General:
"Something's gone wrong in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo!"
"SETTLE IT IN SMASH!"
"CONGRATULATIONS!"
— The Super Smash Bros. Announcer congratulating the player, typically upon completion of Classic Mode.
"WOW! INCREDIBLE!"
— The Super Smash Bros. Announcer congratulating the player, typically upon completion of certain game modes on higher/harder difficulties.
"FAILURE!"
— The Super Smash Bros. Announcer telling you just what you are.
"Everyone is here!"
— Tagline for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
"I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO REEEAAAD!!!"
— Pit, being Star KO'd in Ultimate.
"So many legendary fighters! AWESOME!"
— Futaba Sakura, upon seeing Mario, Link, Kirby, Sonic, Ryu, and Cloud.
Lyrics
Main Theme of Smash Bros. Brawl
I've heard legends of that person
How he plunged into enemy territory
How he saved his homeland
I've heard legends of that person
How he traveled the breadth of the land,
Reducing all he touched to rubble
I've heard legends of that person
I've heard legends of that person
Revered by many - I, too, revere him
Feared by manu - I, too, fear him
Now, that person
Stands at my side
Now, that person stands at my side
Now, my friends are with me
Some of them were once heroes
Some, my mortal enemies
And as we faced each other in battle, locked in combat,
We shine ever brighter!
How he plunged into enemy territory
How he saved his homeland
I've heard legends of that person
How he traveled the breadth of the land,
Reducing all he touched to rubble
I've heard legends of that person
I've heard legends of that person
Revered by many - I, too, revere him
Feared by manu - I, too, fear him
Now, that person
Stands at my side
Now, that person stands at my side
Now, my friends are with me
Some of them were once heroes
Some, my mortal enemies
And as we faced each other in battle, locked in combat,
We shine ever brighter!
— Main theme of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, translated from Latin, composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Lifelight (Main Theme of Smash Bros. Ultimate)
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light!
On that day, when the sky fell away
Our world came to an end
In our eyes, did a fading sun rise in the dark,
Glimmering shadows
Silence grows, in the spaces between
stretching out beyond time
Rising up, as a chorus of souls find a voice
flickering through the void
These little sparks, cling on to life,
everyone caught in the struggle,
And then the storms of change, they fan the flames
scattering ashes to the wind
Every soul contains a whisper of light
gleaming faintly as it dwindles from sight
No escape, no greater fate to be made
In the end, the chains of time will not break
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light!
As fate spins a thread without end,
new life draws its first breath,
Blossoming in a soil reclaimed from the past,
where destiny holds fast,
Here where we stand, hand clenched in hand
everyone caught in the struggle,
This is the day we finally find our way
stepping into our tomorrow
Every soul contains a whisper of light
growing louder as it calls to unite
From the distance sings a chorus of souls
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight!
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light!
On that day, when the sky fell away
Our world came to an end
In our eyes, did a fading sun rise in the dark,
Glimmering shadows
Silence grows, in the spaces between
stretching out beyond time
Rising up, as a chorus of souls find a voice
flickering through the void
These little sparks, cling on to life,
everyone caught in the struggle,
And then the storms of change, they fan the flames
scattering ashes to the wind
Every soul contains a whisper of light
gleaming faintly as it dwindles from sight
No escape, no greater fate to be made
In the end, the chains of time will not break
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light!
As fate spins a thread without end,
new life draws its first breath,
Blossoming in a soil reclaimed from the past,
where destiny holds fast,
Here where we stand, hand clenched in hand
everyone caught in the struggle,
This is the day we finally find our way
stepping into our tomorrow
Every soul contains a whisper of light
growing louder as it calls to unite
From the distance sings a chorus of souls
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight!
— "Lifelight", the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, performed by Erina Koga and Abby Trott in Japanese and English respectively.
Other:
DrChops89: "I do like how the best character in the game and the worst character are actually the same person. I guess that is good balance?"
supernova6831: "It's a metaphor for how neither status (Sheik vs Zelda) nor power (Samus vs Zero Suit) nor money (Mario vs Doctor Mario) means anything in the big scheme of things. Or maybe I just made that up idk"
—Two Redditors discussing the first tier list for Super Smash Bros. 4 that was released by the "Super Smash Bros. 4 Backroom" of Smashboards