Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. is the game that started the Super Smash Bros. game series. It is the predecessor of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and the pre-predecessor to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It's playable on Nintendo 64, and may become available on the Wii's Virtual Console.

Characters

There are 12 characters in SSB, eight of which are available from the start, and four of which are unlockable.

Default Characters

• Mario
• Donkey Kong
• Link
• Pikachu
• Yoshi
• Fox
• Samus
• Kirby

Secret Characters

• Luigi, unlockable by clearing Board The Platforms with the 8 default characters
• C. Falcon, unlockable by beating the 1-Player Game in faster than 20 minutes
• Ness, unlockable by clearing 1-Player game using 3 stock and a difficulty of Normal.
• Jigglypuff, unlockable by beating the 1-Player game using any character.

Stages

There are nine stages in SSB, eight of which are available from the start, and one of which is unlockable.

Default Stages

• Peach's Castle
• Yoshi's Island*
• Congo Jungle*
• Dream Land*
• Hyrule Castle
• Sector Z
• Planet Zebes
• Saffron City

*These stages are also available in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Secret Stage

• Mushroom Kingdom

Non-Playable Stages

• Tutorial Stage
• Fighting Polygon Stage
• Master Hands Stage
• Kirby Beta Stage 1
• Kirby Beta Stage 2
• Metal Mario Stage

Differences from Melee

*This is an incomplete list

This list does not include the obvious such as a different button scheme/controller and Melee-only characters.

• No Forward B
• No Pummel

• Hitting R while grabbing results in a forward throw

• No up throw or down throw
• Much less DI
• Slower pace overall
• Comboing is much more effective
• Grabs do more damage and have more knockback and reach
• Board the Platforms is removed in Melee
• No meteor cancelling
• No air dodge

• No wavedash or waveland

Tournament Play

Unlike SSBM, SSB never enjoyed a "real" professional competitive scene, but interest in SSB has been renewed in recent years with the popularity of SSBM and SSB online through Kaillera using the Project64K emulator. Standard tournament rules differ little from that of SSBM. The most common standard tournament rules are as follows:

• Generally best 2 out of 3 (using 3 out of 5 or 4 out of 7 for finals)
• 5 stock
• 10 minute time limit
• Items are turned off
• Handicaps are off
• The first match is selected randomly excluding Yoshi's Island, Planet Zebes, and Mushroom Kingdom.

• The loser of each match picks the stage for the next match excluding the illegal stages listed above.
• If Saffron City is selected on the first round and one of the players is using Ness, he/she may request a repick.

• However, if the Ness player wins the match, his/her opponent may counterpick Saffron City.

• The loser cannot choose a stage on which a previous match was played (known as "Dave's stupid rule").

• For the first match, characters are chosen double-blind - at the same time, so that neither player knows his opponent's character beforehand.
• Players may repick characters after each match. However, the loser of each match gets to pick last (known as slob picks).