Unlockable

Unlockable refers to any element of the Super Smash Bros. games that is not available from the start, but must be earned by completing some task. A task often requires the player to complete a game mode with a particular character or difficulty level.

Unlockable may refer to:

Unlockable characters

A unique criteria must be met in order to unlock a certain character. Typically, the player must accomplish a particular in-game feat. Once complete, a message will display: "Warning! Challenger Approaching!" or "Challenger Approaching! A new foe has appeared!" with a silhouette of the character the player is about to face. The unlockable character will then be fought by the last character Player 1 had used. By winning the challenge and defeating the opponent, the character becomes playable and the notice will appear informing them it's been unlocked and logged into the notices.

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Super Smash Bros.

Character	How to Unlock
Captain Falcon	Beat the Single Player mode with any character on any difficulty in less than 20 minutes on any stock.
Jigglypuff	Beat the Single Player mode with any character on any difficulty or stock.
Luigi	Complete Bonus 1 (Break the Targets!) with all 8 starting characters.
Ness	Complete the single player game on Normal difficulty with three stocks and without continuing.

Gallery

Luigi challenging the player in SSB.

Jigglypuff challenging the player in SSB.

Ness challenging the player in SSB.

Captain Falcon challenging the player in SSB.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Character	How to Unlock	VS Matches Required
Jigglypuff	Complete Classic or Adventure Mode on any stock or difficulty.	50
Dr. Mario	As Mario, complete Classic or Adventure Mode on any difficulty without continuing.	100
Pichu	Complete Event Match #37: Legendary Pokémon or complete Adventure Mode with Mewtwo.	200
Falco Lombardi	Complete 100-Man Melee.	300
Marth	Play Classic Mode with all 14 starter characters, or use them all in VS. mode.	400
Young Link	Complete Classic Mode with 10 characters including Link or Zelda.	500
Ganondorf	Complete Event Match #29 Triforce Gathering.	600
Mewtwo*	Play VS. mode for a combined total of 20 hours.*	700
Luigi	Complete Stage #1 of Adventure with time ending in a "2" in the seconds meter. After that, beat Luigi and Peach in less than a minute, and then complete the Adventure mode.	800
Roy	As Marth, complete Classic or Adventure Mode without continuing.	900
Mr. Game & Watch	Clear Classic, Adventure, or Target Test with all other 24 characters.	1000

*The time required to unlock Mewtwo is calculated in "player-hours" (e.g. 2 human players gives 2 hours for every hour of game-time, 3 human players give 3, and four players give 4).

Gallery

Luigi challenging the player in Melee.

Dr. Mario challenging the player in Melee.

Young Link challenging the player in Melee.

Ganondorf challenging the player in Melee.

Falco challenging the player in Melee.

Jigglypuff challenging the player in Melee.

Pichu challenging the player in Melee.

Mewtwo challenging the player in Melee.

Marth challenging the player in Melee.

Roy challenging the player in Melee.

Mr. Game & Watch challenging the player in Melee.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Masahiro Sakurai once stated that he feels that it would be appropriate that third-party, or "guest" characters, like Solid Snake or Sonic the Hedgehog, would be unlockable. This became true when Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out on March 9, 2008.

Also, all unlockable characters can be unlocked by playing through The Subspace Emissary, some just by playing through, while others involve completing the mode, and returning to specific zones and going through previously absent doors to a playable stage where, after a short cutscene, the player will be able to fight and unlock the character. Once a character joins a group of playable characters, the character will be instantly unlocked for normal play, without requiring a "Challenger Approaching" battle. However, some characters, as per the SSE's story, must be battled to before they will join the party.

Character	How to Unlock	Subspace Emissary	VS Matches Required
Ness	Reflect 10 Projectiles.	Complete Subspace (Part I).	5
Marth	Complete Classic Mode.	Complete Battlefield Fortress.	10
Luigi	Complete Classic Mode using no continues.	Complete Subspace (Part I).	22
Falco	Complete 100-Man Brawl.	Complete The Swamp.	50
Captain Falcon	Play through Classic Mode on Normal or higher and beat it in 12 minutes or less.	Complete Outside the Ancient Ruins.	70
Lucario	Clear Target Smash!! on levels 1-5 with any single character.	Complete Glacial Peak.	100
Snake	Play 15 Vs. Matches on Shadow Moses Island.	Complete Battleship Halberd Interior.	130
R.O.B.	Collect 250 different trophies (If done in Coin Launcher, play a vs. match with any character).	Complete Subspace Bomb Factory (Part II).	160
Ganondorf	Clear Classic on Hard with Link or Zelda/Sheik without continuing.	Collect both Link and Zelda's trophies in Subspace (Part II).	200
Mr. Game & Watch	Clear Target Smash with 30 different characters on any single difficulty level.	Complete Battleship Halberd Bridge.	250
Sonic***	Complete Classic Mode with 10 characters or Brawl for 10 combined total hours.	Complete The Great Maze.	300
Jigglypuff**	Beat 20 or more events after beating the Subspace Emissary. (video)	After completing The Great Maze defeat it in a secret room in The Swamp.	350
Toon Link**	Complete Classic Mode after beating the Subspace Emissary.	After completing The Great Maze defeat him in a secret room in The Forest.	400
Wolf **	Complete Boss Battles mode with Fox or Falco.	After completing The Great Maze defeat him in a secret room in The Ruins.	450

** Because Toon Link, Jigglypuff and Wolf are not part of the main plot of Subspace Emissary, players must beat the main story first, then revisit certain stages to find them.

***Sonic is the only character who can be unlocked 4 different ways.

Gallery

Ness challenging the player in Brawl

Marth challenging the player in Brawl

Luigi challenging the player in Brawl

Falco challenging the player in Brawl

Falcon challenging the player in Brawl

Lucario challenging the player in Brawl

Snake challenging the player in Brawl

R.O.B. challenging the player in Brawl

Ganondorf challenging the player in Brawl

Mr. Game & Watch challenging the player in Brawl

Sonic challenging the player in Brawl

Jigglypuff challenging the player in Brawl

Toon Link challenging the player in Brawl

Wolf challenging the player in Brawl

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

In previous games, when someone unlocks a character, a unique text appears saying that the player has unlocked a character. However, when the player unlocks a character in this game, it will only say the name of the character unlocked followed by "Joins the Battle!".

Character	How to Unlock	Matches Required
Bowser Jr.	Beat Classic Mode with Bowser on 7.0 difficulty or higher.	100
Dark Pit	Beat Classic Mode 4 times.	50
Duck Hunt	Beat Classic Mode 8 times.	110
Dr. Mario	Complete Classic Mode as Mario.	60
Falco	Complete Classic Mode for the first time.	20
Ganondorf	Beat Classic Mode with Link or Zelda.	80
Jigglypuff	Beat Classic Mode with a character using customizations.	120
Lucina	Beat Classic Mode with Marth, Ike and Robin.	40
Mr. Game & Watch	TBA	90
Ness	Beat Classic Mode 2 times.	10
R.O.B.	TBA	70
Wario	Complete 100 Man Melee.	30

Unlockable stages

Super Smash Bros.

Stage	How to Unlock
Mushroom Kingdom	Beat 1P Game with all 8 starter characters and play each starter stage in VS Mode at least once.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Stage	How to Unlock
Planet Zebes: Brinstar Depths	Play 50 VS. matches.
Eagleland: Fourside	Play 100 VS. matches.
F-Zero Grand Prix: Big Blue	Play 150 VS. matches.
Kanto Skies: Poké Floats	Play 200 VS. matches.
Mushroom: Kingdom II	Obtain either the Birdo or Pidgit trophies.
Past Stages: Dream Land	Complete Target Test successfully with all 25 characters.
Past Stages: Congo Jungle	Complete 15-Minute Melee.
Past Stages: Yoshi's Island	Hit more than 1350 ft/400m in Home Run Contest with any character.
Special Stages: Battlefield	Clear All-Star Mode once.
Special Stages: Final Destination	Clear all 51 Event Matches.
Superflat World: Flat Zone	Complete Classic Mode with Mr. Game & Watch.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Stage	How to Unlock
75m	Play as Donkey Kong 20 times on Vs Mode.
Big Blue (Melee)	Play as Captain Falcon 10 times on Vs Mode.
Hanenbow	Complete Event 28: Flower Blooms in the Echoes.
Flat Zone 2	Unlock Mr. Game & Watch.
Pirate Ship	Unlock Toon Link.
Green Greens (Melee)	Play 20 Vs. Matches using Kirby.
Green Hill Zone	Unlock Sonic.
Jungle Japes (Melee)	Play 10 Vs. matches on Melee stages.
Luigi's Mansion	Play with Luigi in 3 Vs. matches.
Mario Bros.	Complete Event 19: Wario Bros.
Pokémon Stadium (Melee)	Play on Pokémon Stadium 2 in 10 Vs. matches.
Spear Pillar	Complete Event 25: The Aura Is With Me.

Unlockable Masterpieces

• Donkey Kong (NES) (75m level)- 0:30 - have 10 hours of play time.
• Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) (World 1-1 with Peach) - 1:30 - Win five Brawls with Peach.
• Super Mario World (SNES) - 2:00 - Play on the Yoshi's Island stage three times.
• F-Zero (SNES) (Mute City course with Blue Falcon) - 0:40 - Have Captain Falcon join the party in The Subspace Emissary.
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) (Save files for beginning of Young Link and Adult Link sections)- 5:00 - Use Toon Link in 10 Brawls.

Other unlockables

Some modes of gameplay must be unlocked. These include All-Star Mode and Boss Battles Mode in their totality, and Event Matches 11-51.

Trivia

• Jigglypuff is the only character to be unlockable in every Super Smash Bros. installment.
• In Brawl, whenever you fight a hidden character, your character always uses their default palette swap.
• Luigi, Captain Falcon, Ness, Marth, Sonic, Toon Link, Wario, and Lucario are the only characters to have their unlockability status change between games, specifically in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
• Super Smash Bros. is the only game not to use silhouettes of the characters before fighting them.

See also

• Challenges
• Starter