Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

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), also known as Super Smash Bros. 4 unofficially, are respectively the fourth and fifth games in the Super Smash Bros. series, both released in 2014. Though they have identical character rosters and mechanics, they differ in the available stages and modes, and are officially considered to be separate games. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181113090504/https://kotaku.com/an-in-depth-chat-with-the-genius-behind-super-smash-bro-530744390 "An In-Depth Chat With The Genius Behind Super Smash Bros.". Kotaku. Archived 13 November 2018; retrieved 13 March 2024. 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 with high-definition graphics.
 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. returns from Brawl as paid downloadable content 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's moveset. Additionally, both characters gain new alternate outfits. As in the Japanese version of Brawl, a five-minute timed demo of EarthBound also appears as a Masterpiece, this time playable in all regions.
==Common to Both Games==
===Characters===
51 characters are playable in the games. Bold denotes EarthBound series characters, italics denotes an unlockable character, and "3DS" denotes a character who is unlockable in for Nintendo 3DS but a starter character in for Wii U.
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===Downloadable characters===
In addition to the characters above, 5 characters were also released as paid DLC:
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==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
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===
 appears as an original stage, being the only stage from the series in the game. The stage is based on 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==
Ness_SSB4_Trophy.png||Ness
Lucas SSB4 Trophy.png|Lucas
Jeff SSB4 Trophy.png|Jeff
Mr. Saturn SSB4Trophy.png|Mr. Saturn
Starman SSB4 Trophy.png|Starman
Flying Man SSB4 Trophy.png|Flying Man
Franklin Badge SSB4 Trophy.png|Franklin Badge
Lucas SSB4 Trophy (Brawl).png|Lucas (Brawl)
Ness (Alt) Trophy SSB3DS.png|Ness (Alt.)
Devil Car Trophy SSB3DS.png|Devil Car
Magicant Trophy SSB3DS.png|
Sky Runner Trophy SSB3DS.png|Sky Runner
Dungeon Man Trophy SSB3DS.png|Dungeon Man
Porky StatueTrophy SSB3DS.png|Porky Statue
Ness (Alt) Trophy SSBWiiU.png|Ness (Alt.)
PK Starstorm Trophy SSBWiiU.png|PK Starstorm (Ness)
Lucas (Alt) Trophy SSBWiiU.png|Lucas (Alt.)
PK Starstorm Trophy (Lucas) SSBWiiU.png|PK Starstorm (Lucas)
Porky Trophy SSBWiiU.png|Porky
Ultimate Chimera Trophy SSBWiiU.png|Ultimate Chimera
==Gallery==
File:Ness_Amiibo_Figure.jpg|Ness amiibo figure
Lucas Returns in SSB4.jpg|Lucas Comes Out of Nowhere!
Lucas amiibo.png|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.
==Links==
Official Site - Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
Smashwiki:Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Smashwiki:Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
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