With sixteennote other TV Tropes pages detailing the Nightmare Fuel in different Nintendo games, and twelve morenote from third-party games, it's no surprise that if you put all of these series into one game series, there are bound to be loads of frights. There are also entries in the main Video Game section detailing the horrors in other Nintendo games... which probably says a lot.
For examples related to specific games, see their respective sub-pages:
- Super Smash Bros. 64
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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General
- The Game Over tune succeeds way too well at creating a chilling atmosphere with its Scare Chord, all the more reason why players should not screw up.
- In the second game, your character's trophy falls onto the floor in a darkened, grid-patterned with the announcer asking if you will continue. If you say "No", the screen quickly fades to black with the announcer saying "Game Over" alongside the aforementioned Scare Chord and the accompanying text flashing up in demented font. It's even worse when you don't have any coins left; since instead of having the hopeful-but-sad music
to build you up toward your choice, the trophy clatters to the floor with a lifeless silence, before immediately jumping to the aforementioned loud noise and imagery out of nowhere. This continues in the third game's Adventure mode. - Master Hand can be rather creepy if not downright surreal; mainly that he's a Giant Hand of Doom fighting you. Coupled with his haunting Evil Laugh and how much of a tough opponent he can be to beat on higher difficulties, he can prove to be rather imposing for some players.
- Some star KO screams are disconcerting for how realistic they sound. Zelda's star KO scream in Melee, Pit's star KO from Smash 4 (as well as Dark Pit) and Roy's star KO scream in Ultimate, as well as others like Fox's from Ultimate compared to other characters and even the same characters in other games. They sound genuinely terrified, in pain, or both, and it comes off as plain unnerving. Captain Falcon's sounds like he got a nasty kick in the nuts. In particular, Roy's English star KO scream is so blood-curling and realistic from his voice actor, Ray Chase, that it sounds like he's dying. Kudos to him.
- In Stamina matches, when a character is defeated due to running out of HP, not only do they make their star KO scream, but they then collapse and remain motionless for the rest of the match if there are at least two more players remaining, able to be knocked around. Given that the series is traditionally about knocking opponents off the stage, it can be pretty creepy having what's basically a dead body slumped over on the stage while the remaining combatants duke it out. Thankfully, Ultimate averts this.
