Video Game / Super Smash Bros.

SUPER... SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH BROTHEEEERRRRS!!

"Something's gone wrong in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo!"

— Don LaFontaine in the first ever Super Smash Bros. commercial

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The Mascot and Platform Fighter. The Massive Multiplayer Crossover.

Super Smash Bros., known in Japanese as Dairantō Smash Brothers (literally Great Fray Smash Brothers), is Nintendo's and Masahiro Sakurai's very own Massive Multiplayer Crossover Platform Fighter focused entirely on Video Games, both inside and outside of Nintendo's library.

The first game on the Nintendo 64 began with a small selection of characters from Nintendo's large stable of games, ranging from Mario and Pikachu, to Link and Samus Aran, to Kirby and Donkey Kong, to Fox and Captain Falcon. Since then, the roster has expanded to over dozens of major Nintendo characters, such as Bowser, Marth, Pit, Wario, Villager, Shulk, and Inkling, as well as some not-so-major Nintendo characters, like Mr. Game & Watch, the Duck Hunt duo, the Wii Fit Trainer, and even Piranha Plant. Additionally, starting with Brawl, the series began featuring characters from various third-party companies among the likes of Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ryu and Ken, Cloud Strife and Sephiroth, Bayonetta, Simon Belmont and Richter Belmont, Joker, Hero, Banjo and Kazooie, Terry Bogard, Kazuya Mishima, Sora, and even Steve.

Though ostensibly a fighting game, Super Smash Bros. takes a very different approach to combat goals. The main objective of the game is not to reduce your opponents' Hit Points to zero, but rather to punch them right out of the arena; hence the "Smash" in the title. Dealing damage to them will help you accomplish this — the higher your damage level, the farther you get pushed by any given attack, and past a certain point even the cherriest of taps will send you flying. In support of this goal, almost every stage is depicted as some sort of floating environment with specifically delineated boundaries (not dissimilar to Soulcalibur).

To add to the chaos, several stages have platforms, bringing the carnage to multiple levels, whereas others have native dangers, such as rising acid and random airstrikes. In addition, various weapons may appear randomly on the field, from barrels and hammers from Donkey Kong, to beam swords, Super Stars, the old SNES Super Scope, and even Pokémon and characters from other games to help you out.

Finally, some attention must be drawn to the play controls. Whereas fighting games are notorious for their complicated controls, Smash Bros. simplifies things down. Most commands in the game require no more than one button press and one joystick input to execute, from basic attacks (hit the A button) to "strong" attacks (hit the A button whilst holding the joystick up, down, or forward) to "smash" attacks (flick the joystick in the desired direction whilst hitting A) to the special moves (B, or B + a direction). Additionally, these commands work for all characters, preempting the need to memorize complicated commands that only work on one particular fighter (and/or their Moveset Clones). The end result is a game that is very accessible to people of all levels of experience and dexterity.

Yet, despite the simple controls, the various interactions between the fighters and the playing field combine to make a fighter that is just as complex as its Fighting Game brethren. As a result, it boasts a major competitive scene, and various installments have been featured in fighting game tournaments like EVO; Melee's popularity in the fighting game community in particular led to it being a featured game at EVO up until 2018, nearly 17 years after its initial release.^note Although it was only included at EVO seven times, the first being in 2007.

The series holds the honor of popularizing the Mascot Fighter AND Platform Fighter sub-genre in one-go.

See the Smash Bros. wikis: SmashWiki and Smashpedia, both whom has extensive info on the series and covers Smash's Meta Game. You can discuss the series here.

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Pages on each game in the series:

• Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64, 1999)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo GameCube, 2001)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, 2008)
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, 2014)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo Switch, 2018)

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Features playable characters from:

• Animal Crossing (Villager, Isabelle)^note Default design and general proportions for the Villager come from City Folk.
• ARMS (Min Min)
• Duck Hunt^note with Hogan's Alley and Wild Gunman incorporated into their moveset (Duck Hunt, named "Duck Hunt Duo" in PAL regions)
• EarthBound, a.k.a. Mother
  • EarthBound (1994) (Ness)
  • Mother 3 (Lucas)
• F-Zero (Captain Falcon)
• Fire Emblem
  • Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Mystery of the Emblem (Marth)
  • Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (Roy)
  • Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn (Ike)^note Design comes from Path of Radiance in Brawl and Radiant Dawn for 3DS/Wii U. Ultimate uses both as alternate costumes.
  • Fire Emblem: Awakening (Robin, Lucina, Chrom)
  • Fire Emblem Fates (Corrin)
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Byleth)
• Game & Watch (Mr. Game & Watch)
• Ice Climber (Ice Climbers)
• Kid Icarus (Pit, Palutena)^note Designs are original to Smash, they would later be implemented in the Kid Icarus series with Uprising.
  • Kid Icarus: Uprising (Dark Pit)
• Kirby (Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight)
• The Legend of Zelda (Link, Zelda, Ganondorf)^note Visual design comes from Ocarina of Time in 64 and Melee and from Twilight Princess in Brawl and 3DS/Wii U. Ultimate draws from different games for each character; Link's design is from Breath of the Wild, Zelda's is a mixture from A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds, and Ganondorf returns to his Ocarina of Time design.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Sheik, Young Link)^note Visual design for Sheik is based on Ocarina of Time, her only canon appearance, for Melee. Brawl and 3DS/Wii U use a design from concept art for Twilight Princess. Ultimate has her wear the Sheikah armor set from Breath of the Wild.
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Toon Link)
• Metroid (Samus Aran, Ridley)^note Visual design for Samus comes from Super Metroid in 64 and Melee, Metroid: Zero Mission for Brawl, and Metroid: Other M for 3DS/Wii U and Ultimate. Visual design for Ridley for his playable appearance comes from Super with cues from Other M.
  • Metroid: Zero Mission (Zero Suit Samus)^note Visual design comes from Metroid: Zero Mission for Brawl, and Metroid: Other M for 3DS/Wii U and Ultimate.
  • Metroid Prime Trilogy (Dark Samus)^note Uses her design from Prime 3: Corruption.
• Mii (Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter, Mii Gunner)^note The playable Miis represent the Super Smash Bros. series itself, other games that star them have representation counting as different series.
• Pikmin (Olimar/Alph)
• Pokémon^note Characterizations take strong influences from characters of the same species in Pokémon: The Series. Most notably, they use Pokémon Speak from the same voice cast instead of animal-like cries inspired by the games.
  • Pokémon Red and Blue (Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard)^note Mewtwo's characterization comes from Pokémon: The First Movie.
    • Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (Pokémon Trainer)^note Based on Red from Red and Blue; design comes from the remakes. Leaf becomes playable in Ultimate.
  • Pokémon Gold and Silver (Pichu)
  • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Lucario)^note Lucario's characterization comes from Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
  • Pokémon X and Y (Greninja)^note As of Ultimate Greninja can use the Ash-Greninja form originating from Pokémon the Series: XY.
  • Pokémon Sun and Moon (Incineroar)
• Punch-Out!! (Little Mac)^note Visual design comes from the NES game for his Assist Trophy appearance in Brawl and from the Wii game for his playable appearances starting in 3DS/Wii U.
• Robotic Operating Buddy, a.k.a. R.O.B.
• Splatoon (Inkling)
• Star Fox (Fox, Falco, Wolf)^note Visual designs for Fox and Falco primarily come from Star Fox 64 in 64 and Melee and from Star Fox Zero in Ultimate. In Brawl and for 3DS/Wii U, the Star Fox characters are an amalgam of various points in their history from 64 to Command; Wolf's Ultimate appearance is also an amalgamation instead of reflecting any one game.
• Super Mario Bros. (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Bowser Jr./Koopalings, Rosalina & Luma, Daisy, Piranha Plant)
  • Dr. Mario (Dr. Mario)
  • Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, King K. Rool)
  • Yoshi's Island (Yoshi)
  • Wario^note Predominantly based on WarioWare, with incorporated elements from Wario Land. (Wario)
• Wii Fit (Wii Fit Trainer)
• Xenoblade Chronicles
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 1 (1) (Shulk)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Pyra & Mythra)

And third-party characters from:

• Banjo-Kazooie (Banjo & Kazooie)
• Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
• Castlevania
  • Castlevania, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and Super Castlevania IV (Simon Belmont)
  • Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Richter Belmont)
• Dragon Quest (Hero^note A catchall term for the various nameless protagonists in the series.)
  • Dragon Quest III
  • Dragon Quest IV
  • Dragon Quest VIII
  • Dragon Quest XI
• Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters (Terry Bogard)
• Final Fantasy
  • Final Fantasy VII (Cloud Strife, Sephiroth)
• Kingdom Hearts (Sora)
• Mega Man
  • Mega Man (Classic) (Mega Man)
• Metal Gear (Solid Snake)
• Minecraft (Steve/Alex/Zombie/Enderman)
• Persona
  • Persona 5 (Joker)
• Pac-Man^note with Mappy, Galaga, and Galaxian incorporated into his moveset (Pac-Man)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Street Fighter (Ryu, Ken)
• Tekken (Kazuya Mishima)

Features Assist Trophy characters from:

Note: Assist characters that were later Promoted to Playable are not repeated here.

• Animal Crossing (Mr. Resetti, Kapp'n)
• ARMS (Spring Man)
• Art Academy (Vince)
• Brain Age (Dr. Kawashima)
• Color TV Game 15 (Color TV-Game 15)
• Custom Robo Arena (Ray MK III)
• Devil World (Devil)
• Dillon's Rolling Western (Dillon)
• Drill Dozer (Jill)
• Earth Bound (Jeff, Starman)
• Excitebike (Excitebikes)
• F-Zero (Samurai Goroh)
• Fatal Frame^note Super Smash Bros. only includes content from Fatal Frame titles that were co-developed and published by Nintendo. The series is otherwise owned by Koei Tecmo.
  • Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (Yuri Kozukata)
• Fire Emblem
  • Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (Lyn)
  • Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn (Black Knight)
  • Fire Emblem: Awakening (Tiki)
• The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sablé Prince)
• Golden Sun (Isaac)
• Jam with the Band (Barbara the Bat)
• Joy Mech Fight (Sukapon)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Magnus, Phosphora)
• Kirby (Knuckle Joe, Chef Kawasaki)
  • Kirby's Adventure (Nightmare)
• Kuru Kuru Kururin (Helirin)
• The Legend of Zelda (Tingle)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Skull Kid, Moon)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Midna)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Ghirahim)
• The Legendary Starfy (Starfy)
• Metroid (Metroid, Mother Brain)
• The Mysterious Murasame Castle (Takamaru)
• Nintendo Badge Arcade (Arcade Bunny)
• Nintendo Wars (Infantry and Tanks)
• Nintendogs (Nintendog)
• Pikmin (Burrowing Snagret)
• Sheriff (Sheriff)
• SimCity (Dr. Wright)^note While the series is third-party, Dr. Wright is a first-party character as he was only in the SNES and N64 games developed and published by Nintendo.
• Sin and Punishment (Saki Akiyama)
• Splatoon (Squid Sisters)
• Star Fox
  • Star Fox (SNES) (Andross)
  • Star Fox Adventures (Krystal)
• Super Mario Bros. (Hammer Bro, Waluigi, Chain Chomp, Thwomp)
  • Super Mario Bros. (NES) (Lakitu and Spinies)
  • Mario Paint (Flies and Hand)
  • Donkey Kong (Klaptrap)
  • WarioWare (Kat and Ana, Ashley)
• Swapnote (Nikki)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 1 (Riki)

And third-party Assist Trophies from:

• Bayonetta (Rodin)
• Bomberman (Bomberman)
• Castlevania (Alucard)
• Mega Man
  • Mega Man (Classic)
    • Mega Man (1) (Elec Man)
    • Mega Man 7 (Wily Capsule)
  • Mega Man X (Zero)
• Metal Gear (Gray Fox)
• Monster Hunter (Rathalos)
• Pac-Man (Ghosts)
• Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna)
• Street Fighter (Guile)
• Virtua Fighter (Akira Yuki)

Features other gameplay elements from:

Note: This list does not include series/games that playable and Assist characters are drawn from, listed above.

• Balloon Fight (stage, Flipper item)
• Chibi-Robo! (Chibi-Robo Mii Gunner costume)
• Clu Clu Land (Unira item)
• Electroplankton (Hanenbow stage)
• Find Mii (stage, Ghost enemy in Smash Run)
• Miiverse (stage)
• Nintendo Labo (Toy-Con Mii Brawler costume)
• Panel de Pon (Lip's Stick item, Lip Mii Swordfighter costume)
• PictoChat (stage)
• Pilotwings (stage, Rocket Belt item)
• Rhythm Heaven (Sneaky Spirit enemy in Smash Run)
• Soccer (Soccer Ball item (shared with Mario Strikers series))
• Steel Diver (Steel Diver item)
• Tomodachi Life (stage)
• Wii Sports Resort (Wuhu Island stage)
• Wrecking Crew (stage, Golden Hammer item)^note Elements of the series overlap with its parent series Super Mario Bros. when classified in trophies and spirits.

And third-party elements from:

• Art of Fighting (Ryo Sakazaki Mii Brawler costume)
• Assassin's Creed (Altaïr Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Cuphead (Cuphead Mii Gunner costume)
• Devil May Cry (Dante Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Dig Dug (Pooka enemy in Smash Run)
• Doom (Doomslayer Mii Gunner costume)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Dragonborn Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Fallout (Vault Boy Mii Gunner costume)
• Galaga (Boss Galaga item)
• Ganbare Goemon (Goemon Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Ghosts 'n Goblins (Arthur Mii Swordfighter costume)
• GoldenEye (Motion Sensor Bomb item (Smash 64 and international versions of Melee only))^note Every game after Melee has given it a radically different design unique to Smash. In the English version of Melee, its origin is listed as TOP SECRET.
• Mega Man Battle Network (Megaman.exe Mii Gunner costume)
• No More Heroes (Travis Touchdown Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Perfect Dark (Motion Sensor Bomb (Japanese version of Melee only) and Cloaking Device items)^note Like the Motion Sensor Bomb, the Cloaking Device's origin is listed as TOP SECRET in the English version of Melee. Unlike the Bomb, the Cloaking Device was cut entirely after that.
• Rally-X (Special Flag item (shared with Xevious))
• Raving Rabbids (Rabbid Mii hat)^note In addition, some Mario Spirits in Ultimate are Rabbid characters from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
• Samurai Shodown (Nakoruru Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Shantae (Shantae Mii Brawler costume)
• Tales of Symphonia (Lloyd Irving Mii Swordfighter costume)
• The Tower of Druaga (Gil Mii Swordfighter costume)
• Undertale (Sans Mii Gunner costume)
• Xevious (Special Flag item (shared with Rally-X), Bacura Smash Run enemy)

Other games referenced

All games listed provide collectibles (Trophies, Stickers, or Spirits) unless otherwise noted.

• 1080° Snowboarding
• And-Kensaku
• AR Games^note No collectibles; represented via an AR Games music track.
• ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
• Astral Chain
• Baten Kaitos Origins^note Unlike the original Baten Kaitos, Origins was published by Nintendo.
• Battle Clash
• Big Brain Academy
• bit Generations^note Brawl names this series as "Digiluxe", but that title was never used as the games were never released outside Japan. Some later received international releases as part of the Art Style series.
• BoxBoy!
• Captain Rainbow
• Card Hero
• Chōsōjū Mecha MG
• Code Name: S.T.E.A.M
• Cubivore
• Culdcept^note Super Smash Bros. only includes only includes content from Culdcept titles that were published by Nintendo following the acquisition that gave them the publishing rights of the IP.
• Disaster: Day of Crisis
• Doshin the Giant
• English Training
• Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
• Ever Oasis
• Famicom Disk System
• Famicom Fairytales
  • Shin Onigashima
  • Yūyūki
• Famicom sports titles
  • Baseball
  • Ice Hockey
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
• Famicom Detective Club
• FlingSmash
• Fluidity
• Fossil Fighters
• Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
• GiFTPiA
• Glory of Heracles^note Super Smash Bros. only includes content from the most recent title, which was co-developed and published by Nintendo following the acquisition that gave them ownership of the IP.
• Hajimari no Mori
• HarmoKnight
• Hotel Dusk: Room 215
• Ketzal's Corridors
• Kiki Trick
• Kurikin Nano Island Story
• The Last Story
• Looksley's Line Up
• Mach Rider
• Magical Vacation and Magical Starsign
• Make 10: A Journey of Numbers
• Marvelous
• Miitopia^note No collectibles; represented via 2 music tracks.
• Mole Mania
• Napoleon
• NES Remix^note No collectibles; represented via a music track from NES Remix 2.
• Nintendo Land
• Nintendo Pocket Football Club
• Nintendouji
• Nonono Puzzle Chalien^note A spin-off of Chee-Chai Alien, but only Nonono Puzzle Chalien was published by Nintendo.
• Number Battles
• Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents
• Pandora's Tower
• Personal Trainer: Cooking
• Project Hacker
• Pushmo
• Ring Fit Adventure
• Rusty's Real Deal Baseball
• Sakura Samurai
• Sennen Kazoku
• Slide Adventure MAGKID
• Snipperclips
• Soma Bringer
• StreetPass Mii Plaza
  • Flower Town
  • Mii Force
  • Monster Manor
  • Warrior's Way
  • Feed Mii
  • Ninja Launcher
  • Ultimate Angler
  • Slot Car Rivals
• Stunt Race FX
• Style Savvy
• Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
• Sutte Hakkun
• Takt of Magic
• Tank Troopers^note No collectibles; represented via a Tank Troopers music track.
• Teleroboxer
• The Tower SP^note Credited as SimTower SP in North America, as the original release was tied to the Sim Series even though the SP release wasn't. Unlike other games in The Tower series, The Tower SP was published by Nintendo in Japan.
• Tomato Adventure
• Trace Memory
• Tsukutte Utau: Saru Band
• Urban Champion
• Wave Race
• Wii Music
• Wii Party
• Wii Play^note No collectibles; represented via a Wii Play music track.
• The Wonderful 101
• X
• Yakuman
• Zangeki no Reginleiv

And third-party elements from:

• After Burner^note No collectibles; indirectly represented via music track credited to Bayonetta.
• Alpha Mission^note No collectibles; represented via an Alpha Mission music track.
• Athena^note No collectibles; represented via an Athena music track.
• BIT.TRIP
• Bravely Default II
• Daemon X Machina
• Final Fight^note Indirectly, as Cody's Spirit is based on his appearances in Street Fighter and counted as part of that series.
• Getsu Fuma Den^note No collectibles; indirectly represented via a music track credited to Castlevania.
• Ikari Warriors
• Kunio-kun/River City Ransom
• Mega Man
  • Mega Man Legends
  • Mega Man Star Force
  • Mega Man Zero
  • Mega Man ZX
• Metal Slug^note No collectibles; represented via Metal Slug music tracks.
• Namco Classics^note No collectibles; the following games only appear as part of a larger "Namco series" associated with Pac-Man; either as part of his Namco Roulette taunt or in his stages' music medleys.
  • Bravoman
  • Baraduke
  • Bosconian
  • Dragon Buster
  • Dragon Spirit
  • Katamari Damacy
  • King & Balloon
  • The Legend of Valkyrie
  • Libble Rabble
  • Metro-Cross
  • Taiko no Tatsujin
  • Shadow Land
  • Sky Kid
  • Thunder Ceptor
  • Wonder Momo
• Octopath Traveler
• Psycho Soldier
• Rayman
• Resident Evil
• Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin
• Shin Megami Tensei^note Indirectly present through its spinoffs Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (counted as part of the Fire Emblem series) and Persona.
• Tetris
• Trials of Mana
• Warframe

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Unmarked spoilers for the unlockable content of all games will be included in the following general trope subpages.

• Tropes A to D
  • Anti Frustration Features
• Tropes E to M
  • Home Stage
  • Mechanically Unusual Fighter
• Tropes N to Z

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