|last=Vincent|first=Brittany|date=December 26, 2020|website=PCMag|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> The [[Nintendo Switch]] version's launch sold {{nowrap|3.2 million}} digital units in December 2020, making it the highest-earning version of the game for the month and one of the [[List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games|best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Worldwide digital games market: December 2020 |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=[[SuperData Research]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122193846/http://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/ |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pastro|first=Max|date=January 25, 2021|title=Among Us Nintendo Switch Version Sold Over 3 Million Units|url=https://screenrant.com/among-us-nintendo-switch-version-sales-december-2020/|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
-===Awards===
+==== Parry ====
+If the player makes Peppino taunt right before he gets hit by an enemy or projectile, he will parry it and attack back. This can be used to make it easier to defeat enemies that often attack the player and can also be used to reflect projectiles thrown at them.
-{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" width="auto"
-|-
-! scope="col"| Award
-! scope="col"| Date of ceremony
-! scope="col"| Category
-! scope="col"| Result
-! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
-|-
-|[[Golden Joystick Awards#2020|Golden Joystick 2020]]
-|November 24, 2020
-|Breakthrough Award
-|{{won}}
-|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Among Us developer wins this year's Breakthrough Award at the Golden Joysticks|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/among-us-developer-wins-this-years-breakthrough-award-at-the-golden-joysticks/|website=GamesRadar+|date=November 24, 2020|last=Tyrer|first=Ben|access-date=November 28, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128113314/https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/among-us-developer-wins-this-years-breakthrough-award-at-the-golden-joysticks/|archive-date=November 28, 2020}}</ref>
-|-
-| rowspan="2" scope="row" |[[The Game Awards 2020]]
-|rowspan=2|December 10, 2020
-|Best Mobile Game
-|{{won}}
-|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Among Us Map Teased, Announcement Coming At The Game Awards|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-among-us-map-teased-announcement-coming-at-the-game-awards/1100-6484604/|website=GameSpot|date=November 18, 2020|last=Makuch|first=Eddie|access-date=November 19, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119152145/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-among-us-map-teased-announcement-coming-at-the-game-awards/1100-6484604/|archive-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Jackson|date=December 10, 2020|title=The Game Awards 2020: Every result, winner, world premiere, trailers and more|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/the-game-awards-2020-every-result-winner-world-premiere-trailers-and-more/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211033532/https://www.cnet.com/news/the-game-awards-2020-every-result-winner-world-premiere-trailers-and-more/|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|website=CNET|language=en}}</ref>
-|-
-| Best Multiplayer Game
-|{{won}}
-|-
-|[[Steam Awards#2020|Steam Awards 2020]]
-|January 3, 2021
-|Labor of Love Award
-|{{nominated}}
-|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Steam Awards 2020 nominees revealed|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-steam-awards-2020-nominees-revealed|website=Sportskeeda|date=December 20, 2020|author=Izaak|access-date=November 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Steam Awards |url=https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards |work=Steam|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124061809/https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/|archive-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref>
-|-
-|[[2021 Kids' Choice Awards|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
-|March 13, 2021
-|Favorite Video Game
-|{{won}}
-|style="text-align:center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/2021-kids-choice-awards-the-complete-winners-list-161949|title=2021 Kids' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List|work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|author=Liz Calvario|date=March 13, 2021|access-date=March 13, 2021}}</ref>
-|}
+=== Breakdance (Unused) ===
-==See also==
+If the shoot button is pressed without a shotgun, Peppino will do a breakdance kick to attack enemies. This attack has a bigger hitbox than grabbing and can be cancelled into either a rolling attack where Peppino curls up into the fetal position, which can bounce off of walls unlike the normal rolling, or a butt-first dashing attack. The rolling attack can also be used instantly by pressing the shoot button while rolling during a dash.
-* [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry]]
+=== Slap (Unused) ===
-==Notes==
+Peppino will close his eyes and nervously swing his palm. It takes a few hits to stun an enemy before grabbing them.
-{{Notelist}}
+This move only appeared in some early demos before being cut, and some of the animations would later be used for when breaking big boxes with a grab.
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-* {{Cite web|last=Rothery|first=Jen|date=August 26, 2020|title=The best games like Among Us: seven of the top social deduction and imposter games|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/social-deduction-games-like-among-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123303/https://www.pcgamesn.com/social-deduction-games-like-among-us|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=[[PCGamesN]]|language=en-GB |ref=none}}
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-}}
+== Transformations ==
-==Further reading==
+Along with his basic moveset, Peppino has the abillity to transform in a varity of ways for different purposses.
-*{{citation|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 14, 2020|date=October 14, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/style/among-us.html|title=With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us – YouTubers, influencers and streamers popularized the multiplayer game. Then their fans started playing too.|first=Taylor|last= Lorenz|quote=When an indie game company created ''Among Us'' in 2018, it was greeted with little fanfare. The multiplayer game remained under the radar as many games do — until the summer of the pandemic. Eager to keep viewers entertained during quarantine, Chance Morris, known online as Sodapoppin, began streaming the game, created by InnerSloth, to his 2.8 million followers on Twitch in July. By mid-September, ''Among Us'' caught on like wildfire. Suddenly major YouTube stars, TikTok influencers, and streamers were playing it. PewDiePie, James Charles, and Dr. Lupo have all played the game for millions. |ref=none}}
-*{{citation|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/how-among-us-became-a-mega-hit-thanks-to-amazon-twitch.html|work=[[CNBC]]|access-date=October 14, 2020|date=October 14, 2020|title=How Amazon's Twitch turned an obscure game called Among Us into a pandemic mega-hit|first=Salvador|last= Rodriguez|quote=Developed by InnerSloth, a small studio in Redmond, Washington, ''Among Us'' was download nearly 42 million times on Steam in the first half of September, according to Safebettingsites.com, and it was downloaded nearly 84 million times on iOS and Android that month, according to SensorTower. The game hasn't left the top five on Apple’s U.S. App Store since Sept. 1, and it has seen more than 158 million installs worldwide across the App Store and Google Play to date, SensorTower says. |ref=none}}
-*{{citation|work=[[YouTube|YouTube Culture and Trends]]|title="Among Us" Surged in September – "Among Us" videos topped 4 billion views in September|access-date=October 14, 2020|date=October 14, 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/trends/articles/among-us-september/|quote=''Among Us'' is an online multiplayer social deduction game developed by an American indie game studio, Innersloth. ''Among Us'' is a space-themed game in which a crew of astronauts must complete tasks while trying to figure out who among them is an imposter, who is sabotaging their work and killing the other players. The game has been available for about two years, but the viewership of videos related to the game soared last month. There were over 4 billion views of videos related to ''Among Us'' in September.}}
+''See also: [[Transformations]]''
-==External links==
-* {{Official site}}
-{{Portalbar|Video games|Science fiction|Internet}}
+=== Ball Peppino ===
-{{authority control}}
+(Gained from: Getting kicked by a [[Pepperoni Goblin]] or [[Goblinbot|Goblin-Bot]] or pressing down while on stairs)
+Peppino inflates himself just like a balloon and quickly rolls until he hits a wall. He is invincible in this form and will bowl over enemies. He can also break small blocks instantly without losing momentum.
-<!-- Do NOT add "Category:Internet memes" or "Category:Internet memes introduced in 2020". The game itself is not a meme, but has generated memes. -->
+=== Knight Peppino ===
-[[Category:2018 video games]]
+(Gained from: Grabbing a sword or getting hit by a [[Pizzard|Pizzard's]] projectile)
-[[Category:2020 in internet culture]]
-[[Category:2020s fads and trends]]
+Peppino will be heavy and slow, but he will be invulnerable and can still take out enemies by walking into them or jumping on them. He also gains fast momentum from sliding down on stairs and slopes. If he slides into a wall or touches a level hazard, the armor will break and return him to normal form.
-[[Category:Android (operating system) games]]
-[[Category:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry]]
+=== Bomb Peppino ===
-[[Category:IOS games]]
+(Gained from: Picking up a bomb or [[The Noise|The Noise's]] interference)
-[[Category:Multiplayer online games]]
-[[Category:Nintendo Switch games]]
+Originally, the player couldn't get rid of a bomb Prior to the April 2021 Build, however just like in Demo 2, if the player presses 'Grab' (formerly known in Demo 2 as 'Slap'), they are able to throw the bomb away. However sometimes the path can be blocked by purple metal boxes marked with bomb symbols that can ONLY be destroyed by an explosion, forcing the player to grab a bomb. During the transformation Peppino will run around without input of the player themselves (However, he can turn around if the left and right keys are pressed as of the Sage 2019 Demo.) and will be stunned temporarily upon the bomb explodes but won't be hurt.
-[[Category:Party video games]]
-[[Category:PC games]]
+=== Firebutt Peppino ===
-[[Category:PlayStation 4 games]]
+(Gained from: Touching a pool of boiling sauce, burning haystack, [[Cheese Dragon]]'s fireballs, or [[Peasanto]] (setting haystack on fire))
-[[Category:PlayStation 5 games]]
-[[Category:Science fiction video games]]
+Peppino will jump up high and after landing his bottom will be briefly exposed. He can actually defeat any enemies that touch him at any point in the animation. In demos after [[Peppino's Xmas Break]], the cheek-exposed recovery animation is now absent so that the player can regain control of Peppino more quickly.
-[[Category:Social deduction video games]]
-[[Category:Strategy video games]]
+=== Firemouth Peppino ===
-[[Category:Survival video games]]
+(Gained from: [[Kentucky Kenny]]'s spicy chicken wings)
-[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
-[[Category:Video games set in outer space]]
+When Peppino eats a spicy wing tossed by a Kentucky Kenny, he gains the firemouth form. His mouth is caught on fire, and he can destroy TNT blocks and kill enemies by touching them. He'll also run nonstop just like his bomb transformation. Free Milk booths will set him back to normal.
-[[Category:Video games set on fictional planets]]
-[[Category:Windows games]]
+=== Ghost Peppino ===
-[[Category:Xbox One games]]
+(Gained from: [[Ranch Shooter]]'s bullets)
-[[Category:Xbox Series X and Series S games]]
+Peppino turns into a ghost, allowing him to jump as many times as he wants and pass through electrified blocks and certain walls while being invincible, but he can't dash or attack. To end the transformation, there are tombstones around levels featuring this transformation that can be grabbed and tossed around to different areas by Peppino without a transformation, which can then be used to turn back to normal when touched by Ghost Peppino.
+=== Mort ===
+(Gained from: Picking up [[Mort]])
+Upon touching Mort, Mort will mount on top of Peppino's head and give him several new abilties like having Mort smack his head around and ascending slowly in mid-air, as well as being able to break Mort Cubes by using the previously mentioned head smacking attack.
+=== Barrel ===
+(Gained from: Dashing into a barrel)
+Peppino gets stuck in a barrel and rolls around in it quickly. This can defeat enemies and break blocks. Hitting a wall while rolling in the barrel will cause the barrel to break, which ends the transformation. However, if there is a slope next to the wall, the barrel won't break and will instead change directions. The barrel itself can be grabbed and tossed around to different locations before using the transformation. This transformation is the only way to break [[Barrel Block|Barrel Blocks]].
+=== Cheeseball Peppino ===
+(Gained from: [[Trash Pan|Trash Pan's]] cheeseballs)
+If Peppino touches a cheeseball tossed by a Trash Pan, he gets stuck in it and will be stuck rolling in the direction of the cheeseball until hitting a wall. The only action that can be done while in this form is jumping, but the jumps are very small. There are also specific blocks labelled with a cheeseball on them that can only be broken with this transformation.
+=== Sticky Cheese Peppino ===
+(Gained from: Getting hit by a [[Peppino Robot|Cheese Peppino Robot]] or Cheese-inator)
+In [[Demo 2]], Peppino could get covered in sticky cheese from the causes above. He is lot slower in this form, walking similarly to a zombie, but can cling on vertical conveyor belts and jump off of them. To get out of this form, the player has to touch an outlet.
+=== Pizza Box Peppino ===
+(Gained from: Getting crushed by a [[Box Stamper]] or the scrapped Noise boss)
+Peppino will be crushed in a pizza box, making him be able to crawl on smaller places more easily without having to do a roll. He can only get out of this form by getting hurt.
+== Weapons ==
+In some versions and under certain circumstances, Peppino can afford a few weapons that help him endure the enemies he has to pass through during his quest:
+=== Shotgun ===
+==== ''In the [[SAGE 2019 Demo]]'' ====
+Shotguns can be purchased for 4 pizza coins from Pizzamart (with a maximum of two guns). The gun will break from taking damage, but the player can carry one backup shotgun. The shotgun fires three projectiles at once by pressing up and the grab button at the same time. When performing the body slam, Peppino instead fires downwards while getting a slight vertical boost first, then stomps towards the ground. Pressing the grab button without the upward direction performs a shoulder tackle.
+==== ''In the Western Build and onwards'' ====
+The shotgun currently functions slightly differently than it did in the SAGE Demo, with shotguns now being obtained for free instead of bought from Pizzamarts and is now used more like a transformation and less as a powerup. The shotgun can now be gotten rid of by a metal detector. Since the projectiles fired by the shotgun go through walls, it is also now used in puzzles. Peppino can still perform the downward-fire & stomp combo, and the stomp can now briefly stun onscreen enemies when he hits the ground. There is also now a unique "shoot" button for firing the shotgun instead of pressing the up and grab buttons.
+=== Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw ===
+The Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw is a weapon that is in the files for the [[GOLF (April Fools)|GOLF demo]] and [[Demo 2]]. It is currently not added but not an unused idea. In current demos, the Cutter Buzzsaw can be seen stuck in the background of some rooms in The Wasteyard level. In footage, Peppino would have had it at his disposal. It would be used to ram into enemies. He could have carried up to three canisters of fuel for it.
+=== Pizza Revolver ===
+The Pizza Revolver is a gun Peppino wields in the [[GOLF (April Fools)|GOLF demo]] and April 2021 build. In GOLF, it shoots out toppings when the trigger is pulled, but in the April 2021 build, it fires a bullet that damages enemies. Peppino can carry up to three bullets.
+== In the comics ==
+Peppino appears in the'' Peppino and Noise Comics''.
+In Peppino and Noise Comics, he is one of the titular characters of the comics and is often seen being annoyed and/or tortured by The Noise, to his dismay.
+He is also planned to appear in a currently unfinished comic featuring him and [[Gustavo]] in the desert, where the two would be antagonized by [[List of miscellaneous characters#Mr.Incognito|Mr. Incognito]].
+== Trivia ==
+* One of Pizza Tower Guy's Twitter posts jokingly described the background of Peppino as the main antagonist of a fictional 1996 video game called ''Pizza Boy Tower. ''There he would be known as "Chef Raider" as an antagonist and would be the nemesis of a character known as ''Totino the Pizza Boy'', the protagonist of the game''. ''However, Peppino's current backstory hasn't been defined yet.
+** This is a reference to the predecessor of the ''Wario Land'' series, ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. As this game marked the first appearance of Peppino's ''Mario ''counterpart, Wario, also acting as the villain, this is fitting.
+* While it's not confirmed by PTG, Peppino's anxiety could originate from a war he experienced before the main events of the game. The only proof for this is a sketch drawn by PTG showing Peppino with an army helmet. If this is true, Peppino might suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (This and other sketches can be seen in [[Peppino/Gallery|Peppino's Gallery]])
+*Peppino's Grab move was originally inspired by the Suplex Copy Ability from the ''Kirby'' series. The inspiration is most obvious on demos or builds like GOLF.
+* In the real game lore, Peppino's Pizza place wasn't doing so well, so Peppino started to read about towers and eventually, he found a page that contained information about towers with ingredients to make perfect Pizzas. He then got a call from someone that was somewhere near the towers and for now that would explain how Peppino involved in the world of Pizza Tower.
+* Coincidentally, Peppino shares his name with ''Peppino Turco'', the lyricist of [[Funiculi Funicula]], that's also a song included in the game's soundtrack.
+* Modding [[Noise's Hardoween (2019 Halloween Demo)|Noise's Hardoween]] to play as Peppino makes the stage harder to complete, as the stage was initially designed around The Noise's altered moveset (The Noise with his skateboard could reach Mach 3 at much shorter distance than Peppino, and jumps higher).
+* Peppino's body slam is based on the same move from Virtual Boy Wario Land (without the bull power-up.)
+* In the game's lore, Peppino is mute but has a screaming voice when in his firebutt form, and the cheerful-sounding voice clips heard from getting a combo come from the TV counting points, not Peppino.
+**However, he is shown speaking on the rank screens (Except the S-Rank Screen) and in some of the comics. That might mean that he is only selectively mute.(Side note: In the second Demo there are audio files of Peppino saying "Oh my goodness!" "Ohohohoho!" a grunting noise "most likely for when he got hurt" and "That's-a good!")
+*When picking up the shotgun, the quote "it's time to chew ass" will appear on screen. This is a reference to a popular Duke Nukem meme called "Dick Kickem" in which the popular catchphrase "it's time to kick ass and chew gum" is swapped by two words.
+*During one of PTG's live streams, it was revealed that Peppino was initially planned to be share the name of his creator, Pizza Tower Guy, akin to Doomguy from the ''Doom'' series. However, this didn't stick for very long.
+**As the name suggests, this idea didn't come to light until the start of Pizza Tower's development, his final name sticking around before then.
+== Other Game Cameos ==
+Although Peppino's main appearance is in Pizza Tower, there have been many official mods made by Pizza Tower Guy for various games that add him as a playable character, as well as officially approved cameos.
+=== Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart ===
+Peppino appears in this Sonic racing fan-game as a downloadable character mod. Peppino has default stats, and a lot of his voice-lines came from [[Demo 0]]. Instead of driving a kart, he rides his signature scooter.
+=== Rivals of Aether ===
+Peppino is available as a custom playable character in this platform fighting game through the game's Workshop function. While originally planned to be made by Pizza Tower Guy himself, problems arised with coding, as the coder that was going to code Peppino never got to doing so. Much later on however, user Mineken713 ended up completing the mod himself using the sprites Pizza Tower Guy had made for the mod, with help from him to understand which sprites were supposed to be used for what. His moves include throwing a [[Cheeseslime]], smashing into small pizza blocks, and shinesparking.
+=== DOOM 2 ===
+Peppino appears as class mod for this game, with the mod currently only being available in the Pizza Tower Discord server. Many of his attacks and weapons reference Pizza Tower objects and moves, like the one where Peppino swings an outlet or a nuclear bomb (which is one of the possible junk objects that can appear in Dragon Lair), or using the normal Pistol and/or Shotgun. Other Pizza Tower characters also cameo in certain attacks, like The Noise being used to smack enemies, The Vigilante throwing dynamite, a Pizzard using its magic, and Pizzaface acting as one of the most powerful weapons. It seems that pizza slices and pizza boxes can be used to refill health, and that both can also be used as weapons too.
+=== Treasure Tech ===
+Peppino appears in one of the pages of the manual as an advert for Pizza Tower, and some 3 panel comics, though some of the screenshots from the game are likely''' '''from Patreon builds. The advert tells players to go to itch.io to download demos of the game.
+=== Fraymakers ===
+Peppino appears as an assist character. In game, he will run up to the opponent for a lunging grab, and follow with a giant punch if successful.
+=== Antonball Deluxe ===
+Peppino appears as an unlockable guest character. He has a chance to be unlocked by spending points (50,000 to be exact) in a Lottery Machine.
+== Gallery ==
+''For more images, see the gallery here: [[Peppino/Gallery]]''
+<gallery position="center" columns="dynamic" spacing="small" orientation="none" widths="185">
+I got a question.jpg|Promotional art of Peppino.
+The best-a pizza in-a town-a.jpg|More promotional art of Peppino.
+Grabbing cheese.jpg|Promotional art of Peppino grabbing a Cheeseslime.
+Dash.jpg|Promotional art of Peppino dashing.
+Idle demo1.gif|Peppino's idle stance.
+VxNJ6vM.gif|Peppino's normal walk.
+Peprun.gif|Peppino dashing at Mach 2.
+C8C89-EC6A-44E0-A0CA-00175D257DD8.gif|Peppino dashing at Mach 3.
+Peppino (Mach 4).gif|Peppino dashing at Mach 4.
+</gallery>
+== Comics ==
+These [[comics]] got posted on Pizza Tower Guy's twitter.[[File:Peppino_&_Noise_COMICS_-4.png|right]][[File:Cowboy.png|right|g a y .]]
+[[File:Glontch.png|thumb|606x606px]]
+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Playable Characters]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Peppino Spaghetti}}

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