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The original ''Super Smash Bros.'' is available in Japanese, English, French, German, and Simplified Chinese.

Language can only be adjusted in the European PAL version of ''SSB'' (uniquely, ''SSB'' has separate European and Australian PAL versions). The language can be set to English, French, or German through an extra section on the options menu. When the player hovers over a menu item with the language set to either French or German, a white box with its corresponding translation will display at the bottom of the screen. The [[announcer]] is dubbed in both languages; however, the German version does not have unique voice clips for "Captain Falcon", "Computer Player" or "Team Battle", using the English clips instead.

The Simplified Chinese version of the game is only available on the {{s|wikipedia|iQue Player}}, the Chinese export of the [[Nintendo 64]]. While the game is fully translated, almost all voice acting is reused from the English version of the game. {{SSB|Jigglypuff}} and most non-playable Pokémon, however, receive new voice clips.

In PAL versions of ''Melee'', the player can choose between five different languages in the game, reflecting the multiple areas of the {{s|wikipedia|European Union}}. They are:

*English  

The quality of the European localization is questionable; while most of the "simple" text is translated, a majority of the game's text, notably of game modes and menu options, remain in English. Furthermore, despite the presence of the British flag on the English option, the text is largely unchanged compared to the NTSC's English language setting, and does not take certain regional differences into account, such as the use of "color" over "colour". Additionally, the announcer voice clips are reused from English for all languages (other than Jigglypuff's foreign names, resulting in a disparity between voices).

Similar to the NTSC version, changing the language [[List of regional version differences (SSBM)#Character names|causes some minor changes in the game.]]

''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is available in seven languages: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Korean. Korean is new to the series.

Players no longer have the option to choose between Japanese and American English in ''Brawl''.

 

In PAL versions of ''Brawl'', the player can choose between five different languages, like in ''Melee''. The choices remain the same, and like before, [[List of regional version differences (SSBB)|aspects of the game can change]]. However, the language cannot be changed in-game, as the language for Wii games is decided based on what language the console is set to.

 

Compared to ''Melee'', all text is translated to the language of choice, and the announcer is fully dubbed into each language.

Both versions of ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' are available in nine languages: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Russian, with the last three being new to the series. While {{for3ds}} is available in Korean, {{forwiiu}} lacks the option, because the Wii U console was never officially released in South Korea. Additionally, the Korean version borrows the announcer's voice clips from the Japanese version of the game, rather than recording new Korean voice clips.

 

The American version of both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions support three languages: English, French and Spanish. The language used by the game depends on the language set on the system itself, and cannot be changed in-game.

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The {{s|wikipedia|PAL region}} version of both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions support eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Russian. The language used by the game depends on the language set on the system itself, and cannot be changed in-game.

 

While the five languages from ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' continue to localize the announcer and a small number of character voices, the three new languages (Dutch, Portuguese and Russian) borrow their voice clips from the English language version.

''Ultimate'' supports 11 languages regardless of region: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Simplified Chinese is available for the first time since the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', and Traditional Chinese is entirely new to the series. However, Portuguese, which was present in ''Smash 4'', is no longer available, despite the Nintendo Switch being released in Portuguese. For the first time since ''Melee'', language selection is available from an in-game menu rather than being automatically selected based on the system's region and language settings.

For characters who are only voiced in English and Japanese, Asian language localizations use the Japanese voices, whereas Western language localizations use the English voices. As in previous titles, a small number of characters are also voiced in French, Spanish, German and Italian. The English/Japanese announcer, [[Xander Mobus]], provides unique voice clips for the Korean version, while a mixture of his voice clips from both the English and Japanese versions are reused for both Chinese languages. New announcers also provide voice clips for the Dutch and Russian languages.

English, French and Spanish each have two different variants: an American variant (American English, Canadian French and Latin American Spanish) and a European variant (Commonwealth English, European French and Castilian Spanish). The difference is affected by the system's region and language. The American variants are used if the region is set to "The Americas", "Japan" or "Hong Kong/Taiwan/South Korea", or if the language is set to Japanese, Korean or Chinese; the European variants are used if the region is set to "Europe" or "Australia/New Zealand", or if the language is set to German, Dutch, Italian, Russian or Portuguese. In these cases, the system's language takes priority over its region. This effectively gives ''Ultimate'' a total of 14 language choices compared to the 11 selectable in the menu.<!--todo: clarify the extent of the regional language differences (color vs. colour, Hammer vs. Hammer Flip, Boxing Ring titles, cosmetic differences, etc.)--> Some regional differences are still present, such as the name "Duck Hunt Duo" for {{SSBU|Duck Hunt}} in European languages, while other former differences such as [[Boxing Ring]] character titles have been standardized between English regional versions. The two Spanish and French versions, however, continue to exhibit significant text and character name differences.

Unlike previous games, changing language settings in ''Ultimate'' reboots the game. As such, changing the language can be used as an alternate method (besides closing and reopening the game) to [[Unlockable character|unlock characters]] in Smash battles more quickly by bypassing the ten-minute cooldown timer between challengers, particularly when using controllers that lack a HOME button.

*In ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate'', [[R.O.B.]]'s default costume depends on the language the game is set to. The Famicom colors are the default costume if the language is set to Japanese, Korean, or Chinese; otherwise, the NES colors are used, referencing how his real-life counterpart had different colorings between regions to match the NES/Famicom's body color.

**[[Byleth]]'s name is the same in Japanese, but it is spelled differently depending on gender ({{ja|ベレト|Bereto}} for male, {{ja|ベレス|Beresu}} for female); all other languages use the same name between genders.

*While the Asian versions share the [[announcer]]'s voice actor in all games (except the Korean version of ''Brawl'') with the English version, in ''Brawl'', ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate'', he pronounce some character names differently, namely those for [[King Dedede]], [[Lucina]], [[Simon Belmont|Simon]], [[Richter Belmont|Richter]] and [[King K. Rool]], to better reflect the Japanese pronunciation; Lucina, for example, is pronounced as "RU-ki-na" in Asian versions rather than "Lu-SEE-na" in the English version. Interestingly, [[Marth]], [[Young Link]], [[Lucas]] and [[Byleth]] do not share this trait (even in ''Melee''), despite their Japanese pronunciations being slightly different from their English counterparts.

**In the Korean version of ''Ultimate'', the announcer switches between English and Japanese pronunciations depending on the character; for example, King K. Rool uses the Japanese pronunciation, while Richter uses the English pronunciation.

**Despite this, the usage of English and Japanese voices does not appear to be consistent: from the ''Metal Gear'' series, [[Snake]] uses his English voice and [[Gray Fox]] uses his Japanese voice, while from the ''Street Fighter'' series, [[Ryu]] and [[Ken]] use their English voices and [[Guile]] uses his Japanese voice.

*In the Chinese version of ''Ultimate'', some names are not transliterated into Chinese, even though some of them have official transliterations; examples include [[Mr. Game & Watch]], Snake, Ryu (traditional only), Ken (traditional only), Cloud, Bayonetta, [[Inkling]] and [[Joker]]. For Ryu and Ken, this is also the case in Korean.

*Oddly, in ''Ultimate'', Mewtwo does not speak in any of its victory poses if the language is currently set to either Spanish, German, Dutch or Russian. This is due to game incorrectly loading up the voice timing from the Japanese version, which uses the Japanese variant of Mewtwo's victory voice clips.