Local Wireless
Local Wireless is the function in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in which players can play with other players via wireless connection.
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Local Wireless is available for Smash, Smash Run, All-Star, and Multi-Man. Upon selecting Local Wireless the player is able to either host or join a game. If the player chooses to host then they have three options for who they would like to be able to join: "Anyone", "Friends Preferred", or "Friends Only". It is one of the ways to play with friends, the other being online in the With Friends mode. Up to four players can join. Local Wireless is the only way to play with other people without an internet connection.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Local Wireless returns in Ultimate, now located on the Dashboard. One to seven additional players can join a host by linking Nintendo Switch systems and joining a room. If there are 5 or more systems connected to a single local wireless room, a message will be displayed on the host's screen warning them of the inevitable lag caused by such a condition. Players can also obtain other players' Smash Tags in this mode. Unlike Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, this is counted as a separate mode from the Smash Menu and can only used for Smash matches. This also means that other game modes are unplayable, likely as to allow more players on the same Nintendo Switch.
The options in Local Wireless have been expanded since its 3DS incarnation. The joining options have been updated to allow Anyone, Acquaintances (players not on the host's friends list but have encountered before), and Friends Only. Custom Smash can now be chosen as the game mode, which now has a player limit of 4. Super Sudden Death can be selected as well, but the limit is 8 players instead. Taunts are now fully allowed with no restrictions and a player's pick of character is unable to be seen on any other player's screen until a match starts.
Gallery[edit]
Room Selection Screen in Ultimate
The Room Creation Prompt in Ultimate
The Mode Selection Screen Showing the Available Modes
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS menu items | |
|---|---|
| Smash | Smash (Solo · Group · Time · Stock · Team Battle) · Rules |
| Smash Run | Solo · Group · Custom · Select Music |
| Games & More | Classic · All-Star · Stadium (Multi-Man Smash · Target Blast · Home-Run Contest) · Training · Custom · amiibo · Vault (Trophies · Trophy Rush · Album · Replays · Sounds · Records · Tips) · Options (Controls · Sound · Character Outline · Damage Display · Internet Options) |
| Online | Spectator Mode · With Anyone (For Fun · For Glory) · With Friends · Conquest · Share |
| Other | Challenge · StreetPass · Wii U |
