Item

The Capsule item from SSBM.

For the CPU Mode, see ITEM (CPU Mode).

An item is an object that appears on stage that characters can use or throw. Items are a large part of the gameplay of the Smash Bros. series. They may appear at any time in designated spawning areas during a match.

List of items

The items that appear during regular gameplay and are listed under Item Switch may be broken down into several different types of items based on how they are used and their effects.

Container items

Container items can be broken if thrown or hit and will release other items when broken. Opponents hit by thrown container items will be damaged. Container items have a 25% chance of exploding, dealing greater damage than normal but at the same time not releasing any items.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Party Balls	NO	YES	YES
Capsules	YES	YES	YES
Crates	YES	YES	YES
Barrels	YES	YES	YES
Eggs	YES	YES	NO
Sliding Boxes	NO	NO	YES
Sandbags	NO	NO	YES

Note: Sandbag is not considered one of the other Containers in Brawl's Item Switch and thus has a separate switch. In addition, it has no chance of explosion.

Battering items

Battering items change each character's neutral A, forward tilt, dash attack, and forward smash into a damaging item swipe. They can be thrown, tilt-thrown, or smash-thrown with Z and the C-stick as well and may also have certain special effects.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Beam Swords	YES	YES	YES
Home-run Bats	YES	YES	YES
Fans	YES	YES	YES
Star Rods³	YES	YES	YES
Parasols	NO	YES	NO
Lip's Sticks	NO	YES	YES
Golden Hammers4	NO	NO	YES
Hammers²4	YES	YES	YES

Shooting Items

Shooting items are items that can fire projectiles a certain distance.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Ray Guns²	YES	YES	YES
Super Scopes	NO	YES	YES
Fire Flowers	YES	YES	YES
Star Rods³	YES	YES	YES
Cracker Launchers	NO	NO	YES

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, characters are able to move while shooting, the C-Stick can be used to fire while moving in the direction it's tilted, or throw the shooting item if it is out of ammo.

Projectile Items

Projectile items thrown at enemies, and are often explosives. They may stick to characters or surfaces, or even hang midair, but are always used by simply pressing A.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Green Shells	YES	YES	YES
Red Shells	YES	YES	NO
Flippers	NO	YES	NO
Freezies	NO	YES	YES
Mr. Saturns	NO	YES	YES
Poké Balls²	YES	YES	YES
Bob-ombs	YES	YES	YES
Motion-sensor Bombs	YES	YES	YES
Bumpers²	YES	NO	YES
Barrel Cannons¹	NO	YES	NO
Gooey Bombs	NO	NO	YES
Pitfalls	NO	NO	YES
Soccer Balls	NO	NO	YES
Banana Peels	NO	NO	YES
Smart Bombs	NO	NO	YES
Uniras	NO	NO	YES
Smoke Balls	NO	NO	YES
Deku Nuts	NO	NO	YES
Hotheads	NO	NO	YES
Springs	NO	NO	YES
Blast Boxes	NO	NO	YES

Performance Items

These items take effect the instant a character picks them up and increase or change his or her natural abilities. They wear off after several seconds, depending on the item. Some affect the user, and others work on opponents.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Starman	YES	YES	YES
Franklin Badges	NO	NO	YES
Warp Stars	NO	YES	YES
Lightning Bolts	NO	NO	YES
Dragoons	NO	NO	YES
Super Mushrooms	NO	YES	YES
Poison Mushrooms	NO	YES	YES
Screw Attacks¹²	NO	YES	YES
Metal Boxes	NO	YES	YES
Bunny Hoods	NO	YES	YES
Cloaking Devices	NO	YES	NO
Superspicy Curry	NO	NO	YES
Timers	NO	NO	YES
Smash Balls	NO	NO	YES

Recovery Items

Recovery items will reduce the damage of the character who picks them up. In Super Smash Bros., a character may not pick up a healing item while holding another item; this was changed in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Food	NO	YES	YES
Maxim Tomatoes²	YES	YES	YES
Heart Containers²	YES	YES	YES
Team Healers	NO	NO	YES

Assist Trophies

Assist Trophies (called "assist figures" in Japan) are very much like Poke Balls (called "monster balls" in Japan) in that they summon random characters, however, instead of throwing them, they are automatically activated upon pickup. They only activate when standing; a character will continue to hold an assist trophy and he can even be knocked away if an opponent hits him before it takes effect.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Assist Trophies	NO	NO	YES

Collectibles

Collectibles are items that can only be picked up in the course of game play. They do not cause any direct or immediate change to a match. Stickers can be used during The Subspace Emissary to enhance a character's abilities. CDs add to the list of songs playable during matches. Trophies (called "figures" in Japan) give some background information about various elements in the game.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
CDs	NO	NO	YES
Stickers	NO	NO	YES
Trophies	NO	YES	YES

Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary

These items are only available in the Adventure Mode of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Trophy stands (called "smash plates" in Japan) are thrown at an enemy to transform it into a trophy ("figure" in Japan) after greatly weakening it.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Trophy Stands	NO	NO	YES
Keys	NO	NO	YES
Stock Balls	NO	NO	YES

Other

Other items can be produced only by certain characters, stages, or other items. These include:

Item appearance
Item	SSB	SSBM	SSBB
Bombs²	YES	YES	YES
Turnips	NO	YES	YES
Peanuts	NO	NO	YES
Apples	NO	YES	YES
Electrodes¹	YES	YES	YES
Hammer heads	NO	YES	YES
Walking or flashing Bob-ombs	YES	YES	YES
Yoshi's Eggs	NO	YES	YES
Birdo's Eggs	NO	YES	NO
Invisible Bombsº	YES	NO	NO
Peaches	NO	NO	YES
Coins and Bills	NO	YES	YES
Power Suit Pieces	NO	NO	YES
Grenades	NO	NO	YES
Cardboard Boxes	NO	NO	YES

Enemies

The following enemies appear in Melee and will sometimes come out of containers. Some of them also appear in Brawl but they will not come out of containers.

• Redeads
• Octoroks
• Goombas
• Koopa Troopas
• Koopa Paratroopas
• Polar Bears
• Topis
• Like Likes

Footnotes

1: Appears in Super Smash Bros., but not as an item.

2: Differs significantly in SSB and Super Smash Bros. Melee/Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

3: Can function both as a gun (by inputting forward tilt or forward smash) or a clobbering item (by inputting neutral A)

4: Unlike other Battering Items, these only perform one type of attack constantly and cannot be thrown.

º: Only appears as a glitch.

Reflection

This chart shows if an item itself can be reflected by the following characters. That means smashing Forward+Z to throw the item, not to shoot or batter. YES if it can reflect and NO if it cannot reflect.

Item reflection
Item	Fox/Falco/Wolf	Zelda	Mario/Dr. Mario	Mewtwo	Ness	Lucas	Pit		R.O.B.
Attack	Reflector (down B)	Nayru's Love (neutral B)	Cape/Super Sheet (forward B)	Confusion (forward B)	Bat swing (forward smash)	Stick (forward smash)	Mirror Shield (down B)	Angel Ring (forward B)	Arm Rotor (forward B)
Ray Gun	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	YES	?	?
Super Scope	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	YES	YES	?
Fire Flower	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	?	?	?	?
Beam Sword	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Home-run Bat	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Fan	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	?	?	?	?
Star Rod	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	?	?	?	?
Parasol	YES	NO	YES	YES	?	?	?	?	?
Lip's Stick	NO	NO	NO	NO	?	?	?	?	?
Green Shell	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	YES	?	?
Red Shell	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flipper	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Freezie	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Mr. Saturn	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Poké Ball	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Bob-omb	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Motion-sensor Bomb/Proximity Mine	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?	?
Screw Attack	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hammer Head	YES	YES	YES	?	YES	?	?	?	?
Party Ball	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Capsule	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Crate	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Barrel	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	?	?	?	?
Egg	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

• Mario/Dr. Mario explode the Bob-omb with the Cape/Super Sheet (Forward+B), but it doesn't reflect or hurt them.
• When Mewtwo reflects with Confusion (Forward+B), it still counts as the thrower's item and doesn't hurt them. For example, if a character throws a Poké Ball at Mewtwo and Mewtwo reflects it, the Poké Ball will not hit the thrower when reflected. When it lands, the thrower gets the Pokémon and not Mewtwo. This applies to all items that Mewtwo can reflect (but explosives can still hurt the thrower if they land at the thrower's feet).
• All of the question marks have not been tested yet.
• When Fox reflects a Poké Ball in Super Smash Bros., the original thrower of the Poké Ball gets it.
• Egg will always break when it gets reflected by anything, or explode if it was boobytrapped for that matter.

See also

• Stickers