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Mario's Final Smash, the Mario Finale.
The Final Smash (JP) is an attack that can be used in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is a "secret skill" that has different effects for its different users, but it can only be activated after a player breaks a Smash Ball. Due to their activation, Final Smashes can effectively replace the Standard Special.
According to the game's director Masahiro Sakurai, Final Smashes were intended to be in the Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. They had even recorded the voices that would be used in the attacks. However, like many things, it was taken out, probably for limits on the Nintendo 64's hardware.
Types[]
There are five basic types of Final Smash. These types vary depending on their range. Directional Final Smashes affect the area that is in front of their user, such as Mario's Mario Finale. Focused Final Smashes radiate outward from their user, such as Donkey Kong's Konga Beat. Trapping Final Smashes trap characters and deal lots of damage, but their range is limited. An example is Captain Falcon's, Blue Falcon. Stage-wide Final Smashes can hit the stage's entirety, depending on their user's choice. One example is Ness and Lucas's PK Starstorm in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Transformation Final Smashes give their user stronger forms, such as Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, and Wolf O'Donnell's Landmaster in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4 and Bowser's Giga Bowser. Certain Final Smashes combine two or more types. Fox McCloud's Team Star Fox (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), Wolf O'Donnell's Team Star Wolf (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), Link's Triforce Slash, Incineroar's Max Malicious Moonsault, and Ren Amimaya's All-Out Attack combine the Directional and Trapping types.
List of Final Smashes[]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U[]
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, some characters had changes to their final smashes, while the new characters get their own.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
| Character | Final Smash | Type | Operation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario | Mario Finale | Directional | Mario unleashes fire from his palms, creating a wave that travels ahead. | Spreads in a cone. |
| Donkey Kong | Jungle Rush | Trapping/Directional | Donkey Kong rushes his opponent and punches rapidly. | Konga Beat in the Beta. |
| Link | Ancient Bow and Arrow | Directional | Link fires the Ancient Arrow from his Bow. | Replaced his Triforce Slash. |
| Samus Aran | Zero Laser | Directional | Samus fires the Zero Laser from her cannon. Just like in Super Smash Bros. 4, she will not transform into the Zero Suit form. | Can be angled. |
| Dark Samus | Phazon Laser | Directional | Dark Samus fires a beam of Phazon from her cannon. She can angle this. | |
| Yoshi | Stampede! | Directional/Trapping | Yoshi tackles forward, sending his opponent to a rocky plain. Then, hundreds of Yoshis stampede the character. This ends with Yoshi releasing them, sending them flying. | Referred to as Stampede! in the game. Replaced Super Dragon |
| Kirby | Ultra Sword | Directional/Trapping | Kirby swings his Ultra Sword forward, slashing his foes repetitively. | |
| Fox McCloud | Team Star Fox | Trapping/Directional | Fox summons his Arwing ahead of him, trapping his opponent in a cutscene that shows the Star Fox Team flying, as he tells his teammates to shoot his enemy at will ("Star Fox! Fire at will!"). | Replaced his old Final Smash, which used the Landmaster Tank. |
| Pikachu | Volt Tackle | Transformation/Stage-wide | Pikachu surrounds his body in a blazing ball of electricity and charges around the arena, shouting, "Pika... CHUUUUU!" | Much harder to control than before, but Pikachu teleports to the centre during the finisher. |
| Luigi | Poltergust G-00 | Trapping/Focused | Luigi busts out his Poltergust G-00 from Luigi's Mansion 3 and sucks his foes in, blasting them away afterwards. | Basically Luigi's SSB4 Final Smash. |
| Ness | PK Starstorm | Stage-wide | Ness and his old friends Paula Jones and Poo, where they unleash PK Starstorm together. | |
| Captain Falcon | Blue Falcon | Trapping/Directional | Captain Falcon summons his legendary Blue Falcon, taking his opponent to the racetrack with him, then ramming his target as he speeds by. | |
| Jigglypuff | Puff Up | Focused | Jigglypuff puffs up to around 10 to 20 times her normal size, dealing damage and shouting, "Jigloo!" when she reaches maximum size. | |
| Princess Peach | Peach Blossom | Focused/Stage-wide | Princess Peach dances, putting her foes to sleep and summoning peaches that she can consume to heal. | |
| Princess Daisy | Daisy Blossom | Focused/Stage-wide | Daisy dances, putting her foes to sleep and summoning flowers she can use to heal. | Same as Princess Peach's Final Smash. |
| Bowser | Giga Bowser Punch | Transformation | Bowser transforms into his powered-up form which debuted as a boss in Super Smash Bros. Melee. This gives him more devastating attacks to dish out on his foes. | If he dies in a stamina battle in this form, Bowser will revert back to his regular form with only one hit point rather than dying. |
| Ice Climbers | Iceberg | Stage-wide | Popo raises his hammer (or high-fives Nana if she is near him), summoning a giant ice-berg that damages foes who touch it. | The iceberg will shrink if hit. |
| Sheik | Sheikah Dance | Directional/Trapping | Sheik performs the Sheikah dance over their target, damaging them. | This replaces Sheik's Light Arrow. |
| Princess Zelda | Triforce of Wisdom | Focused/Trapping | Zelda uses the Triforce to trap her foes in a whirlwind. She then sends them flying after she deals a considerable amount of damage. | If their damage reaches 100% before she finishes up, Zelda's target automatically dies. This also replaces the Light Arrow. |
| Dr. Mario | Doctor Finale | Directional | Doctor Mario releases megavitamins that travel forward in a wave from his hands. | Same as Mario's Final Smash, but deals bludgeoning/lightning damage and has 8-bit effects. |
| Pichu | Volt Tackle | Stage-wide | Pichu charges around the stage, but goes in random directions unlike its evolved counterpart. | Since its hurts herself using electrical moves, Pichu takes 10% recoil damage. |
| Falco Lombardi | Team Star Fox | Trapping/Directional | Falco summons his Arwing ahead of him, trapping his opponent space. He then returns with his teammates, shooting down the captive enemy. | Falco usually says, "Time for a little payback", but switches his quote to "We've got multiple bogeys inbound!" if he catches at least two targets. Replaced his old Final Smash, which had him summon his own Landmaster Tank. |
| Marth | Critical Hit | Directional/Trapping | Marth raises his Exalted Falchion and dashes forward, sending the first foe to cross him flying. This is his most powerful attack. | The "Directional" part comes from how much distance Marth can cover if he is not blocked by anything (e.g. deadfalls). Critical Miss: If his dash takes him past the blast line, Marth DIES. |
| Lucina | Critical Hit | Directional/Trapping | Lucina raises her Parallel Falchion and dashes forward, sending the first foe to cross her flying. This is her most powerful attack. | The "Directional" part comes from how much distance Lucina can cover if she is not blocked by anything (e.g. deadfalls). Critical Miss: If her dash takes him past the blast line, Lucina DIES. |
| Young Link | Triforce Slash | Directional/Trapping | Young Link rushes forward slashing his foes repeatedly with the power of the Triforce and sending them flying with a powerful final slash. | This was Link's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4. |
| Ganondorf | Ganon, The Demon King | Transformation/Directional | Ganondorf starts by crouching down. He then enters his beast form just one second later, and charges forward. | Ganon's appearance is based on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, replacing his The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess appearance from the previous game. Ganondorf does not actually move according to the game's coding, which reveals his beast form to be an unreflectable, unabsorbable projectile that cannot be pocketed. Ganon also appears as a boss in Adventure Mode: World of Light and Classic Mode. |
| Mewtwo | Psystrike | Directional | Mewtwo Mega Evolves into its Mega Mewtwo Y form and launches powerful psychic energy that launches enemies. | |
| Roy | Critical Hit | Trapping/Focused | Roy swings his sword over his head, bringing it down in front of him and then slashing anyone who touched his blade, sending them flying. | Roy cannot trigger Critical Misses since he cannot move. |
| Chrom | Awakening Aether | Directional/Trapping | Chrom rushes his foe, trapping them in a cutscene which has him draw his sword back and slash at them. | Chrom can only catch to foes, so he cannot catch everyone who is not on his team if there are more than 2 opponents for him to get. |
| Mr. Game & Watch | Octopus | Transformation | Mr. Game & Watch enters his celaphopod form and can charge around the arena, damaging foes with his body. | This Final Smash causes the screen to turn a lighter hue. |
| Meta Knight | Darkness Illusion | Trapping | Meta Knight thrusts his sword to the sky, then slashes the foe above the stage. | This replaced Meta Knight's previous Final Smash, the Galaxia Darkness. This move resembles Upper Calibur, a move Meta Knight uses in Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, with the addition of the extra wings and a flash of lightning as opposed to an ascending slash. |
| Pit | Lightning Chariot | Stage-wide/Trapping | Pit boards the Lightning Chariot and rushes the foe from the foreground, knocking them away. | Pit uses this instead of his previous Final Smash, the Three Sacred Treasures. |
| Dark Pit | Dark Pit Staff | Directional | Dark Pit takes out his staff, firing forwards. | |
| Zero Suit Samus | Zero Laser | Stage-wide | Zero Suit Samus jumps aboard her Gunship and flees the scene... only to return in a Power Suit in the background! She fires a devastating beam into the foreground. | |
| Wario | Wario-Man | Transformation | Wario munches on his favourite food, garlic, transforming into his super anti-hero form. Good luck hitting him before his powers wear off! | Wario goes much faster on his bike in this form. |
| Solid Snake | Covering Fire | Stage Wide | Snake calls his team to fire missiles upon his foes. | This replaced Snake's old Final Smash, the Grenade Launcher |
| Ike | Great Aether | Trapping (Phase 1)
Stage-Wide (Phase 2) |
Ike slashes his Ragnell above his head, sending opponents into the air. The move continues with him slashing his opponent above the stage, then slamming them down into the stage. | Since Ike moves over the closest platform to the centre should he fall into the Void, Sacrificial KO's cannot be performed with this Final Smash. |
| Pokémon Trainer (Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard) | Triple Finish | Directional | Red unleashes his Pokémon, who launch Hydro Pump, Solar Beam, and Fire Blast, respectively, to devastate the opponent. | Due to her nature as Red's costume, Leaf can also perform the move. Charizard's Mega X form was removed from the previous game. However, Mega Charizard X still appears as a Spirit. |
| Diddy Kong | Hyper Rocketbarrel | Trapping/Stage-wide | Diddy straps on his jet pack, flying throughout the stage. After a few seconds of this madness, Diddy locks onto the foes with the lowest stamina and rams them. | This replaced Diddy's old Final Smash, the Rocketbarrel Barrage, giving him an overall buff. |
| Lucas | PK Starstorm | Stage Wide | Lucas and his friends Kumatora and Boney, where they unleash PK Starstorm together. | Lucas can change the path his meteors travel, allowing him to get the drop on his opponents. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Super Sonic | Transformation/Stage-wide | Sonic enters his Super form and charges around the stage. Players on Sonic's X axis are struck repeatedly for damage. | Sonic's lines are recycled from Sonic Generations, when he says, "Super Sonic style!" |
| King Dedede | Dede-Rush | Trapping | King Dedede enters his Masked Dedede form, bringing his target with him to his arena in Kirby Super Star Ultra. He then barrages them with missiles, finishing up by smashing his opponent with his hammer. | This replaced his SSB4 Final Smash, the Dedede Burst. |
| Captain Olimar | End of Day | Stage-wide | Captain Olimar summons his ship and gets on. Red Bulborbs then rampage across the stage, damaging others. Olimar then crashes his ship onto the stage, damaging anyone who gets hit. | Captain Olimar dies if the ship carries him into the Void. |
| Lucario | Aura Storm | Stage-Wide | Lucario Mega Evolves and jumps into the sky and fires its Aura Storm downwards. | This was Lucario's Final Smash in Brawl, replacing its SSB4 Final Smash, which had it Mega Evolve. |
| R.O.B. | Guided Robo Beam | Directional | R.O.B. enters his cannon form and fires multiple beams forward. | This acts like Pit's Three Sacred Treasures Final Smash from SSB4. |
| Toon Link | Triforce Slash | Directional/Trapping | Toon Link rushes his foe and slashes at them. | Same as Link's old Final Smash. |
| Wolf O'Donnell | Team Star Wolf | Trapping | Wolf summons his Wolfen, which strikes the area in front of him and traps his opponent in a cutscene.
Then, he tells his teammates that "the hunt is on", and the Star Wolf team shoots their target. |
There is a rare chance if he traps Fox or Falco that Wolf says, "I've got you now, Star Fox!" |
| Villager | Dream Home | Trapping | Tom Nook and his nephews build the Villager's next Dream Home... on top of an enemy. Then, Villager accidentally blows up his new house, sending his foes flying in a comical manner. | |
| Mega Man | Mega Legends | Directional/Trapping | Mega Man traps his foes with the Black Hole Bomb. The cutscene shows Mega Man summoning his alternate counterparts and then his brother and rival. The seven fire upon their opponent. | Neither Proto Man nor Bass were present in Super Smash Bros. 4. |
| Wii Fit Trainer | Wii Fit | Directional | The Wii Fit Trainer assumes her Warrior Pose, sending several images that depict various poses from Wii Fit flying forward. She finishes with a large Dancer pose image. | |
| Rosalina and Luma | Grand Star | Focused | Rosalina summons a Grand Star that fires all around, damaging nearby opponents and then exploding. | This is the same as her previous Final Smash, Power Star, except she summons a Grand Star, not a normal Power Star. |
| Little Mac | Giga Mac Rush | Transformation | Little Mac enters his Giga Mac form, becoming even more dangerous to deal with. | Killing Little Mac in this state causes the Undeath Glitch. |
| Greninja | Secret Ninja Attack | Trapping/Focused | Greninja turns into Ash-Greninja and kicks a white floorboard and sends nearby foes into the air. It then splits into 3 Greninjas that strike the target quickly and repetitively. Greninja finishes off by dunking Its foe into the floor. | Ash-Greninja from Pokémon the Series and the Seventh Pokémon generation games appears in the game. |
| Mii Fighters | Brawler: Omega Blitz | Trapping | The Mii Brawler kicks his foe to the sky, then beats them up above the stage. | |
| Swordfighter: Final Edge | Directional | The Mii Swordfighter swings his sword rapidly, launching crescents that damage foes. | ||
| Gunner: Full Blast | Directional | The Mii Gunman summons two lasers that fire as he fires his own in the same direction. | ||
| Palutena | Black Hole Laser | Trapping/Stage-wide | Palutena traps her foes in a black hole and zaps them with a laser. | |
| Pac-Man | Super Pac-Man | Transformation | Pac-Man eats a Power Pellet and Super Pellet, transforming into a giant version of his Wedge form which can move in any direction and devour any foe. | |
| Robin | Pair Up | Trapping/Directional | Robin summons his old friend Chrom, who charges forward. Robin and Chrom gang up on their target, using magic and sword slashes, eventually slamming them down. | Chrom is now a playable character, making this move unusual. |
| Shulk | Chain Attack | Trapping | Shulk and his team trap their foe in a Chain Attack, dealing big damage with the move finishing with Shulk launching his target. | |
| Bowser Jr. | Shadow Mario Paint | Stage Wide | Bowser Jr. enters his Shadow Mario form, painting a giant X on the screen (and breaking the Fourth Wall). Characters whose body the X blocks take fire damage and are launched. | |
| Duck Hunt | NES Zapper Posse | Trapping | The duo summons ducks that trap the character in a cutscene. They and their fellow NES Zapper characters rush their target. | |
| Ryu | Shin Shoryuken/Shinku Hadoken | Directional | Ryu generates energy and fires a giant Hadoken forward. | If he performs this close to his opponent, Ryu will perform a Shin Shoryuken, which launches foes with a powerful uppercut. |
| Ken Masters | Shippu Jinraikyaku/Shinryuken | Trapping | Ken kicks his foe, trapping them in a move which has him kick his opponent repetitively. | If he misses, Ken performs the Shinryuken. This is a fiery take on his Shoryuken, having him perform an uppercut which releases flames. |
| Cloud Strife | Omnislash (FFVII)/Omnislash Ver. 5 (FFVIIAC) | Directional/Trapping | Cloud dashes forward and slashes any foe in his way above the stage, slamming them back down in the middle. This can cause a Sacrificial KO. | The Omnislash Ver. 5 move is exclusive to Cloud's Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children costume that was added in Ver. 10.1.0. |
| Corrin | Torrential Roar | Trapping | Corrin transforms into his dragon form, trapping his foes in a cutscene which shows him breathing a blast of water at his foes. | |
| Bayonetta | Infernal Climax | Stage-wide/Trapping | Bayonetta casts Witch Time over the stage, slowing down her foes. She must attack them to build the Infernal Gauge. At full, Bayonetta unleashes Gomorrah. Gomorrah ravages the foes with his bite and roar. | If Gomorrah's bite attack causes their damage to go above 100%, Bayonetta's target dies. |
| Inkling | Killer Wail | Directional | The chosen Inkling summons a Killer Wail that fires a beam forward. | |
| Ridley | Plasma Scream | Directional | Ridley rushes his opponent and then traps them on a gunship which takes them to a cutscene that involves Ridley breathing fire onto the ship, destroying it. | This has an automatic KO limit. The move has no KO power otherwise. |
| Simon Belmont | Grand Cross | Trapping/Directional | Simon Belmont traps his foes in the coffin and blasts them with Grand Cross energy. | |
| Richter Belmont | Grand Cross | Trapping/Directional | Richter Belmont traps his foes in the coffin and blasts them with Grand Cross energy. | |
| King K. Rool | Blast-O-Matic | Directional/Trapping | King K. Rool rushes his foe, trapping them in a cutscene which has the croc king blast them with the Blast-O-Matic. This blast completely destroys Donkey Kong Island, dealing serious damage and launching fighters. | |
| Isabelle | Dream Town Hall | Trapping | Isabelle calls Tom Nook over to build her Dream Town Hall. Nearby opponents step inside, and then she blows it up on accident. | |
| Incineroar | Max Malicious Moonsault | Directional/Trapping | Incineroar rushes its opponent and brings them to the Boxing Ring. This leads to Incineroar throwing his opponent into the ropes, followed by it throwing its foe into the air and punching them. It then dunks them into the floor, dealing massive damage and launching them. | Incineroar use this as its Z-move. |
| Piranha Plant | Petey Piranha | Stage-wide/Trapping | Piranha Plant summons his boss, Petey Piranha himself. Petey swings his cages and traps foes just like he did as a boss in Brawl. Petey then breathes fire on the cages and slams them, breaking them and ejecting the caught foes. | |
| Joker | All-Out Attack | Directional/Trapping | Joker rushes his opponent and his teammates strike at them. | Joker can turn around to strike someone who dodges him. There is an instant KO limit at 115%. |
| Hero | Gigaslash | Directional/Trapping | The hero swings his sword forward. If it hits an opponent, the hero calls upon the power of past protagonists. This attack can hit up to three fighters and will launch them all at the end of the move. | |
| Banjo and Kazooie | The Mighty Jinjonator | Trapping/Directional | Banjo and Kazooie summon a Jijo statue. The Mighty Jinjonator possesses the statue, which animates. He and his fellow Jinjos strike down their target. | |
| Terry Bogard | Triple Wolf | Trapping/Directional | Terry traps his target with a Triple Geyser and follows with an attack combo. | The attack combo can hit a single opponent only, though the geysers hit other opponents. |
| Byleth Eisner | Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven | Trapping/Directional | Byleth swipes his Sword of the Creator forward turning it into a whip that traps his target. Byleth and Sothis then attack their target with a powerful swing. | |
| Min Min | ARMS Rush | Trapping/Directional | Min Min punches forward. She and the other fighters from ARMS punch their target, with the move finishing with Min Min shooting a laser into the target. | Players can hear a gong sound when Min Min shoots the target. |
| Steve | House of Boom | Trapping | Steve places an oversized piston block in front of himself, which then extends outwards to hit any opponents in range. The first victim caught is taken into a cutscene where they are thrown into the House of Boom, a structure filled with TNT and mobs. Creepers and Zombies attack the victim, producing an explosion. | |
| Sephiroth | Supernova | Focused/Trapping | Sephiroth swings his sword forward, and up to three opponents are caught in a cinematic where they face Safer∙Sephiroth, Sephiroth's final form from Final Fantasy VII. Safer∙Sephiroth will then perform Supernova, a move which causes a meteor to blow up a planet. After the cinematic, the three opponents are struck with one of many random effects, including being put to sleep, having a flower effect, having their controls reversed, be in a broken shield state, be slowed down, or be launched farther than usual with a darkness effect. | |
| Pyra | Burning Sword | Trapping | Rex can hit multiple opponents with a huge pillar of fire, launching them away. This Final Smash deals less damage than Mythra's, but it has higher launch power and can more easily KO opponents. | |
| Mythra | Sacred Arrow | Trapping | Rain down arrows from above at the opponent Rex strikes. This Final Smash has less launch power than Pyra's, but it deals high continuous damage in a wide area. | |
| Kazuya Mishima | Final Blaster | Directional | Kazuya transforms into Devil Kazuya and sends a beam forward. If the initial beam hits an opponent, he will complete a full devil transformation before sending a multitude of lasers from his wings and chest. The lasers will fan out to catch outside opponents before lining up with the main laser to do a final strike. | Kazuya's Rage Art is used during the final battle with his father Heihachi Mishima in Tekken 7. |
| Sora | Sealing the Keyhole | Trapping | Sora summons a giant keyhole-shaped portal, which can catch up to three opponents. If it does, they will get trapped inside a door with the Super Smash Bros. logo on it, where Sora will fire a beam from his Keyblade into the door's keyhole. He will then turn his Keyblade as if he was locking the door, causing it to explode, while Sora poses in front of it. Any opponents over 100% at the end of the move will be instantly KO'd. |
Other Translations[]
| Languages/Regions: | Translates to: |
|---|---|
| Spanish/French | Smash Final |
| German | Ultra Smash |
| Italian | Smash Finale |