Unlockable character

An unlockable character is a character that is not available at the start of the game (unlike a starter character), but must be unlocked. A special criteria is needed in order to unlock a character. First, the player must do a special task, once the task is done, then a message will display "Warning! Challenger Approaching!" with a silhoutte of the character. The player must be then challenge and defeat the character to unlock him/it. Template:Spoiler

Super Smash Bros.

Characters

Character	How to Unlock
Captain Falcon	Beat the 1-player mode with any character on any difficulty level in less than 20 minutes.
Jigglypuff	Beat the 1-player mode wth any character on any difficulty level.
Luigi	Beat Target Test with all 8 starting characters in either 1-player mode or in practice.
Ness	Beat the 1-player mode with 3 lives, on normal difficulty, with any character, without continuing.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Characters

Character	How to Unlock	VS Matches Required
Dr. Mario	Complete Classic or Adventure mode with Mario without using a Continue	100
Falco Lombardi	Clear 100-Man Melee	300
Ganondorf	Complete Event Match #29 (Triforce Gathering)	600
Jigglypuff	Complete Classic or Adventure Mode	50
Luigi	Complete Stage #1 of Adventure with time ending in a "2"	800
Marth	Play Classic Mode with all 14 regular characters, or use them in VS. mode	400
Mewtwo	Play VS. mode for a combined total of 20 hours*	700
Mr. Game & Watch	Complete Adventure & Classic Mode with all other characters, or Clear Target Test with all other characters	1000
Pichu	Complete Event Match #37 (Legendary Pokemon)	200
Roy	Complete Classic or Adventure mode with Marth	900
Young Link	Complete Classic Mode with 10 different characters	500

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Masahiro Sakurai once stated that he feels that it would be appropriate that third-party, or "guest" characters, like Solid Snake or Sonic the Hedgehog, would be unlockable. This became true when Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out on January 31.

Also, the Smash Bros. DOJO!! has confirmed that most unlockable characters will be unlockable by "playing through" The Subspace Emissary. The use of the phrase "playing through" possibly suggests that these characters will be unlocked as you progress through the mode, rather than after completing it. With the setup of the mode, as seen in the Brawl demo available at E For All, in consideration, it seems likely that secret characters will be unlocked either immediately before or after clearing their respective parts.

Characters

Character	How to Unlock*	VS Matches Required
Captain Falcon	Play through Classic Mode on Normal	70
Luigi	Play through Classic Mode on Easy.(?)	22
Ness	Reflect 10 Projectiles	5
Lucario	Clear all 5 difficulties of Target Test	100
Falco	Complete 100-Man Brawl	300
Robot		160
Toon Link **		400
Marth	Beat Classic Mode on any Level	10
Mr. Game & Watch		250
Ganondorf	Clear Classic on Hard with Link or Zelda / Subspace Emissary (Only confirmed way currently)	200
Sonic	Beat Classic with 10 different characters in any difficulty	50
Snake	Play 10 Vs. Matches on Shadow Moses Island	130
Jigglypuff **		350
Wolf **	SSE - In the stage "Iseki" (Ruins) skip the first door you pass when being lowered in to the pit. Instead enter the second door at the bottom to unlock him/Finish Boss Mode with fox [must be unlocked first by completing the subspace emissary]	450

* Subspace Emissary has been removed unless it is the only known way for that character to be unlocked or if there is more detail as to what you need to do. Every character can be unlocked by gaining that character in Subspace Emissary, its not needed to list them.

** Toon Link, Jigglypuff, and Wolf are not part of the main plot of Subspace Emissary, you must beat the main story first then revisit certain stages to find them that way.

Footnotes

* Time required to unlock Mewtwo can be split between players (eg. 2 human players requires 10hrs, 3 human players requires 6hrs 40mins, and four players requires 5hrs).

See Also

• Unlockable stage
• Starter character
• Starter stage