History Fridge / SuperSmashBrosUltimate

*** Miku's ''Persona 4'' appearance guarantees several other worlds will be hit by Galeem's attack. Not only are her and the Crypton Vocaloids at risk, but Gumi makes a guest appearance in the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDIVA'', dooming the Vocaloids of Internet Co. Ltd. as well (or at least, Gackpoid, Lily, and Cul). Back to Miku, some notable games she cameos in include ''VideoGame/JustDance'', ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'', and ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'', which in [[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls turn]] [[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive affects]] [[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM its]] [[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterShinyColors spinoffs]]. She also appears in ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion'', which itself crosses over with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Film/{{Godzilla}}'' (with Godzilla then crossing over with several famous movie monsters); as well as appearing in ''Manga/LuckyStar'', which then dooms ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''; ''VideoGame/GrooveCoaster'', dooming the likes of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', WebAnimation/{{hololive}}, and WebAnimation/KizunaAI; and so on, and so forth...

*** Heihachi appears as a background character in the Mishima Dojo stage, and was playable in ''[=PlayStation=] All-Stars Battle Royale'', so everyone from that game is doubly fucked. Heihachi also appears in Bot form in ''VideoGame/AstrosPlayroom'' (along with Snake, Alucard, and Cloud's Buster Sword), which dooms even more Sony franchises like ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'', ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', as well as other non-Sony franchises that also appeared in ''Astro's Playroom'', such as ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', ''Franchise/TombRaider'', ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' and ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''. The implications of it wiping out the ''Legacy of Kain'' universe are especially frightening, given the sheer amount of omniscient beings and [[EldritchAbomination eldritch horrors]] present within that series.

** Shovel Knight showing up as an assist trophy also endangers ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'', as well as ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'' (which featured Plague Knight) and all the other games that crossed over with, which includes ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'', ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. And with so many references to pop culture crammed into it, including that of Shovel Knight and Meat Boy, you may as well bid the [[VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon Gungeon]] adieu.
* Mario and Sonic has crossed over [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames several times]], but they happened in real-world locations that hosted the Olympics. Meaning that they most likely put each of the games real-life mascots in danger. There's also a chance that the they ended up endangering real-life athletes; both veteran and newcomers to the games.

** Additionally, Fox is the member of the original 8 who talks the most. Mario usually only says a few catchphrases, Link is a HeroicMime, Yoshi and Pikachu use PokemonSpeak, Donkey Kong and Kirby only do sound effects, and Samus doesn’t seem to be able to speak through her helmet. Fox, on the other hand, comes from a game with constant radio communication between his team, which has also appeared in ''Smash'' since ''Melee''.

* In Megaman's Final Smash we have all the Mega Men that come after him arrive to aid him in one giant attack. The reason we don't see a version from the ZX and ZX Advent games is because the LivingMacGuffin used by the main character already contains the spirit of X, who is present for the Final Smash.

** Link had appeared in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur II]]'' for the Nintendo [=GameCube=] version, which dooms the ''Soul'' series characters, but guess who also showed up in that game for the other versions? Heihachi of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' fame (''Street Fighter'', ''Fatal Fury'', and ''Final Fantasy'' are already in hot water thanks to appearances in Smash but thanks to Negan showing up in ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' alongside these guests, that also means the world of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' is screwed) and ComicBook/{{Spawn}}. Spawn just recently had a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and if Sonic didn't already get them in trouble thanks to his varied cameos described below (Kano himself notably showed up in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' alongside him), then Link's shared appearance with Spawn guaranteed that the ''Mortal Kombat'' realms would not escape notice. Mortal Kombat itself has also featured the likes of [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] (who previously showed up in a Soul game like Link, Heihachi, and Spawn), [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Vorhees]], [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], the Franchise/{{Predator}} ''and'' the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] (both of whom already have a number of crossovers under their belts as well), the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Franchise/RoboCop, and Franchise/{{Rambo}}; that's all of these real world-based universes gone in the blink of an eye. Even unaccounting the ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' universe, [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse the MK crossover with DC]] also erases Franchise/TheDCU, and accounting for it also deletes ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', and ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' as well as anything ''they've'' crossed over with, such as ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', and ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''. Link having ties to the ''Soul'' series means that Galeem would also get access to all other guest fighters that showed in these games (from ''Franchise/StarWars'' to ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' to ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'', to ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', and the list can go on). ''Mortal Kombat'' shares a few horror guests with ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', which also drags in ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', ''Film/{{Scream}}'', ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''Series/StrangerThings'', and ''Franchise/SilentHill''. And if that isn't enough, Johnny Cage's presence as a GuestFighter in NRS's mobile game ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} Immortals'' also gives Galeem ''another'' entrance into ''the real world''... by way of the aforementioned WWE!

* Many expected the final charater to originare from Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment, and in a way they did, but in not the way that expected. Sony was the international publisher of ''Final Fantasy VII'', the European publisher of the first few ''Tekken'' and of the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', as well as the publisher of the Playstation versions of ''Minecraft''. Another thing worth highlighting that many third-party publishers departed from Nintendo to Playstation in the late-90s and 2000s due to both being easier to develop and reach a wider audience. Without the Playstation line of consoles, there would be no ''Metal Gear Solid'', no ''Final Fantasy VII'', no ''Persona'', no ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' and no ''Kingdom Hearts''. Sony is indirectly responsable for bringing to life many of the third-party series represented în the game.

* Many expected the final charater to originare from Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment, and in a way they did, but in the way that expected. Sony was the international publisher of ''Final Fantasy VII'', the European publisher of the first few ''Tekken'' and of the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', as well as the publisher of the PlayStation versions of ''Minecraft''. Another thing worth highlighting that many third-party publishers departed from Nintendo to Playstation in the late-90s and 2000s due to both being easier to develop and reach a wider audience. Without the Playstation line of consoles, there would be no ''Metal Gear Solid'', no ''Final Fantasy VII'', no ''Persona'', no ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' and no ''Kingdom Hearts''. Sony is indirectly responsable for bringing to life many of the third-party series represented în the game.

* Many expected the final charater to originare from Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment, and in a way they did, but in the way that expected. Sony was the international publisher of ''Final Fantasy VII'', the European publisher of the first few ''Tekken'' and of the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', as well as the publisher of the PlayStation versions of ''Minecraft''. Another thing worth highlighting îs that many third-party publishers departed from Nintendo to PlayStation în the late-90s and 2000s due to both being easier to develop and reach a wider audience. Without the PlayStation line of console, there would be no ''Metal Gear Solid'', no ''Final Fantasy VII'',no ''Persona'', no ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' and no ''Kingdom Hearts''.

* Many expected the final charater to originare from Creator/[Sony Interactive Entertainment], and in a way they did,

*** Heihachi appears as a background character in the Mishima Dojo stage, and was playable in ''[=PlayStation=] All-Stars Battle Royale'', so everyone from that game is doubly fucked. Heihachi also appears in Bot form in ''VideoGame/AstrosPlayroom'' (along with Snake, Alucard, and Cloud's Buster Sword), which dooms even more Sony franchises like ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'', ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', as well as other non-Sony franchises that also appeared in ''Astro's Playroom'', such as ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', ''Franchise/TombRaider'', ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' and ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''. The implications of it wiping out the ''Legacy of Kain'' universe are especially frightening, given the sheer amount of omniscient beings and [[EldritchAbomination eldritch horrors]] present within that series.

* The DLC fighters showing up in the story mode out of nowhere seems odd, but so does Galeem and Dharkon returning in the trailers. If you look at some of the trailers, you can see a bit of a hidden story. First, you have the light-hearted trailers where a character shows up either invited (Banjo, Kazooie, Terry, Byleth, Min Min), or not (Piranha Plant, Joker, Steve), which could be interpreted as the new fighters being called in for help or arriving LateToTheTragedy. The Hero's trailer shows Dharkon controlling more Puppet Fighters, and the Hero saves Link from them, lending credence to this. Byleth's trailer even says joining Smash consumes even the darkness itself. Then Galeem shows up, only to get killed by Sephiroth, [[KilledOffForReal possibly for good]], leaving only Dharkon and Sephiroth as the fighters' big threats. [[FromBadToWorse Cue Kazuya]], who shows up and makes things worse by cutting down the roster, probably not even realizing he's dooming everyone until it's too late. Then in the final trailer, darkness consumes the world, and the roster turns into trophies, Sephiroth and likely Kazuya included, indicating that Dharkon has won. Then Mario calls in Sora, who revives everyone, nullifying Dharkon's TotalPartyKill. A kid who fights darkness regularly is now helping the fighters, and Sephiroth seems to finally be on their side, given how he makes no efforts to kill or hurt them in that trailer, and the same can likely be said for Kazuya. Galeem's time ran out, and Dharkon will soon be joining him.

** The possibility of this being intentional has gotten larger, as it wasn't patched out in 11.0.1 like the Wii Fit Trainer glitch to Header that reduced the landing lag of the move.

** Sora's stage is pretty empty, despite him being a MagneticHero, but a recurring theme in Kingdom Hearts is that your friends are with you even if you're worlds apart. Sora may not be alone despite his stage seeming [[IncrediblyLamePun hollow.]] The fact that his stage turns into someone's Heart near the end suggests that, yes, Sora's friends ''are'' with him here. Hell, depending on how far you wanna go with this, their Hearts even feature [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Namine,]] [[HeelFaceTurn Saix,]] ''[[VillainRespect snd even Ansem, Xemnas, Xehanort, and Vanitas]]'' as well.

** Mario, while probably not as bad as Sonic in this regard, showed up in some old ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episodes alongside Donkey Kong, and ''The Simpsons'', which also crossed over with Sonic in the aforementioned ''Lego Dimensions'', is already known for its wide amount of guest appearances whether real-life celebrity or other cartoon and/or video game characters. And even just in terms of official crossovers, that immediately knocks out ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (and by extension ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow''), ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (and by extension, ''Series/{{Frasier}}''), ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and more. Mametchi's guest appearance in ''VideoGame/MarioKartArcadeGP 2'' puts ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'' at risk, as well. Worst of all, the presence of the Mystery Mushroom in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' not only endangers the aformentioned ''Hello Kitty'' and ''Shaun the Sheep'' (and by extension, ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'') as well as ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'' and ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'', but also gives Galeem '''''yet another''''' entrance to the real world via [[Series/RetroGameMaster Shinya Arino]] and Music/{{Babymetal}}.

* Why are Raiden and Heihachi Legend Spirits that are difficult to reach(One can only be summoned and the other is the FinalBoss of a DLC Spirit Board)? ''[[VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale They're on-par with the Smash fighters themselves.]]'' Naturally, they'd be difficult for the fighters to get because Heihachi and Raiden are both one of the fighters in a sense. Hell, they fought a giant EldritchAbomination that corrupts fighters in that game too. No wonder they'd be so valuable.
** Assuming these two ''were'' among Galeem's victims, the reason they aren't in Adventure Mode may be that Galeem or Dharkon hid them and any other All-Stars that could've gotten through because they had enough issues with the fighters. Having Solid Snake against you is bad enough, have a cyborg-ninja Solid Snake with a SuperPoweredEvilSide hunting you down is even worse. And that's not getting into the fact that that game's roster also had [[KillTheGod Kratos]] and [[PhysicalGod Zeus.]]

* Mythra, a Blade has a costume based off of Nia, a driver. while it's just a simple recolor based off of a beloved character and it's there to compliment Pyra's Gormotti hoodie inspired costume; It makes sense if you have made it very far in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' when you later learn that Nia herself was a Blade before becoming a Driver.

** Another character that was not present as a Spirit is ''Giygas'' — the ArcVillain of both ''VideoGame/Mother1'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. While there is the explanation that his ([[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver then-current]]) form would be [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm too dangerous to be stored into any Puppet]], [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth whether it were made by either Galeem or Dharkon]], think about how he was defeated as well. As Giegue, he was defeated by singing because it reminded him of Maria — his adoptive mother. Then, his own body and mind had collapsed due to his mental conflicts (wanting to conquer the world but also remembering his love for Maria) blending with his extreme psychic power. By the end of it, he had become a shapeless, infinite EldritchAbomination that was eventually destroyed as well by the power of prayers around the world, once Ness and his friends got to his time period. Giygas could not be converted into a spirit: not because his own power is so immeasurable that he could never be safely placed inside of a Puppet Fighter, but because he's not just dead — ''[[CessationOfExistence he simply no longer exists.]]'' There's just nothing to make a spirit out of, because he had been eradicated entirely.

* After completing ''World of Light''[='=]s true ending, you get [[DefeatMeansFriendship Galeem and Dharkon]] as [[LaserGuidedKarma spirits]]. You can now [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment punish them by sending them out on mundane treasure hunting trips or whatever it is you like doing with spirits]], just to put them through what it's really like being spirits. Except, it's not as harmless at it may seem; first off, what did Galeem do to every other spirit in the game? Force them to take control of the puppet fighters. If weak spirits like ''[[FranchiseStreetFighter Dan Hibiki]]'' can [[TookALevelInBadass effectively control a body that's not his]], Galeem and Dharkon can likely do the same to much greater effect. Also, several spirit battles show that multiple bodies can be controlled by a single spirit, and it sometimes goes up to somewhere around ''eleven'' completely separate fighters at once. As anyone knows from the spirit fights, the spirit battles often feature spirits [[RedemptionDemotion with a team power higher than what you can raise that same spirit up to]], [[InfinityPlusOneSword and Galeem and Dharkon have the highest team power out of all playable spirits]], meaning that as enemy spirits ''they'd be unmatched''. All it'd take is for either Galeem or Dharkon to take control of a stray puppet fighter's body and they'd be running their schemes once again...

** Mario, while probably not as bad as Sonic in this regard, showed up in some old ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episodes alongside Donkey Kong, and ''The Simpsons'', which also crossed over with Sonic in the aforementioned ''Lego Dimensions'', is already known for its wide amount of guest appearances whether real-life celebrity or other cartoon and/or video game characters. And even just in terms of official crossovers, that immediately knocks out ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (and by extension ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow''), ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (and by extension, ''Series/{{Frasier}}''), ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and more. Mametchi's guest appearance in ''[[VideoGame/MarioKartArcadeGP Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' puts ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'' at risk, as well. Worst of all, the presence of the Mystery Mushroom in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' not only endangers the aformentioned ''Hello Kitty'' and ''Shaun the Sheep'' (and by extension, ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'') as well as ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'' and ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'', but also gives Galeem '''''yet another''''' entrance to the real world via [[Series/RetroGameMaster Shinya Arino]] and Music/{{Babymetal}}.
** While a ''Tekken'' character was not playable before Kazuya's addition, there is a Heihachi Mii costume around as of June 29, 2020, it still has ties to the ''Street Fighter'' series, which puts it and all other franchises showing up in it in Galeem's kill range as explained earlier. Still, maybe the horror would just end there since no ''Tekken'' character has made any significant crossovers that hasn't already been covered right? Nope. Just when most of us would think that anime would be relatively safe, Lars Alexandesson of ''Tekken 6'' renown, as cruel fate would have it, showed up as a bonus character in ''[[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm2 Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2]]''. ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'', being a Magazine/ShonenJump favorite, has co-starred with a number of popular anime and manga series through the use of crossover video games and animated media, not the least of which include ''Franchise/OnePiece'', ''{{Franchise/Bleach}}'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'', ''[[Franchise/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', and ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' just to name a few. Some of these series have not faced the likes of something like Galeem and/or Dharkon, and those that have (namely the ''Dragon Ball'' characters) would still face a serious threat given that universal/multiversal level destroyers are something the casts face with some odd mixed results. Meanwhile, Lili de Rochefort and Sebastian appeared in ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldReDigitize'', which brings the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise into it, the various different continuities occasionally having crossovers with each other.
*** As of August 2021, Kazuya got added as one of the newest fighters, so even if ''Tekken'' wasn't already as screwed as its fellow fighting game universes before, it definitely is now. Suddenly, it makes getting thrown into a volcano a pleasant thought...

*** ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' also is doomed by proxy of being in some Shonen Jump games. Kenshiro cameo'd in an episode of ''Anime/UruseiYatsura''. Lum and Ataru were featured in a crossover short with [[Anime/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]], [[Franchise/InuYasha InuYasha, and Kagome]], dooming their worlds. And further horror sets in when ''[=InuYasha=]'' being doomed also makes its sequel, ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'', doomed as well.