Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. is a fighting game for the Nintendo 64 created by Nintendo and HAL. All the fighters are famous Nintendo characters from the company's various franchises. Players must defeat their opponents multiple times in a fighting frenzy of items, power-ups, an original health system, in outrageous Nintendo-themed levels.

Even though Super Smash Bros. is not a part of the Mario franchise, the game is heavily influenced by the Marioverse (more so than any other franchise).

Playable Characters
There are 12 playables in SSB.

Regular characters

 * Mario from the Mario series. He is a balanced fighter, with no significant strengths or weaknesses. Mario is good choice for beginners. However, once his combos are mastered, he can become a deadly weapon.
 * Yoshi from the Mario and Yoshi series. He uses egg-based attacks.
 * Donkey Kong from the Mario and Donkey Kong series. DK is a heavyweight and very strong.
 * Kirby from the Kirby series. He possesses the ability to copy other special moves.
 * Samus Aran from the Metroid series. She uses many advanced long-range weapons.
 * Fox McCloud from the Star Fox series. He has weak attacks but is one of the fastest characters in the game.
 * Link from the Legend of Zelda series. He uses a range of weapons and fights with his sword. Link has one of the worst Jumps in the game.
 * Pikachu from the Pokemon series. Pikachu is agile and uses electricity attacks.

Secret characters

 * Jigglypuff from the Pokemon series. A secret character who uses sleep attacks.
 * Luigi from the Mario series. A secret character who has similar attacks to Mario. Unlike his brother, Luigi has a fire uppercut attack. Also, he has poor traction and his fireballs have less range, but they aren't affected by gravity. Luigi cannot take as much damage as Mario can. He jumps a bit higher, too.
 * Ness from the EarthBound/Mother series. A secret character that "learned" the attacks PK Fire and PK Thunder just for this game.
 * Captain Falcon from the F-Zero series. A secret character. He is fast and powerful.

Mario

 * B: Fireball
 * Up & B: Super Jump Punch
 * Down & B: Mario Tornado

Yoshi

 * B: Egg Lay
 * Up & B: Egg Throw
 * Down & B: Hip Drop

DK

 * B: Giant Punch
 * Up & B: Spinning Kong
 * Down & B: Hand Slap

Luigi

 * B: Fireball
 * Up & B: Fire Jump Punch
 * Down & B: Luigi Cyclone

Arenas
There are nine arenas in Super Smash Bros., one of which, Mushroom Kingdom, is unlockable. Four of them are Mario-themed.

Peach's Castle
Peach's Castle is more or less an area high above the actual castle, floating in the sky. The actual castle is seen in the background of the stage. The stage itself constist of a small tower, a big platform in the middle, and a platform at the bottom moving left and right.

Yoshi's Island
The Yoshi's Island stage is based on Yoshi's Story. It is consisting of a big platform with the Super Happy Tree in the background, three other smaller floating platforms above, and three clouds at the edges of the stage, which vanish when a character stood on them too long. The stage reappeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Kongo Jungle
The Kongo Jungle stage is made out of a large wooden platform with several smaller, sometimes floating ones around it. There is also a vast jungle in the backround of the arena and a Barrel Cannon underneath the arena. It also reappeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Mushroom Kingdom
The unlockable stage of the game. It is set to have a look like Super Mario Bros., with brick blocks, falling platforms, Warp Pipes with Piranha Plants, POW Blocks and a scene from the original game in the background.

Items
Several items in the game are Mario-based. These include:
 * Barrel
 * Bob-Omb
 * Fan
 * Fire Flower
 * Koopa Shells, both Red and Green
 * Hammer
 * Starman

Items not based on Marioverse items are:
 * Beam Sword

Sequels

 * Super Smash Bros. Melee is the sequel to Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Gamecube.
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the upcoming sequel for the Nintendo Wii.