Crowd

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The crowd, referred to as Publicity in the debug menu of Super Smash Bros. Melee, is a group of unseen people that can be heard during matches in all games of the Super Smash Bros. series.

Causes of cheering

The crowd can occasionally be heard cheering by shouting the name of a character that is used by a human player. The cause of cheering, however, is not entirely known; common trends include having high damage and doing something significant, such as KOing multiple opponents at once, or falling behind considerably during the course of a match. Every character has a unique cheer chant in each of the Smash Bros. games.

In addition to chants, the crowd can also vocalize during the match to a variety of events. In the original game, if a player can just make it back to the stage, after being knocked far away from the stage, the crowd will cheer for the player. The crowd also cheers if Ness absorbs a projectile with PSI Magnet, as well as if a character hits multiple characters or lands a powerful hit. Since Melee, the crowd will gasp if the player gets close to the ledge after getting knocked off; they will also cheer loudly if the player hits multiple opponents with a powerful attack. In addition, in Melee the crowd cheers the player if they complete the Target Test, complete an Event Match or the Race to the Finish. However, they will groan should the player fail at any of these games. In Brawl and SSB4, the crowd will also gasp whenever a Smash Ball or legendary Pokémon appears, with the exception of Latias and Latios. In SSB4, the crowd will groan if a player finishes with no points in Home-Run Contest or Target Blast. If Sudden Death occurs, then the crowd will be silent during this situation.

Despite their presence, the crowd has no effect on gameplay. A sole exception exists in the Bonus mode of Melee; if the player earns the "Crowd Favorite" bonus from getting the crowd to cheer for them, or the "Master of Suspense" bonus from causing the crowd to gasp at them at least three times in one minute, they will earn 2500 points from each.

Of further note, in Melee and Brawl, the crowd seems to "disappear" after a certain point is reached in some of the single player modes. In Melee, the crowd disappears starting at Race to the Finish and at Stage 12: Final Destination in the Adventure Mode. In Brawl, the crowd disappears during the fight against Master Hand, and is only heard when certain stages are cleared in the Subspace Emissary.

Certain characters have noticeably different names in Japan (such as Jigglypuff as Purin and R.O.B. as Robot); their names are adjusted accordingly in the cheer.

Crowd chants

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros.

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.

Name	Pitch	Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Captain Falcon	Group chant	Falcon!		File:Falcon JP.ogg
Donkey Kong	Group chant	Donkey Kong!		File:Donkey Kong JP.ogg
Fox	Group chant	Go - Fox!		File:Fox JP.ogg
Jigglypuff	Group chant	Jigglypuff!		File:Purin JP.ogg
Kirby	Group chant	Kirby!		File:Kirby JP.ogg
Link	Group chant	Go, Link!		File:Link JP.ogg
Luigi	Group chant	Luigi!		File:Luigi JP.ogg
Mario	Group chant	Mario!		File:Mario JP.ogg
Ness	Group chant	Go - Ness!		File:Ness JP.ogg
Pikachu	Group chant	Pikachu!		File:Pikachu JP.ogg
Samus	Group chant	Samus!		File:Samus JP.ogg
Yoshi	Group chant	Yoshi!		File:Yoshi JP.ogg

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Melee

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
• "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.

Name	Pitch	Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Bowser	Male voices	Bow-ser!	File:BowserChantNTSC.ogg	File:Koopa JP Crowd chant.ogg
Captain Falcon	Group chant	Falcon! *claps three times*	File:FalconChantNTSC.ogg	File:Captain Falcon JP Crowd chant.ogg
Donkey Kong	Female voices	Donkey - Kong!	File:DKChantNTSC.ogg	File:Donkey Kong JP Crowd chant.ogg
Dr. Mario	Group Chant	Gooooooo - Doc!	File:DrMarioChantNTSC.ogg	File:Dr. Mario JP Crowd chant.ogg
Falco	Deep male voices	Faaalll-cooo...!	File:FalcoChantNTSC.ogg	File:Falco JP Crowd chant.ogg
Fox	Group chant	Gooooooo - Fox!	File:FoxChantNTSC.ogg	File:Fox JP Crowd chant.ogg
Ganondorf	Deep male voices	Gaaa-non-doorff...!	File:GanondorfChantNTSC.ogg	File:Ganondorf JP Crowd chant.ogg
Ice Climbers	Group chants	Ice - Climber!	File:IceClimbersChantNTSC.ogg	File:Ice Climber JP Crowd chant.ogg
Jigglypuff	Male voices (English) Group chant (French and German)	Jig-gly-puff! (English) Dong-dong! (French and German)	File:JigglypuffChantNTSC.ogg	File:Purin JP Crowd chant.ogg
Kirby	Male voices	Kirby -- Kirby!	File:KirbyChantNTSC.ogg	File:Kirby JP Crowd chant.ogg
Link	Group chant	Go - Link! *claps three times*	File:LinkChantNTSC.ogg	File:Link JP Crowd chant.ogg
Luigi	Group Chant	Lu-i-gi!	File:LuigiChantNTSC.ogg	File:Luigi JP Crowd chant.ogg
Mario	Group chant	Mar-rio!	File:MarioChantNTSC.ogg	File:Mario JP Crowd chant.ogg
Marth	Group chant	Marth -- Marth -- Marth!	File:MarthChant-Melee(NTSC).ogg	File:Marth JP Crowd chant.ogg
Mewtwo	Group Chant	Mewwww-two!	File:MewtwoChantNTSC.ogg	File:Mewtwo JP Crowd chant.ogg
Mr. Game & Watch	Group Chant	Game - And -Watch!	File:GameWatchChantNTSC.ogg	File:Game & Watch JP Crowd chant.ogg
Ness	Group Chant	Ness -- Ness -- Ness!	File:NessChantNTSC.ogg	File:Ness JP Crowd chant.ogg
Peach	Male voices	Go - Peach!	File:PeachChantNTSC.ogg	File:Peach JP Crowd chant.ogg
Pichu	Group Chant	Pi-Chu!	File:PichuChantNTSC.ogg	File:Pichu JP Crowd chant.ogg
Pikachu	Mostly female voices	Pika-Pika-Pikachu!	File:PikachuChantNTSC.ogg	File:Pikachu JP Crowd chant.ogg
Roy	Group chant	Roy's - Our - Boy!	File:RoyChantNTSC.ogg	File:Roy JP Crowd chant.ogg
Samus	Group chant	Samus - Samus!	File:SamusChantNTSC.ogg	File:Samus JP Crowd chant.ogg
Sheik	Male voices	Gooooooooooooooooooooo Sheik!	File:SheikChantNTSC.ogg	File:Sheik JP Crowd chant.ogg
Yoshi	Deep Male voices	Yooo-Shiii...!	File:YoshiChantNTSC.ogg	File:Yoshi JP Crowd chant.ogg
Young Link	Group chant	Young - Link!	File:YLinkChantNTSC.ogg	File:Young Link JP Crowd chant.ogg
Zelda	Group chant	Zelda - Zelda - Hu!	File:ZeldaChantNTSC.ogg	File:Zelda JP Crowd chant.ogg

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
• "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
• Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.
• Words in () are notes on the cheer, and are not part of the cheer itself.

Name	Pitch	Description	JP-Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Bowser	Deep male voices	Bow - Ser!	Koo - pa!
Captain Falcon	Mixed chant	Cap - Tain (high female voices) - Fal - Con! (deep male voices)	<		File:Captain Falcon Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Diddy Kong	Group chant	Di - Ddy - Kong!	<
Donkey Kong	Group chant	Don - Key - Kong!	<
Falco	Group chant	Fal - Co!	<
Fox	Group chant	Fox - Fox - *clap clap clap*	Fox! - *clap x 3*
Ganondorf	Deep male voices	Gan - On - Dorf!	<		File:Ganon Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Popo	Mixed chant	Na - Na! (high female voices) -- Po - Po! (low male voices)	Ice - Cli - mer!
Nana	No crowd chant	*The Back sound on the menu*	^
Ike	Group chant	We - Like - Ike!	Ike!
Jigglypuff	Female Voices	Jig - gly - puff!	Pu - ri - n!		File:Jigglypuff JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
King Dedede	Group chant	Kiiiing -- De - de - de!	De - de - de! - De - de - de! - De - de - de - de - de - de - de!
Kirby	High female voices	Kir - By!	Ki - r - By!
Link	Group chant	Go - Link! *clap clap clap*	Li - n - k!
Lucario	Group chant	Lu - Ca - Ri - O!	Lu - Ca - RiO!		File:Lucario JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
Lucas	Group chant	Lu - Cas!	<(Ryu - ka!)
Luigi	Male voices	Lu - I - Gi!	LuI - Gi!
Mario	Group chant	Ma - Ri - O!	<
Marth	Group chant	Marth - Marth - Marth!	<		File:Marth Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Meta Knight	Group chant	Me - Ta - Knight!	<
Mr Game & Watch	Group chant	Mis - Ter -- Game - And - Watch!	Game - And - Watch!
Ness	Group chant	Ness - Ness - Ness - OOOO!	Ness - Ness - Ne - ss!		File:Ness Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Olimar	Mixed chant	Pik - Min (high female voices) -- Oli - Mar! (deep male voices)	<
Peach	Group chant	Peach!	<
Pikachu	High female voices	Pika - Pika - Pikachu!	Pi - ka - chu!
Pit	Group chant	Pit - *clap*	Pit*kun*
Pokémon Trainer	Group chant	Po - Ké - Mon!	<
R.O.B.	Group chant	R - O - B - R.O.B.!	Ro - bot!		File:R.O.B. Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Samus	Group chant	Sam - Us!	SamUs!
Sheik	Group chant	Sheik!	She - I - k!
Snake	Group chant	Snake - Snake -- Snaaaaake!	Snake!		File:Snake Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Sonic	Group chant	Go - Go - So - Nic!	<		File:Sonic JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
Toon Link	Group chant	Toon - Link!	Link!		File:Toon Link Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Wario	Group chant	Wa - Ri - O! -- Cha - Cha - Cha!	Wa - Ri - O!
Wolf	Group chant	Wooolf! - *howl* - Wooolf! - *howling continues*	<		File:Wolf Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
Yoshi	High female voices	Yo - Shi!	<
Zelda	Group chant	Zel - Da!	<
Zero Suit Samus	Group chant	Ze - Ro - Suit -- Sam - Us!	???

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. 4

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
• "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
• Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.

Name	Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Bowser	Bow - ser!
Bowser Jr.	Jun - ior!
Larry	Lar - ry!	File:Larry Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Roy	Roy Roy Roy!
Wendy	Wen - dy!	File:Wendy Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Iggy	Ig - gy!	File:Iggy Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Morton	Mor - ton!	File:Morton Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Lemmy	Lem - my!	File:Lemmy Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Ludwig	Lud - wig!	File:Ludwig Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Captain Falcon	Falcoon Punch!	File:Captain Falcon Cheer NTSC SSB4 .ogg
Charizard	Charizard!
Dark Pit	Pittoo Pittoo Pittoo!
Diddy Kong	Diddy Kong!
Donkey Kong	D - K! -- Donkey - Kong!
Dr. Mario	Go - Doc!
Duck Hunt	Duck - Hunt!
Falco	Fal - co!
Fox	Fox Fox Fox!
Ganondorf	Ganon - dooorf!
Greninja	Greninja!
Ike	We like Ike!
Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff!
King Dedede	De-De-De! De-De-De! Dedededededede!
Kirby	Kir - by!
Link	Link Link Link!
Little Mac	Little Mac! Get 'em back!
Lucario	Lu - cario!
Lucas	Lu - cas!
Lucina	Lu - ci - na!
Luigi	Lui - gi!
Mario	Ma - Ri - O!
Marth	Marth Marth Marth!
Mega Man	Me - ga - Man!
Meta Knight	Me - ta - Knight!
Mewtwo	Mewwww-two!
Mii Fighter	Mii!
Mr. Game & Watch	Game - And - Watch!
Ness	Su-per Ness!
Olimar	Olimar! Olimar! Olimar!
Alph	Alph! Alph! Alph!
Pac-Man	Pac - Man!
Palutena	Pa - lu - te - na!
Peach	Prin - cess - Peach!
Pikachu	Pi - ka - chu!
Pit	Pit! Pit! This is it!
R.O.B.	R - O - B!
Robin	Ro - bin!
Rosalina & Luma	Ro - sa - li - na!
Roy	Roy's our boy!	File:Fire Emblem Roy Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Ryu	Ryu Ryu Ryu!
Samus	Sa - mus!
Sheik	Sheik!
Shulk	Shulk Shulk Shulk!
Sonic	So - nic!
Toon Link	Link Link Link!	File:Toon Link Cheer NTSC SSB4.ogg
Villager	Vill - a - ger!
Wario	Wa - ri - o!
Wii Fit Trainer	Wii Fit!
Yoshi	Yo - shi!
Zelda	Zel - da!
Zero Suit Samus	Ze - ro - Suit!

Trivia

• Ike's cheer, "We Like Ike!", is a reference to catchphrase used in support of candidate Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower in the 1952 US presidential elections.
• Snake's cheer is a reference to Snake's death sequence from the Metal Gear Solid franchise, in which Otacon can be heard repeating Snake's name in the same manner as the crowd cheer; the phrase itself is also used in Snake's Smash Taunts.
• Meta Knight's crowd cheer is the only crowd cheer to be unchanged from the the Japanese version to the American version of Brawl.
• In Brawl, the Ice Climbers' cheer is different based on which climber is human-controlled. When playing as Nana, the cheer is the Back sound on the menu.
• In SSB4, Donkey Kong's crowd cheer is a reference to the chorus of the DK Rap from Donkey Kong 64.
• In SSB4, Ness's English crowd cheer is a reference to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, colloquially known as the Super NES or SNES, which itself is a reference to the fact that Ness's name is an anagram of SNES, and the "NES" part is often pronounced "ness".
• Ness' cheers in Melee and Brawl are probably a reference to his final battle against Giygas in EarthBound; when Giygas was close to being overwhelmed, the only thing it could do was continuously repeat Ness' name.
• Link and Toon Link are the only characters in Smash 4 who share the same cheer.
• In the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. 4, the chant for Villager was believed to be the Ice Climbers's chant from Brawl ("Nana! Popo!") because of the sounding, but it was later found out to be "Mura no cho-cho", which means "The villagers - mayor".