Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
North American boxart.
Developer(s)	Bandai Namco Sora Ltd.
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Masahiro Sakurai
Engine	Havok
Released	September 13, 2014 October 2, 2014 (stores) October 3, 2014 October 4, 2014 2015
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer, Online multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: E10+ PEGI: 12+ (provisional)
Media	3DS card Digital download (9108 blocks , 2.1GB )

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ for Nintendo 3DS, Great Fray Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS) is one of two games in the Super Smash Bros. series released as part of the Super Smash Bros. 4 pair, and the handheld counterpart to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Although most gameplay elements are shared between the two versions, there are several elements which distinguish the two.

The game is playable on the Nintendo 3DS in full stereoscopic 3D. It is the first Smash title to be released on a handheld.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS was released on September 13, 2014 in Japan, and was released in most other parts of the world on October 3, 2014. The game was released in stores one day earlier in Germany on October 2, one day later in Australia on October 4, and will be released in South Korea in 2015.

Characters

The playable roster is the same between both versions of SSB4.

Veterans (37)
Mario		Luigi		Peach		Bowser		Dr. Mario		Yoshi		Donkey Kong		Diddy Kong
Link		Zelda		Sheik		Ganondorf		Toon Link		Samus		Zero Suit Samus		Kirby
Meta Knight		King Dedede		Fox		Falco		Pikachu		Jigglypuff		Mewtwo (DLC)		Charizard
Lucario		Captain Falcon		Ness		Lucas (DLC)		Marth		Roy (DLC)		Ike		Mr. Game & Watch
			Pit		Wario		Olimar		R.O.B.		Sonic
Newcomers (21)
Rosalina & Luma		Bowser Jr.		Greninja		Robin		Lucina		Corrin (DLC)		Palutena		Dark Pit
Villager		Wii Fit Trainer		Little Mac		Shulk		Duck Hunt		Mega Man		Pac-Man		Ryu (DLC)
			Cloud (DLC)		Bayonetta (DLC)		Mii Brawler		Mii Swordfighter		Mii Gunner

Bold denotes unlockable characters in both versions.
Bolded italics denote unlockable characters in the 3DS version only.

Multi-player stages

The two versions of SSB4 have separate sets of available stages; only 5 stages appear in both the Wii U and 3DS versions. The 3DS version's stages are based more heavily on handheld games. The 3DS version features a total of 34 stages, 7 of which have to be unlocked. The 3DS version features 25 new stages and 9 familiar ones. The following stages are available in the 3DS version:

New stages (30)
Battlefield	Final Destination	3D Land	Golden Plains	Rainbow Road	Paper Mario
Super Mario Maker (DLC)	Gerudo Valley	Spirit Train	Dream Land	Unova Pokémon League	Prism Tower
Mute City	Magicant	Arena Ferox	Reset Bomb Forest	Tortimer Island	Boxing Ring
Gaur Plain	Duck Hunt (1.1.1)	Wily Castle	Pac-Maze	Suzaku Castle (DLC)	Midgar (DLC)
Umbra Clock Tower (DLC)	PictoChat 2	Balloon Fight	Living Room	Find Mii	Tomodachi Life
Familiar stages (12)
Peach's Castle (64) (DLC)	Mushroomy Kingdom	Yoshi's Island	Jungle Japes	Hyrule Castle (64) (DLC)	Brinstar
Dream Land (64) (DLC)	Corneria	Flat Zone 2	WarioWare, Inc.	Distant Planet	Green Hill Zone

Bold denotes unlockable stages.

Single-player modes

The main menu of the 3DS version.

• Classic Mode
• All-Star Mode
• Multi-Man Smash
• Target Blast
• Trophy Rush
• Home-Run Contest

Multi-player modes

• VS Mode
• Smash Run
• StreetSmash

Features of the 3DS version

• Smash Run, a mode similar to City Trial from Kirby Air Ride, is exclusive to the 3DS version. Characters spend five minutes fighting enemies from various game series and collecting powerups, which are then active during a battle at the end.
• Optional dark outlines around playable characters are present in the 3DS version in order to make characters stand out more on the small screen. The outlines can be set to thick or thin, or turned off completely.
• The 3DS version features different collectible trophies than the Wii U version, with a greater focus on elements from handheld games.
• The 3DS version has only two musical tracks per stage, similar to the alternate music in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• In the 3DS version, players can tap on a character's icon on the bottom screen to place a marker on that character on the top screen in order to more easily follow their movements.
• The 3DS version features StreetPass functionality as part of the StreetSmash mode.
• The 3DS version has a new sound test feature that lets players listen to music in the game while the 3DS is in Sleep Mode.

Demo

The demo is restricted to Vs. Mode only and allows only Mario, Link, Pikachu, Villager and Mega Man as playable characters, with Battlefield (normal form and Ω form) as the only available stage. Rules cannot be adjusted from two minute time matches. Both fighting against AI and local multiplayer are possible. The only mode available outside of regular battles is the Tips section, which provides gameplay tips. These tips also appear on loading screens.

On September 9th 2014, the demo was made available on the Japanese Nintendo eShop. On September 12th, 2014, download codes for the demo were sent out to selected members of Club Nintendo Europe and Platinum members of the United States Club Nintendo; on September 12th, 2014, download codes were sent out to selected members of Club Nintendo Australia and New Zealand; recipients of the download codes received four each, to promote the games' four-player multiplayer feature. The demo was made available on the eShop without a code on September 19th, 2014, but unlike the download code demo, it has a limit of 30 plays.

Reception

Reviews of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS have been mostly positive, with Famitsu giving the game an almost perfect score of 37/40. This version of the game alone managed to sell over 1 million copies during the first weekend after its launch in Japan. As of October 7th, 2014, the game has sold 2.8 million copies worldwide.

Gallery

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  3DS version logo.

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  A Smash 3DS bundle available on the Nintendo UK Online Store, featuring a shirt and sweatband.

Trivia

• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has the most series represented by stages but with no characters, at five.
  • Conversely, this game also has the most characters without a stage from their universe, at three: R.O.B., Wii Fit Trainer, and Duck Hunt.
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is the first game in the series to lack:
  • Any appearance of Ridley.
  • a new stage named "Yoshi's Island".
  • An opening movie.
  • A stage based off of a hub in the 3D Mario games.
• Alongside Super Smash Bros. Brawl, this game does not have a Nintendo 64-originated stage.
• Because of the amount of RAM that Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS uses, it cannot run alongside other programs on the 3DS that use the internet. However, this does not occur on the 3DS' successor, the New Nintendo 3DS, due to the latter system having larger RAM.
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS marks the handheld game debut for Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, and Shulk.
• In a similar vein to Brawl's introduction, when starting up Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the roster of characters is shown; this roster increases depending on how many characters are unlocked.

See also

• List of updates (SSB4-3DS)