Talk:Super Smash Bros. (series)

You can's just copy to wikipedia site. There are templates and categories that do not apply to the Mario Wiki. --Son of Suns 18:33, 11 May 2006 (EDT)

Normally, I'd clear the page with a note about plagiarism. But, this article has been here for a while. I'll leave it to community vote. Change it or delete it and start anew? -- Ghost Jam 20:24, 11 May 2006 (EDT)

Been here awhile? Check the history, buddy. 'Twas made today. --DarkInsanity (talk)

Oops, you are correct. I looked at the page and was thinking about the Super Smash Bros. page. My mistake. -- Ghost Jam 23:27, 11 May 2006 (EDT)

I think we should try to change any article that has been directly copied from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a good resource. In fact, I use it all the time to help me write my articles. However, I do not copy the articles word for word. What's the point of having a Mario Wiki if you can find the exact same information on Wikipedia. The same applies to the other articles LuigiAD has been working on. I think the new Wii game articles need to be rewritten by a member of the Mario Wiki community. Heck, I'll even rewrite them. Game articles are not my strong suit but it would be better than copying. --Son of Suns 21:33, 11 May 2006 (EDT)

My thoughts on the issue exactly. When I made the Nintendo 64 page, I had used the Wikipedia as a source for information, but I had wrote my own article. Directly copying Wikipedia pages is either a sign of laziness, or just wanting to get the pages full. Makes me sick! --DarkInsanity (talk)

Luigi

where did you get that Luigi is in Brawl?

The MissingLinkHmmm...

Purpose of this page

What's the purpose of this page? It does not offer any information about what the series is about, only a random list of characters, items and locations, comparable to that of the PipeProject. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 16:49, 6 June 2007 (EDT)

Yah, maybe this has gotta to go.Knife (talk) 14:42, 7 June 2007 (EDT)

Items

As with the characters' table, maybe we should do a similar one with the items?  Caps Lock LORD 06:29, 17 June 2007 (EDT)

This page looks so useless to me. When you didn't know what the Smash Bros. series was, what would this page tell you? Nothing. It's just a random, unencyclopedic list (as discussed above). I don't think we need any more tables. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 06:31, 17 June 2007 (EDT)

Yah, maybe this has gotta to go.Knife (talk) 22:47, 27 June 2007 (EDT)

Stage Music

Should we state on the stage articles what music plays on the stage? My Bloody Valentine

In Melee it wasn't important except for those with a music not from the same series as the stage. For Brawl, we should wait until the game is released to see how many different music tracks there really are. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 07:35, 30 September 2007 (EDT)

Dark Link??

Where was he seen? Dark Link doesn't mean a dark costume for Link, but rather Dark Link, the character who is completely black. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 10:57, 16 October 2007 (EDT)

The REAL Dark Link is an alternate cosume in Brawl.
The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gowser (talk).

That doesn't make him a non-playable character. On the contrary. He has no place on this page. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 14:16, 17 October 2007 (EDT)

Entrances

Should we create page on character entrances, seeing that they'll return in Brawl? --Trogga 04:10, 17 October 2007 (EDT)

Finally, first good idea I've heard all Month. You have officially made me happier to be on the Wiki (This is NOT sarcasm, contrary to popular belief). However, at this moment, I would say mention their Super Smash Bros. entrances on the characters articles, no need to make a seperate article. As for the Super Smash Bros. Brawl entrances, wait a little while, OK? My Bloody Valentine

What's an "entrance"? - Cobold (talk · contribs) 07:35, 17 October 2007 (EDT)

How the characters appear during a battle in the game (Mario comes out of a Warp Pipe, etc.) -- Sir Grodus

Well, you can put a note on the characters' pages. More useful than emblems, anyways. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 07:45, 17 October 2007 (EDT) P.S., Pokémon DP: Did you read my comment on emblems on the PP talk?

Giga Bowser: Not Confirmed

Why is Giga Bowser listed as returning as non-playable in Brawl? Dark Link was removed because he is now "playable". (see this. --Gowser 09:41, 17 November 2007 (EST)

Maybe

Hey maybe the artical is just there as a shortcut page, I mean just think about it. User:Gamer2.1

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS

We had Super Mario article when there was only a mention about it by Miyamoto, why don't we have one for SSB(WU3DS)? SWFlash

I was about to ask the same thing myself. Wikipedia has an article now. The Magikrazy. BTW, Nintendo has been thinking of putting in Capcom characters (Mega Man? Ryu?). In the meantime, I will check Halopedia, our partner, for articles on Halo 4, 5 and 6.

I just thinking that shall we create a separate article of the upcoming Smash Bros. game for the Wii U and 3DS? User:McAusten! · talk to me · my edits 17:42, 14 December 2011 (EST)

Smash Bros. Universe

Is this real?: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/319665/smash-bros-universe-named-in-leaked-document/

It sure looks real and the name is fitting, as the "U" has the Wii U logo User:MarioMaster720

Anyone??? User:MarioMaster720

It is my understanding that we are waiting for some sort of official confirmation on, well, anything in particular, before actually adding info on a new Smash Bros game to the wiki. Just like we didn't have an article on the Wii U before Nintendo announced it at E3, even though there were plenty of rumors circling around. Bop1996 _(Talk)

Yeah, but the whole point is that this might be a confirmation! I think that it is real, but what do you think? The question is: Do you think that it's real? User:MarioMaster720

I would not consider it official confirmation that the game is real at this point. Bop1996 _(Talk)

Super Smash Bros. 4

Could someone create this article & then move it when the actual name comes out?

Hi! I'm Electrical Bowser jr.!

We did that before several times. The results were always the same; deleted. Let us wait a bit longer.--Prince Ludwig (talk) 00:37, 21 August 2012 (EDT)

Simply No. There is no official title yet and very few things confirmed. In this Wiki there are rules that make this site particular and therefore don't allow the creation of articles with speculative or poorly-confirmed content, while others, like Smashwiki, allow the creation of an article for it. ¢oincoll€ctor

Nintendogs

Nintendogs makes an appearance as an assist trophy in ssbb. There's no emblem for it though but he must be included. What shall we do ? JackpotJordan 09:03, 30 September 2012 (EDT)

We don't have any other assist trophies. Why is this one special? LuigiBlubber

Well, this particular one came into my head. Having think about it, The Legendary Starfy should be mentioned as well. If we create paragraphs for series like Animal Crossing and DS just because there's one stage representing it, we should create these as well. So are you in or what ? JackpotJordan 11:35, 30 September 2012 (EDT)

The only series currently represented are those with characters and stages, Nintendogs has neither. Leave that to SmashWiki. Toast ltimatum 11:45, 30 September 2012 (EDT)

Ok then its just that I though that if we were to do the job, we might as well do it in full that's why. JackpotJordan 12:00, 30 September 2012 (EDT)

Tier List

Do you think we should add the current tier lists to the Super Mario Wiki? ilovededede 19:38, 24 January 2013 (PST)

Being a Mario Wiki, not the SmashWiki, I think we should keep details as close to Mario as we can, and not go into Smash-specifics which the SmashWiki covers. Toast ltimatum 12:11, 26 January 2013 (EST)

Ridley

Ridley is a cameo in the first one http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sbshot_ridley.jpg 99.244.181.130 13:24, 19 April 2013 (EDT)

Alternate Costumes

Can we get a visual chart for the alternate costumes for the Brawlers, much like how Bulbapedia does for the Pokemon characters, at least for the Mario, Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong Characters? That'd be great. Jdrawer (talk) 18:13, 27 September 2013 (EDT)

I think we should do it for all characters, not just the Mario one, as we cover nonMario stuff in greater detail than most other wikis cover Mario content. Ray Trace^(T|C) 18:30, 27 September 2013 (EDT)

Ridley in the 4th installment

On the Non-playable Characters subsection, Ridley is marked as confirmed for the 4th installment. Can someone back this up with some reference?
Banon (talk · edits) 19:22, 23 August 2014 (EDT)

Mewtwo DLC

With the confirmation that Mewtwo will indeed be in Smash 3DS/Wii U, it should be included in both the big character-by-game chart and the Pokemon section.

Amiibo Character Unlock

Does anyone know if scanning an amiibo for a character that is locked on a new copy of Smash Bros for WiiU & 3DS would unlock that character for actual play? - Cubeguy(talk)

Huh, I'm not sure anyone has tried it yet. Wario is so far the only released unlockable, but that's on 3DS. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 14:04, 21 June 2015 (EDT)

Yeah i was surprised when i was just sitting there playing the game and then it just hit me, why has no one tried it? - Cubeguy(talk)

I'm just going to ask this here...

Why is there an entire database of Smash Bros. content on this wiki? I know it's not quite as comprehensive as SmashWiki but, despite clarifying on this very page that it's not a Mario game, you cover most of the details as if it is (and also have it listed as a Mario game on List of games but I digress). You even have a page for every Poké Ball Pokémon. I feel that's unnecessary for a Mario wiki. Don't get me wrong, I applaud you for all the work you've done with it. But I kind of feel it's unnecessary with SmashWiki being a thing. You can just link to their site. You can give each of the games and the series itself a page but I don't think pages for every item, Poké Ball Pokémon, stage, and them some is needed. On the aforementioned List of games I noticed that Minecraft has its own page but the developer links are outsourced to Wikipedia. I feel it should similarly just link to SmashWiki for all the other non-Mario related Smash stuff.

I hope this post doesn't offend anyone; I'm just putting my thoughts out there. (also first edit on this wiki xp) Aykrivwassup (talk) 20:30, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

A proposal has (quite unfortunately) passed to remove much of it, actually, it just hasn't been fully-implemented yet. As for why we had it in the first place, because it's heavily-derivative of the Mario franchise, particularly in the name structure. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:34, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

I understand that Mario is a major factor of it, but of course that's the case. Mario is Nintendo's cash cow; why wouldn't he be a sizable part of a Nintendo crossover fighter. That said, to be honest it could be argued that Smash derives more from Kirby than Mario. Masahiro Sakurai created both, though, so I suppose that is natural, but still. (Edit: Plus, as I said, it has its own NIWA wiki.) Anyway like I said that's just my opinion. Thank you for your answer though! It is much appreciated. Aykrivwassup (talk) 22:16, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

And it's my opinion that Smashwiki is too jargony-diehard-oriented (how is a ten-year old supposed to know what a "nerf" is?), but that's neither here norr there. Anyway, there were no Kirby enemies in Brawl barring King Dedede's moveset, while Mario enemies were common, and more assets seem to be taken from Mario in other respects as well. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:27, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

Fair enough. I mean there's always Google, and SmashWiki even has its own pages on those terms but like you said it's not that important. Thanks again for the response!
The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aykrivwassup (talk).

Google wouldn't probably mostly show results for the toy gun company to be honest.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:44, 4 May 2018 (EDT)

About time someone mentioned this; I'm sick of seeing all this Smash content, as if Smash is some kind of Mario spinoff. - AwdryFan1997

Is there a current stance on it? I think there have been a bunch of proposals recently. --Megatron (talk) 13:26, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

Persona

...music from Persona 4 and Persona 3

Is there a particular reason 4 is first? RickTommy (talk) 00:32, October 1, 2019 (EDT)

Probably not. IMO you can just reorder if it you want and I doubt there'll be much objection. -- Lord G. matters. 01:01, October 1, 2019 (EDT)

Chart Proposal: Add Roster Numbers to the Playable Characters Chart

This talk page proposal has already been settled. Please do not edit any of the sections in the proposal. If you wish to discuss the article, do so in a new header below the proposal.

Don't add 1-5
I am doing a chart proposal for the playable characters in this article. I know that we have a bunch of playable characters that are in the entire Super Smash Bros. series including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that are getting close to less than 100 as of right now. Since Ultimate managed to give roster numbers for every playable fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, I think by adding the roster number into the chart would help the readers since we definitely know which characters by which number they appear since the checkmarks and Xs were used for the all the games and are only listed in alphabetical order instead of organized by the roster order.

This is my proposal for adding the roster numbers into the chart:

Character name	Super Smash Bros.	Super Smash Bros. Melee	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Series	Roster Number
Banjo & Kazooie					(DLC)	Banjo-Kazooie series	73
Bayonetta				(DLC)		Bayonetta series	63
Bowser						Mario series	14
Bowser Jr. and Koopalings						Mario series	58
Byleth					(DLC)	Fire Emblem series	75
Captain Falcon						F-Zero series	11
Charizard						Pokémon series	35
Chrom						Fire Emblem series	25e
Cloud				(DLC)		Final Fantasy series	61
Corrin				(DLC)		Fire Emblem series	62
Daisy						Mario series	13e
Dark Pit						Kid Icarus series	28e
Dark Samus						Metroid series	04e
Diddy Kong						Donkey Kong series	36
Dr. Mario						Mario series	18
Donkey Kong						Donkey Kong series	02
Duck Hunt						Duck Hunt series	59
Falco						Star Fox series	20
Fox						Star Fox series	07
Ganondorf						The Legend of Zelda series	23
Greninja						Pokémon series	50
Hero					(DLC)	Dragon Quest series	72
Ice Climbers						Ice Climber	15
Ike						Fire Emblem series	32
Incineroar						Pokémon series	69
Inkling						Splatoon series	64
Isabelle						Animal Crossing series	68
Ivysaur						Pokémon series	34
Jigglypuff						Pokémon series	12
Joker					(DLC)	Persona series	71
Ken						Street Fighter series	60e
King Dedede						Kirby series	39
King K. Rool						Donkey Kong series	67
Kirby						Kirby series	06
Link						The Legend of Zelda series	03
Little Mac						Punch-Out!! series	49
Lucario						Pokémon series	41
Lucas				(DLC)		EarthBound series	37
Lucina						Fire Emblem series	21e
Luigi						Mario series	09
Mario						Mario series	01
Marth						Fire Emblem series	21
Mega Man						Mega Man series	46
Meta Knight						Kirby series	27
Mewtwo				(DLC)		Pokémon series	24
Mii Fighters						Super Smash Bros. series	51-53
Min Min					(DLC)	ARMS	76
Mr. Game & Watch						Game & Watch series	26
Ness						EarthBound series	10
Olimar and Alph			1			Pikmin series	40
Pac-Man						Pac-Man series	55
Palutena						Kid Icarus series	54
Peach						Mario series	13
Pichu						Pokémon series	19
Pikachu						Pokémon series	08
Piranha Plant					(DLC)	Mario series	70
Pit						Kid Icarus series	28
Pokémon Trainer						Pokémon series	33-35
Richter						Castlevania series	66e
Ridley						Metroid series	65
R.O.B.						Robot series	42
Robin						Fire Emblem series	56
Rosalina & Luma						Mario series	48
Roy				(DLC)		Fire Emblem series	25
Ryu				(DLC)		Street Fighter series	60
Samus						Metroid series	04
Sheik						The Legend of Zelda series	16
Shulk						Xenoblade Chronicles series	57
Simon						Castlevania series	66
Snake						Metal Gear series	31
Sonic						Sonic the Hedgehog series	38
Squirtle						Pokémon series	33
Steve, Alex, Zombie, and Enderman					(DLC)	Minecraft series	77
Terry					(DLC)	Fatal Fury series	74
Toon Link						The Legend of Zelda series	43
Villager						Animal Crossing series	45
Wario						Wario series	30
Wii Fit Trainer						Wii Fit series	47
Wolf						Star Fox series	44
Yoshi						Yoshi series	05
Young Link						The Legend of Zelda series	22
Zelda						The Legend of Zelda series	17
Zero Suit Samus						Metroid series	29

King Marth 64 (talk) 16:16, October 3, 2020 (EDT)

Proposer: King Marth 64 (talk)
Deadline: October 17, 2020, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. King Marth 64 (talk) Per proposal

Oppose

1. Scrooge200 (talk) This seems to be entirely Ultimate-based information. I'd rather have it just go on Ultimate's page.
2. Archivist Toadette (talk) That can go on SmashWiki.
3. Waluigi Time (talk) Per Scrooge, this only applies to one game so far.
4. FanOfYoshi (talk) Per all.
5. 1337star (talk) This idea isn't future-proofed. What would we do if/when the next Smash game introduces new characters but doesn't use Ultimate's roster numbers?

Comments

I quickly checked Smash Wiki, and they decided not to use the numbers except for in the introductions of their Smash Ultimate character articles. Thus, I don't think this proposal can be opposed on the basis of it belonging on Smash Wiki. (This talk section states this directly, linking to this talk section, which shows the debate but not a decision. I'm assuming that a decision was reached on another page somewhere.) Salmancer (talk) 20:27, October 3, 2020 (EDT)

Current stance on Smash content on MarioWiki?

What's the current stance on whether to add/remove/edit/change all the Smash information on this wiki? I've seen quite a few proposals/discussions but nothing conclusive. I think we're well past the period where Smash was considered a Mario spinoff by some people, and none of the other Nintendo or NIWA wikis do the same. --Megatron (talk) 13:29, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

The most recent proposal on it ended in favor of keeping our current coverage the same. Also, we don't do things just because other wikis do or don't do them a certain way. -- Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 13:35, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

Understood, I think that what the wiki already does, namely referring to Smash as "Mario-related media" rather than "Mario series" and clearly stating that it's not a Mario spinoff, may do the job. For reference, Serebii (the most popular Pokémon fansite) also has a page on every Smash fighter and it's weird af, so I guess it is a case of different sites doing their own thing. Do you have a link to the proposal, though? I'm interested in reading what people had to say. --Megatron (talk) 13:54, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

Sure, here it is. It's a bit of a long read, Smash coverage is a pretty heated topic around here. -- Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 14:00, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

Thanks, I think I had a look at it but I think it excluded any decisions on the fighter pages themselves. Though imo I think the wiki is doing a good job already of establishing that Smash is not a Mario spinoff (especially compared to how it used to be), but like I said on the board maybe more can be done too? I'm thinking maybe an "external crossovers" category that covers any crossovers that aren't part of the Mario franchise or its true spinoffs (not just Smash but also Fortune Street, Captain N, etc.) --Megatron (talk) 14:05, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

Yeah, going all-or-nothing in a proposal like this doesn't end well so usually they're limited to trimming only certain parts of Smash coverage. I assume that if this proposal had passed then other aspects of the series would've been re-assessed at a later time. You could start a proposal about your external crossovers idea if you want. Also, you might be interested in reading MarioWiki:Coverage which explains how we handle stuff like this. -- Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 14:17, July 15, 2021 (EDT)