Super Smash Flash Modes and Unlockables: Classic to Multi-Man Melee

The Super Smash Flash main menu has four entries and a lot behind each. This is a map of every mode in the game, what the game's own menus say it is for, and what there is to unlock. The descriptions in quotes are copied from the in-game menus.

Before the menu: your user name

The first time you press Start, the game asks for a user name and explains that it needs local storage to save your data. Type a name, press Enter, and the next screen should show it back to you. If it does, your records and unlocks will be kept in this browser. You can change the name later under Options, Name Entry. Options also has Erase Data, which clears everything, so be careful with it.

1-P Mode: "Solo Smash!"

1-P Mode has three groups: Regular Match, Stadium and Training.

Regular Match: "Multiple Levels of Standard Smash."

• Classic: "Defeat each foe to advance." A ladder of one-on-one fights.
• Adventure: "Battle through various stages." A run across different stages rather than a plain ladder.
• All-Star: "Conquer enemies using limited recovery items." A survival run where healing is scarce. The file announces it with its own message ("All-Star Mode is available!"), so expect to earn it.

Easy, Normal and Hard settings exist, and the bonus table pays 50,000 points each for an Adventure, Classic or All-Star clear, and 200,000 for a Very Hard Clear.

Stadium: "Mini-game testing ground."

• Target Test: "Smash eight targets!" A short platforming course with one fighter and a set of targets to break as fast as you can.
• Multi-Man Melee: "Fight for your life! Fight!" Its variants are 10-Man Melee ("Quickly defeat 10 opponents"), 100-Man Melee ("100 enemies! Can you defeat them all?"), 3 Minute and 15 Minute Melee (knock out as many as you can in the time), Cruel Melee ("The toughest enemies around and no items!") and, in some menus, Burly Brawl Melee ("Swarms of a randomly selected character!").

Training: "Free training for honing skills."

A no-pressure room for learning one fighter's normal, smash and special attacks before you take them into VS.

VS. Mode: "Multiplayer battles!"

VS. Mode is Melee: up to four fighters, any mix of people and CPUs, Free For All by default. Two people share the keyboard (arrows with O and P, W A S D with G and F). Drag the tokens onto fighters, switch empty seats to CPU with the HMN tag, and set each CPU's level with its slider. At the start there are six stages to choose from, including Dream Land, Pokémon Stadium and Peach's Castle.

Data: "View Game Records."

Data holds the Archives, Melee Records and a Special section with "information on hidden elements". It also links to the How to Play tutorial, which is the best place to learn the attack rules.

What you can unlock

The select screen starts with 13 fighters and 15 question marks. The unlock messages inside the game name all fifteen:

• Luigi, Young Link, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo and Mr. Game & Watch
• Shadow and Super Sonic
• Zero, Cloud, Crono and Lloyd
• Naruto, Inuyasha, Mr. Incredible and Blue

Two stages unlock as well: Final Destination and Battlefield. Unlocks come from playing the modes above. Clear the 1-P modes and Stadium challenges with different fighters and the messages start appearing.

New to the game? Start with the controls and moves guide, then play Super Smash Flash.