For Fun

The "For Fun" option highlighted in the "With Anyone" menu of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

For Fun (エンジョイ, Enjoy) was an online mode in Super Smash Bros. 4.

Overview

In this mode, players fought each other in four-player free-for-alls or two-on-two team battles. The players were randomly picked, and a match could start with less than four players if the in-game timer ran out before four players connect.

All items were turned on, and all stages are playable except for Final Destination, Ω Forms and Miiverse; stages were selected at random with no player choice. In the 3DS version, some stages were altered to remove hazards that may cause lag in online play. In the Wii U version, some stages that promote camping (The Great Cave Offensive, Jungle Hijinxs, Temple and Palutena's Temple) were rarely picked. This mode affected the player's character records, but does not keep explicit statistics on the player's performance (in particular, only the player's number of wins are recorded while their losses are not). Unlike Basic Brawl, CPUs never filled empty spots.

For Glory acted as a counterpart of For Fun in that it allowed for one-on-one matches and disabled all items, permitted only Final Destination and Ω Form stages, and recorded both wins and losses.

On top of the automatic disconnection criteria of For Glory 1v1 matches, there were several other ways in which a player could be disconnected from online play, most notably repeatedly self destructing or targeting one player. Interestingly, if all 3 other players targeted one other player, and they all got disconnected for it, the player that was being targeted would be disconnected for idling, regardless of whether they were idling or not, most likely to prevent them from having to fight against 3 CPU opponents. However being disconnected in this way would never result in a temporary ban.

With the discontinuation of Nintendo Network on April 8, 2024, For Fun can no longer be accessed, although fans have made custom servers to access online play again.

Reception

Because For Fun was deliberately designed for unbalanced "fun" play, it incurred far less scrutiny from players in contrast to For Glory. While much better-received than Basic Brawl, it was met with some criticism, most notably the inability to usually play with fewer than four players (resulting in frequent online lag), as well as commonly hosting taunt matches despite the presence of a hard-coded taunt limit. On the other hand, casual players that enjoyed taunt matches believed that the attempts to restrict taunt matches were too heavy-handed, believing that the name "For Fun" implies that taunts and the like shouldn't be restricted. This would later be addressed with the addition of Battle Arenas in Ultimate, allowing taunt matches to be played with impunity.

Gallery

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  For Fun's Smash option highlighted in for Wii U.

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  For Fun's Team Smash option highlighted in for Wii U.

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  The For Fun option highlighted in the With Anyone menu of for Nintendo 3DS.

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  For Fun's description in for Nintendo 3DS.

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  The For Fun menu in for Nintendo 3DS.

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  For Fun's Smash description in for Nintendo 3DS.

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  For Fun's Team Smash description in for Nintendo 3DS.

See also

• Basic Brawl
• With Anyone