Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

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Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS and Wii U 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ For 3DS Wii U Dairantō Smash Brothers For 3DS and Wii U
Boxart of the 3DS version
Boxart of the Wii U version
System	Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
Genre	Fighting
Rating	E10 (Everyone 10+)
Publisher	Nintendo
Developer	Bandai Namco Sora Ltd.
Release dates
Japan	September 13, 2014 (3DS) December 6, 2014 (Wii U)
North America	October 3, 2014 (3DS) November 21, 2014 (Wii U)
Europe	October 3, 2014 (3DS) (October 2nd in Germany) November 28, 2014 (Wii U)

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Super Smash Bros For Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ For 3DS Wii U Great Fray Smash Brothers For 3DS and Wii U) and unofficially known as Super Smash Bros. 4 are the fourth and fifth games in the Super Smash Bros. series, both released in 2014. Although many fans consider them to be the same game, Masahiro Sakurai confirmed the 3DS version is the fourth installment and the Wii U version is the fifth installment. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is the first game in the series for a handheld system; while Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the first to be in HD.

Ness returns as a playable character in both games, being an unlockable character in the 3DS version, and a default character in the Wii U version. Lucas returns from Brawl, as a downloadable character released on June 14th, 2015. With the addition of customizable characters, Ness gains new possible special moves, some of them, like PK Freeze, coming directly from Lucas' moveset. Additionally, both characters gain new alternate outfits. A demo of EarthBound also appears as a Masterpiece.

Common to Both Games

Characters

51 characters are playable in the games. Bold denotes EarthBound characters, italics denotes an unlockable character, and 3DS denotes an unlockable character in the 3DS version only:

Mario

Luigi

Peach

Bowser

Yoshi

Wario

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Mr. Game & Watch

Link

Zelda

Sheik (Now a separate character from Zelda)

Ganondorf 3DS

Toon Link

Samus

Zero Suit Samus(Now a separate character from Samus)

Pit

Marth

Ike

Kirby

King Dedede

Meta Knight

Fox

Falco

Pikachu

Charizard

Lucario

Jigglypuff 3DS

Ness 3DS

R.O.B.

Captain Falcon 3DS

Dr. Mario

Olimar
- Alph

Sonic

Newcomers

Rosalina & Luma

Bowser Jr. 3DS
- Larry
- Morton
- Wendy
- Iggy
- Roy
- Lemmy
- Ludwig

Little Mac

Robin

Palutena

Duck Hunt

Greninja

Villager

Wii Fit Trainer

Shulk

Dark Pit

Lucina

Pac-Man

Mega Man

Mii Fighter:

Downloadable characters

In addition to the characters above, 5 characters were also released as paid DLC:

Mewtwo (released April 28, 2015)

Lucas (released June 14, 2015)

Roy (released June 14, 2015)

Ryu (released June 14, 2015)

Cloud (released December 15, 2015)

Bayonetta (released February 3, 2016)

Corrin (released February 3, 2016)

Stages

3DS version

3D Land

Golden Plains

Rainbow Road

Paper Mario

Mushroomy Kingdom

Jungle Japes

Gerudo Valley

Spirit Train

Brinstar

Dream Land

Yoshi's Island

Corneria

Unova Pokémon League

Prism Tower

Mute City

Magicant

Arena Ferox

Flat Zone 2

Reset Bomb Forest

WarioWare, Inc.

Distant Planet

Tortimer Island

Balloon Fight

Living Room

Find Mii

Tomodachi Life

PictoChat 2

Green Hill Zone

Pac-Maze

Wii U version

Big Battlefield

Mushroom Kingdom U

Mario Galaxy

Mario Circuit

Delfino Plaza

Mario Circuit (Brawl)

Luigi's Mansion

Jungle Hijinxs

Kongo Jungle 64

Skyloft

Bridge of Eldin

Temple

Pyrosphere

Norfair

Port Town Aero Dive

Woolly World

Yoshi's Island

The Great Cave Offensive

Halberd

Orbital Gate Assault

Lylat Cruise

Kalos Pokémon League

Pokémon Stadium 2

Onett

Coliseum

Castle Siege

Flat Zone X

Palutena's Temple

Skyworld

Gamer

Garden of Hope

Town and City

Smashville

Wii Fit Studio

75m

Wrecking Crew

Pilotwings

Wuhu Island

Windy Hill Zone

Pac-Land

Miiverse (added in version 1.0.8)

Custom Stages

Both versions

Battlefield

Final Destination

Boxing Ring

Duck Hunt (added in version 1.1.1 for the 3DS version)

Gaur Plain

Wily Castle

Downloadable stages

Peach's Castle 64

Super Mario Maker

Hyrule Castle 64

Pirate Ship (Wii U version only)

Dream Land 64

Suzaku Castle

Midgar

Umbra Clock Tower

EarthBound representation

Assist Trophies

Jeff reprises his role of being an assist trophy, while Starman appears as a new Assist Trophy. Jeff fires bottle rockets at enemies as before, while Starman shoots PK Beam at fighters and teleports around the stage.

Items

Like before, the Franklin Badge and Mr. Saturn return as items with the same functions as the preceding games.

amiibo

A Ness amiibo figure was released on May 29th, 2015. In addition to Ness, a Lucas amiibo was released on December 17, 2015 in Japan, and January 22, 2016 in the U.S.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Stages

Magicant, as it appears in the game.

Magicant appears as an original stage, being the only stage from the series in the game. The stage is based on Magicant from EarthBound Beginnings.

Flying Man will occasionally appear and help the player who touches him first by attacking the other fighters. When defeated, a grave appears near their house - and only a maximum of five can appear in a single battle, like both the games in which they appear.

Five other objects or characters sometimes appear as platforms: Mobile Sprout, Dungeon Man, the Sky Runner, iron octopus statues (appearing as iron pencil statues in the English version of EarthBound ), and giant tomatoes seen in the EarthBound version of Magicant.

Additionally, the left part of the sky will often "rip open" to reveal scenes from EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings including:

Ninten leaving his house with his dog, Mick
Ninten finding Lloyd in a trash can
Ness and Paula walking around Threed during the zombie invasion
Ness and his party in Lumine Hall - the text reads "I'm Ness..."
Ness and his party entering the Phase Distorter in Saturn Valley

Smash Run

In this adventure mode, Starman appears as an enemy along with the Psycho Car (Named "Devil Car") from EarthBound Beginnings.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Stages

The Onett stage comes back as now the only stage from the series, as the New Pork City stage was removed.

Smash Tour

Mr. Saturn, the Franklin Badge, Flying Man, Porky, and the Ultimate Chimera all appear as usable items in this board game mode.

Masterpieces

A 5 minute demo version of Earthbound is unlocked when a score of over 1969 ft. is achieved in Home-Run Contest mode.

Music

Three new remixes were made for the games: Magicant/Eight Melodies, Smiles and Tears, and Onett/Winters Theme. Other remixes that return:

Onett - reverted to the Melee version and renamed from "Mother"
Pollyanna (I Believe in You) - renamed from "Mother 2"
Snowman
Mother 3 Love Theme
Unfounded Revenge/Smashing Song of Praise
Porky's Theme

Trophies

From Both Games

Lucas (Brawl)

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Ness (Alt.)

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Ness (Alt.)

Lucas (Alt.)

Gallery

Ness amiibo figure
Lucas Comes Out of Nowhere!
Lucas amiibo figure

Trivia

Oddly any EarthBound reference that was changed in localization in their original games was left unchanged in this game, notably the Psycho Car and Pencil Statue were left as the Devil Car and Octopus Statue respectively.
This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to have a stage based on a location from EarthBound Beginnings.
- Additionally the 3DS version is the last game to introduce a new EarthBound series stage.