"super smash bros." was made by hal laboratory in 1998. it was first called , and it did not have all those characters from different nintendo games. later, sakurai had an idea of having characters from different nintendo games to make it very fun. lots of people liked it so he began making the game with some people. at first, it was only sold in japan. sakurai saw how many people bought the game and liked it so the game was sold in other countries as well.