SmashWiki:Did you know

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Did you know

...that in Smash 64, the four unlockable characters were chosen for playability by Masahiro Sakurai on the premise that they could be based on another preexisting playable character?
...that the Shadow glitch, which allowed players to catch the Shadow Balls thrown by Mewtwo's Forward throw as items, only exists in version 1.0 of Melee?
...that in Brawl, Rayquaza has specific weak point damage modifiers programmed, despite none of its hurtboxes being flagged as a weak point?
...that within Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's data, there is an unused emblem reference for Rhythm Heaven in the data's fighter section, suggesting that a playable character from Rhythm Heaven was in development before being scrapped?
...that Sakurai originally wanted to create a level editor that allowed players to create stages in Minecraft and import them into Ultimate for Minecraft World, but it was scrapped due to being technically impossible?

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Previously Used Fun Facts:

...that Sakurai did not plan to include Ganondorf as a playable character in Melee, only including him later in development because his body had a very similar build to Captain Falcon's, allowing him to be easily added on as a last minute clone of Captain Falcon?
...that Masahiro Sakurai added Greninja as a Smash 4 newcomer before it made its debut in Pokémon X and Y, having initially reserved a spot on the roster for a new Pokémon?
...that the trophy for Daisy in early revisions of Melee has a hidden third eye underneath her hair?
...that in Melee, a reflection of Yoshi's Island can be seen in the trophy for Metal Mario?
...that Snake and the Star Fox characters have special taunts on Shadow Moses Island, Corneria, and Lylat Cruise respectively in Brawl and Melee?
...that Bowser, King Dedede, and Mewtwo were planned to be playable in Smash 64 before being cut for unknown reasons?
...that in Kirby's Dream Collection, one of the challenge stages features the Smash ability, which combines some of Kirby's attacks and special moves from the Smash Bros. series?
...that a number of trophies in Melee use an image of the Osohe Castle, from the cancelled EarthBound 64, as their reflection texture?
...that in the Japanese version of Melee (or if the language is set to Japanese), a Virtual Boy appears on the shelf of game consoles while viewing all collected trophies?
...that the Smash Bros. logo is one of the Bumper Stickers available in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption?
...that Samus's French character description in Smash 64 refers to her as possibly male or female?
...that when characters pick up Snake's cardboard boxes, Donkey Kong is the only character who will not automatically throw them?
...that Zap Jyks produce a water sound on impact while Hydro Jyks have an electric one?
...that Zero Suit Samus's name is misspelt "Zaro Suit Samus" on character selection screens?
...that edge recovery animations in SSB are split into two parts?
...that Wario and Snake are the only characters in Brawl who make noises when they eat Food?