History VideoGame / SuperSmashBros64

** [[Characters/MetroidRidley Ridley]] or a Waver can occasionally be seen flying in space near Planet Zebes.

** Training Mode has its own music theme that overrides the normal stage themes, and replaces the backgrounds with the Smash logo.

** Not much of "Yoshi's Island" is seen on the ''Yoshi's Island'' stage. ''Ultimate'' will somewhat fix this by naming the stage "Super Happy Tree", based on [[VideoGame/YoshisStory the tree in the background.]]

''Super Smash Bros.''[[note]]retronymously known as ''[[SuperTitle64Advance Super Smash Bros. 64]]'' to differentiate it from future entries[[/note]] is a 1999 [[MascotFighter Mascot]]/PlatformFighter video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64. It's the first game in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, and as such, is the simplest and most modestly-intended entry in the franchise, having only 12 fighters, 9 stages, no side specials, and a set Classic mode (here called 1P Game) reminiscent of single-player modes in more conventional fighting games.

* FlawlessVictory: In 1P Mode, clearing a stage without taking any damage awards a "No Damage" bonus of 15,000 points (10,000 points in the Japanese version). Do this for the entire game and you'll receive a "No Damage Clear" bonus of ''400,000'' points (300,000 JP). There are milder variants available: "Full Power" for finishing a stage with 0% damage (but not necessarily getting hit; using a healing item still allows this bonus but not "No Damage") and "No Miss" for finishing a stage without losing any lives.

** One of the stage clear bonusees in 1P Mode is called "No Miss", which doesn't mean you cleared the stage without whiffing an attack; it means you cleared the stage without losing any lives. By extension, a "No Miss Clear" means you cleared the game without losing any lives, rather than not missing an attack at all. This is a holdover from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo Japanese pseudo-anglicisms]] as UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame terminology where a "miss" means "mistake" and a mistake is defined as losing a life (which often means [[OneHitPointWonder "take any damage"]]).

** One of the stage clear bonusees in 1P Mode is called "No Miss", which doesn't mean you cleared the stage without whiffing an attack; it means you cleared the stage without losing any lives. This is a holdover from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo Japanese pseudo-anglicisms]] as UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame terminology where a "miss" means "mistake" and a mistake is defined as losing a life (which often means [[OneHitPointWonder "take any damage"]]).

** One of the stage clear bonusees in 1P Mode is called "No-Miss", which doesn't mean you cleared the stage without whiffing an attack; it means you cleared the stage without losing any lives. This is a holdover from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo Japanese pseudo-anglicisms]] as UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame terminology where a "miss" means "mistake" and a mistake is defined as losing a life (which often means [[OneHitPointWonder "take any damage"]]).

** One of the stage clear bonusees in 1P Mode is called "No-Miss", which doesn't mean you cleared the stage without whiffing an attack; it means you cleared the stage without losing any lives. This is a holdover from Japanese UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame terminology where a "miss" means "mistake" and a mistake is defined as losing a life.

* SpritePolygonMix: Fighters and stage are rendered in 3D, while many attack visuals and items and all Pokémon (both those that come out of Poké Balls and those that come out of the Saffron City building door) are rendered in 2D.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Samus Aran is the only explicitly confirmed female character in the roster ([[SamusIsAGirl and even then, her gender is hidden by her armor]]). Jigglypuff is often assumed to be female due to its alternate outfits, but just like other Pokémons, its gender is unknown.

* GratuitousEnglish: [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]] and [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] use gratuitous English when [[CallingYourAttacks calling their attack names out.]]

* XRaySparks: This is a feature of [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]'s electrical attacks in this game (and no other game in the series). [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]] (with PK Thunder), [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] (with Charge Beam), and the Ray Gun do the same thing. This even provides something of a visual gag if Samus gets shocked because, instead of showing us her skeleton, we just see the human figure ''inside'' her power suit. However, when Franchise/{{Kirby}} and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff]] get hit by electric attacks, only their eyes are visible, implying (sensibly) that they have no skeleton. Funnily enough, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi's]] noses appear to ''be'' part of their skeletons.

** Onix's voice is taken from [[Recap/PokemonS1E5ShowdownAtPewterCity Showdown at Pewter City]].
** Charizard's voice is taken from [[Recap/PokemonS1E45AttackOfThePrehistoricPokemon Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon]].

** Goldeen's voice is taken from [[Recap/PokemonTheSeriesS1E2PokemonEmergency Pokémon Emergency]].
** Hitmonlee's voice is taken from [[Recap/PokemonTheSeriesS1E29ThePunchyPokemon The Punchy Pokémon]].