Crowd

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The crowd, referred to as Publicity in the Debug Menu of Super Smash Bros. Melee, is a group of unseen people that can be heard during matches in all games of the Super Smash Bros. series.

Causes of cheering

The crowd can occasionally be heard cheering by shouting the name of a character that is used by a human player. The cause of cheering, however, is not entirely known; common trends include having high damage and doing something significant, such as KOing multiple opponents at once, or falling behind considerably during the course of a match. Every character has a unique cheer chant in each of the Smash Bros. games.

In addition to chants, the crowd can also vocalise during the match to a variety of events. In the original game, if a player can just make it back to the stage, after being knocked far away from the stage, the crowd will cheer for the player. The crowd also cheers if Ness absorbs a projectile with PSI Magnet, as well as if a character hits multiple characters or lands a powerful hit. In Melee and Brawl, the crowd will gasp if the player gets close to the ledge after getting knocked off; they will also cheer loudly if the player hits multiple opponents with a powerful attack; in addition, in Melee the crowd cheers the player if they complete the Target Test, complete an Event Match or the Race to the Finish. However, they will groan should the player fail at any of these games. In Brawl, the crowd will also gasp whenever a Smash Ball or legendary Pokémon appears, with the exception of Latias and Latios.

Despite their presence, the crowd has no effect on gameplay. A sole exception exists in the Bonus mode of Melee; if the player earns the "Crowd Favorite" bonus from getting the crowd to cheer for them, or the "Master of Suspense" bonus from causing the crowd to gasp at them at least three times in one minute, they will earn 2500 points from each.

Of further note, in Melee and Brawl, the crowd seems to "disappear" after a certain point is reached in some of the single player modes. In Melee, the crowd disappears starting at Race to the Finish and at Stage 12: Final Destination in the Adventure Mode. In Brawl, the crowd disappears during the fight against Master Hand, and is only heard when certain stages are cleared in the Subspace Emissary.

Crowd chants

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Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros.

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.

Name	Pitch	Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Captain Falcon	Group chant	Falcon!		File:Falcon JP.ogg
Donkey Kong	Group chant	Donkey Kong!		File:Donkey Kong JP.ogg
Fox	Group chant	Go - Fox!		File:Fox JP.ogg
Jigglypuff	Group chant	Jigglypuff!		File:Purin JP.ogg
Kirby	Group chant	Kirby!		File:Kirby JP.ogg
Link	Group chant	Go, Link!		File:Link JP.ogg
Luigi	Group chant	Luigi!		File:Luigi JP.ogg
Mario	Group chant	Mario!		File:Mario JP.ogg
Ness	Group chant	Go - Ness!		File:Ness JP.ogg
Pikachu	Group chant	Pikachu!		File:Pikachu JP.ogg
Samus	Group chant	Samus!		File:Samus JP.ogg
Yoshi	Group chant	Yoshi!		File:Yoshi JP.ogg

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Melee

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
• "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.

Name	Pitch	Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Bowser	Male voices	Bow-ser!		File:Koopa JP Crowd chant.ogg
Captain Falcon	Group chant	Falcon! *claps three times*		File:Captain Falcon JP Crowd chant.ogg
Donkey Kong	Female voices	Donkey - Kong!		File:Donkey Kong JP Crowd chant.ogg
Dr. Mario	Group Chant	Go - Doc!		File:Dr. Mario JP Crowd chant.ogg
Falco	Deep male voices	Faaalll-cooo...!		File:Falco JP Crowd chant.ogg
Fox	Group chant	Go - Fox!		File:Fox JP Crowd chant.ogg
Ganondorf	Deep male voices	Gaaa-non-doorff...!		File:Ganondorf JP Crowd chant.ogg
Ice Climbers	Group chants	Ice - Climber!		File:Ice Climber JP Crowd chant.ogg
Jigglypuff	Male voices (English) Group chant (French and German)	Jig-gly-puff! (English) Dong-dong! (French and German)	File:Jigglypuff00eng.ogg	File:Purin JP Crowd chant.ogg
Kirby	Male voices	Kirby -- Kirby!		File:Kirby JP Crowd chant.ogg
Link	Group chant	Go - Link! *claps three times*		File:Link JP Crowd chant.ogg
Luigi	Group Chant	Lu-i-gi!		File:Luigi JP Crowd chant.ogg
Mario	Group chant	Mar-rio!		File:Mario JP Crowd chant.ogg
Marth	Group chant	Marth -- Marth -- Marth!		File:Marth JP Crowd chant.ogg
Mewtwo	Group Chant	Mewwww-two!		File:Mewtwo JP Crowd chant.ogg
Mr. Game & Watch	Group Chant	Game - And -Watch!		File:Game & Watch JP Crowd chant.ogg
Ness	Group Chant	Ness -- Ness -- Ness!		File:Ness JP Crowd chant.ogg
Peach	Male voices	Go - Peach!		File:Peach JP Crowd chant.ogg
Pichu	Group Chant	Pi-Chu!	File:Pichu00eng.ogg	File:Pichu JP Crowd chant.ogg
Pikachu	Mostly female voices	Pika-Pika-Pikachu!		File:Pikachu JP Crowd chant.ogg
Roy	Group chant	Roy's - Our - Boy!	File:Roy00eng.ogg	File:Roy JP Crowd chant.ogg
Samus	Group chant	Samus - Samus!		File:Samus JP Crowd chant.ogg
Sheik	Male voices	Gooooooooooooooooooooo Sheik!		File:Sheik JP Crowd chant.ogg
Yoshi	Deep Male voices	Yooo-Shiii...!		File:Yoshi JP Crowd chant.ogg
Young Link	Group chant	Young - Link!		File:Young Link JP Crowd chant.ogg
Zelda	Group chant	Zelda - Zelda - Hu!		File:Zelda JP Crowd chant.ogg

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
• "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
• Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.
• Words in () are notes on the cheer, and are not part of the cheer itself.

Name	Pitch	Description	Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL)	Audio Clip (Japanese)
Bowser	Deep male voices	Bow - Ser!
Captain Falcon	Mixed chant	Cap - Tain (high female voices) - Fal - Con! (deep male voices)
Diddy Kong	Group chant	Di - Ddy - Kong!
Donkey Kong	Group chant	Don - Key - Kong!
Falco	Group chant	Fal - Co!
Fox	Group chant	Fox - Fox - *clap clap clap*
Ganondorf	Deep male voices	Gan - On - Dorf!
Popo	Mixed chant	Na - Na! (high female voices) -- Po - Po! (low male voices)
Nana	No crowd chant	*The Back sound on the menu*
Ike	Group chant	We - Like - Ike!
Jigglypuff	Female Voices	Jig - gly - puff!		File:Jigglypuff JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
King Dedede	Group chant	Kiiiing -- De - de - de!
Kirby	High female voices	Kir - By!
Link	Group chant	Go - Link! *clap clap clap*
Lucario	Group chant	Lu - Ca - Ri - O!		File:Lucario JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
Lucas	Group chant	Lu - Cas!
Luigi	Male voices	Lu - I - Gi!
Mario	Group chant	Ma - Ri - O!
Marth	Group chant	Marth - Marth - Marth!
Meta Knight	Group chant	Me - Ta - Knight!
Mr Game & Watch	Group chant	Mis - Ter -- Game - And - Watch!
Ness	Group chant	Ness - Ness - Ness - OOOO!
Olimar	Mixed chant	Pik - Min (high female voices) -- Oli - Mar! (deep male voices)
Peach	Group chant	Peach!
Pikachu	High female voices	Pika - Pika - Pikachu!
Pit	Group chant	Pit - *clap*
Pokémon Trainer	Group chant	Po - Ké - Mon!
R.O.B.	Group chant	R - O - B - R.O.B.!
Samus	Group chant	Sam - Us!
Sheik	Group chant	Sheik!
Snake	Group chant	Snake - Snake -- Snaaaaake!
Sonic	Group chant	Go - Go - So - Nic!		File:Sonic JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
Toon Link	Group chant	Toon - Link!
Wario	Group chant	Wa - Ri - O! -- Cha - Cha - Cha!
Wolf	Group chant	Wooolf! - *howl* - Wooolf! - *different howl*
Yoshi	High female voices	Yo - Shi!
Zelda	Group chant	Zel - Da!
Zero Suit Samus	Group chant	Ze - Ro - Suit -- Sam - Us!

Trivia

• In Brawl, the Japanese crowd cheer for Meta Knight is the same as the American cheer; this is the only crowd cheer unchanged in Brawl.
• Ike's cheer, "We Like Ike", was initially used in the 1952 US presidential elections, in support of candidate Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower.
• Luigi's cheer in Brawl appears to be shouted by only a few people, in reference to the fact he is often overshadowed by his brother and ignored by others.
• Snake's cheer is a reference to Snake's death sequence from the Metal Gear Solid franchise, in which Otacon can be heard repeating Snake's name in the same manner as the crowd cheer; the phrase itself is also used in Snake's Smash Taunts.
• In Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, King Dedede's crowd cheer is different - as he is not known as a "King" in Japan, his crowd cheer is "De - De - De -- De De De -- De - De - De - De - De - De - De!"
• Also in the Japanese version of Brawl, Jigglypuff's, R.O.B.'s, and Bowser's cheers are that of their respective Japanese names, Purin, Robot, and Koopa.
• In Brawl, the Ice Climbers' cheer is different based on which climber is human-controlled. When playing as Nana, the cheer is the Back sound on the menu.