Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Developers: Sora, Namco Bandai Games
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Released in JP: September 13, 2014
Released in US: October 3, 2014
Released in EU: October 3, 2014
Released in AU: October 4, 2014

This game has unused graphics.
This game has unused sounds.
This game has regional differences.
This game has revisional differences.

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This game has a bugs page

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This game is receiving new content, by way of Expansion Packs and/or Downloadable Content.
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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS launches the popular series onto handhelds... with mixed results. While created in conjunction with the Wii U iteration, the 3DS version featured different stages and gameplay modes.

Did we mention Duck Hunt is a playable character? Yes, that Duck Hunt.

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64px	English Trophy Differences Why do you have to make translations so complex, Nintendo?

Unused Graphics

Stage and Character Select Screen Buttons

Present among the menu texture files. Either they were used in case the roster didn't fit the 3DS screen, or are for future downloadable content. The larger buttons are for characters, while the smaller ones are for stages.

Unused Character Select Portraits

Within the texture files, there are portraits for each of the three Mii types separately. This can also be seen in the official Prima Strategy guide on page 292. There are two identical copies of each portrait, for the US and Japanese versions.

Mii Brawler.
Mii Gunner.
Mii Swordfighter.

Unused Font

A rather large font with many Japanese characters, likely used for debugging purposes.

Master Core

Master Core has graphics for his name. It follows the same style of the on-screen Classic names. Presumably, at some point Master Core was a stand alone boss. Furthermore, enemy data for Master Fortress was found in the 3DS files. It is unclear if Master Fortress was also going to appear in the 3DS version, or if the boss data was merely shared (As Ridley, Nabbit and Metal Face are also present) between the two versions.

English
Japanese

Classic Mode

English
Japanese

The bottom graphic mentions a partner, suggesting that Classic Mode was going to be co-op at one point in the 3DS version, like in the Wii U version.

Unused Stage Clear Graphics

Currently, the game uses Stages 1-6, Results and the Classic and All-Star versions of Final Results. Additional stages may be used for DLC, or it may be cut content.

Unused Smash Run Tutorial Pictures

Several images in the "How to play" guide for Smash Run were given overhauls, with changes ranging from minor to large.

Unused	Final

The second image in the tutorial has an older version with a different picture of Donkey Kong. They seemingly replaced it with something that is a bit more exciting.

Unused	Final

The third image replaces a bland picture of four players that are motionless with something a bit more action-packed.

Unused	Final

The fourth image retains a placeholder graphic in the game's data.

Unused Japanese	Unused English

The seventh image displays different powerups in the inventory. Compare with the final version:

Final Japanese	Final English

Also note the very slight changes to the stat icons that are to the left, and the addition of a 0 beside each of them.

com_bg_d_img_main_08.tex

Some kind of portrait for the bottom screen. The file name suggests that it would appear somewhere on the main menu.

Unused Text

DLC Related Text

Please note, the kana is displayed above the kanji in the Japanese version.

Possible DLC Menu Text

English	Japanese
Shop	ショップへ
Unable to connect.	せつぞく接続できませんでした
Disconnect?	せつだん切断しますか？
You've been disconnected.	せつだん切断しました
You will need to update the software via Nintendo eShop before using the in-game shop.	ショップきのう機能をりよう利用するにはニンテンドーeショップからソフトのこうしん更新がひつよう必要です

DLC Stage Toggle Menu

Header English	Header Japanese
See stages you have downloaded	ダウンロードでついか追加されたステージのページへいどう移動します
See all regular stages.	つうじょうステージのページへいどう移動しますダウンロードでついか追加されたステージのページへいどう移動します

Unused Parental Controls

This text refers to Parental Controls blocking the Sharing feature, which, as stated above, doesn't currently exist.

English	Japanese
Sharing Images / Audio / Video / Long Text Data is restricted by Parental Controls. You will not be able to use this feature.	「しゃしん写真やがぞう画像・おんせい音声・どうが動画・ちょうぶん長文テキストのそうじゅしん送受信」がほごしゃ保護者によりせいげん制限されているためこのきのう機能はりよう利用できません
The ability to comment or leave short messages in profiles has been restricted by Parental Controls.	「Child Online Privacy Protection」がほごしゃ保護者によりせいげん制限されているためプロフィールのコメントやショートメッセージはりよう利用できません

Unused Categories

Trophy Categories

Header English	Header Japanese
Final Smash	最後の切りふだ
Smash Run	フィールドスマッシュ

Final Smash trophy icon.
Smash Run trophy icon.

Series Trophy Categories

Header English	Header Japanese
Ice Climber	アイスクライマー
Touch! Generations	タッチジェネレーション
Nintendogs	ニンテンドッグス
StreetPass Mii Plaza	Miiplaza（仮）
Tomodachi Life	トモダチコレクション
Wrecking Crew	レッキングクルー
Wii Sports Resort	Wii Sports Resort
Miiverse	ミーバース
Pilotwings	パイロットウイングス

Most of the unused series trophy categories match up to stages that are either in the 3DS or Wii U version, excluding Ice Climber (for the Ice Climbers, cut during development). It is interesting to note that the Japanese text for Miiplaza has the temporary kanji next to it.

Unused Sounds

Due to the simultaneous development between the 3DS and Wii U releases of the game, this installment contains a number of unused audio clips, some of which were used in the Wii U version.

Narration

"Boss Battle!"

An announcement for the unlockable Boss Battles mode in Brawl, which doesn't appear in the 3DS version in any capacity. However, it is used in the Wii U version whenever you fight a boss in Smash Tour.

"Tourney!"

"The Champion is..."

"Official Tourney!"

Online Tourneys are a planned feature in the Wii U version, but are not present in the 3DS version.

"Event Match!"

Event Matches, while featured in the Wii U version, are not in the 3DS version.

Japan	International
"Get the Coins!"	"Grab the Coins!"

Coin Battle, another mode from the previous games, is featured in the Wii U version, but not in the 3DS version.

"Special Smash!"

Previously known as "Special Melee" and "Special Brawl", Special Smash is also featured in the Wii U version, strangely having no announcement, and also absent from the 3DS version. For some reason, this clip can be heard in the Sound Test of both versions.

"8-Player Smash!"

The Wii U version features an eight-player mode, but the 3DS version can only support four-player.

"Yellow Team!"

The new Yellow Team is used in the Wii U version as part of 8-Player Smash, but because 8-Player Smash isn't in the 3DS version, neither is the Yellow Team.

"Smash World!"

May be related to the Wii U version's "Smash Tour" mode, as "Smash World" ("World Smash") is the name of the mode in the Japanese and Spanish versions.

"Special Orders!"

"Master Orders!"

"Crazy Orders!"

"Ticket Selection!"

All of these relate to the "Special Orders" mode in the Wii U version. However, the "Special Orders!" narration isn't used in the Wii U version either.

"Choose a Mii!"

This is heard when you select a Mii in Smash Tour in the Wii U version. Obviously, it is not used in the 3DS version.

"Choose a Build!"

Likely intended for the Fighter Customization menu.

"Mii Gunner!"

Japan	International
"Mii Fighter!"	"Mii Brawler!"
"Mii Swordman!"	"Mii Swordfighter!"

Announcements for each individual Mii variant, which go unused in the 3DS release, as all Miis simply use the "Mii" announcement clip.

Characters

As expected, many of the game's playable characters also have a number of audio clips which, for one reason or another don't end up used in the game. Keep in mind that for the characters who re-use voices from previous Smash Bros. games, all of their unused audio in Brawl is also unused here, with the exception of one of Meta Knights.

Kirby

"Heavenly Light!"

"Explosive Flame!"

In the final game, Kirby can only copy default neutral specials even if the character he swallows has a custom one equipped, meaning he can only acquire Palutena's Autoreticle. As a result, these adorable announcements of Heavenly Light and Explosive Flame go unused. There are two potential explanations for this: either Kirby was originally capable of copying custom specials, or it was not decided which of Palutena's specials would be the default until after the voice work was done.

The obnoxious "hi!" synonymous with the pink puffball, said at a fairly soft pitch. While totally unused here, the Wii U version would use it upon collecting Kirby in Smash Tour.

Lucina

Lucina yelling "My turn!" and "You're mine!". These lines were likely intended to have played if Lucina landed a successful Counter, similarly to Marth, but she remains silent when she does this in the final.

Miscellaneous Sounds

The sound effect for collecting a CD in Brawl. The only unlockable pieces of music in the 3DS version are obtained through completing Challenges and unlocking stages, so the CD item and the sound above remain unused. It is used in the Wii U version though.

A very brief beep, which sounds nearly identical to the dummy sound stream present (and unused) in Kid Icarus: Uprising. Because Sora worked on both games, it was likely reused as a placeholder.

Brawl sticker type leftovers

Just like in Brawl, every hitbox can be labelled as an Arm, Leg, Head, Body, etc. attack. This is used by Smash Run for the powers such as Strong Body and Strong Head, which increase damage dealt by certain type of attacks. That said, SSB4 ports over the entire type chart from Brawl, even though most of them aren't used by Smash Run powers (or anything else).

Type ID	Attack type	Smash Run power type
0	Typeless	none
1	Head	Head (Strong Head)
2	Body	Body (Strong Body)
3	Butt	Body (Strong Body)
4	Hand	Arm (Strong Punch)
5	Elbow	Arm (Strong Punch)
6	Foot	Leg (Strong Kick)
7	Knee	Leg (Strong Kick)
8	Throwing	Throwing (Strong Throw)
9	Weapon	none
10	Sword	none
11	Hammer	none
12	Explosive	none
13	Spin	none
14	Bite	none
15	Magic	none
16	PK	none
17	Bow	none
18	unused	none
19	Bat	none
20	Umbrella	none
21	Pikmin	none
22	Water*	none
23	Whip	none
24	Tail	none
25	Energy	none

* Never actually used; being "water" is presumed from Brawl.

It's therefore a bit unclear why the developers bothered giving the newcomers attacks coded as Sword or Magic, given that they have no gameplay effect. Perhaps there's a bunch of cut Smash Run powers for them.

Regional Differences

Character Names

Some of the characters have a different name depending on the version.

English	Japanese	German	French	Spanish (Spain)	Spanish (Latin America)	Italian	Dutch
Bowser	Koopa	Bowser	Bowser	Bowser	Bowser	Bowser	Bowser
Bowser Jr.	Koopa Jr.	Bowser Jr.	Bowser Jr.	Bowsy	Bowser Jr.	Bowser Junior	Bowser Jr.
Captain Falcon	Captain Falcon	Captain Falcon	Captain Falcon	Captain Falcon	Capitán Falcon	Captain Falcon	Captain Falcon
Charizard	Lizardon	Glurak	Dracaufeu	Charizard	Charizard	Charizard	Charizard
Dark Pit	Black Pit	Finsterer Pit	Pit Maléfique	Pit Sombrío	Pit Sombrío	Pit Oscuro	Dark Pit
Duck Hunt	Duckhunt	Duck Hunt Duo	Duo Duck Hunt	Dúo Duck Hunt	Duck Hunt	Duo Duck Hunt	Duck Hunt-Duo
Greninja	Gekkouga	Quajutsu	Amphinobi	Greninja	Greninja	Greninja	Greninja
Jigglypuff	Purin	Pummeluff	Rondoudou	Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff
King Dedede	Dedede	König Dedede	Roi Dadidou	Rey Dedede	Rey Dedede	King Dedede	King Dedede
Mega Man	Rockman	Mega Man	Mega Man	Mega Man	Mega Man	Mega Man	Mega Man
R.O.B.	Robot	R.O.B.	R.O.B.	R.O.B.	R.O.B.	R.O.B.	R.O.B.
Robin	Reflet	Daraen	Daraen	Daraen	Robin	Daraen	Robin
Rosalina & Luma	Rosetta & Chiko	Rosalina & Luma	Harmonie & Luma	Estela y Destello	Rosalina y Destello	Rosalinda e Sfavillotto	Rosalina en Luma
Sheik	Sheik	Shiek	Sheik	Sheik	Sheik	Sheik	Sheik
Toon Link	Toon Link	Toon Link	Link Cartoon	Toon Link	Toon Link	Link Cartone	Toon Link
Villager	Murabito	Bewohner/Bewohnerin	Villageois/Villageoise	Aldeano/Aldeana	Aldeano/Aldeana	Abitante	Dorpsbewoner
Wii Fit Trainer	Wii Fit Trainer	Wii Fit-Trainerin	Entraîneuse Wii Fit/Entraîneur Wii Fit	Entrenadora de Wii Fit/Entrenador de Wii Fit	Entrenadora de Wii Fit/Entrenador de Wii Fit	Trainer di Wii Fit	Wii Fit Trainer
Zero Suit Samus	Zero Suit Samus	Zero Suit Samus	Samus Sans Armure	Samus Zero	Samus Zero	Samus Tuta Zero	Zero Suit Samus

The character "Duck Hunt" is renamed as "Duck Hunt Duo" in European releases.
In Japanese language, the announcer pronounces Lucina with a hard C instead of a soft C.
Olimar and Alph are referred to as "Pikmin & Olimar/Alph" in the Japanese versions, but drop the Pikmin from their names elsewhere. The official site still has the Pikmin in their names in all languages.
The Spanish announcer (the Latin America version) pronounces Pikachu "peekuh-choo", accentuating the "chu" syllable.

R.O.B.

Like his appearance in Mario Kart DS, R.O.B.'s default color scheme changes based on the region of the game: his Famicom colors in Japan, and his NES colors in North America. In Brawl, his Famicom palette was the default in all regions.

Japan	US

His trophies and costume orders have also been changed accordingly. Other icons, such as his Sound Test icon, remain unchanged:

Japan	US
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Japan	US

Since his All-Star trophy is meant to represent an alternate color scheme, the two regions have their colors reversed.

Japan	US

Additionally, his name differs between the two versions: "Robot" in Japan, "R.O.B." in North America.

Miscellaneous Differences

In addition to the usual localization changes to accommodate games and characters receiving different names in different regions, a few other differences can be spotted:

Any cases of lower case letters in the character's bottom screen eyecatches have been removed, with the exception of the Wii Fit Trainer.
Both the male and female Wii Fit Trainers have British voice actors in UK releases of the game, likely to fit in with the way the Wii Fit games were localized. Other European countries also adapt this change, although obviously with their own respective languages.
The character "Duck Hunt" is renamed as "Duck Hunt Duo" in European releases.
On The Sound Test Voices section, Rosalina & Luma's Voices/ sounds are under Rosalina's name, despite Luma's voice actor being present in those voice clips.

Japan	US

As in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dedede's "king" moniker is only present in localized versions, due to how Dedede's title in Japanese is very clearly a self-appointed one, something very difficult to replicate in English. The pronunciation of his name is also altered to make more sense overseas.

Japan	US

Japan	US

Olimar and Alph are referred to as "Pikmin & Olimar/Alph" in the Japanese versions, but drop the Pikmin from their names elsewhere.

Japan	US

Lucina's name is pronounced differently between Japanese and international releases, using a hard C for the former and a soft C for the latter.

Trophy descriptions display significant differences on the whole, even between different English releases.
Kirby has different voice clips when he copies Palutena & Shulk's neutral special moves to accommodate for the new translations, a rarity in the series as they usually go untranslated. However, his voice for Jigglypuff goes untranslated yet again.
Just like in previous games, metric units are changed to imperial units in the North American version. Since all internal data remains in metric, several challenges have unusual-looking requirements, such as "Hit Sandbag 3280 feet" (1000m). Incidentally, beating this particular challenge provides the player with a message of "Achieved a score of 1000 in Home-Run Contest", which was probably missed because it lacks the "m".
Ashley's Song uses the Japanese vocals in its version, and the English vocals internationally. This contrasts with the Wii U version and Brawl, which included both versions of the song regardless of region. However, an international release can hear the Japanese vocals if a replay on the Replay Channel is playing Ashley's Song on the WarioWare stage with Player 1 having a Japanese game. The reverse is likely, though unproven, to occur. This is relatively hard to experience due to the specifics of how to make it work.

Revisional Differences

Version 1.0.1

A patch released on launch day in Japan. While players who buy a physical copy must manually download the update, the downloadable version comes with the update preinstalled. The update adds online functionality as well as a "Conquest" feature which launched on September 15, 2014.

(Source: Siliconera)

Version 1.0.2

Another patch was released on September 18, 2014 in Japan and was made available internationally upon the game's release. This patch addresses issues with Peach's turnip-throwing Down Special causing bans in the no-items For Glory online mode. It also addresses other minor issues that have not been specified.

(Source: Nintendo Everything)

Version 1.0.3

This patch was released worldwide on October 27, 2014. Conquest mode will no longer display the current results of the Conquest in progress. The update includes a slightly different mix of the Battle! Reshiram / Zekrom song for the N's Castle stage as well. It also addresses other minor issues that have not been specified.

(Source: Nintendo)

Version 1.0.4

This patch was released on November 18, 2014. It adjusts the strengths of some fighters in order to further balance the game. This update also disables replays made in all previous versions.

The patch also fixes a bug that was present in all previous versions: if the player used Yoshi in Multi-Man Smash and continuously used Egg Lay on non-Mii opponents, the enemies would become larger and larger each time until they filled the entire screen.