Item

For the CPU Mode, see ITEM (CPU Mode).

An item is an object that appears on stage that characters can use or throw. Items are a large part of the gameplay of the Super Smash Bros. series. They may appear at any time in designated spawning areas during a match or summoned by a character's special move.

List of items

The items that appear during regular gameplay and are listed under Item Switch may be broken down into several different types of categories based on how they are used and their effects.

Container items

Container items can be broken if attacked or thrown and usually release other items when destroyed. Rarely, the container will explode when destroyed instead.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Barrel	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Capsule	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Crate	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Party Ball	Super Smash Bros.	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Rolling Crate	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	?

Container Enemies

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, breaking a container may release one of the following enemies listed below:

Enemies
Enemy	Universe
Goomba	Mario
Koopa Troopa	Mario
Koopa Paratroopa	Mario
Like Like	The Legend of Zelda
Octorok	The Legend of Zelda
Polar Bear	Ice Climber
Redead	The Legend of Zelda
Topi	Ice Climber

Battering items

Battering items changes each character's neutral attack, forward tilt, dash attack, and forward smash into a damaging item swipe (excluding the Hammer and Golden Hammer).

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Beam Sword	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fan	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	N	?
Fire Bar	Mario	N	N	N	Y	?
Golden Hammer¹	Wrecking Crew	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Hammer¹	Donkey Kong	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Home-Run Bat	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	?
Lip's Stick	Panel de Pon	N	Y	Y	Y	?
Ore Club	Kid Icarus	N	N	N	Y	Y
Parasol	Kirby	N	Y	N	N^[1]	?
Star Rod	Kirby	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Shooting items

Shooting items are items that fire projectiles when used, typically replacing the neutral attack and neutral aerial of the user. They all have limited ammunition and will shoot blanks once they run out. Starting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, trying to shoot an item with no ammunition will throw it instead.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Cracker Launcher	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	N	?
Drill Arm	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	N	Y	Y
Fire Flower	Mario	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Gust Bellows	The Legend of Zelda	N	N	N	Y	?
Ray Gun	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Steel Diver	Steel Diver	N	N	N	Y	?
Super Scope	Nintendo	N	Y	Y	Y	Y

Throwing items

Throwing items are items that can be thrown at opponents. It's impossible to perform a regular attack while holding one as pressing the attack button will throw the item instead.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Banana Peel	Mario	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Beehive	Animal Crossing	N	N	N	Y	Y
Beetle	The Legend of Zelda	N	N	N	Y	Y
Black Hole		N	N	N	N	Y
Bob-omb	Mario	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Bombchu	The Legend of Zelda	N	N	N	Y	Y
Boomerang	Mario	N	N	N	Y	?
Bumper	Super Smash Bros.	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Cucco	The Legend of Zelda	N	N	N	Y	Y
Deku Nut	The Legend of Zelda	N	N	Y	Y	?
Flipper	Balloon Fight	N	Y	N	N^[2]	?
Freezie	Mario	N	Y	Y	Y	?
Gooey Bomb	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Green Shell	Mario	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Hocotate Bomb	Pikmin	N	N	N	Y	Y
Hothead	Mario	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Killer Eye	Kid Icarus	N	N	N	Y	Y
Launch Star	Mario	N	N	N	N	Y
Motion-Sensor Bomb	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mr. Saturn	EarthBound	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Pitfall	Animal Crossing	N	N	Y	Y	?
POW Block	Mario	N^[2]	N	N^[2]	Y	?
Red Shell	Mario	Y	Y	N^[3]	N^[3]	?
Screw Attack	Metroid	N	Y	N	N	N
Smart Bomb	Star Fox	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Smoke Ball	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	?
Spiny Shell	Mario	N	N	N	Y	Y
Spring	Donkey Kong	N	N	Y	Y	?
Team Healer	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	?
Unira	Clu Clu Land	N	N	Y	Y	?
X Bomb	Kid Icarus	N	N	N	Y	Y

Transformation items

Transformation items provide fighters unique attacks and temporary effects.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Bullet Bill	Mario	N	N^[1]	N^[1]	Y	Y
Cloaking Device	Perfect Dark	N	Y	N	N	?
Lightning Bolt	Mario	N	N	Y	Y	?
Metal Box	Mario	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Poison Mushroom	Mario	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Super Mushroom	Mario	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Super Star	Mario	Y	Y	Y	Y	?
Superspicy Curry	Kirby	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Timer	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	Y

Gear items

Gear items are items that temporarily improves a fighter’s natural abilities.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Back Shield	Kid Icarus	N	N	N	Y	?
Bunny Hood	The Legend of Zelda	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Franklin Badge	EarthBound	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Rocket Belt	Pilotwings	N	N	N	Y	Y
Screw Attack	Metroid	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Super Leaf	Mario	N	N	N	Y	Y

Recovery items

Recovery items can be used to heal the damage of the fighter who uses them. Starting in Super Smash Bros. Melee, fighters can pick up a healing item while holding another item.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Food	Super Smash Bros.	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Maxim Tomato	Kirby	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Healing Field		N	N	N	N	Y
Heart Container	The Legend of Zelda	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fairy Bottle	The Legend of Zelda	N	N	N	Y	Y

Helping items

Helping items allows a fighter to summon temporary allies to fight alongside them, or cause various effects that affect the battlefield.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Assist Trophy	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Master Ball	Pokémon	N	N	N	Y	Y
Poké Ball	Pokémon	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Combining items

Combining items are items that first must be assembled before they can be used.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Daybreak	Kid Icarus	N	N	N	Y	?
Dragoon	Kirby	N	N	Y	Y	Y

Collectibles

Collectibles are items that can only be picked up in the course of gameplay and do not cause any direct or immediate change to a match.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Custom Part	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	N	Y	?
CD	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y		?
Smash Coins and Bills	Super Smash Bros.	N	Y	Y		?
Sticker	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	N	?
Trophy	Super Smash Bros.	N	Y	Y	Y	?

The Subspace Emissary

These items are only available in the Adventure Mode of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Items
Item	Type
Auroros	Throwing
Key	Throwing
Stock Ball	Other
Trophy Stand	Throwing

Specific items

The following items listed below are items that can be produced only by certain characters, stages, hazards, etc.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Apple	Kirby	N	Y	Y	N	Y
Bonsly	Pokémon	N	N	Y	N	?
Bomb (Link)	The Legend of Zelda	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Bonus Fruit	Pac-Man	N	N	N	Y	Y
Cardboard Box	Metal Gear	N	N	Y	N	Y
Egg	Super Smash Bros.	Y	Y	N	N	Y
Electrode	Pokémon	N^[2]	Y	Y	Y	Y
Gyro	R.O.B.	N	N	Y	Y	?
Mechakoopa	Mario	N	N	N	Y	Y
Peanut	Donkey Kong	N	N	Y	N^[1]	?
Pellet	Pikmin	N	N	Y		?
Power Suit Piece	Metroid	N	N	Y	N	N
Shellcreepers/Sidesteppers	Mario	N	N	Y	N	?
Stat Boost	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	N		?
Tortimer Fruits	Animal Crossing	N	N	N		Y
Vegetable	Mario	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wario Bike	Wario	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Wario Bike Wheels	Wario	N	N	Y	N	?
Wood Chip	Animal Crossing	N	N	N	Y	Y
Yoshi's Egg	Yoshi	N^[1]	Y	N^[1]	N^[1]	N^[1]

Other

The following items listed below do not fit into the above categories.

Item appearance
Item	Universe
Barrel Cannon	Donkey Kong	N^[2]	Y	N^[1]	N^[2]	?
Blast Box	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	?
Bomber	Kirby	N	N	N	N	Y
Fake Smash Ball	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	N	N	Y
Sandbag	Super Smash Bros.	N	N^[1]	Y	Y	Y
Smash Ball	Super Smash Bros.	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Soccer Ball	Mario	N	N	Y	Y	Y
Special Flag	Namco	N	N	N	Y	?
Warp Star	Kirby	N	Y	Y	Y	Y

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 Appears in Smash games but not as an item.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Appears in Smash games but as a stage hazard.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Appears in the Subspace Emissary and Smash Run respectively; by stomping on a red Koopa Troopa, but only functions like a green shell.

[noitem-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 Appears in Smash games but not as an item.

[hazard-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Appears in Smash games but as a stage hazard.

[redshell-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Appears in the Subspace Emissary and Smash Run respectively; by stomping on a red Koopa Troopa, but only functions like a green shell.

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