Unlockable character

An unlockable character is a character that is not available at the start of the game (unlike a starter character), but must be unlocked. A unique criteria must be met in order to unlock a certain character. Typically, the player must accomplish a particular in-game feat and once complete, a message will display: "Warning! Challenger Approaching!" 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 your opponent, the character becomes playable.

Super Smash Bros.

Characters

Character	How to Unlock
Captain Falcon	Beat the 1-player mode with any character on any difficulty level in less than 20 minutes.
Jigglypuff	Beat the 1-player mode with any character on any difficulty level.
Luigi	Complete Bonus 1 (Break the Targets!) with all 8 starting characters.
Ness	Set difficulty to normal, set stock to 3, and complete the game without continuing.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Characters

Character	How to Unlock	VS Matches Required
Jigglypuff	Complete Classic or Adventure Mode	50
Dr. Mario	As Mario, complete Classic or Adventure mode without continuing	100
Pichu	Complete Event Match #37: Legendary Pokémon	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 different characters	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	Complete Classic, Adventure, or Target Test with all other 24 characters.	1000

* Time required to unlock Mewtwo can be split between players (eg. 2 human players requires 10hrs, 3 human players requires 6hrs 40mins, and four players requires 5hrs).

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. 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 your party.

Characters

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	Complete Subspace Bomb Factory (Part II)	160
Ganondorf	Clear Classic on Hard with Link or Zelda.	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(Before Tabuu Battle)	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

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

See Also

• Unlockable stage
• Starter character
• Starter stage