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** Most every character that appears in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' has a level of detail miles higher than in their native series. This is most perceptible with ''Mario'' characters; Mario and Luigi have highly detailed and realistic denim textures on their overalls (instead of the solid, brighter blue typically seen in their home games), and compare Peach's more [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130625131451/nintendo/en/images/d/de/Princess_Peach_%28Fortune_Street%29.png traditional design]] to her ''[[https://www.ssbwiki.com/images/b/b5/Peach_Trophy_%28Smash%29.png Melee]]'', ''[[http://www.ssbwiki.com/images/d/d4/Peach_SSBB.jpg Brawl]]'', and ''[[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/7/7b/Wii_U_Peach_artwork.png for 3DS/Wii U]]'' designs.

** Most every character that appears in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' has a level of detail miles higher than in their native series. This is most perceptible with ''Mario'' characters; Mario and Luigi have much more detailed and realistic denim textures on their overalls, and compare Peach's more [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130625131451/nintendo/en/images/d/de/Princess_Peach_%28Fortune_Street%29.png traditional design]] to her ''[[https://www.ssbwiki.com/images/b/b5/Peach_Trophy_%28Smash%29.png Melee]]'', ''[[http://www.ssbwiki.com/images/d/d4/Peach_SSBB.jpg Brawl]]'', and ''[[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/7/7b/Wii_U_Peach_artwork.png for 3DS/Wii U]]'' designs.

* DependingOnTheWriter: The Smash invitation letters are either designated to specific characters (Villager and Steve/Alex get theirs through the mail while Pyra says she got invited when showing her invite to Rex) or can be obtained by anyone (Joker's trailer has him ''steal'' one, Terry's has multiple SNK characters attempt to grab a flying Smash letter before Terry nabs it when it finally lands, and Min Min's also has various ARMS characters try to grab one before she snatches it and defeats the final two characters standing).

* DependingOnTheWriter: The Smash invitation letters are either designated to specific characters (Villager, Steve/Alex, Pyra) or can be obtained by anyone (Joker, Terry, Min Min).

* DummiedOut: Quite a bit of unused content is present in each installment. Some notable examples include:
** Unused voice clips for several characters' Final Smashes appear in both ''64'' and ''Melee''.
** Ditto was originally meant to come out of the Poké Ball in ''Melee'' — it would have supposedly created a copy of the summoner's character, controlled by the [=AI=], and would aid them in battle, but complications resulted in it being removed. The Pokémon is still found within the game's data and can be forced to appear by using cheating devices, but it simply spins around while stretching as it says [[PokemonSpeak "Mon-Mon!"]] and dealing light damage to whoever touches it before disappearing due to being incomplete. Interestingly, it still appears in the Pokéball section in ''Melee''[='=]s official StrategyGuide, suggesting it was cut fairly late in development. Ditto finally made a proper debut in ''Ultimate'', functioning as originally intended.
** Multiple characters have empty files in ''Brawl''[='=]s file system, including Dr. Mario, Roy, Mewtwo, Dixie Kong, Toon Zelda and "Toon Sheik" [[note]]the latter speculated to be [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Tetra]][[/note]], and "Pra Mai" [[note]]speculated to be [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Plusle & Minun]][[/note]].
** Kirby's Hammer Flip was supposed to appear in ''Brawl'', but it was removed — only the animations remain. In ''3DS/Wii U'', he has unused voice clips for using PowerCopying on Palutena's Heavenly Light and Explosive Flame attacks; as it stands, he can only copy Autoreticle.
** Tharja from ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' was among the 3DS trophies seen in a leak, but is absent in the final game, likely due to rating concerns about [[MsFanservice her outfit]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} (or rather, lack thereof)]].

* BoobsOfSteel: Smash somewhat averts this. The game's hardest hitting female in Zelda is easily A-Cup, however despite being a much weaker hitter and killing later than most of the cast Zero Suit Samus is probably the game's most brawl-capable female with quite noticable breast.

** Robin, Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, Corrin, and Inkling can be played as either gender. In ''Ultimate'', there are additional female options for Pikachu and Pokémon Trainer and one for Pichu.

** ''Ultimate'' not only brings Nana back, but adds female alts for Pikachu and Pokémon Trainer and adds one for Pichu. Similar to Villager, the Inklings can also come in male and female variants. And albeit she's sharing her spot with Banjo, Kazooie can count as well. And as with Kazooie, DownloadableContent also adds female Byleth to the list.

*** When the ''Fire Emblem'' debuted in ''Melee'', only Marth was in the original plans, so the logo of the series was his signature sword the Falchion, and even though Roy was added as a late-development clone, prominence to Marth's games was notable by how the scrapped ''Fire Emblem'' stage would be based on his continent Archanea. Over time, more fighters from the series were introduced, some from games that didn't feature the Falchion at all (Ike, Byleth), looks radically different (the ''Awakening'' trio) or is at most minor content (Corrin).

* ContinuingIsPainful: In the fourth game's Classic Mode, accepting a Continue when you lose takes away some of your prize money, a few of your earned rewards (from 1 prize at difficulty 2.0 up to '''5''' at 9.0), and automatically lowers the difficulty by 0.5. This last part is particularly infuriating for anyone going for [[ThatOneAchievement the Challenge for beating Classic on 9.0]], because a single Game Over anywhere in your run (including [[NintendoHard Master]] [[MarathonBoss Core]]) means you're totally screwed. Additionally, unlike previous games, there is no benefit to getting a Game Over, since the player always has two stock.[[note]]In previous games, if the player got a game over, they would restart with the amount of lives they started the run with, allowing one to replenish their lives.[[/note]]

** Palutena's moveset consists of abilities and power-ups used by Pit in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. The ones shown in her trailer include [[LightEmUp Heavenly Light]], [[StuffBlowingUp Explosive Flame]], [[TeleportSpam Warp]], RocketJump, [[DeflectorShields Reflect]], [[MissileLockOn Auto-Reticle]], [[NotQuiteFlight Jump Glide]], [[CounterAttack Counter]], SuperSpeed, [[FoeTossingCharge Angelic Missile]], [[FantasticFireworks Celestial Fireworks]], [[SuperSpeed Lightweight]], and for her [[LimitBreak Final Smash]], [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] and [[FrickinLaserBeams Mega Laser]]. Though this is a lesser example, as in ''Uprising'', she was the one granting Pit these powers (as she points out in the aforementioned trailer).

* {{Acrofatic}}: Bowser, King Dedede and King K. Rool are surprisingly mobile for their weight. Special mention goes to Wario, who, despite his obesity, has one of the fastest aerial accelerations.

** Pit is a young and {{Adorkable}} angel in a toga, but fights using a bow that turns into swords and magic rings. Dark Pit qualifies for similar reasons, in that he's just as young and cute as Pit but tries hard to be "edgy".

** Lucina is a young girl who's very tough and a skilled swordswoman hardened by a BadFuture. She also has a lovable {{Adorkable}} personality in her [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening game of origin]], which while not shown in detail here, is hinted at by Viridi and shows through a bit in her and Robin's reveal trailer (when she's almost to the point of {{Squee}}-ing over Robin showing off his moves).

** With ''Ultimate'', since All-Star Mode is no longer its own mode and now part of the Mob Smash mode, you fight everyone on a Battlefield-form stage in order of their first appearance, similar to ''3DS''. In order, you go through the 1980 characters (Mr. Game & Watch, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Mario, Luigi, Little Mac, Duck Hunt, Ice Climbers, R.O.B., Peach, Bowser, Link, Zelda, Samus, Ridley, Simon, Pit, Palutena, Snake, Ryu, Ken, Mega Man and Daisy), the 1990 characters (Marth, Dr. Mario, Captain Falcon, Yoshi, Sonic, Kirby, King Dedede, Wario, Fox, Falco, Meta Knight, Richter, Ness, Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, Pokemon Trainer with Charizard/Ivysaur/Squirtle, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Cloud, Wolf, Young Link, Sheik, Ganondorf and Pichu), the 2000 characters (Villager, Olimar, Roy, Bowser Jr., Toon Link, Zero Suit Samus, Ike, Dark Samus, Lucas, Lucario, Rosalina and Luma, Wii Fit Trainer and Bayonetta) and the 2010 characters (Shulk, Dark Pit, Robin, Chrom, Lucina, Isabelle, Greninja, Inkling, Corrin and Incineroar). Similar to ''3DS/Wii U'', the DLC characters are added in order of their first appearance as well (Piranha Plant with the 1980 characters, Terry and Banjo & Kazooie with the 1990 characters, Joker and Hero with the 2010 characters).

* This also applies to some weaknesses and elemental properties from the characters original appearances; for example, Greninja as a Dark-type Pokémon, is immune to Psychic attacks in its home game, whereas in Smash it can be attacked by Mewtwo, Ness or Lucas with no issue. Another example is Marth, Lucina and Chrom's blade Falchion, which in ''Fire Emblem'' titles, is a weapon designed to slay dragons and thus deals more damage to them, whereas in Smash it doesn't gives any more damage to the dragons in the roster, such as Ridley or Corrin, than it does to other combatants.

** Fox and Captain Falcon were the first to display this. Back in the days of the first game, there were mostly shown as pilots in their home games, with Captain Falcon only seeing action in a comic, and Fox only using fire weaponry in his ''Star Fox 64'' multiplayer'', with their movesets in Smash being fully original full of hand-to-hand martial arts moves and pyrokinesis. The same applies to Falco and Wolf, whose movesets are derived from Fox and share the same lack of direct combat circumstances.

** Roy is an interesting example, in that, while the main Lord of his game, he's a particularly mediocre unit until very late in his game, and even in his debut in ''Melee'' he's considered tier. Come ''Ultimate'', he's got a number of buffs that make him considered one of the best characters in the game.

** The Zero Suit in the Metroid games tend to be seen in only cutscenes, and in its debut, was confined to a stealth section. Zero Suit Samus in ''Smash'' is the opposite: she's a much faster and aerodynamic version of Samus who has been seen more competitively favorable since her debut. Her gun was also called an useless emergency pistol, while ''Smash'' also turns it into an energy whip.

** Some recovery moves, like Dr. Mario's Doctor Tornado or Ice Climbers' Squall Hammmer will rise higher when the special move button is mashed.

* ButtonMashing: The series' flexible gameplay style discourages this, but it's possible to play the games on the lower difficulties using this method, although it can cause trouble sooner or later. Try this style of play on the higher difficulties instead of keeping on your toes and using actual strategy, and your opponents will mop the floor with you.

** So, you've played throughout the extensive Story Mode, unlocked all the secret characters… or have you? Did you remember to backtrack to that hidden room to fight ([[DefeatMeansPlayable and defeat]]) Wolf? Or [[LethalJokeCharacter Jigglypuff?]] How about [[BadassAdorable Toon Link]]? After that, there's 544 trophies to find, and after that, 700 stickers to collect! What's worse, one of the trophies can only be found by collecting all 700 stickers! What's even worse is that they all [[RandomDrop randomly drop]]!! Completionists will be foaming at the mouth before long…