Once you’ve unlocked all the fighters, you can play All-Star mode. It’s in the Solo section and you can play this mode with either one or two players.
The rules are basically the same as Boss Battles.
Beat all the characters!
After each fight, you go to the Rest Station and get refreshed.You keep on repeating this pattern but you only have a limited number of hearts.
You’ll only have to fight one of Samus or Zero Suit Samus. Likewise, you’ll face either Zelda or Sheik. The Pokémon Trainer will send out Charizard, Squirtle and Ivysaur to battle you. You’ll get to meet 37 characters in total!
The stage will depend on the game series the character comes from. The order will match the order that the games and series were released (in Japan). Let’s take a look:.
Battle 1: Game & Watch
(Release: 04/1980) Mr. Game & Watch is unleashed! And so begins our plodding journey through all the various series!
Battle 2: Mario Bros.
(Release: 07/1981) Mario, Luigi, Bowser and Peach make their debut! There are four of them, so stay on your guard.
Battle 3: Donkey Kong
(Release: 07/1981) You’ll meet Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong here.
Battle 4: Ice Climber
(Release: 01/1985) The Ice Climbers stand alone. Of course, they DO come as a pair...
Battle 5: R.O.B.
(Release: 07/1985) R.O.B. doesn’t have his own special stage, so he appears on the Mario Bros. stage.
Battle 6: The Legend of Zelda
(Release: 02/1986) A battle with Link, Zelda (or Sheik), Ganondorf and Toon Link. There will be four of them, so be warned.
Battle 7: Metroid
(Release: 08/1986) Samus or Zero Suit Samus will be here. You can tell which you’ll meet by the icons in the Rest Station.
Battle 8: Kid Icarus
(Release: 12/1986) Pit appears alone. This was the last series to appear on the Famicom Disk System in Japan.
Battle 9: Metal Gear
(Release: 07/1987) Duel against Snake on Shadow Moses Island. The first Metal Gear was actually created for the MSX2.
Battle 10: EarthBound
(Release: 07/1989) Ness and Lucas appear. New Pork City is a big place, but be careful not to take too much damage just in case.
Battle 11: Fire Emblem
(Release: 04/1990) Marth and Ike make their entrance. Who would have thought that characters from an old strategy game would have made it into a game like this?
Battle 12: Yoshi
(Release: 11/1990) Yoshi first appeared in Super Mario World. He’s become quite a star since then.
Battle 13: F-Zero
(Release: 11/1990) Captain Falcon fights alone. Even though he’s a racing driver, he’s still an extremely intense fighter.
Battle 14: Sonic The Hedgehog
(Release: 07/1991) Sonic also appears on his own. Don’t you think he looks at home in Super Smash Bros.?
Battle 15: Kirby’s Dream Land
(Release: 04/1992) Kirby, King Dedede and Meta Knight. All of them have strong mid-air capabilities.
Battle 16: Star Fox
(Release: 02/1993) Fox, Falco and Wolf appear here. This is a real crisis point – you’re bound to have a lot of trouble here.
Battle 17: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
(Release: 01/1994)*The first game in which Wario was the main character
Wario doesn’t need friends. Even if you clear the minigames, you won’t be able to reduce your percentage.
Battle 18: Pokémon
(Release: 02/1996) A battle against Pikachu, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard, Lucario and Jigglypuff. Six enemies to defeat! This is a test of endurance as much as anything!
Battle 19: Pikmin
(Release: 10/2001) Fight with Olimar and the Pikmin. This is the final battle, so fight with all the strength you can muster!!
It’s an exceptional number of characters from several incredibly famous series. And to think that they all had their beginnings in Japan...Wow!
When they’re all written down like this, we can see that there was almost a six-year gap before the release of Pikmin and over six years since.
There have been some big releases recently, such as "Animal Crossing", "Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain" and "Wii Sports", but there hasn’t really been a new character-driven series. I guess it’s not easy coming up with something original nowadays.
