Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a game published by Nintendo, features many well-known characters. However, to get a chance to try out every character, a player may need to unlock the Super Smash Bros Brawl unlockable characters. Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii has 35 characters available for play. 16 of them need to be unlocked. Players can unlock all of the secret characters by playing 450 versus matches, or completing the Subspace Emissary level.
If a new character joins the team during the Subspace Emissary level, the character will become available. In versus play, a certain amount of matches need to be completed before a character becomes available. The last character, Wolf is unlocked after the 450th match. Whenever a character needs to be unlocked in versus play, a player must defeat the new character in order to receive the new character. If the new character isn't defeated, then a player must take part in one more versus match before receiving a new chance.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Character Unlock List
A player has to do only one of the tasks for each character in order for it to be unlocked.
- Ness:
- Meet in Classic mode and reflect 10 projectiles, then defeat Ness.
- Recruit in the Subspace Emissary.
- Play 5 versus matches and then defeat Ness.
- Marth:
- Defeat in Classic mode
- Recruit in the Subspace Emissary.
- Play 10 versus matches and then defeat Marth.
- Luigi:
- Win Classic mode without using a continue, and then defeat Luigi.
- Recruit in the Subspace Emissary.
- Play 22 versus matches and then defeat Luigi.
- Falco:
- Win the 100-man brawl then defeat Falco.
- Recruit in the Subspace Emissary.
- Play 50 versus matches then defeat Falco.
- Captain Falcon:
- Win Classic mode on Normal difficulty or greater in less than 12 minutes, and then defeat Captain Falcon.
- Play 70 versus matches, and then defeat Captain Falcon.
- Lucario:
- Win Target Smash mode on all difficulty levels then defeat Lucario.
- Defeat in the Subspace Emissary with Meta Knight.
- Play 100 versus matches then defeat Lucario.
- Snake:
- Play 15 matches on Shadow Moses Island then defeat Snake.
- Play 130 versus matches then defeat Snake.
- R.O.B.:
- Collect 250 Trophies
- Recruit R.O.B to your team in the Subspace Emissary.
- Play 160 versus matches then defeat R.O.B.
- Ganondorf:
- Mr. Game & Watch:
- Win Target Smash mode with 30 different characters then defeat Mr. Game and Watch.
- Recruit in the Subspace Emissary.
- Play 250 versus matches then defeat Mr. Game and Watch.
- Sonic:
- Complete the Subspace Emissary.
- Win Classic mode with 10 different characters then defeat Sonic.
- Play 300 versus matches then defeat Sonic.
- Jigglypuff:
- Win 20 Event Matches after defeating the Subspace Emissary then defeat Jigglypuff.
- Recruit Jigglypuff in the Subspace Emissary on Swamp level (find the hidden door over the river in the cannon area after the Hammer Bros. fight).
- Play 350 versus matches then defeat Jigglypuff.
- Toon Link:
- Win Classic mode with Link after completing the Subspace Emissary. Go to the Forest level and a new door will appear after the player defeats Diddy Kong.
- Play 400 versus matches then defeat Toon Link.
- Wolf:
- Go to the Ruins stage after completing the Subspace Emissary and enter the second door at the bottom of the moving platform.
- Play 450 versus matches then defeat Wolf.
- Zero Suit Samus: Select Samus; press and hold the following button combinations prior to the match:
- Gamecube: R button and press Start
- Classic controller: R button and press Plus
- Wii Remote with Nunchuk: Z button and press Plus
- Wii Remote: Minus (-) button and press Plus
- Sheik: Select Samus; press and hold the following button combinations prior to the match:
- Wii Remote with Nunchuk: A button
- Wii Remote: 2 button
- Gamecube: A button
- Classic controller: A button.
Fast Unlock
All characters are unlocked by playing 450 versus matches. Here is the fastest way to play that amount.
- Go to Special Brawl and select Stamina, Flower, and Fast.
- Set the computer's health to 1, and leave your character's stamina alone.
- Make sure to select a strong character, because the new character must be defeated to win him.
- Select a stage on random.
The flower kills the computer in seconds.
Super Smash Bros Brawl Unlockable Characters
A YouTube user has gone through all the unlockable character matches and recorded the final showdowns, which are called "smashes". The unlockable characters are Ness, Luigi, Marth, Falco, Captian Falco, Lucario, Snake, R.O.B, Ganondorf, Mr. Game and Watch, Sonic, Jigglypuff, Toon Link, Wolf, Zero Suit Samus and Sheik.