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'''Cruel Melee''', '''Cruel Brawl''' and '''Cruel Smash''' are [[Multi-Man Melee and Brawl|Multi-Man]] modes in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', respectively. Like the other modes, this game challenges the player to defeat as many opponents as possible. But in this case, the Fighting Wire Frames, Alloy Team and Mii Team have extremely high [[knockback]] in their attacks in their favor while the player has a handicap against them, essentially making this mode a complete reversal of what is normally encountered in other Multi-Man modes where it is much easier to knock out a team member.  
'''Cruel Melee''', '''Cruel Brawl''' and '''Cruel Smash''' are [[Multi-Man Melee and Brawl|Multi-Man]] modes in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', respectively. Like [[Endless mode]], this mode challenges the player to defeat as many opponents as possible ([[Fighting Wire Frames]] in ''Melee'', [[Fighting Alloy Team]] in ''Brawl'', and [[Fighting Mii Team]] in ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate''), with no [[KO]] limit or time limit before the mode ends; high scores in this mode are recorded by the number of opponents defeated.


The high scores of Cruel Melee and Brawl are recorded by the amount of opponents knocked out. Attaining very high scores in either game is considered one of the toughest actions in the game. Due to the relentless difficulty, players have to exploit the AI in both games to obtain high scores. In Cruel Melee for example, very high scores (such as in the thousands) can be obtained by exploiting an AI standstill bug, performed by standing absolutely still on the rightmost edge of the small right platform. This causes any CPUs, including the Wire Frames, to cease all movement and stand indefinitely unless the player is within attack range. Exploits with the AI in Cruel Brawl, such as by [[planking]], or any other form of stalling under the stage, often cause the Alloys to self destruct when attempting to edge-guard the player.
However, Cruel mode features a complete reversal of what is normally encountered in other Multi-Man modes. While all other modes give the opponents a low [[AI]] level and cause them to take high [[knockback]], making them very easy to KO in one hit, Cruel mode instead gives all of the opponents a high AI level (making them very aggressive), boosts their attack damage and applies the high knockback modifier to the player, making them the one who is very easy to KO in one hit. In addition, no [[item]]s will spawn at all in the mode.
 
With up to five opponents on-screen at once, all ganging up on the player and with any single one of their attacks being an easy [[OHKO]], while the player must try to fight up to five aggressive high-AI opponents while only dealing regular knockback with their own attacks and without items to assist, attaining high scores in this mode is considered one of the toughest accomplishments in the game. Due to the relentless difficulty, players often have to resort to exploiting the AI; for example, in Cruel Melee, scores in the thousands can be obtained by exploiting an AI standstill bug, performed by standing absolutely still on the rightmost edge of the small right platform. This causes any CPUs, including the Wire Frames, to cease all movement and stand indefinitely unless the player is within attack range. In both Cruel Melee and Cruel Brawl, [[planking]] can be an effective strategy; stalling under the stage will often cause the Wire Frames or Alloys to [[self-destruct]] when attempting to [[edge-guard]] the player (as they still do not have any [[recovery]] special moves). In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', most possible exploits have been fixed as enemies will no longer follow the player if they jump far off the ledge, and will instead wait until the player gets back on stage. There are still some exploits that can help, a common one including using a fighter with large, horizontal hitboxes in their [[up special]]. Grabbing the ledge, dropping, double-jumping, then using the up special to grab the edge causing minor damage to the fighters on stage and occasionally tricks them into jumping off the stage and SD'ing. The most common fighter for this strategy is [[Lucina]], as she specifically is able to complete two challenges at once in {{forwiiu}}. Without AI exploitation, getting scores even higher than single-digit numbers is considered extremely difficult.


==Rewards==
==Rewards==
===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
*Defeating five opponents in Cruel Melee will result in unlocking the [[Mr. Resetti]] trophy.  
*Defeat 5 opponents: [[Mr. Resetti]] trophy.  


===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
*Defeating five opponents in Cruel Brawl will result in unlocking a trophy depicting the [[Fighting Alloy Team|Red Alloy]].
*Defeat 5 opponents: [[Fighting Alloy Team|Red Alloy]] trophy.
*Defeating ten opponents in Cruel Brawl will result in unlocking a [[sticker]] depicting Liquid Snake.
*Defeat 10 opponents: [[List of stickers (Metal Gear series)|Liquid Snake]] sticker.


===In {{for3ds}}===
===In {{for3ds}}===
*Simply playing Cruel Smash once will result in unlocking the Spiny Hat for the {{SSB4|Mii Fighter}}s.
*Play Cruel Smash once: [[Character customization|Spiny Hat]] headgear.
*Defeating two opponents in Cruel Smash will result in unlocking the Shield Exploder Protection Badge [[Equipment]].
*Defeat 2 opponents: Shield Exploder Protection Badge [[equipment]].
*Defeating four opponents in Cruel Smash will result in unlocking the Lion Hat for the Mii Fighters.
*Defeat 4 opponents: [[Character customization|Lion Hat]] headgear.


===In {{forwiiu}}===
===In {{forwiiu}}===
*Defeating one opponent in a Solo Cruel Smash will result in unlocking the {{b|Duck Hunt|stage}} stage.
*Defeat 1 opponent (Solo only): {{b|Duck Hunt|stage}} stage.
:*This will also challenge the player to defeat {{SSB4|Duck Hunt}} in order to unlock them.
**This will also challenge the player to defeat {{SSB4|Duck Hunt}} in order to unlock them, provided they have not been unlocked yet.
*Surviving for 1 minute as {{SSB4|Luigi}} unlocks the Mr. L trophy.
**This challenge is immune to the [[Golden Hammer]].
*Defeat 8 opponents: [[List of SSB4 trophies (Super Mario Bros. series)|Toadsworth]] trophy.
*Survive for 1 minute as {{SSB4|Luigi}} (Solo only): [[List of SSB4 trophies (Super Mario Bros. series)|Mr. L]] trophy.
*Defeat 4 opponents as {{SSB4|Pit}} (Solo only): [[Reaper]] trophy.
*Defeat 8 opponents as {{SSB4|Lucina}} (Solo only): Vampire Brawn Badge [[equipment]].
**This challenge is immune to the Golden Hammer.
 
===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
*Defeat 3 opponents (Solo only): [[Captain Falcon]] Challenge.
 
==Names in other languages==
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|es=Asalto intrépido
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|it=Mischia spietata
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|nl=Gemene smash
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|ru={{rollover|Жесткая битва|Zhestkaya bitva|?}}
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|ko={{rollover|극한 스매시|Geukhan Seumaesi|?}}
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|zh_cn={{rollover|无情对打|Wúqíng Duìdǎ|?}}
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|zh_tw={{rollover|無情對打|Wúqíng Duìdǎ|?}}
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' incarnation of this mode is famous for its involvement in the [[Sonic (universe)#Sonic & Tails Rumor|Sonic and Tails Rumor]] spread by ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' magazine as an April Fool's Joke. The rumor suggested that after defeating 20 Fighting Wire Frames in a single round, the player would be challenged to defeat [[Sonic]] and Tails of the [[Sonic (universe)|''Sonic'' series]], where victory would result in [[unlockable character|unlocking]] the characters.  
*The ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' incarnation of this mode is infamous for its involvement in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (universe)#Sonic and Tails hoax|Sonic and Tails rumor]] spread by ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' magazine as an April Fools' joke. The rumor suggested that after defeating 20 Fighting Wire Frames in a single round, the player would be challenged to defeat [[Sonic]] and [[Tails]] of the {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}}, where victory would result in [[unlockable character|unlocking]] the characters.  
*In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', the track ''{{SSBBMusicLink|Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Cruel Brawl}}'' that plays during a Cruel Brawl cannot be played from ''Brawl's'' [[Sound Test]], and it cannot be even selected as music for [[custom stage]]s; it would later become available in ''Smash 4's'' sound test.
*In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', the track ''{{SSBBMusicLink|Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Cruel Brawl}}'' that plays during Cruel Brawl cannot be played from ''Brawl''{{'}}s [[Sound Test]], and it cannot be selected as music for [[custom stage]]s. It would later become available in ''Smash 4''{{'}}s Sound Test.
**Said track is renamed "Cruel Smash", likely due to being re-used for ''Smash 4''{{'}}s Cruel mode, which is called Cruel Smash. It retains this changed name in ''Ultimate''{{'}}s Sound Test.
*In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'''s Cruel Brawl, some Fighting Alloys are given stronger handicaps than others. This can be seen even further by modifying their knockback values with hacks.
*In ''Melee'', {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}'s [[Rest]] is strong enough to [[OHKO]] the wireframes in Cruel Melee.


==Videos==
==Videos==
Videos of characters in Cruel Brawl.
Cruel Melee:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFYGCSPKQuk Ganondorf AI exploit]


Cruel Brawl:
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7TN3zcyvM Jigglypuff Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7TN3zcyvM Jigglypuff Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/v/Ifha0Qlhf9E Marth Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifha0Qlhf9E Marth Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBBSD9AWHtY Mr. Game & Watch Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBBSD9AWHtY Mr. Game & Watch Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvxYTiZc-g Toon Link Demonstration ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvxYTiZc-g Toon Link Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MMIZDI5-k4&feature=related Luigi Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MMIZDI5-k4&feature=related Luigi Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt3U2P0gRzc Meta Knight Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt3U2P0gRzc Meta Knight Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcU4hwtRlu8 Lucario Demonstration]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcU4hwtRlu8 Lucario Demonstration]
Cruel Smash:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwgk2pk-Fw4 Opponent aggressiveness demonstration - inflicting 205% damage in the span of about 0.5 seconds]
{{SSBUMenus}}


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Latest revision as of 17:36, September 27, 2024

Cruel Melee, Cruel Brawl and Cruel Smash are Multi-Man modes in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, respectively. Like Endless mode, this mode challenges the player to defeat as many opponents as possible (Fighting Wire Frames in Melee, Fighting Alloy Team in Brawl, and Fighting Mii Team in Smash 4 and Ultimate), with no KO limit or time limit before the mode ends; high scores in this mode are recorded by the number of opponents defeated.

However, Cruel mode features a complete reversal of what is normally encountered in other Multi-Man modes. While all other modes give the opponents a low AI level and cause them to take high knockback, making them very easy to KO in one hit, Cruel mode instead gives all of the opponents a high AI level (making them very aggressive), boosts their attack damage and applies the high knockback modifier to the player, making them the one who is very easy to KO in one hit. In addition, no items will spawn at all in the mode.

With up to five opponents on-screen at once, all ganging up on the player and with any single one of their attacks being an easy OHKO, while the player must try to fight up to five aggressive high-AI opponents while only dealing regular knockback with their own attacks and without items to assist, attaining high scores in this mode is considered one of the toughest accomplishments in the game. Due to the relentless difficulty, players often have to resort to exploiting the AI; for example, in Cruel Melee, scores in the thousands can be obtained by exploiting an AI standstill bug, performed by standing absolutely still on the rightmost edge of the small right platform. This causes any CPUs, including the Wire Frames, to cease all movement and stand indefinitely unless the player is within attack range. In both Cruel Melee and Cruel Brawl, planking can be an effective strategy; stalling under the stage will often cause the Wire Frames or Alloys to self-destruct when attempting to edge-guard the player (as they still do not have any recovery special moves). In Super Smash Bros. 4, most possible exploits have been fixed as enemies will no longer follow the player if they jump far off the ledge, and will instead wait until the player gets back on stage. There are still some exploits that can help, a common one including using a fighter with large, horizontal hitboxes in their up special. Grabbing the ledge, dropping, double-jumping, then using the up special to grab the edge causing minor damage to the fighters on stage and occasionally tricks them into jumping off the stage and SD'ing. The most common fighter for this strategy is Lucina, as she specifically is able to complete two challenges at once in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Without AI exploitation, getting scores even higher than single-digit numbers is considered extremely difficult.

Rewards[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

  • Play Cruel Smash once: Spiny Hat headgear.
  • Defeat 2 opponents: Shield Exploder Protection Badge equipment.
  • Defeat 4 opponents: Lion Hat headgear.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

  • Defeat 1 opponent (Solo only): Duck Hunt stage.
    • This will also challenge the player to defeat Duck Hunt in order to unlock them, provided they have not been unlocked yet.
    • This challenge is immune to the Golden Hammer.
  • Defeat 8 opponents: Toadsworth trophy.
  • Survive for 1 minute as Luigi (Solo only): Mr. L trophy.
  • Defeat 4 opponents as Pit (Solo only): Reaper trophy.
  • Defeat 8 opponents as Lucina (Solo only): Vampire Brawn Badge equipment.
    • This challenge is immune to the Golden Hammer.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name
Japan Japanese 情け無用組み手
UK English Cruel Melee Super Smash Bros. Melee
Cruel Brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Cruel Smash Super Smash Bros. 4 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
France French Smash cruel
Germany German Brutalo-Smash
Spain Spanish Asalto intrépido
Italy Italian Mischia spietata
China Chinese (Simplified) 无情对打
Taiwan Chinese (Traditional) 無情對打
South Korea Korean 극한 스매시
Netherlands Dutch Gemene smash
Russia Russian Жесткая битва

Trivia[edit]

  • The Super Smash Bros. Melee incarnation of this mode is infamous for its involvement in the Sonic and Tails rumor spread by Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine as an April Fools' joke. The rumor suggested that after defeating 20 Fighting Wire Frames in a single round, the player would be challenged to defeat Sonic and Tails of the Sonic the Hedgehog, where victory would result in unlocking the characters.
  • In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the track Cruel Brawl that plays during Cruel Brawl cannot be played from Brawl's Sound Test, and it cannot be selected as music for custom stages. It would later become available in Smash 4's Sound Test.
    • Said track is renamed "Cruel Smash", likely due to being re-used for Smash 4's Cruel mode, which is called Cruel Smash. It retains this changed name in Ultimate's Sound Test.
  • In Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Cruel Brawl, some Fighting Alloys are given stronger handicaps than others. This can be seen even further by modifying their knockback values with hacks.
  • In Melee, Jigglypuff's Rest is strong enough to OHKO the wireframes in Cruel Melee.

Videos[edit]

Cruel Melee:

Cruel Brawl:

Cruel Smash: