Franchise: Super Smash Bros.
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While he is normally an avid gamer, Masahiro Sakurai revealed in a Famitsu interview that he strictly refrains from sharing what he is currently playing on social media sites because of fears it would be misinterpreted by the Smash Bros. fandom (especially outside of Japan) as a confirmation of a new fighter for the series. He also states that the issue has gotten so bad that he frequently declines appearances on TV shows that deal with a specific game for the same reason.
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In a 1999 interview with game's director and designer Masahiro Sakurai published in Nice Games magazine vol.3, he was asked if Super Smash Bros. appealed to a younger age group? He responded:
"No, I wouldn’t say that—at least judging from what I saw at the most recent tournament. The “height gap” between players was funny: you had adults playing matches with kids half their size. Of course the core players are middle school and elementary age, but I’ve seen kids as young as 3 and adults over 30. I would say Smash’s uniqueness lies not so much in appealing to a wide age range, as it does a wide variety of skill levels. I’ve had people tell me it’s a huge hit at their preschool, and other people tell me how great the combo system is for a versus fighting game."
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Snake's match victory theme ironically is based off of the Game Over jingle from Metal Gear Solid.
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In each game the texture for Ness's yoyo includes the year of the game's release:
• "2001" for Super Smash Bros. Melee
• "2008" for Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• "2014" for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
• "2018" for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• "2001" for Super Smash Bros. Melee
• "2008" for Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• "2014" for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
• "2018" for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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The Poison Mushroom in the Super Smash Bros. games is the only item borrowed from another series whose appearance does not stay true to its original franchise. In the Mario series, poison mushrooms have distinct colouring from other mushrooms, but in the Super Smash Bros. series, they look similar to Super Mushrooms in order to purposefully confuse players. The differences between the two items are nearly unnoticeable - the Poison Mushrooms are only slightly less red and have a meaner look.
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In the Super Smash Bros. series, Yoshi is usually one of cast's heavier fighters. He even outweighs Samus and Ganondorf in the PAL versions of Super Smash Bros. Melee and is on par with Wario in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Despite this, Yoshi is usually labelled as a lightweight or middleweight character in the Mario Kart and Mario Tennis spin-offs.
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Like the actual Pikmin series, blue Pikmin are the only variety of Olimar's Pikmin that can swim in water. If any other of Olimar's Pikmin go in water, they will die instantly.
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In German versions of the Super Smash Bros. games, Popo had his name changed to "Pepe" because the word "popo" means "butt" in German.
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In the November 2014 issue of GameInformer, it was revealed that Masahiro Sakurai takes photos of a pose-able action figure to create the moves for new characters whenever one is being made. The image shown is the action figure poses used to make the Mii Fighters' moveset.
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When performing Bayonetta's forward throw Tetsuzanko, she'll occasionally say "Juu'nen Hayain Dayo!" which in English translates to "You're Ten Years Too Early!".
This is a reference to one of the the win quotes of Akira Yuki from the Virtua Fighter series in which the Tetsuzanko is also one of Akira's signature moves. This move was also possible in Bayonetta.
This is a reference to one of the the win quotes of Akira Yuki from the Virtua Fighter series in which the Tetsuzanko is also one of Akira's signature moves. This move was also possible in Bayonetta.
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Bowser Jr. takes less damage from any attacks that hit his clown car and not his body.
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Masahiro Sakurai wanted Geno to appear as a playable fighter in both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and thought the character felt suited for the series since he has a gun for a hand. However, in the end he wasn't included, but instead appearing as a Mii Costume in both the latter game and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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One of the longest works of literature in the English language is a Super Smash Bros fan fiction. At 4,047,350 words, it's about 8.5 times the length of the Lord of the Rings books.
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Ryu is the first playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series to have two different final smashes.
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Jigglypuff is the only character in the series to be instantly K.Oed when its shield breaks.
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When using Pac-Man's Up taunt, the Namco Roulette taunt, various characters from other Namco games will appear:
• Clovis from Dragon Buster
• Don from Taiko no Tatsujin
• Fighter from Bosconian
• Fighter from Galaga
• Galaxip from Galaxian
• Ghost from Pac-Man
• Gilgamesh from The Tower of Druaga
• King from King & Balloon
• Mappy from Mappy
• My Car from Rally-X
• Paccet from Baraduke
• Pooka from Dig Dug
• Red Baron from Sky Kid
• Secret Fighter from Gaplus
• Solvalou from Xevious
• Topcup from Libble Rabble
• Andor Genesis from Xevious
• Valkyrie from Valkyrie no Densetsu
• Runner from Metro-Cross
• Clovis from Dragon Buster
• Don from Taiko no Tatsujin
• Fighter from Bosconian
• Fighter from Galaga
• Galaxip from Galaxian
• Ghost from Pac-Man
• Gilgamesh from The Tower of Druaga
• King from King & Balloon
• Mappy from Mappy
• My Car from Rally-X
• Paccet from Baraduke
• Pooka from Dig Dug
• Red Baron from Sky Kid
• Secret Fighter from Gaplus
• Solvalou from Xevious
• Topcup from Libble Rabble
• Andor Genesis from Xevious
• Valkyrie from Valkyrie no Densetsu
• Runner from Metro-Cross
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Throughout the series, Kirby can transform into a pink block with eyes from the SNES game, Panel de Pon (Known as Tetris Attack Internationally).
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In each iteration, Fox's voice has been provided by the same voice actor who played him in the most recent Star Fox game.
N64 - Shinobu Satochi - Star Fox 64 (Japanese Voice Actor)
Melee - Steve Malpass - Star Fox Adventures
Brawl - Jim Walker - Star Fox: Assault
Wii U/3DS - Mike West - Star Fox 64 3D
Ultimate - Mike West - Star Fox Zero
N64 - Shinobu Satochi - Star Fox 64 (Japanese Voice Actor)
Melee - Steve Malpass - Star Fox Adventures
Brawl - Jim Walker - Star Fox: Assault
Wii U/3DS - Mike West - Star Fox 64 3D
Ultimate - Mike West - Star Fox Zero
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Pichu (in Ultimate), Shulk, Pac-Man, Cloud, Simon, Joker, Kazuya and Sora are the only characters in the entire Smash Bros. series to not have a green palette swap option.
Pichu's green palette swap in Melee: https://www.ssbwiki.com/Alternate_costume_(SSBM)#Pichu
Smash 4:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Alternate_costume_(SSB4)
Ultimate:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Alternate_costume_(SSBU)
Smash 4:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Alternate_costume_(SSB4)
Ultimate:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Alternate_costume_(SSBU)
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Series creator, Masahiro Sakurai, has stated that each game in the series except the original were developed with the mindset that there were to be no more sequels after them.