Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Developers: Namco Bandai, Sora Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii U Released in JP: December 6, 2014 Released in US: November 21, 2014 Released in EU: November 28, 2014 Released in AU: November 29, 2014 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prerelease article

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is (technically) the fifth installment in Nintendo's best-selling series of fighting games. The game features a plethora of awesome new features!

And Smash Tour.

Unused Music

Mario Paint Medley

A41_MPT_Medley 300px A medley of the songs in Mario Paint, as the title implies. Possibly going to be used for the upcoming Miiverse stage.

Wii Shop Channel/Mii Channel

R11_SPC_WiiShopingChannel 300px A remix of the Wii Shop and Mii Channel themes. Possibly going to be used for the upcoming Miiverse stage.

Nintendo Land Medley

R42_NLD_Title 300px A medley of the songs in Nintendo Land. Possibly going to be used for the upcoming Miiverse stage. Note that this song can be heard on the 50-Fact Extravaganza video, which was live transmitted on Nintendo's Official website a few days before the game's release.

Nintendo Land Main Theme

R64_NLD_Title 300px A slightly edited port of the main plaza theme from Nintendo Land. Possibly going to be used for the upcoming Miiverse stage.

Tournament: Registration

CRS34_Tournament_Entry

A song that will most likely be used for the upcoming Tournament mode.

Tournament: Spectating

CRS37_Tournament_Table_Watching

A song that will most likely be used for the upcoming Tournament mode.

Tournament: Results

CRS38_Tournament_Result_Final

A song that will most likely be used for the upcoming Tournament mode.

Game Over

Z51_J_GameOver

This song isn't used anywhere in the game. It would make sense for it to play when you choose to quit after losing in Classic mode, but it doesn't.

Unused "Palutena's Guidance" Dialogue

English	Japanese
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The "Palutena's Temple" stage contains an Easter Egg very similar to the special Snake "codec" taunts present in the previous game, where Pit can talk with Palutena & Viridi about one of the opponents on stage. One of these conversations is totally unused for the time being, and distinguishes itself from other Palutena's Guidances by being as ambiguously worded as possible. While this could likely be used as a catch-all audio file used for DLC characters, not much can be made out from it, as it could be applied to every character and still make sense.

Unused Files and Text

Dummy Trophy Texture

A generic placeholder texture found in the "util" ("stc_fig_blur_shadow_set") file, grouped together with the trophies and isolated to its own file. The name implies it was a placeholder spectral texture of some sort.

Empty 3DS Stages

Directories for two stages from the 3DS version are present with the rest of the stages: Mushroomy Kingdom (XMarioPast) and 3D Land (3DLand). The only file remaining in each directory is the item parameter file.

Nearly Empty Sound Priority Files

soundprioritytable_fighter
soundprioritytable_minigame 

These nearly empty sound priority files, which are normally used to adjust music frequency of stages and the menu, point to an earlier build in which the music of other things could be adjusted. "sound_prioritytable_minigame" suggests that it could have been possible to adjust the frequency of certain songs with the various minigames (Target Blast, Home Run Contest, Trophy Rush) at some point. The exact nature of soundprioritytable_fighter is unknown.

Empty Sound Effects

snd_se_joucyu_00000000.idsp
snd_se_item_add_00000000_001.idsp
snd_se_narration_menu_00000000.idsp
snd_se_stageedit_00000000.idsp

Empty sound effects. Their filenames suggest certain points of interest, but their exact uses are unknown.

With the exception of the narration_menu, these sound effects were probably used throughout development. joucyu might be 常駐 in Japanese. Which would make it a sound effect for a terminate and stay resident program.

Unused Virus Character Files

Virus is thought to be a boss character on a Dr. Mario stage. It's worth noting that Dr. Mario is one of the only characters who does not have a home stage in either version of the game.

SSB4\param\ui\ui_character_db has Virus listed after Ridley and Metal Face. The UI pictures for Virus can only be found in places where other boss characters have character art.

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  A black spot with Kirby's stock icon. Most likely a placeholder.

Emblem References

ui_mark_db has multiple emblem references which are not used in either the 3DS or Wii U version of the game. The first is rhythm which is organized with the fighters. The second is Diary which is organized with stage. Rhythm seems to refer to a character from the Rhythm Heaven series, and Diary may refer to a Swapnote stage. When examining the emblem texture files, it appears that the files were removed. Other references are: plankton and brainage. Plankton is removed, but brainage can be found. The filename is: mark_30_braintraining.nut. It's unknown whether these potential stages were planned for the 3DS or the Wii U versions of the game, as ui_mark_db has references to emblems that only appear in the 3DS version.

(Source: Source Gaming)

Extra Trophy Categories

There are four trophy categories that would probably appear in the Series Order:

Ice Climbers
Touch! Generations
nintendogs
Tomodachi Life

There is one trophy category that would appear in the Category Order:

Smash Tour

ui\replace\category\ctg_10\ctg_10_Ws.nut is the location of this icon.

The 3DS Version also had trophy categories that were unused in its version. However, these trophy categories were later found to be series that had some sort of representation in the Wii U version.

Unused Masterpiece

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing.

Based on the name of the file, SSB4\ui\replace\soft\soft_50\soft_50_SuperSmashBros.nut it would seem that a Masterpiece of Super Smash Brothers 64 was planned at some point. This would have been the only N64 game to be available in the Masterpiece section.

Unused Text

Pick a rule and start a tournament! You can join other tournaments as well! Go for first place to win huge prizes! The first-ever official online tourney!

Clearly meant to be used in the upcoming Tournament mode.

Convert the replay data into a video and post it? This requires a Google account. 
(Note: This process may take longer than the duration of the replay.) 
Cancel the conversion process?
Download?
Download complete. To see it, go to Í and then Í.
Download and save?
Replays you've downloaded can be found in the Vault.
By connecting to Nintendo Network, you can send your replay to friends or show it off to the world.
Whom do you want to share this with? Data will be sent to the following number of people: .
Is this OK?
Sent.

Unused text related to converting and uploading replays directly to YouTube, much like in Mario Kart 8, can be found in the game. Currently, sharing replays is not possible at all.

It seems that Gamer and Temple were unlockable stages at one point.

Unlocked the Gamer stage! Beware the mother's gaze!
Unlocked the Temple stage! Time to fight way above the clouds!

Regional Differences

To do: Most, if not all of the regional differences in the 3DS version are also in the WiiU version. Add the applicable ones.

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 icon on tickets in Special Orders, remain unchanged.

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.

Boxing Ring Titles

Some of the characters had different Boxing Ring title differences for the PAL region.

Character	North America	Europe
Mario	Mr. Video Game Himself	Smashes Bricks with his Fist
Luigi	The Eternal Understudy	Lean, Green Fighting Machine
Peach	Princess of Toadstools	Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom
Bowser Jr.	The Prince of Koopas	Like Father, Like Son
Larry Koopa	The Youngest	Leader of the Seven Minions
Roy Koopa	The Cool One	Fear the Shades
Wendy Koopa	The Bold Beauty	Bold, Bossy, and Big-Headed
Morton Koopa	The Enforcer	He'll Make You See Stars
Lemmy Koopa	Wacky War Machine	Let's Get Wacky
Yoshi	Omnivore of the Year	He's Not Yolking Around
Diddy Kong	The Acrobat	Trigger Happy with His Peanut Popgun
Little Mac	Bruiser from the Bronx	The Only Numbers He Knows Are 'One-Two'
Sheik	The Illusive Sheikah	A Sheikah Shrouded In Mystery
Ganondorf	The King of Darkness	The King of Evil
Toon Link	Wind-Waking Warrior	Wave-Riding, Wind-Waking Warrior
Zero Suit Samus	The Warrior Within	Low Armour, High Agility
Pit	Captain of Lady Palutena's Guard	Lady Palutena's Captain of the Guard
Marth	The Hero-King	The Legendary Hero-King
Ike	The Radiant Hero of Legend	The Radiant Hero
Robin	The Tactician Magician	The Tome-Toting Strategist
Kirby	The Pink Puffball	Gritty in Pink
Duck Hunt (Duo)	Bark, Quack, Boom!	The Most Unlikely of Partnerships
King Dedede	The King of Dream Land	Says He's King, and That's That
Fox	Leader of Star Fox	Never Gives Up! Trusts His Instincts!
Pikachu	Pika Pika!	The Electric Mouse Pokemon
Lucario	Master of Aura	Exudes Power
Jigglypuff	The Sleepy Singer	The Delightful Balloon Pokemon
Greninja	Master of Stealth	The Unpredictable Ninja Pokemon
R.O.B.	The Last of His Kind	Robotic Obliterating Buddy
Captain Falcon	The Supersonic Slugger	The Supersonic F-Zero Pilot
Wii Fit Trainer (F)	The Yoga Warrior	She'll Make You Feel The Burn!
Shulk	The Visionary	Has Visions of Victory
Dr. Mario	The Prescriber	Fists Full of Medicine
Lucina	Warrior from a Doomed Future	Defiant of Destiny
Pac-Man	The Yellow Bane of Ghosts	Ghost-Gobbler
Sonic	The Blue Blur	Speed is His Game
Mega Man	Blue Metal Hero	The Blue Bomber
Wii Fit Trainer (M)	The BMI Bandit	He'll Blast Your Core!
Alph	Astronaut in Training	Novice Explorer, Engineering Pro

Music Tracks

Some of the track names for music have different names in the European version, most of which add game names in brackets and/or are changed simply because the games they were originally from had different names when they were localized.

North America	Europe
Rainbow Cruise	Rainbow Ride
Sky Station	Sky Station Galaxy
The Grand Finale	The Grand Finale (Bowser's Inside Story)
Mole Patrol	Mole Patrol (Donkey Kong Country Returns)
The Great Sea / Menu Select	The Great Sea / Menu Select (Wind Waker)
Mute City	Mute City (F-Zero)
Red Canyon	Red Canyon (F-Zero)
Green Greens (Melee)	Green Greens
Celestial Valley	Celestial Valley (Kirby Air Ride)
Squeak Squad Theme	Mouse Attack Theme
The Adventure Begins	The Adventure Begins (Kirby's Adventure Wii)
Through the Forest	Through the Forest (Kirby's Adventure Wii)
Main Theme (Star Fox)	Main Theme (Starwing)
Main Theme (Star Fox 64)	Main Theme (Lylat Wars)
Venom	Theme from Venom
Break: Through the Ice	Break Through the Ice
Pokémon Main Theme (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue)	Pokémon Main Theme (Pokémon Red/Blue)
Pokémon Center (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue)	Pokémon Center (Pokémon Red/Blue)
Pokémon Gym/Evolution (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue)	Pokémon Gym / Evolution (Pokémon Red/Blue)
Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Ruby / Pokémon Sapphire)	Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire)
Victory Road (Pokémon Ruby / Pokémon Sapphire)	Victory Road (Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire)
Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Diamond / Pokémon Pearl)	Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl)
Route 23	Route 23 (Pokémon Black 2/White 2)
Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon X / Pokémon Y)	Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon X and Pokémon Y)
Battle! (Trainer Battle) (Pokémon X / Pokémon Y)	Battle! (Trainer Battle)
Battle! (Champion) (Pokémon X / Pokémon Y)	Battle! (Champion) (Pokémon X and Pokémon Y)
Victory Road (Pokémon X / Pokémon Y)	Victory Road (Pokémon X and Pokémon Y)
Preparing to Advance	Preparing to Advance (The Sacred Stones)
Gamer	GAMER
Ruins (Wario Land: Shake It!)	Ruins (Wario Land: The Shake Dimension)
Garden of Hope	Garden of Hope (Pikmin 3)
2:00 a.m.	2:00 a.m. (Animal Crossing)
The Roost (Animal Crossing: Wild World)	Brewster's Roost
Plaza / Title (Animal Crossing: City Folk / Animal Crossing: Wild World)	Plaza / Title (Let's Go to the City / Wild World)
Jogging/Countdown	Running Theme / Countdown Theme
Minor Circuit	Minor Circuit Theme
Duck Hunt Medley	Duck Hunt Medley (Duck Hunt)
Turbo Jet	Turbo Jet (Pilotwings Resort)
Escape from the City	Escape From The City (Sonic Adventure 2)
Sonic Heroes	Sonic Heroes (Sonic)
His World (Instrumental)	His World (Instrumental) (Sonic)
Rooftop Run	Rooftop Run (Sonic Generations)
Wonder World	Wonder World (Sonic Lost World)
Tunnel Theme (X-Scape)	Tunnel Theme (3D Space Tank)
Golden Forest	Golden Forest (1080° Snowboarding)
Bathtime Theme	Bath Time Theme
Bathtime Theme (Vocal Mix)	Bath Time Theme (Vocal Mix)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
Menu (Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!)	Menu (More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima)
Dragon Battle	Dragon Battle (AR Games)
Boss 1 (Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword)	Boss 1 (Hana Samurai: Art of the Sword)
Style Savvy: Trendsetters	Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique
Pop Fashion Show	Fashion Contest: Lively Style
Trophies (Melee)	Trophy Gallery (Melee)
Classic: Fail	Classic: Failure
Master Orders: Ticket Selection	Master Orders: Stage Select
Crazy Orders: Ticket Selection	Crazy Orders: Stage Select

Palutena's Guidance

Palutena's Guidance is, for the most part, the same between the US and European versions of the game. However, Duck Hunt and the Koopalings have a slightly different guidance.

The Koopalings are called "Bowser's Minions" in Europe.

To do: Get EU rip to compare.

USA	Europe

The Duck Hunt pair is localized as "Duck Hunt" in the U.S., and "Duck Hunt Duo" in Europe. Pit and Palutena have slightly different conversations as a result of this.

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:

• 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.
• 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.
• Trophy descriptions display significant differences on the whole, even between different English releases. Notably, the European version of the Lip's Stick trophy incorrectly identifies it as originating in Tetris Attack instead of Panel de Pon.
• 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).
• The order that playable demos are listed in Masterpieces is different in every version according to the original games' release dates. The North American version lists the release year and month for each game, but the European version lists only the year.
• The Japanese version features a new remix of Ashley's Song which is used in place of the English version of the Brawl remix.

Revisional Differences

Version 1.0.1

This patch was distributed the same day as the US release, and fixed a few minor bugs.

• Added the ability to choose a name before playing Smash Tour
• Fixed a glitch involving pausing the game during a Smash battle with Pac-Man.

Version 1.0.2

This update was distributed via patch on January 29, 2015. The update added several normal stages to 8-Player Smash (albeit with some features toned down) and added Omega (Final Destination) versions of a few stages.

• Wii Fit Studio (no mirror in the background), Smashville (no villagers in the background), Town and City (no villagers in the background), Lylat Cruise (no stage transitions), Norfair (no hazards), Pyrosphere (no hazards), Luigi's Mansion (mansion isn't breakable), Mario Circuit (Brawl) (no racers), and Pokemon Stadium 2 (no stage transitions) all became available as regular stages.

• Mario Galaxy, Mario Circuit (Brawl), Great Cave Offensive, Lylat Cruise, Pokemon Stadium 2, and Town and City all became available as Omega stages.

(Source: Nintendo)