Name Entry glitch

Master Hand being used on Temple as a result of the glitch. The glitch has four known applications, of which controlling Master Hand is the most popular.

The Name Entry glitch is a glitch for Super Smash Bros. Melee. It was discovered in 2008 on a German gaming website by Smashboards' Exchord92, and was posted to Smashboards in June 2009. Among other things, this glitch allows you to play as the Master Hand.

Performing the Glitch

The Name Entry glitch can be performed to achieve one of four different purposes. These purposes are to: 1) Play as the Master Hand (discovered by Exchord92) 2) Use an all-black character (discovered by Exchord92) 3) Perform a 0-Second Melee (discovered by Exchord 92) 4) Play alone (discovered by REVOLUTION324)

General Execution

There are two ways to perform the Name Entry glitch, one using one controller, and the other using two controllers:

Method One

Place the cursor of your controller over the name field on the character select screen. On this controller, press A and B simultaneously. Release A, but hold onto B. Scroll down to the "Name Entry" button. If you press A again at just the right time, the game will skip to the Stage Selection screen. Select the stage. If it loads properly, the game has not frozen and you have correctly performed Method One of the Name Entry glitch!

Method Two

Using two controllers in VS. Mode, hover one cursor over the "Back" button and the other over the "Name Entry" button in the name field. Press A simultaneously on both controllers. The game should skip to the Stage Selection screen. If the stage you selected loads up properly, you have performed Method Two of the Name Entry glitch with success!

Specific Scenarios

Master Hand glitch

The Master Hand glitch is the most popular of the four scenarios. It is performed by not selecting a character on one, some, or all of the four slots (note that although you can use four Master Hands, that he can only be controlled through Port 3). Perform the glitch normally (note that if Method Two is used, at least one character will not be Master Hand). Select the stage (using controller 3 to minimize chances of freezing). When the match starts, Master Hand will fly in laughing maniacally. If you are able to use Master Hand with controller 3, you have successfully performed the Master Hand glitch!

Controlling Master Hand

Master Hand can be controlled as follows. Note that the move names are not official.

Move	Name	Notes
A^	Rocket	Master Hand makes a vaguely plane-like shape, then flies into the background. It attempts to fly into the player, then flies in from the right. 10-30%
A>	Shieldbreaker Punch	Master Hand flies off the screen, then appears in the background as a fist. It attempts to slam into the player, then flies back onto the stage from the top of the screen. 34%
Av	Crush	Master Hand flies off the top of the screen, then appears in the background. It attempts to flatten the player. 30%
B^	Lasers	Master Hand shoots a laser beam from each of his fingertips. Only the endpoints do damage. 9% each
B>	Gun	Master Hand makes the shape of a gun, and fires sets of bullets. It fires 1 set if above 100 HP, and three sets if below. 10% (one set) 6% (three sets)
Z ^ or >	Grab	Master Hand grabs his opponent and begins to crush them. They can escape by button mashing, but, if they fail to do so, Master Hand will toss them away. 13%/crush, then 18-20% afterwards. Depending on the direction pressed with Z, Master Hand will throw the opponent differently. If up is used, he will throw them upward behind him. If right, he will slam them into the ground.
R<	Poke	Master Hand pokes the air three times. The third poke is more powerful. 7-34%
R>	Charged Punch	Master Hand hovers over the target, then quickly punches down. 24%
Rv	Charged Slap	Master Hand slaps the ground. 26%
R^	Drill	Master Hand flies up, then slams down while spinning in a drill-like fashion. 1-48%
L^	Swat	Master Hand makes a swats the opponent across the platform
L<	Cross Stage Slap	Master hand slaps across the stage. 25%
Lv	Walk	Master Hand "walks" using his pointer and middle fingers. When he reaches his opponent, he "kicks" them. 10-30%

Black Character glitch

This glitch can be used to play as an all black character. Note that you cannot play the CPU.

First, ensure that friendly fire is on. Change the mode to Team Battle. Next, select all of the same character and have them all on the same team. Perform the glitch normally. One of the characters will simply be a black silhouette of the character. CPU characters will do nothing as they have no opponent to fight.

0-Second Melee

This glitch can be used to play a melee that lasts 0 seconds.

Set the mode to stock, number of stocks to whatever you wish. Next, choose your character, but choose no opponent. Use Method One of the glitch. The melee should end the second the announcer says, "Go!"

Single Person Melee

This glitch allows you to play alone, with no opponents.

Set the mode to time, bonus, or coin, time limit to whatever you wish. Next, choose your character, but choose no opponent. Use Method One of the Name Entry glitch. If you performed the glitch correctly, you should be fighting alone.

Explanation

The Name Entry glitch forces the game to receive two inputs at once: Back and Name Entry. In its confusion, it advances to the Stage Selection screen. The reason that the Master Hand Glitch works is because all characters in the game are assigned an ID number. The game is programmed not to let the players progress to the Stage Select menu if not all of the players have valid ID numbers. The default number, zero, is also Master Hand's number and is not supposed to be accepted by the game. However, when the glitch is performed, it forces the game to the Stage Select screen, leaving the players' numbers as zero, thus loading Master Hand as their character.

Internal Links

Master Hand glitch

External Links

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