What is Super Smash Bros.?
{{italic title}} {{about|the series|the first game|Super Smash Bros. (video game)}} {{update|date=November 2020}} [[Image:Super Smash Bros 2018 logo.svg|right|200px]] '''''Super Smash Bros.''''' (also known as '''''SSB''''', '''''Smash Bros.''''' or '''''Smash''''') is a [[fighting game]] franchise created by [[Nintendo]]. There are five titles in total and features a wide cast of [[character]]s from Nintendo. Some of them were featured from third-party games. It has been incredibly successful and has garnered a large competitive [[electronic sports]] community. ==History== ''[[Super Smash Bros. (video game)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' was first released in 1999 for the [[Nintendo 64]]. The game later got four sequels: ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] in 2001, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' for the [[Wii]] in 2008, ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Wii U]] in 2014, and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' for [[Nintendo Switch]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/12-06-2018-super-smash-bros-switch-roster-release-date-characters-is-it-a-remake-everything-we-know|title=Super Smash Bros Ultimate Switch Release Date, Characters, Story Mode - E3 Reveal - Everything we Know|website=USgamer.net|language=en|access-date=2018-06-13}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Gameplay== One of the options in the series uses typical [[Health bar (video games)|health]] points, as in most fighting games, but the standard option in most entries is that each fighter in ''Super Smash Bros.'' has a percent value. Each fighter starts at 0 percent. When a fighter is hit, they take damage by raising this percent value. The higher that the percent value is, the easier it will be to knock them off the map. The goal of the game is to knock your opponent off of the stage a certain amount of times. Each game in the series has a wide variety of playable stages, characters and game modes. At the beginn