Announcer

An announcer (also known as a referee, and located under "Narration" in Sound Test) is a person and a feature that tells you when the battle will start, when the match ends, tells you the character's names when you select one, etc. The voice varies depending on which game from the Super Smash Bros. series that you are playing with. (For example: If you're playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, then Pat Cashman would say the phrase that will officially start the match in Versus Mode: "3, 2, 1... GO!")

Quotes

Super Smash Bros. (Voice: Jeff Manning)

• "Super Smash Bros.!"
• "3, 2, 1... GO!" (Note: Brawl's Versus Mode works the same way.)

Super Smash Bros. Melee (Voice: Dean Harrington)

• "Super Smash Bros. Melee!"
• "Ready? GO!" (Note: Brawl's Single Player Modes work the same way.)
• "Melee!"
• "Decision!"

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Voice: Pat Cashman)

• "Free-for-All!"
• "Multi-Man Brawl!"
• "Basic Brawl!"
• "Rotation!"
• "Special Brawl!"
• "Team Battle!"
• "Spectate!"
• "Ready, GO!" (Single Player Matches)
• "3, 2, 1... GO!" (VS. Matches)

SSB & SSBM

• "Race to the Finish!"

SSBM & SSBB

• "Home-run Contest!"
• "Grab the Coins!"
• "Success"

All Games

• "A New Record!"
• "Game!"/"Game Set!"
• "Choose your character."
• "(Character Name)!"
• "Vs. (Character or Team)!"
• "Break the Targets!"
• "Continue?"
• "Complete!"
• "Failure!"
• "Congratulations!"
• "The Winner is..."
• "5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Time!" (In Japan: "Time Up!")

Trivia

Master Hand plays the same role as the announcer.