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[[File:NameinGameplay.png|thumb|right|Names appear in little boxes above the character's body in normal gameplay. These tags can temporarily disappear in some circumstances.]]

'''Names''' are a feature in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', {{forwiiu}}, and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

Players can input a short string of characters as a name to use in gameplay, where it will "float" above the character. Names can be up to four characters long in ''Melee'', up to five in ''Brawl'' and up to ten in ''for Wii U'' and ''Ultimate''.

The [[Records]] menu allows the viewing of separate records for [[knock-out]]s, [[self-destruct]]s, [[damage]] taken, [[pratfall]]s and the like for each name. It is also possible to associate some controller preferences to each name, such as the [[Rumble]] option or - starting with ''Brawl'' - control schemes different from the default; this allows the usage of useful configurations such as [[A-sticking]] and [[Bidou]].

In ''Ultimate'', a player's name not only appears in the tag floating above their character, but also in their [[damage]] display, replacing the character's name.

In rare cases, names may affect gameplay. For example, in ''[[Melee]]'', name tags remain visible even if they are pointing to an invisible character, making it easier to [[punish]] teleportation special moves such as [[Farore's Wind]] and [[Vanish]].

The '''Name Entry''' is a menu where names are entered and managed. In ''Melee'' it is found in the [[VS. Mode]] menu, in ''Brawl'' under "Options" and in ''for Wii U'' in both places. New names can also be typed in at the [[character selection screen]]: in ''Melee'' this will bring up a separate name entry screen, while in ''Brawl'' and ''for Wii U'' a new name may be typed in directly (although controls cannot be set this way).

There is also an option to have the game enter a random name. Most of the random names that can appear are names of existing [[Nintendo]] characters.

The Name Entry will refuse to set names such as "[[CPU]]" and "[[Player|P1]]", likely due to them being tags for players without names. However, variations with lowercase letters, such as "Cpu" and "p1", can be set. In {{forwiiu}}, in addition to this, the Name Entry uses the Wii U's native word filter, preventing names with potentially inappropriate jargon from being set, unlike in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''.

File:NameSelectionMelee.png|Selecting a name prior to a match in ''Melee''.

File:Name selection.jpg|Selecting a name prior to a match in ''Brawl''.

File:Ultimate Names.jpg|Names in both players' tags and damage displays in ''Ultimate''.

*Coincidentally, one of the random names in ''Melee'' is "[[Ike]]", who did not exist at the time, but would become a playable character in ''Brawl''; this continued in ''Brawl'', where one of the random names was "[[Robin]]", who also did not exist at the time, but was playable in ''SSB4''.

**They are also both ''Fire Emblem'' characters.

*One of the random names in {{forwiiu}} is "[[John|NOJOHNS]]".

*Though it lacks customizable names, {{for3ds}} shows the [[Nintendo 3DS]] system's name in player 1's damage display in addition to the character's name.