Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Unlockables & Cheats

Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with unlockables and cheats.

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Characters

You will begin Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the original 8 characters from Smash 64. The three methods to unlock characters in the game (except for Mii Fighters) are as follows:

Free Captive Spirits in World of Light (Adventure Mode)
Complete Classic Mode with any character
Keep playing matches in Smash Mode

New challengers will be harder to defeat as you unlock more in the overall roster. Unless you play the World of Light, the last handful of challengers will be extremely challenging opponents.

If you lose the match when facing your challenger, they will not appear by replaying Classic Mode or VS. Mode. Rather, you will need to keep checking for a Challenger’s Approach notification in the Games and More hub.

When you rematch a fighter, you don’t need to use the same character to trigger their appearance. You can opt for a character you’re more comfortable with when facing off against a challenger again.

Via Classic Mode

You can clear Classic Mode with certain characters to unlock new fighters. Every time you complete Classic Mode, you’ll face a challenger. By defeating the challenger, you will unlock them as a playable character.

Character unlocks through Classic Mode appear in groups. With each group, by using the previous characters in the group to clear Classic Mode, you’ll face the next challenger in that group.

After unlocking every challenger in a group, you will face the first character in a different group.

Mario Group (leads to the Donkey Kong Group)

Sonic
Bayonetta
Little Mac
Ike
Luigi
Roy
Dr. Mario
Olimar
Bowser

Donkey Kong Group (leads to the Mario Group)

Bowser
Pokémon Trainer
Rosalina & Luma
King Dedede
Sheik
Greninja
Diddy Kong
Duck Hunt
Sonic

Samus Group (leads to the Mario Group)

Inkling
Wii Fit Trainer
Pit
Incineroar
Dark Samus
Cloud
Wario
Dark Pit
Sonic

Yoshi Group (leads to the Mario Group)

Lucario
Marth
Ryu
Ganondorf
Lucina
Ridley
Chrom
Ken
Sonic

Kirby Group (leads to the Mario Group)

Ness
Jigglypuff
Pac-Man
Zelda
Robin
Corrin
Lucas
Palutena
Sonic

Fox Group (leads to the Mario Group)

Captain Falcon
Zero Suit Samus
Peach
Falco
Daisy
Bowser Jr.
Wolf
Mewtwo
Sonic

Pikachu Group (leads to the Mario Group)

Villager
Shulk
R.O.B.
Mega Man
Isabelle
Mr. Game & Watch
Pichu
Sonic

Via VS. Mode

You can unlock new playable characters by completing matches in VS. Mode. There is a set order in which new challengers will appear once the previous has been defeated. The list is as follows:

Ness
Zelda
Bowser
Pit
Inkling
Villager
Marth
Young Link
Wii Fit Trainer
Ice Climbers
Captain Falcon
Peach
Ryu
Ike
Jigglypuff
King K. Rool
Sonic
Simon
Zero Suit Samus
Little Mac
Isabelle
Shulk
Lucina
Wario
Ridley
Pokémon Trainer
Lucario
Daisy
Roy
King Dedede
R.O.B.
Falco
Luigi
Pichu
Richter
Lucas
Diddy Kong
Meta Knight
Snake
Ganondorf
Corrin
Mega Man
Bayonetta
Toon Link
Rosalina & Luma
Incineroar
Sheik
Olimar
PAC-MAN
Dark Samus
Wolf
Mr. Game & Watch
Robin
Dark Pit
Cloud
Duck Hunt
Ken
Greninja
Chrom
Mewtwo
Bowser Jr.
Dr. Mario
Palutena

Mii Fighters

If creating your own Mii Fighter is not your thing, you can find the default characters throughout the World of Light in specific locations. These default fighters can be used in every mode except for Classic.

Mii Brawler – World of Dark (Sacred Realm) after setting the red and blue torches to a 4:40 clock.
Mii Gunner – World of Light (Island Area)
Mii Swordfighter – World of Light (Town Area)

Change Menu Music

To be able to change the music in the menus, beat the World of Light (Adventure Mode) for the first time.

Amiibo Unlockables

By scanning certain Amiibos, you can unlock fighting spirits as well as Timmy and Tommy’s Shop early on in your adventure.

Unlockable	How to Get
Able Sisters Spirit	Mabel Amiibo
Alm and Celica (Young) Spirit	Alm Amiibo
Alm and Celica (Young) Spirit	Celica Amiibo
Blathers Spirit	Blathers Amiibo
Blue/Red/Yellow/Winged/Rock Pikmin Spirits	Pikmin Amiibo
Bokoblin Spirit	Bokoblin Amiibo
Boo Spirit	Boo Amiibo
Bowser (Wedding) Spirit	Wedding Bowser Amiibo
Celeste Spirit	Celeste Amiibo
Chibi-Robo Spirit	Chibi-Robo Amiibo
Cyrus and Reese Spirit	Cyrus Amiibo
Cyrus and Reese Spirit	Reese Amiibo
Daruk Spirit	Daruk Amiibo
Detective Pikachu Spirit	Detective Pikachu Amiibo
Digby Spirit	Digby Amiibo
DJ K.K. Spirit	K.K. Slider Amiibo
Goomba Spirit	Goomba Amiibo
Guardian Spirit	Guardian Amiibo
Kapp’n Spirit	Kapp’n Amiibo
Kicks Spirit	Kicks Amiibo
Koopa Troopa Spirit	Koopa Troopa Amiibo
Lottie Spirit	Lottie Amiibo
Mario (Wedding) Fighter Spirit	Wedding Mario Amiibo
Metroid Spirit	Metroid Amiibo
Midna Spirit	Wolf Link Amiibo
Mipha Spirit	Mipha Amiibo
Octoling Boy and Octoling Girl Spirit	Octoling Boy Amiibo
Octoling Boy and Octoling Girl Spirit	Octoling Girl Amiibo
Octoling Octopus Spirit	Octoling Octopus Amiibo
Off the Hook Spirit	Pearl Amiibo
Off the Hook Spirit	Marina Amiibo
Peach (Wedding) Spirit	Wedding Peach Amiibo
Qbby Spirit	Qbby Amiibo
Resetti Spirit	Resetti Amiibo
Revali Spirit	Revali Amiibo
Rover Spirit	Rover Amiibo
Shovel Knight Spirit	Shovel Knight Amiibo
Squid Sisters Spirit	Callie Amiibo
Squid Sisters Spirit	Marie Amiibo
Tiki Spirit	Tiki Amiibo
Timmy and Tommy’s Shop	Timmy and Tommy Amiibo
Toad Spirit	Toad Amiibo
Tom Nook Spirit	Tom Nook Amiibo
Urbosa Spirit	Urbosa Amiibo
Waddle Dee Spirit	Waddle Dee Amiibo
Waluigi Spirit	Waluigi Amiibo
Yarn Poochy Spirit	Yarn Poochy Amiibo

True Ending & New Game Plus

In the World of Light, you can unlock the true ending to the game’s campaign. During the Final Battle, you will see both Master Hand and Crazy Hand sitting on the map.

Defeat Master Hand, which will give the forces of light the advantage. Defeat Dark Spirits to make Master Hand reappear, then beat Master Hand once again.

Defeat Crazy Hand, which will give the forces of darkness the advantage. Defeat Light Spirits to make Crazy Hand reappear, then beat Crazy Hand once again.

Once both hands are free, you must readjust the balance between light and dark. You can achieve this by ensuring a relatively equal number of spirits on the board representing both sides. Once equal, the path to the top will lead to an engagement with Master Hand and Crazy Hand. Go there to witness the True Ending.

After achieving the True Ending, you can enter a New Game+ on your save file. This resets the spirits and bosses on the map, allowing you to earn more skill spheres and copies of the same spirits.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2018 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.