8-Player Smash is a gameplay mode in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. This mode allows eight players to play on the same stage at one time. In addition to red, blue, yellow, and green indicators for players 1-4, players 5-8 receive new indicators colored orange, cyan, purple, and slate respectively. In Team Battles, an additional team color, the yellow team, can be selected. Additionally, when using the Team Battle function in 8-Player Smash, CPUs will almost always utilize the life stealing technique, even more often than they do in the other modes.
Stages available in 8-Player Smash
Only certain stages and their Ω Forms can be played on. Sizes of stages may change to accommodate for the larger amount of players. Several of the stages' hazards or background elements are also removed. Certain stages allow for 5 or 6 players, but not 7 or 8.
| Stage | Max players (normal) |
Max players (Ω form) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 75m |
8 | 8 | |
 Battlefield |
8 | 8 | |
| Big Battlefield |
8 | 8 | |
 Bridge of Eldin |
8 | 8 | King Bulblin does not appear and the bridge does not blow up. |
 Castle Siege |
8 | 8 | |
 Delfino Plaza |
4 | 8 | |
 Duck Hunt |
8 | 8 | The dog and ducks do not appear. |
 Flat Zone X |
6 | 8 | |
 Gamer |
4 | 8 | |
 Garden of Hope |
4 | 8 | |
 Gaur Plain |
8 | 8 | |
 Halberd |
4 | 8 | |
| Jungle Hijinxs |
4 | 8 | |
 Kalos Pokémon League |
4 | 8 | |
| Luigi's Mansion |
8 | 8 | The mansion cannot be attacked or destroyed, and the pillars are intangible. |
 Lylat Cruise |
8 | 8 | The background is only set to starry space. |
| Kongo Jungle 64 |
8 | 8 | |
| Mario Circuit (Brawl) |
8 | 8 | Shy Guys do not appear. |
| Mario Galaxy |
8 | 8 | Background ships are removed and its Omega stage has been made larger. |
| Mushroom Kingdom U |
4 | 8 | |
 Norfair |
8 | 8 | No lava-related hazards appear. |
 Onett |
8 | 8 | |
| Orbital Gate Assault |
4 | 8 | |
 Pac-Land |
6 | 8 | |
 Palutena's Temple |
8 | 8 | |
 Pilotwings |
4 | 8 | |
| Pokémon Stadium 2 |
8 | 8 | The stage does not change its layout, and the screen that normally shows battle information is blank. |
 Port Town Aero Dive |
4 | 8 | |
| Pyrosphere |
8 | 8 | Ridley and other hazards do not appear. |
| Skyworld |
6 | 8 | |
 Smashville |
8 | 8 | No background characters appear. |
| Temple |
8 | 8 | |
| The Great Cave Offensive |
8 | 8 | Omega stage has been made larger. |
| Town and City |
8 | 8 | No background characters appear. |
 Wii Fit Studio |
8 | 8 | The background does not change to a mirror. |
 Wily Castle |
4 | 8 | |
 Windy Hill Zone |
8 | 8 | |
 Woolly World |
4 | 8 | |
 Wrecking Crew |
4 | 8 | |
| Yoshi's Island |
8 | 8 |
The following stages are unavailable in 8-Player Smash in normal or Ω form. Custom Stages are also not selectable, with the option replaced with the option for switching to Ω Forms.
Gallery
- 8-Player Smash 1.jpg
- 8-Player Smash 2.jpg
On Gaur Plain
- 8-Player Smash 3.jpg
On Mario Galaxy
- 8-Player Smash 4.jpg
On Onett
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Update history
1.0.2
- Added 8-player mode versions of the following stages:
- Luigi's Mansion
- Lylat Cruise
- Lylat Cruise Ω
- Mario Circuit (Brawl)
- Mario Circuit (Brawl) Ω
- Mario Galaxy Ω (previously supported max 6 players)
- Norfair
- Pokémon Stadium 2
- Pokémon Stadium 2 Ω
- Pyrosphere
- Smashville
- Smashville Ω (previously supported max 6 players)
- The Great Cave Offensive Ω
- Town and City
- Town and City Ω
- Wii Fit Studio (existing omega form remained at max 6 players)
1.0.6
- Added 8-player mode versions of the following stages:
Trivia
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS includes various unused elements within its data for 8-player Smash.
- While Ω forms of stages are available in 8-Player Smash, Final Destination itself cannot be used in 8-Player Smash, despite the Ω stages usually being no larger than Final Destination itself. Presumably, it's due to Final Destination's complex background not being suitable for battle with 8 players on screen.
- According to Masahiro Sakurai, 8-Player Smash was going to appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee, but was "more than impossible" at the time. Notably, usage of Melee's debug menu can allow for partially implemented 6-player battles.