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*In ''Ultimate'', {{SSBU|Mario}}'s [[Super Jump Punch]] will sometimes cause Mario's hat to change into Cappy, and the coins spawned to be regional ones from New Donk City. The effect is purely aesthetic.

**His [[Command Selection]] generates four random spells from a pool of 21 unique [[special move]]s, each with their own probability of appearing. Some spells cannot appear alongside others (eg. Sizz and Sizzle).

**Two of the Command Selection moves, Whack and Thwack, have a random chance of [[instant KO|instantly KOing]] opponents, which increases as both the user's and foe's percentage go up.

*King Dedede's [[Final Smash]] in ''Brawl'', [[Waddle Dee Army]], produces random minions in the same proportions as the Waddle Dee Toss.

*[[Villager]] has a random chance of attacking with either one (30%), two (30%), or three (40%) turnips with his up and down aerials. In ''Smash 4'', his down aerial could only [[spike]] if he attacked with three turnips, but this was changed in ''Ultimate''. Although [[Isabelle]] in ''Ultimate'' has similar up and down aerials, she always uses two turnips instead of one.  

*The stage hazards in [[Midgar]] are selected at random each time one is summoned.

*Trains will randomly drive past on [[Mementos]], the one below the train able to damage fighters. A third platform decorated with a cracked screen will occasionally appear on the right. Finally, a large triangle-shaped wall will appear on either side or the top of the stage for a limited amount of time.

*[[Minecraft World]] features one of six randomly chosen biomes, each with a different layout. Like Mushroomy Kingdom in ''Brawl'' and [[Boxing Ring]], each biome can be selected manually with button inputs on the stage select screen.

*[[Green Shell]] may now rebound off a struck opponent instead of traveling continuously.

Some randomness that can be controlled and/or has little impact on gameplay is considered acceptable (if undesirable) in competitive play. For instance, Star and Screen KOs occur randomly and cannot be disabled, so the mechanic is always active. However, excessive, uncontrollable randomness is usually considered degenerative to competitive play. The reasoning is that if randomness has too much of an impact on gameplay, the match could be decided by luck instead of the skill of both players, which is not considered fair or balanced. Therefore, to prevent people from winning by being the luckier player and to ensure the more skilled player wins, steps are taken to limit the effect of randomness in competitive play. These steps include turning off all items, using [[stage striking]] instead of random selection to choose the stage for the first game in a [[tournament]] set, and banning stages whose random events have too large of an impact on gameplay within the stage (such as [[WarioWare, Inc.]]).