Friend icons are images depicting characters or symbols which identify players in the online modes of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4. Some of them are available from the start, while others are unlocked automatically along with characters or by fulfilling other conditions.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Friend icons are used to identify players in the Friend roster of the With Friends Wi-Fi mode. The default Friend Icon, which also appears next to the names of unregistered players, is the symbol of a figure in a circle.
Some icons must be unlocked prior to their use (such as unlocking their respective characters).
There are 77 icons in total (plus Miis), which depict:
- the default symbol, a human silhouette in a circle
- 20 series symbols, plus the X from Brawl's Japanese cover art
- the 40 playable characters, including Pokémon Trainer and his Pokémon, Sheik and Zero Suit Samus
- 5 enemies from the Subspace Emissary: Borboras, Bytan, Mite, Poppant and Primid
- all the 10 bosses fought in Boss Battles plus the Ancient Minister
- the Miis saved on the Wii console
In Super Smash Bros. 4
Friend icons are once again part of a player's profile, which can be checked after a battle in any online mode.
The available icons are:
- all series symbols
- all playable characters, including classic Wario, Alph, male Wii Fit Trainer, wireframe Little Mac, female Villager and female Robin, but excluding the Mii Fighters. The icons for downloadable characters are not available unless the character is purchased.
- all Assist Trophies except Chain Chomp, Color TV-Game 15, Ghosts, Infantry and Tanks, Mother Brain, Nintendog, and Sheriff
- a Phantom, a Gordo, Chrom, a Gyroid, Doc Louis, Dunban, a Wild Gunman, Rush, the Yellow Devil and Sandbag