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Unlockable refers to any element of the Super Smash Bros. games that is not available from the start, but must be earned by completing some task. A task often requires the player to complete a game mode with a particular character or difficulty level.

Unlockable can refer to:

Unlockable charactersEdit

A unique criteria must be met in order to unlock a certain character. Typically, the player must accomplish a particular in-game feat. Once complete, a message will display: "Warning! Challenger Approaching!" or "Challenger Approaching! A new foe has appeared!" with a silhouette of the character the player is about to face. The unlockable character will then be fought by the last character Player 1 had used. By winning the challenge and defeating the opponent, the character becomes playable and the notice will appear informing them it's been unlocked and logged into the notices.

Super Smash Bros.Edit

Character	How to Unlock
Captain Falcon	Beat the Single Player mode with any character on any difficulty in less than 20 minutes on any stock.
Jigglypuff	Beat the Single Player mode with any character on any difficulty or stock.
Luigi	Complete Bonus 1 (Break the Targets!) with all 8 starting characters.
Ness	Complete the single player game on Normal difficulty with three stocks and without continuing.

Super Smash Bros. MeleeEdit

Character	How to Unlock	VS Matches Required
Jigglypuff	Complete Classic or Adventure Mode on any stock or dificulty.	50
Dr. Mario	As Mario, complete Classic or Adventure Mode on Normal or higher difficulty without continuing.	100
Pichu	Complete Event Match #37: Legendary Pokémon.	200
Falco Lombardi	Complete 100-Man Melee.	300
Marth	Play Classic Mode with all 14 starter characters, or use them all in VS. mode.	400
Young Link	Complete Classic Mode with 10 characters including Link or Zelda.	500
Ganondorf	Complete Event Match #29 Triforce Gathering.	600
Mewtwo*	Play VS. mode for a combined total of 20 hours.*	700
Luigi	Complete Stage #1 of Adventure with time ending in a "2" in the seconds meter. After that, beat Luigi and Peach in less than a minute, and then complete the Adventure mode.	800
Roy	As Marth, complete Classic or Adventure Mode without continuing.	900
Mr. Game & Watch	Clear Classic, Adventure, or Target Test with all other 24 characters.	1000

*The time required to unlock Mewtwo is calculated in "player-hours" (eg. 2 human players gives 2 hours for every hour of game-time, 3 human players give 3, and four players give 4).

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Super Smash Bros. BrawlEdit

Masahiro Sakurai once stated that he feels that it would be appropriate that third-party, or "guest" characters, like Solid Snake or Sonic the Hedgehog, would be unlockable. This became true when Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out on March 9, 2008.

Also, all unlockable characters can be unlocked by playing through The Subspace Emissary, some just by playing through, while others involve completing the mode, and returning to specific zones and going through previously absent doors to a playable stage where, after a short cutscene, the player will be able to fight and unlock the character. Once a character joins a group of playable characters, the character will be instantly unlocked for normal play, without requiring a "Challenger Approaching" battle. However, some characters, as per the SSE's story, must be battled to before they will join the party.

Character	How to Unlock	Subspace Emissary	VS Matches Required
Ness	Reflect 10 Projectiles.	Complete Subspace (Part I).	5
Marth	Complete Classic Mode.	Complete Battlefield Fortress.	10
Luigi	Complete Classic Mode using no continues.	Complete Subspace (Part I).	22
Falco	Complete 100-Man Brawl.	Complete The Swamp.	50
Captain Falcon	Play through Classic Mode on Normal or higher and beat it in 12 minutes or less.	Complete Outside the Ancient Ruins.	70
Lucario	Clear Target Smash!! on levels 1-5 with any single character.	Complete Glacial Peak.	100
Snake	Play 15 Vs. Matches on Shadow Moses Island.	Complete Battleship Halberd Interior.	130
R.O.B.	Collect 250 different trophies (If done in Coin Launcher, play a vs. match with any character).	Complete Subspace Bomb Factory (Part II).	160
Ganondorf	Clear Classic on Hard with Link or Zelda/Sheik without continuing.	Collect both Link and Zelda's trophies in Subspace (Part II).	200
Mr. Game & Watch	Clear Target Smash with 30 different characters on any single difficulty level.	Complete Battleship Halberd Bridge.	250
Sonic***	Brawl 300 times, complete Classic Mode with 10 characters, or Brawl for 10 combined total hours.	Complete The Great Maze.	300
Jigglypuff**	Beat 20 or more events after beating the Subspace Emissary. (video)	After completing The Great Maze defeat it in a secret room in The Swamp.	350
Toon Link**	Complete Classic Mode after beating the Subspace Emissary.	After completing The Great Maze defeat him in a secret room in The Forest.	400
Wolf **	Complete Boss Battles mode with Fox or Falco.	After completing The Great Maze defeat him in a secret room in The Ruins.	450

** Because Toon Link, Jigglypuff and Wolf are not part of the main plot of Subspace Emissary, players must beat the main story first, then revisit certain stages to find them.

***Sonic is the only character who can be unlocked 4 different ways.