Master Hand

The Master Hand is a character and main villain in the Super Smash Bros. series. The Master Hand is a large disembodied hand that has a strange resemblance to Mario's gloves.

The Master Hand first appeared in Super Smash Bros. where it supposedly gave several dolls of Nintendo characters to life and pitted them against eachother. After whatever character the player chooses defeats all challengers they will be transported to the battlefield "Final Destination" where they will face off against the sinister appendage. After defeating the being the player will revert to their original doll state.

Master Hand reappeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee, this game also introduced the Master Hand's counterpart the Crazy Hand which was said to embodie lust for destruction, the game also says the Master Hand embodies creation. The battle against the Master Hand in this game is nearly identical to the original Smash Bros., after defeating all opposition the player will face Master Hand in Final Destination. The only difference is the Crazy Hand will occasionally appear (only on normal, hard and very hard difficulty though) like in the original once the hand(s) is/are defeated the player will revert into a toy.

Strangely the hands appeared as bosses in the Game Boy Advance game Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, where if Kirby sucks one of them up he will gain his Super Smash moves. A ghost-like shapeshifting entity called Uja also appeared in "Kirby Squeak Squad", and it would either transform into a hook or a smaller Master Hand.

It has been disputed as to what the Master Hand is, some say it is a god-like being with reality warping power; others say it is nothing more than a child with an overactive imagination playing with his toys (this assumption is strengthened by the fact that the hand is shown in a child's room and removing the dolls from a toy chest in the original Smash Bros.)

It is unknown if Master Hand will return in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.