Event 1: Trouble King
| Event 1 Trouble King | |
|---|---|
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| Official description | Fight Bowser in a classic Mushroom Kingdom clash! |
| Character(s) used | Mario (2 stocks) |
| Opponent(s) | Bowser (2 stocks) |
| Stage(s) | Battlefield |
| Music | Multi-Man Melee 2 |
| Availability | Starter |
Trouble King is the 1st event match in Super Smash Bros. Melee. The player controls Mario, who must win a 2 stock match against a CPU Bowser on Battlefield with no time limit. When the match starts, Mario spawns at center of the main platform, and Bowser spawns above the topmost platform. Bowser is heavily handicapped and his AI is only level one.
This event has a successor in the form of Event 42: Trouble King 2. It received another follow-up in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (that being Event 1: Two Trouble Kings --both a solo and co-op event in Brawl-- and The Original Heavyweights).
The track that plays in this match, Multi-Man Melee 2, is not used in any other event match until Event 51: The Showdown. In this regard, the two event matches can serve as bookends of the mode.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
迷惑大王 | Annoying King |
 French |
Roi de l'embrouille 1 | Problem king 1 |
 German |
Die Wurzel allen Übels | The Source of All Evil |
 Spanish |
Un problema muy gordo | A very fat problem |
 Italian |
Re di Mushroom Kingdom | King of the Mushroom Kingdom |
