Main Menu
The game’s main menu contains a number of options:
Smash: Straight-up Smash! Play against CPU fighters or people in the same room.
Online: Go online and test your skills against your friends and the world.
Smash Tour: A smashing board game for 1 to 4 players. Collect fighters and prepare for the final battle.
Games & More: Play various game modes, customize a fighter, check out your Vault, and more!
Challenges: Complete Challenges to win prizes!
3DS: Connect to Super Smash Bros.for Nintendo 3DS.
Manual: Read the electronic manual.
Smash
The game’s Smash modes focus on pure combat, but you’ll find enough settings and options to customize your experience. Choose from Smash, 8-Player Smash, and Special Smash. You can play against CPU fighters or utilize additional controllers to battle it out with friends. The game’s Smash modes also offer amiibo functionality. Train your created Figure Players by having them participate in various Smash Battles!
Online
Online allows you to test your skills against your friends and players around the world. With an extra controller, two players can use a single system to participate in online battles! This mode focuses on standard Smash variations, but it also includes some additional options and features:
- With Friends: Connect with friends to battle in Smash and Team Smash. The host is able to set the rules for the first match. At the end of each battle, the fighter who finishes in last place chooses the rules for the next match. With Friends is also the only Online mode that allows for customized fighters!
- With Anyone: Connect with opponents from around the world. You can play For Fun, in which only your wins will be recorded, or play For Glory, in which your wins and losses will be recorded. For Glory matches are confined to Final Destination form (Ω) stages.
- Spectate: Watch replays or bet gold on other players’ online battles or view randomly selected matches. You can also review worldwide stats and see how many people are playing online.
- Conquest: Participate in special events where up to three teams battle it out. While a Conquest event is active, you can play With Anyone battles as one of the featured characters to earn points for his or her team. The team that gets the most points during the event wins.
Smash Tour
Smash Tour is an action-packed board game in which players race to collect fighters, items, and valuable stat boosts. Each time two players bump into each other or someone lands on a Battle Space, the game moves from the Smash Tour board to a randomly selected match type. Collect enough fighters to gain an advantage and power them up to prepare yourself for the final battle!
Games & More
Games & More offers a wide variety of game modes. Put your skills to the test in longer modes like Classic and All-Star or pop in to clear a few Events or Special Orders. You’ll also find some fun minigames like Target Blast, Multi-Man Smash, and Home-Run Contest. Create custom fighters and unique stages or head to the Vault to review your trophies, fighter stats, replays, and more!
Challenges
Discover and complete 140 specific Challenges to earn valuable rewards like stages, trophies, equipment, and more! Explore the game to complete some of the easier Challenges and reveal specific details about more complicated tasks. You can even earn special single-use hammers to instantly unlock eligible Challenges!
3DS
You can connect a Nintendo 3DS to your Wii U console for use as an extra controller or to copy custom fighters between your devices! It’s important to note, however, that you must own a copy of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS to take advantage of this feature.
Manual
The game’s manual contains helpful details about available features, game modes, and fighters. Refer to the manual anytime you need more information about navigating or playing the game.