History VideoGame / SuperSmashFlash

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''

* ShoutOut: The version of [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing DJ K.K.]] that plays on Smashville includes a subtle portion of ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} U.N Owen was her?]]'' in its arrangement.
** One of Naruto’s PaletteSwaps makes him look like [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya,]] referencing the latter’s “Green Naruto” FanNickname.

!!Major represented franchises[[note]]Represented with at least a playable character and/or a stage[[/note]]:
!!!Introduced in the original game:

* ''[[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Chrono]]''[[note]]Not featured in ''2''[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/InuYasha''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]
* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

!!!Added to the second game:

* ''VideoGame/SteelDiver''
* ''UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS''

!!Minor represented franchises[[note]]Only through [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophies]] (''2'' only), other items, stage hazards, music, etc.[[/note]]:
!!!The first game:

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]
!!!The second game:

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** The original didn't have any of its own sprites, save for the Pokémon Stadium stage. All others were taken from The Spriters' Resource. It also didn't have originally composed music, ripping songs from ''Melee'', other games, and in one case, ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.
** The [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earliest demos]] of ''2'' also used ripped sprites; Lloyd and the Sonic characters used the same sprites as in ''Super Smash Flash'', Sora was ripped from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', and the anime characters were ripped from ''VideoGame/JumpUltimateStars''. Gradually, however, more and more of the characters began getting entirely custom-made sprites, to the point where the series is now fairly well-known for its quality graphics. It also used ripped music from various sources, including remixes from ''other composers'', before gradually replacing them with their own remixes and even giving ''[=SSF2=]'' its own theme to use as a {{Leitmotif}} for all ''Smash''-related content.

* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''[[note]]Not featured in ''2''
[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

** The original didn't have any of its own sprites, save for the Pokémon Stadium stage. All others were taken from The Spriters' Resource.
** The [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earliest demos]] of ''2'' also used ripped sprites; Lloyd and the Sonic characters used the same sprites as in ''Super Smash Flash'', Sora was ripped from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', and the anime characters were ripped from ''VideoGame/JumpUltimateStars''. Gradually, however, more and more of the characters began getting entirely custom-made sprites, to the point where the series is now fairly well-known for its quality graphics.

** Black Mage has a taunt where he takes out a lute and usually plays part of the song it could in ''Final Fantasy I''. However, if he is under the effect of a Metal Box, the song played will instead be a ''[[{{Pun}} metal]]'' version of the first few notes of the Final Fantasy fanfare.

* GradualGrinder: Sora's moveset is designed to be like this; lots of combos, little potential for knockouts. According to the devs before the release of v0.8, this is meant to emulate the tendency of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''[='=]s battles to revolve around whittling down the enemy's [=HP=] because they ''just... won't... die''.

** As proper costumes and palette swaps are virtually impossible to apply to sprites in Flash, ''[=SSF2=]'' uses hue sliders to create alternate colors instead. It's difficult to recreate iconic costumes from ''Smash'' this way, but ''[=SSF2=]'' has its own unique costumes, such as a semi-transparent version of Ness nicknamed "Ghost Ness." Averted in this case as of Beta, as the developers were actually able to make ''actual'' palette swaps for most of the characters using a specific technique, with every character panned on getting a full set of twelve palette swaps.
** Bowser's Fire Breath move uses particle effects which would have tanked ''[=SSF2=]'''s performance, so instead Bowser shoots a single powerful fireball, serving as an extra reference to the original ''Mario'' games while also giving him a useful projectile.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

* ReTool: There were two notable ones in total;

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The second game seems much like the official Smash games. The first, not so much.

* MercyInvincibility: While the ''Smash'' games weren't known for this, it becomes a point in the first Flash which also averts this in the worst possible way, especially in Adventure Mode where just ''brushing'' against an enemy in any level could result in your damage skyrocketing to maximum in a very short time, [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hundred Crack Fisting]] [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom you to death]]. A normal enemy can do this.
* MisbegottenMultiplayerMode: You could battle it out with two players...but [[CameraScrew the camera always follows the first player]], ignoring the second.
* OriginalCharacter: [[http://mcleodgaming.wikia.com/wiki/Blade Blade the Hedgehog]] and [[http://mcleodgaming.wikia.com/wiki/Blue Blue the Hedgehog]], sword-wielding VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog fan characters someone made who ended up as characters in ''Super Smash Flash''.

* SpotlightStealingCrossover: The official ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is a crossover between various Nintendo franchises, yet the most repped franchise in the first ''Smash Flash'' game was ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', which got ''five'' characters (''seven'' if [[OriginalGeneration Blade and Blue]] are counted).

[[folder: Tropes present in ''Super Smash Flash 2''[='=]s development]]

* CallBack: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlqiuCzZrg first trailer]], made in 2007, mirrored ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''[='=]s E3 2005 trailer. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUdUNpT6-Gc newer trailer]], released for v0.9b, was modeled after the same trailer.

* EasterEgg:
** In one demo version, the credits said that the [=WarioWare=], Inc. stage was "Made by Wario. Waa haa haa!"

* BroughtDownToNormal: Several Final Smash transformations had an attack that functioned like a Final Smash in its own right. However, as development progressed, the only one of these that remains (as of ß) is Super Saiyan Goku's Spirit Bomb.

* [[SpritePolygonMix Sprite Vector Mix]]: Custom-made sprites are used for characters, stages, items, and {{Assist Character}}s, while certain effects are flash-animated.

** Kaio-Ken Goku is the only non-Final Smash example.

''[[https://www.mcleodgaming.com/ Super Smash Flash]]'' is a series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flash-based]] PlatformFighter ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin clones]] by Creator/McLeodGaming, hosted and playable on [[http://www.mcleodgaming.com their website]].

!!Franchises represented in the original game:

* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''
* ''VideoGame/StarFox''

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''[[note]]Not currently represented in ''2''[[/note]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
* ''Manga/InuYasha''[[note]]Not featured in ''2''[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''[[note]]Not featured in ''2'' [[/note]]

!!New Franchises currently represented in the sequel:

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''
* ''VideoGame/WarioWare''
* ''VideoGame/EarthBound''
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''

* ''VideoGame/BomberMan''
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
* ''VideoGame/WarioLand''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}''
* ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo''
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
* ''Manga/DragonBall''
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''

* Theoretically infinite others due to [[DownloadableContent expansion characters]].

!!These franchises are also represented through [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophies]]:
* ''Manga/DeathNote''
* ''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo''

!!Along with many {{tropes}} in the official VideoGame/SuperSmashBros games, these games contain examples of:

** The [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earliest demos]] of ''2'' also used ripped sprites; Lloyd and the Sonic characters used the same sprites as in ''Super Smash Flash'', Sora was ripped from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', and the anime characters were ripped from ''VideoGame/JumpUltimateStars''. Gradually, however, more and more of the characters began getting entirely custom-made sprites, to the point where the series is now fairly well-known for its quality graphics. Oddly, though, Lloyd and Sonic's sprites still haven't changed at all from the earliest versions, and fans have noticed.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: The first game is this, full stop, with characters like [[OriginalGeneration Blade]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]]. Traces of this sentiment remain in ''2'', at least in development; Cleod thinks that the anime characters fit in well ([[BrokenBase although the other developers don't]]), and he has a personal soft spot for the {{Original Character}}s who were planned to be in but ExiledFromContinuity due to losing contact with their creators.
* UnexpectedCharacter:
** From the first game, [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]], [[WTHCastingAgency but not in a good way.]]
** The second game has [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Black Mage]], who was unexpected because at the time there was a confirmed roster of playable characters in the game, and Black Mage was not among them. This introduced the {{Retool}}, in which the originally revealed roster was thrown out and a new, secret roster was built from scratch. New characters who weren't on the original roster or in the main series include VideoGame/BomberMan, [[VideoGame/ChibiRobo Chibi Robo]], [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Isaac]], and [[{{VideoGame/Kirby}} Bandana Dee]]. Bandana Dee is especially notable because it was expected that if a new Kirby representative were to be introduced, it would be King Dedede, who appears in the main series starting in ''Brawl'' but hasn't shown up on either the old or new rosters for ''Super Smash Flash 2''. There's also [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]] who was one of the last characters anyone expected due to initially being confirmed as being confined to a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Poké Ball]], and it's not as if it was highly requested due to its status as a JokeCharacter in the official Smash games.

* {{Combos}}: While normally impossible due to the primitive engine, some could be performed due to a GoodBadBug with some characters, namely Mario, Zelda, and Captain Falcon.

* GameBreakingBug: The famous "one hit [=KO=]" bug, which allows some attacks to kill instantly at just 50% while standing still. Unfortunately, though, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Master Hand and Crazy Hand]]'s attacks have this trait, too, which makes [[NoDamageRun unlocking Inuyasha]] nearly impossible without cheating.
* HitboxDissonance: Samus' Machine Gun moves in the first game. The machine gun fire has a hitbox. Not Samus' gun, ''the actual machine gun's bullets have hitboxes.'' This can be seen in Adventure mode levels where if you use the machine gun specials at certain ranges, ''Samus'' will be the one to take damage and be knocked back. Its like something out of ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''.

* NoDamageRun: Inuyasha is unlocked after clearing Adventure Mode without losing any lives.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: A [[GoodBadBug Good Bad]] GameBreakingBug allowed this to happen with many normal attacks if one stands completely still as the opponent approaches.

* SpotlightStealingCrossover: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is a crossover between various Nintendo franchises, yet the most repped franchise in the first game was VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, which got 5 characters (7 if [[OriginalGeneration Blade and Blue]] are counted).

* AbortedArc: Before the retool, a story mode in the vein of VideoGame/TheSubspaceEmissary known as "''the Flash of Shadows''" was plotted out with all of the old roster's characters battling an army called the Cubots. A summary of the first half was posted publicly. [[NoEnding The second half was kept under wraps and is presumably lost]].

** In one demo version, the credits said that the Wario Ware, Inc. stage was "Made by Wario. Waa haa haa!"
* OvertookTheManga:
** Played straight in the earliest demos of ''2'', which were made after ''Brawl'' was '''announced''', but before it was '''released'''; back then, Smash Balls had to be picked up off the ground and used by pressing all buttons at once, as the behavior and input were not yet known.
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] since v0.9a, once the official fourth Super Smash Bros. game was announced. Players [[DamnYouMuscleMemory have trouble switching between]] Mega Man in ''Flash 2'' and ''Wii U / 3DS''.

* ArtificialBrilliance: Demo 0.9 introduced character-specific AI hints, which made some characters outright brutal to play against. CPU Fox is known for pulling high-level tricks such as cancelling shine into aerials or grabs, and will try known KO options when the rival is damaged. CPU Jigglypuff was given code to use Rest on reaction, if the opponent was close enough. [=CPUs=] handle all recovery options and will use them as they need.
** High-level CPUS are very good at working in teams; they seem to be in perfect sync with their teammate. For example, if one plays against Megaman and Captain Falcon: Megaman will often try to grab the player if he's at high levels of damage, leaving him helpless against the nearby Captain Falcon performing a [[OhCrap reverse Falcon Punch.]] This works with almost any duo or [[NintendoHard trio.]]

* CallBack: Despite the technical limitations of Flash's PaletteSwap functionality, they were nevertheless able to successfully recreate the ''Melee'' colors of Mario, Link, Kirby, and Donkey Kong as alternate costumes, and Mr. Game & Watch's [[LimitedAnimation unique art style]] allows him to have all of his colors from ''Brawl'', ''VideoGame/ProjectM'', ''Wii U / 3DS'' and even some original ones for a total of thirteen costumes.

* GameMod: The planned concept of "expansion characters" for ''Super Smash Flash 2''. [[FanworkBan Client-side mods are strictly forbidden]], however, due to the potential for [[{{Griefer}} Griefing]].

* KamehameHadouken: With [[TropeNamer Goku]] around, of course this has to be his signature move.

%%* LightningBruiser: Captain Falcon, Goku, Ichigo, all of them are this in a way.

* OffModel: Some of the [[{{Retraux}} past stages]], notably Fourside, Temple, and Peach's Castle, are seriously off-scale compared to their ''Melee'' counterparts.

* PaletteSwap: As is tradition in Super Smash Bros., these are available as alternate costumes.

** As proper costumes and palette swaps are virtually impossible to apply to sprites in Flash, ''[=SSF2=]'' uses hue sliders to create alternate colors instead. It's difficult to recreate iconic costumes from ''Smash'' this way, but ''[=SSF2=]'' has its own unique costumes, such as a semi-transparent version of Ness nicknamed "Ghost Ness".

* RecursiveFanfiction: The game takes many cues from ''VideoGame/ProjectM'', such as Turbo Mode, moveset alterations -- Wario's in particular, and the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula's Castle]] stage.

** Some characters' Final Smashes are temporary power-up transformations, called Final Forms. Some Final Forms can use Final Smash-like attacks as one of their Special Moves, [[BroughtDownToNormal although this usually results in the Final Form ending early]].

** Bomberman. His neutral special lays up to nine bombs anywhere around the stage which can all be dentonated at any time.

* WheelOfDecisions: The Peril Roulette, a [[OriginalGeneration new element]] in the higher difficulties of Classic Mode that spins a wheel to choose something to cripple the player, assist the opponent, or, on the hardest difficulty, both. This is presumably to make up for the notorious-for-the-series impossibility of making a hyperintelligent computer player.

* [[https://super-smash-flash-2-unblocked.weebly.com/ Super Smash Flash 2 unblocked]]

* [[https://super-smash-flash-2-unblocked.weebly.com/Super Smash Flash 2 unblocked]]

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''

* OriginalCharacter: [[http://mcleodgaming.wikia.com/wiki/Blade Blade the Hedgehog]] and [[http://mcleodgaming.wikia.com/wiki/Blue Blue the Hedgehog]], sword-wielding SonicTheHedgehog fan characters someone made who ended up as characters in ''Super Smash Flash''.

* SpotlightStealingCrossover: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is a crossover between various Nintendo franchises, yet the most repped franchise in the first game was SonicTheHedgehog, which got 5 characters (7 if [[OriginalGeneration Blade and Blue]] are counted).

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: The first game is this, full stop, with characters like [[OriginalGeneration Blade]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]]. Traces of this sentiment remain in ''2'', at least in development; Cleod thinks that the anime characters fit in well ([[BrokenBase although the other developers don't]]), and he has a personal soft spot for the OriginalCharacters who were planned to be in but ExiledFromContinuity due to losing contact with their creators.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''

* GradualGrinder: Sora's moveset is designed to be like this; lots of combos, little potential for knockouts. According to the devs before the release of v0.8, this is meant to emulate the tendency of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''[='=]s battles to revolve around whittling down the enemy's [=HP=] because they ''just... won't... die''.

A really good game that was completely fun and just a clasically good game. I think that the controls were a little bit akward though, because it's hard to hold to hands directly next to each other, while press buttons repetitively. Especially when they're in a certain position. the gameplay of Super Smash Flash 2 was awesome, with the whole game being really like the console version on freegames66.

[[caption-width-right:350:Then,and now.]]

* DemotedToExtra: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Renji]] and [[Manga/DragonballZ Vegeta]] were originally planned to be full characters in the sequel, but they were demoted to Assist Trophy and background character respectively.

* GrandfatherClause: Ichigo, Naruto, and Goku were all programmed before the {{Retool}}, and the game has largely been trying to break away from the anime stigmatism that it's been [[HateDumb relentlessly criticized for]]. According to developer Kiki in a forum post (which no longer exists), Naruto in particular wouldn't have made it in if it had been up to her, although she respects how well he [[DivergentCharacterEvolution gradually developed into a unique character]] over the years rather than being a generic {{Shotoclone}} like in the earlier demos, and is now glad he's in.

* DemotedToExtra: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Renji]] and [[DragonballZ Vegeta]] were originally planned to be full characters in the sequel, but they were demoted to Assist Trophy and background character respectively.

* ''VideoGame/GameAndWatch''

''[[https://www.mcleodgaming.com/ Super Smash Flash]]'' is a series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flash-based]] PlatformFighter ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin clones]] by Creator/McLeodGaming, hosted and playable on [[http://www.isupersmashflash.com their website]].

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: The first game is this, full stop, with characters like [[OriginalGeneration Blade]] and [[Disney/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]]. Traces of this sentiment remain in ''2'', at least in development; Cleod thinks that the anime characters fit in well ([[BrokenBase although the other developers don't]]), and he has a personal soft spot for the OriginalCharacters who were planned to be in but ExiledFromContinuity due to losing contact with their creators.

* ''SambaDeAmigo''

''[[https://www.mcleodgaming.com/ Super Smash Flash]]'' is a series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flash-based]] PlatformFighter ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin clones]] by Creator/McLeodGaming, hosted and playable on [[http://www.mcleodgaming.com their website]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Then and now.]]

!!Franchises represented in the original:

** The second game has [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Black Mage]], who was unexpected because at the time there was a confirmed roster of playable characters in the game, and Black Mage was not among them. This introduced the {{Retool}}, in which the originally revealed roster was thrown out and a new, secret roster was built from scratch. New characters who weren't on the original roster or in the main series include VideoGame/BomberMan, [[VideoGame/ChibiRobo Chibi Robo]], [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Isaac]], and [[{{VideoGame/Kirby}} Bandana Dee]]. Bandana Dee is especially notable because it was expected that if a new Kirby representative were to be introduced, it would be King Dedede, who appears in the main series starting in ''Brawl'' but hasn't shown up on either the old or new rosters for ''Super Smash Flash 2''.

* FragileSpeedster: Sonic and Tails have become this; Sonic on the ground and Tails in air.

* AbortedArc: Before the retool, a story mode in the vein of ''Brawl''[='=]s Subspace Emissary was plotted out with all of the old roster's characters battling an army called the Cubots. A summary of the first half was posted publicly. [[NoEnding The second half was kept under wraps and is presumably lost]].

* FragileSpeedster: Sonic and Tails have become this; Sonic in the ground way (fastest character in ground) and Tails in air.

* StoppedNumberingSequels: The penultimate release was officially titled ''Super Smash Flash 2 Beta'' rather than "v0.9c" as most of the fanbase previously expected. The reason? The team felt that the v0.9 series was named too early, expecting the final release to be ready much sooner than it actually would be. The retitling signifies that it actually is the end of the line this time.