Randomness

Random is a feature in the Super Smash Bros. series that allows a player to play as a random character or on a random stage without having to choose.


 * In SSB, there was no random feature for selecting characters. However, computer players were selected randomly once entered. Random stage select would choose one of the either or nine available stages.
 * In SSBM, once all characters are unlocked, placing one's selection token on either of the two blank corners of the selection grid would move the token onto a random character. CP players would be randomized. Random stage select would select from any of the unlocked stages. Once all stages are unlocked, the player can choose which stages to exclude from the selection list.
 * In SSBB, the character selection screen has a designated space for choosing a random character. A "?" appears on the player's selection bracket and no one will know who that player will be until the match begins. (The system will choose and begin loading the character as soon as Random is selected, however.) This random function also selects a random costume for the character, and is how CPs are entered by default. Randomly choosing a stage behaves the same as SSBM, but the player cannot choose to leave out individual custom stages.