

for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. To unlock a hidden fighter, players need to clear certain conditions and defeat that fighter in a match. At the start of each game, some of the fighters will be locked from play. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, certain characters received alternate costumes that would represent alternate gendered variants or different characters entirely. Brawl, characters from non-Nintendo franchises began to make playable appearances, and starting in Super Smash Bros. There are 89 total fighters across the series. Each game in the series has a number of playable characters, referred to as "fighters", that are taken primarily from Nintendo franchises.
