Victory theme

A victory theme, sometimes referred to as a flourish, or a fanfare in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, is a short, recognizable melody that plays at the Results screen after a character wins a Vs. match or other similar events such as a Tourney. For instance, at the Results screen after Mario wins a match, an orchestral cover of the fanfare played at the end of each level in Super Mario Bros. plays. Characters from the same universe share victory themes, though there are several characters with distinct victory themes separate from their respective universes. Brawl introduced a distinct victory theme for Meta Knight. SSB4 introduced distinct victory themes for Rosalina & Luma and Dark Pit and a shared distinct victory theme for Bowser and Bowser Jr., which is later used by Piranha Plant in Ultimate. Ultimate introduced distinct victory themes for King K. Rool and Corrin, a shared distinct victory theme for Ridley and Dark Samus, and another shared distinct victory theme for Robin and Lucina.

Super Mario Bros. Victory Theme

Super Mario Bros. Victory Theme
Track title	Super Mario Bros. Victory Theme
Universe	Mario
Debut game	Super Mario Bros.
Characters accompanied	Mario Luigi Dr. Mario Peach Bowser (Melee, Brawl) Daisy

Origin

This flourish is a cover of the small sound clip that would play whenever Mario or Luigi grabbed a Flagpole in Super Mario Bros., a track that went on to become a recurring theme. In Ultimate, its tempo is slightly faster and the ending is slightly abridged.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

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Mario Villains Victory Theme

Mario Villains Victory Theme
Track title	Mario Villains Victory Theme
Universe	Mario
Debut game	Super Mario Bros.
Characters accompanied	Bowser (SSB4, Ultimate) Bowser Jr. Piranha Plant

Origin

A music piece based on the same melody as the Mario victory theme, but instead of a standard orchestral arrangement, the piece is played with slightly distorted electric guitars. It also sounds similar to the level clear theme of Bowser's sidequests in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This flourish also makes Bowser the only character to change victory themes from Brawl to Smash 4.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Rosalina & Luma Victory Theme

Rosalina & Luma Victory Theme
Track title	Rosalina & Luma Victory Theme
Universe	Mario
Debut game	Super Mario Galaxy
Characters accompanied	Rosalina & Luma

Origin

This flourish is a remix of the title screen track for Super Mario Galaxy, as well as the theme played when Mario or Luigi obtains a Power Star in that game.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Yoshi Victory Theme

Yoshi Victory Theme
Track title	Yoshi Victory Theme
Universe	Yoshi
Debut game	Yoshi's Story
Characters accompanied	Yoshi

Origin

This flourish is a combination of two small music excerpts from Yoshi's Story. The first is a sped-up, orchestrated cover of the title music of Yoshi's Story, while the other is the short flourish that plays when Yoshi collects all thirty necessary fruits and completes a level. In Ultimate, the theme is slightly sped up and removes the fruit jingle of the flourish.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

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Donkey Kong Victory Theme

Donkey Kong Victory Theme
Track title	Donkey Kong Victory Theme
Universe	Donkey Kong
Debut game	Donkey Kong Country
Characters accompanied	Donkey Kong Diddy Kong

Origin

This flourish is a cover of the short track that plays in Donkey Kong Country and subsequent games whenever a playable Kong defeated a boss or completed a bonus game.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

• Melee version

• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

King K. Rool Victory Theme

King K. Rool Victory Theme
Track title	King K. Rool Victory Theme
Universe	Donkey Kong
Debut game	Donkey Kong Country
Characters accompanied	King K. Rool

Origin

This flourish is a small excerpt of Gangplank Galleon from Donkey Kong Country.

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• Ultimate version

The Legend of Zelda Victory Theme

The Legend of Zelda Victory Theme
Track title	The Legend of Zelda Victory Theme
Universe	The Legend of Zelda
Debut game	The Legend of Zelda
Characters accompanied	Link Zelda Sheik Ganondorf Young Link Toon Link

SSB, Melee Origin

The flourish for The Legend of Zelda series in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee was an excerpt of the overworld theme in The Legend of Zelda, a track which went on to become the main theme of the series. The excerpt is also followed by the theme that plays when Link obtains certain items.

Brawl, SSB4 and Ultimate Origin

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Zelda series got a new flourish, now a cover of the music that would play when Link obtained a Triforce Piece in The Legend of Zelda for the NES. This song is also the basis for the Ultimate flourish; however, the theme is rearranged to be slightly shorter.

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Metroid Victory Theme

Metroid Victory Theme
Track title	Metroid Victory Theme
Universe	Metroid
Debut game	Metroid
Characters accompanied	Samus Zero Suit Samus

Origin

In Metroid for the NES, this flourish would originally play when Samus Aran obtained a new power-up or addition to her Power Suit. It would also play when Samus defeated Ridley or Kraid.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

• Melee version

• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

Metroid Villains Victory Theme

Metroid Villains Victory Theme
Track title	Metroid Villains Victory Theme
Universe	Metroid
Debut game	Metroid
Characters accompanied	Ridley Dark Samus

Origin

Dark Samus and Ridley's victory theme is an intense and sinister variation of the Metroid victory theme.

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• Ultimate version

Kirby Victory Theme

Kirby Victory Theme
Track title	Kirby Victory Theme
Universe	Kirby
Debut game	Kirby's Dream Land
Characters accompanied	Kirby King Dedede

Origin

The victory theme of the Kirby universe is a cover of the short recurring theme that plays when Kirby completes a stage or defeats a boss, debuting in Kirby's Dream Land (though the shortened version that this track is based on debuted in Kirby's Adventure). The Melee version of this flourish is considerably slower in pace in relation to the original track, though its other versions more closely match its original tempo.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

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• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

Meta Knight Victory Theme

Meta Knight Victory Theme
Track title	Meta Knight Victory Theme
Universe	Kirby
Debut game	Kirby's Dream Land
Characters accompanied	Meta Knight

Origin

The Meta Knight Victory Theme is based on the same melody as the Kirby Victory Theme, but is performed with electric guitars in quadruple meter, as opposed to the more symphonic instrumentation and triple meter of the Kirby Victory Theme.

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• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

Star Fox Victory Theme

Star Fox Victory Theme
Track title	Star Fox Victory Theme
Universe	Star Fox
Debut game	Star Fox 64
Characters accompanied	Fox Falco Wolf

Origin

This victory theme is based upon the main theme of Star Fox 64, most specifically the title screen theme. It also shares similarities with the music that would play in that game when Fox completed a level, as that track was also based on the main theme.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

• Melee version

• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

Pokémon Victory Theme

Pokémon Victory Theme
Track title	Pokémon Victory Theme
Universe	Pokémon
Debut game	Pokémon Red and Green Versions
Characters accompanied	Pikachu Jigglypuff Pichu Mewtwo Pokémon Trainer Charizard Lucario Greninja Incineroar

Origin

This victory theme is a small excerpt of the title theme for the first generation of Pokémon, a track which would go on to become the Pokémon main theme for the entire series. In Ultimate, the theme is slightly abridged.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

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F-Zero Victory Theme

F-Zero Victory Theme
Track title	F-Zero Victory Theme
Universe	F-Zero
Debut game	F-Zero X (SSB, Melee), F-Zero GX (Brawl, SSB4, Ultimate)
Characters accompanied	Captain Falcon

SSB, Melee Origin

This victory theme is an electric guitar-based cover of the short track that would play when a character finished a race in F-Zero X.

Brawl, SSB4 and Ultimate Origin

This victory theme is an electric guitar-based cover of the short track that would play when a character finished a race in F-Zero GX.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

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EarthBound (Mother) Victory Theme

EarthBound (Mother) Victory Theme
Track title	EarthBound (Mother) Victory Theme
Universe	EarthBound
Debut game	EarthBound (SSB, Melee) Mother (Brawl, SSB4) (Ultimate)
Characters accompanied	Ness Lucas

SSB, Melee Origin

In EarthBound, a major objective is for Ness to collect the Eight Melodies. This victory theme comes from the final four melodies of the eight.

Brawl, SSB4 Origin

This victory theme is a highly sped-up rock cover of Mother Earth, the title theme of the original NES Mother / EarthBound Beginnings.

Ultimate Origin

This victory theme flourish is a combination of the final two out of the Eight Melodies in Mother / EarthBound Beginnings.

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• Super Smash Bros. version

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Ice Climber Victory Theme

Ice Climber Victory Theme
Track title	Ice Climber Victory Theme
Universe	Ice Climber
Debut game	Ice Climber
Characters accompanied	Ice Climbers

Origin

In Ice Climber, when Popo or Nana grabbed the feet of the Condor at the end of a bonus stage, this track would play. The Ultimate version cuts out the first half of the theme.

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• Melee version

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Fire Emblem Victory Theme

Fire Emblem Victory Theme
Track title	Fire Emblem Victory Theme
Universe	Fire Emblem
Debut game	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Characters accompanied	Marth Roy Ike Robin (SSB4) Lucina (SSB4) Corrin (SSB4) Chrom

Origin

This victory theme is an orchestral cover of several bars of the Fire Emblem Theme, the title theme for the original Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, which has since become the main theme of the series and appeared in every game. In Ultimate, the tempo is slightly faster and the ending is slightly abridged.

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• Melee version

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• Ultimate version

Awakening Victory Theme

Awakening Victory Theme
Track title	Awakening Victory Theme
Universe	Fire Emblem
Debut game	Fire Emblem Awakening
Characters accompanied	Robin (Ultimate) Lucina (Ultimate)

Origin

This victory theme is a short orchestral cover of "Id (Purpose)" from Fire Emblem Awakening.

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• Ultimate version

Fates Victory Theme

Fates Victory Theme
Track title	Fates Victory Theme
Universe	Fire Emblem
Debut game	Fire Emblem Fates
Characters accompanied	Corrin (Ultimate)

Origin

This flourish is a small excerpt of Lost in Thoughts All Alone from Fire Emblem Fates.

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• Ultimate version

Game & Watch Victory Theme

Game & Watch Victory Theme
Track title	Game & Watch Victory Theme
Universe	Game & Watch
Debut game	Super Smash Bros. Melee (Melee version) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Brawl, SSB4 and Ultimate version)
Characters accompanied	Mr. Game & Watch

Origin

The Game & Watch flourish in Melee is an original melody in a minor key, based upon the typical bleeping noises that characters or other objects in a Game & Watch would make. It also shares some similarities with the Flat Zone theme. The flourish introduced in Brawl features a different melody that follows a more energetic tempo, though it still draws from an identical origin.

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• Melee version

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Kid Icarus Victory Theme

Kid Icarus Victory Theme
Track title	Kid Icarus Victory Theme
Universe	Kid Icarus
Debut game	Kid Icarus
Characters accompanied	Pit Palutena

Origin

This victory theme is a small excerpt of the title screen theme of Kid Icarus, with an original ending. After the release of Brawl, the track was remade for Kid Icarus: Uprising, used whenever a match in Together Mode is completed.

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• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

Dark Pit Victory Theme

Dark Pit Victory Theme
Track title	Dark Pit Victory Theme
Universe	Kid Icarus
Debut game	Kid Icarus: Uprising
Characters accompanied	Dark Pit

Origin

This victory theme is a small excerpt of Dark Pit's theme from Kid Icarus: Uprising.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Wario Victory Theme

Wario Victory Theme
Track title	Wario Victory Theme
Universe	Wario
Debut game	Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Characters accompanied	Wario

Origin

This flourish is an original tune created for Brawl. However, it later became the basis for the Stonecarving City theme in Wario Land: Shake It!, which was released after Brawl. The Ultimate version is sped up compared to the Brawl version.

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• Brawl & SSB4 version

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Pikmin Victory Theme

Pikmin Victory Theme
Track title	Pikmin Victory Theme
Universe	Pikmin
Debut game	Pikmin
Characters accompanied	Olimar

Origin

This flourish is a small excerpt of the title theme of Pikmin.

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• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

R.O.B. Victory Theme

R.O.B. Victory Theme
Track title	R.O.B. Victory Theme
Universe	R.O.B.
Debut game	Stack-Up
Characters accompanied	R.O.B.

Origin

In the NES game Stack-Up, the first game that the R.O.B. accessory was compatible with, this track would play before starting memory mode. In this remix, a short intro is added, and the first part is played twice.

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• Brawl, SSB4 & Ultimate version

Animal Crossing Victory Theme

Animal Crossing Victory Theme
Track title	Animal Crossing Victory Theme
Universe	Animal Crossing
Debut game	Animal Forest
Characters accompanied	Villager Isabelle

Origin

A remix of the title theme for Animal Crossing on the Nintendo 64 and GameCube. The Ultimate version is very slightly sped up.

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• SSB4 version

• Ultimate version

Wii Fit Victory Theme

Wii Fit Victory Theme
Track title	Wii Fit Victory Theme
Universe	Wii Fit
Debut game	Wii Fit
Characters accompanied	Wii Fit Trainer

Origin

This victory theme is a remix of the main theme of Wii Fit, specifically resembling the tune that plays after a save file is selected.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Punch-Out!! Victory Theme

Punch-Out Victory Theme
Track title	Punch-Out Victory Theme
Universe	Punch-Out!!
Debut game	Punch-Out!! (NES)
Characters accompanied	Little Mac

Origin

An orchestral remix of the theme that plays when the player defeats an opponent in the NES and Wii Punch-Out!! games.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Xenoblade Victory Theme

Xenoblade Victory Theme
Track title	Xenoblade Victory Theme
Universe	Xenoblade
Debut game	Xenoblade Chronicles
Characters accompanied	Shulk

Origin

The second half of the riff of You Will Know Our Names, the battle theme used in Xenoblade Chronicles when fighting a unique monster. The Ultimate version is faster than the SSB4 version.

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• SSB4 version

• Ultimate version

Duck Hunt Victory Theme

Duck Hunt Victory Theme
Track title	Duck Hunt Victory Theme
Universe	Duck Hunt
Debut game	Duck Hunt
Characters accompanied	Duck Hunt

Origin

The jingle that plays before a new game starts in Duck Hunt. It begins with the original 8-bit rendition, then transitions to a remixed version for the rest of the theme. In Ultimate, it's the same melody as in SSB4, except that the tempo is faster.

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• SSB4 version

• Ultimate version

Splatoon Victory Theme

Splatoon Victory Theme
Track title	Splatoon Victory Theme
Universe	Splatoon
Debut game	Splatoon
Characters accompanied	Inkling

Origin

A remix of the Online victory jingle introduced in Splatoon.

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• Ultimate version

Mii Fighters Victory Theme

Mii Fighters Victory Theme
Track title	Mii Fighters Victory Theme
Universe	Super Smash Bros.
Debut game	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (SSB4 version) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Ultimate version)
Characters accompanied	Mii Brawler Mii Gunner Mii Swordfighter

SSB4 Origin

A portion of the main theme of Super Smash Bros. 4.

Ultimate Origin

A portion of Lifelight, the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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• SSB4 version

• Ultimate version

Metal Gear Victory Theme

Metal Gear Victory Theme
Track title	Metal Gear Victory Theme
Universe	Metal Gear
Debut game	Metal Gear Solid
Characters accompanied	Snake

Origin

A small excerpt of the main theme of Metal Gear Solid. In the game, this excerpt is used twice: when VR Training is completed, and when Solid Snake is caught and the player earns a Game Over.

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• Brawl & Ultimate version

Sonic the Hedgehog Victory Theme

Sonic the Hedgehog Victory Theme
Track title	Sonic the Hedgehog Victory Theme
Universe	Sonic
Debut game	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Original Tune) Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (Direct Source)
Characters accompanied	Sonic

Origin

This flourish is ripped directly from Sonic the Hedgehog, which itself is an orchestrated remix of the tune that plays when a character has passed an Act in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Thus far, it is the only flourish in the series to be directly ported from a non-Smash game. In Ultimate, the tempo is slightly faster and the ending is slightly abridged.

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• Brawl & SSB4 version

• Ultimate version

Mega Man Victory Theme

Mega Man Victory Theme
Track title	Mega Man Victory Theme
Universe	Mega Man
Debut game	Mega Man 2
Characters accompanied	Mega Man

Origin

A short remix of the beginning of the title screen music from Mega Man 2.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Pac-Man Victory Theme

Pac-Man Victory Theme
Track title	Pac-Man Victory Theme
Universe	Pac-Man
Debut game	Pac-Man
Characters accompanied	Pac-Man

Origin

A remix of the jingle that plays when starting a new game in Pac-Man, as well as completing levels in Pac-Man World 2.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Street Fighter Victory Theme

Street Fighter Victory Theme
Track title	Street Fighter Victory Theme
Universe	Street Fighter
Debut game	Street Fighter II
Characters accompanied	Ryu Ken

Origin

A remix of the victory theme from Street Fighter II.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Final Fantasy Victory Theme

Final Fantasy Victory Theme
Track title	Final Fantasy Victory Theme
Universe	Final Fantasy
Debut game	Final Fantasy VII
Characters accompanied	Cloud

Origin

A remix of the victory theme heard in Final Fantasy VII, which is itself a variant of the victory theme heard throughout the Final Fantasy series. Unlike other themes, it continuously plays, replacing the results theme, being the first victory theme to do so. In Smash 4 only, if the player wins in a tournament, a non-looped version of the theme will play.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

• Tournament mode version in Smash Bros. 4

Bayonetta Victory Theme

Bayonetta Victory Theme
Track title	Bayonetta Victory Theme
Universe	Bayonetta
Debut game	Bayonetta
Characters accompanied	Bayonetta

Origin

The first few notes of "Time For The Climax!", followed by the jingle that plays upon completing a verse in Bayonetta.

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• SSB4 & Ultimate version

Castlevania Victory Theme

Castlevania Victory Theme
Track title	Castlevania Victory Theme
Universe	Castlevania
Debut game	Castlevania
Characters accompanied	Simon Richter

Origin

A remix of the "Stage Clear" theme from the original Castlevania.

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• Ultimate version

Persona Victory Theme

Persona Victory Theme
Track title	Persona Victory Theme
Universe	Persona
Debut game	Persona 3 Persona 4 Persona 5
Characters accompanied	Joker

Trivia

• In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Captain Falcon's and Mr. Game & Watch's victory themes are the only ones that are not orchestral music.
• Rosalina is the first character with a distinct victory theme from her universe who is not a villain nor an anti-hero. This distinction would later be shared with Lucina, Robin, and Corrin in Ultimate.
• Super Smash Bros. 4 was the first game where victory themes are not accessible in the Sound Test.
• Various victory themes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl could be heard during the opening ceremony of the 2015 FIRST Championship.
• The Final Fantasy, Bayonetta, and Castlevania victory themes can be heard in Cloud's, Bayonetta's, and Simon and Richter's reveal trailers. Similarly, the Metal Gear victory theme can be heard in the debut trailer for Super Smash Bros. Brawl after Snake is revealed.
  • The Castlevania victory theme heard in Simon and Richter's trailer, however, lacked the electric guitar heard in the final version.
• Ridley had a different victory theme in the E3 2018 demo of Ultimate. It was also a sinister variation of the standard victory theme, but ending with a harp arpeggio resembling the Unknown Item jingle from Metroid: Zero Mission.
• As of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Ganondorf, King Dedede, and Wolf are the only antagonists that do not possess distinct victory themes from their respective universes.
• Mario and Fire Emblem are the only two universes to have more than two victory themes, with them having a total of 3 each.
• Bayonetta's victory theme is the only one to have English vocals, as the word "forever" can be heard near the end. Lucina, Robin, and Corrin's victory themes in Ultimate include non-English vocals.

See also

• Victory pose