He certainly does, I've only really had the chance to fight as him against the computer though, and the computer is always way too easy to beat/stand up against, even if you do wind up losing :P I can never really gauge how good I am at using a character until I've played at least a couple matches against actual human opponants. Samus has always been my best character, and she was actually the first character I ever used way back in the original too ^^' I've come a very long way since that one time playing the original Smash Bros. at a friend's house, a very long way indeed...nowadays I usually win or get very close to winning (provided it's a character I'm any good with that is) every match, especially if I'm using Samus.