Super Smash Brothers

Super Smash Brothers
SSB Boxart
Release Date:	North America: April 26, 1999 Japan: January 21, 1999
Game in series:	1
Publisher:	Nintendo
Developer:	HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Virtual Console release date:	North America: December 21, 2009 Japan: January 20, 2009

Super Smash Brothers (Nintendo All-Star! Great Melee Smash Brothers) (SSB or SSB64 for short) is a fighting game that features all Nintendo characters. It was originally a game called Dragon King: A Fighting Game which was for the SNES. This was the first game in the Smash Bros. Series. It featured 12 Nintendo characters. They were all Nintendo's "heroes" unlike the next two games.

Characters

The 12 characters in the game are Nintendo's "heroes." Eight of the playable characters are available from the start. Four of them must be unlocked by completing certain tasks.

Starter Characters

Character	Name	Series	Special Moves
	Mario	Mario Series	B: Fireball B Down: Mario Tornado B Up: Super Jump Punch
	Donkey Kong	DK Series	B: Giant Punch B Down: Hand Slap B Up: Spinning Kong
	Link	Zelda Series	B: Boomerang B Down: Bomb B Up: Spin Attack
	Samus	Metroid Series	B: Charge Shot B Down: Bomb B Up: Screw Attack
	Yoshi	Yoshi Series	B: Egg Lay B: Down: Yoshi Bomb B: Up: Egg Throw
	Kirby	Kirby Series	B: Swallow B Down: Stone B Up: Final Cutter
	Fox	Star Fox Series	B: Blaster B Down: Reflector B Up: FireFox
	Pikachu	Pokemon Series	B: Thunder Jolt B Down: Thunder B Up: Quick Attack

Unlockable Characters

Character	Name	Series	Special Moves	How to Unlock
	Luigi	Mario Series	B: Fireball B Down: Luigi Cyclone B Up: Super Jump Punch	Complete Target Test with all starting characters.
	Jigglypuff	Pokemon Series	B: Pound B Down: Rest B Up: Sing	Complete 1-Player game with any character.
	Captain Falcon	F-Zero Series	B: Falcon Punch B Down: Falcon Kick B Up: Falcon Dive	Complete the 1-Player game within 20 minutes.
	Ness	Earthbound Series	B: PK Fire B Down: PSI Magnet B Up: PK Thunder	Complete 1-Player mode with 3 lives on Normal difficulty without losing any lives.

Non-Playable Characters

Pokemon

Beedrill

Blastoise

Chansey

Charizard

Clefairy

Hitmonlee

Koffing

Meowth

Mew

Snorlax

Starmie

Enemies

Fighting Polygon Team

Kirby Team

Yoshi Team

Bosses

Giant DK

Metal Mario

Master Hand

Stages

Starter Stages

Stage	Name	Series	Home stage to
	Peach's Castle	Mario Series	Mario & Luigi
	Yoshi's Island	Yoshi Series	Yoshi
	Kongo Jungle	DK Series	Donkey Kong
	Sector Z	Star Fox Series	Fox
	Dream Land	Kirby Series	Kirby
	Hyrule Castle	Zelda Series	Link
	Planet Zebes	Metroid Series	Samus
	Saffron City	Pokemon Series	Pikachu & Jigglypuff

Unlockable Stages

Stage	Name	series	Home Stage to	How to Unlock
	Mushroom Kingdom	Mario Series	Mario & Luigi	Beat 1-Player with all eight original characters and play with all of them in VS Mode.

Items

Super Smash Bros. Series

Crate

Capsule

Egg

Barrel

Beam Sword

Bumper

Fan

Ray Gun

Mario Series

Bob-omb

Fire Flower

Green Shell

Hammer

Red Shell Starman

Donkey Kong Series

Hammer

Kirby Series

Star Rod

Maximum Tomato

The Legend Of Zelda Series

Heart Container

Pokemon Series

Pokeball

Earthbound Series

Homerun Bat

GoldenEye 007

Motion-Sensor Bomb

Modes

1-Player Mode

The 1-Player Mode in SSB is similar to Classic Mode in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl. The player

Fox on the final stage of 1-Player Mode.

goes thorugh certain stages fighting certain characters. In this game, however, the player fights all the fighters in the same order, where in Melee and Brawl, it is random.

VS. Mode

VS. Mode is the part of the game where players can battle whatever and

The character selection screen with all characters unlocked.

wherever they want. They can select their own character and stage to fight on. The player may set their own rules and what items can appear on the stages. This feature stayed through all 3 games, staying the same.

Trivia

• Super Smash Bros. was originally called Dragon King: A Fighting Game.
• The Character Select Screen has the 8 starter characters in order from oldest to newest.
• In the Japanese version of teh game, Mario and Luigi have slightly bigger heads than any other version.