On-screen appearance

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Mario's On-Screen Appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

The On-Screen Appearance, also known as an intro or entrance, is a minor feature in both Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It was not present in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It includes a small animation unique for each character entering the battle field during the three second countdown before battle. It has no effect whatsoever on game play other than visually dramatic and comedic purposes. The one exception to this rule is Zero Suit Samus's entrance, which allows the players to hit their opponents with the fallen pieces of the power suit, and Olimar's entrance, which automatically gives you 3 pikmin. Each entrance usually relates to that character's universe, such as Mario entering in through a warp pipe. The animation will randomly have all characters enter at once, or one at a time with a closeup of each.

Super Smash Bros.

Name	Description
Captain Falcon	Jumps out of Blue Falcon
Donkey Kong	Breaks out of a DK barrel
Fox McCloud	Ejects out of an Arwing
Jigglypuff	Releases from a Poké Ball
Kirby	Falls from a Warp Star
Link	Descends from a column of light
Luigi	Hops out of a Warp Pipe
Mario	Hops out of a Warp Pipe
Ness	Crashes through PK Teleport
Pikachu	Releases from a Poké Ball
Samus Aran	Exits a Super Metroid save point
Yoshi	Breaks out of a Yoshi egg

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Unique character based entrances were removed in Melee. Instead, all characters, with the exception of Giga Bowser, your character in rounds 2-13 of All-Star Mode, your allies and your opponents in Event Matches, appear as trophies that "come to life" at the start of the match. The three-second countdown is also quicker and more streamlined.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The on-screen appearances in Brawl appear in VS matches only. Training Mode, All-Star Mode and Classic Mode use Melee's quicker appearance method, or the characters are simply already present when the match/mode starts.

Name	Description
Bowser	Emerges from a wall of flames.
Captain Falcon	The Blue Falcon spins to a stop, Captain Falcon jumps out, and then Blue Falcon speeds off.
Diddy Kong	Breaks out of a DK barrel and claps his hands.
Donkey Kong	Breaks out of a DK barrel, grunts and makes a strongman pose.
Falco	Ejects from an upside-down Arwing.
Fox	Ejects from an Arwing.
Ganondorf	Emerges from a portal of dark magic. It also appears to be similar to the purple color of Subspace.
Ice Climbers	The condor flies in with them hanging from his feet, then they jump off.
Ike	Warps onto the stage using warp magic and then slashes his sword.
Jigglypuff	Releases from a Poké Ball, then does a short, bouncy dance.
King Dedede	Is carried in on a boxing-ring-like throne by four Waddle Dees, then jumps off, scattering them.
Kirby	Crashes in on a Warp Star.
Link	Appears in a whirlwind and unsheathes his sword.
Lucario	Teleports on stage, floats for a second, gathers aura in his hands then lands. This is unusual, because all other Pokémon come in on Poké Balls.
Lucas	Rides in on Mr. Saturn's tea table.
Luigi	Jumps out of a Warp Pipe while shaking in fear, all the while saying "Let's-a Go!" in a gloomy voice.
Mario	Jumps out of a Warp Pipe while punching his right fist in the air while shouting "Let's-a go!" happily.
Marth	Warps onto the stage using warp magic.
Meta Knight	Teleports in wrapped in his cape. This is similar in appearance to his up taunt.
Mr. Game & Watch	Moves along a row of Game and Watch LCD frames until he reaches the foreground.
Ness	Teleports in using PK Teleport, then shakes off the soot he gathered after crashing.
Olimar	Olimar exits the Hocotate Ship and plucks three Pikmin from the ground.
Pikachu	Released from a Poké Ball and emits sparks from its cheeks.
Pit	Appears onstage from a beam of light from the heavens while looking upwards.
Peach	Appears spinning out of a shower of hearts, then winks and poses with her parasol saying "Hi!".
Pokémon Trainer	Throws out his first Pokémon, yelling "Go Squirtle!", "Go Ivysaur!" or "Go Charizard!"
R.O.B.	Assembles piece by piece as his parts drop from the sky.
Samus	Arrives from a Metroid series-style save point.
Sheik	Appears in magical sparks.
Snake	Appears kneeling like after making a freefall jump as his stealth camouflage breaks up. He sometimes says "Kept you waiting, huh?" as a reference to the freefall jump from MGS2.
Sonic	Jumps onto the stage (in ball form) from the foreground and gives the thumbs-up.
Toon Link	Appears in a stylized Wind Waker explosion and unsheathes his sword.
Wario	Rides in from the foreground, then falls off his bike. The bike then explodes and Wario dusts himself off.
Wolf O'Donnell	Ejects from a Wolfen.
Yoshi	Breaks out of a Yoshi egg. Even if you select a Yoshi with a colour other than green, he will still break out of a white egg with green spots.
Zelda	Teleports in using Farore's Wind with Din's Fire in her hand.
Zero Suit Samus	Stands up from a kneeling position as her Power Suit falls off. Power Suit Pieces are scattered around Samus, which the player can then throw at their opponents.