Franchise: Super Smash Bros.
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Series creator, Masahiro Sakurai, has stated that each game in the series except the original were developed with the mindset that there were to be no more sequels after them.
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Mega Man's alternate color swaps are all taken from possible weapon colors used in previous Mega Man games:
• Red and White - Rush Coil from Mega Man 3
• Green and White - Leaf Shield from Mega Man 2
• Gold and Brown - Metal Blade from Mega Man 2
• Blue and White - Air Shooter from Mega Man 2
• Green and Yellow - Slash Claw from Mega Man 7
• Red and Black - Flame Blast from Mega Man 6
• Yellow and Black - Top Spin from Mega Man 3
• Red and White - Rush Coil from Mega Man 3
• Green and White - Leaf Shield from Mega Man 2
• Gold and Brown - Metal Blade from Mega Man 2
• Blue and White - Air Shooter from Mega Man 2
• Green and Yellow - Slash Claw from Mega Man 7
• Red and Black - Flame Blast from Mega Man 6
• Yellow and Black - Top Spin from Mega Man 3
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Captain Falcon is the only character in the Super Smash Bros. series whose availability status has changed with each sequel, being unlockable in the original Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but available from the start in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
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Some of Meta Knight's palette swaps in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate resemble other characters from the Kirby series.
• His Pink palette is designed to resemble Kirby.
• His Purple palette resembles Galacta Knight's appearance in Kirby Super Star Ultra's "Meta Knightmare Ultra" mode.
• His Grey palette resembles Dark Meta Knight.
• His Pink palette is designed to resemble Kirby.
• His Purple palette resembles Galacta Knight's appearance in Kirby Super Star Ultra's "Meta Knightmare Ultra" mode.
• His Grey palette resembles Dark Meta Knight.
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Domestic and international popularity polls are used when deciding who to add into a Super Smash Brothers game. After that, certain questions such as whether a character can present something interesting and whether they're a good representative of their series are asked.
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Charizard's purple alternate color in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is possibly a reference to his shiny sprite in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Including purple skin, a grey-white belly and dull green wings.
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When Mega Man gets KO'd, his KO explosion has blue spheres coming out from where he was KO'd. Mega Man is the only character in the series to have a unique KO explosion, and is a reference to his death animation from the Mega Man series of games.
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Mega Man's up-tilt, the Mega Upper, is from his Marvel vs. Capcom moveset. However, it originated from Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.
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Donkey Kong's audience cheer in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a reference to the DK Rap from Donkey Kong 64 in chant form.
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When frequently using Little Mac's taunts, there's a slight chance that Doc Louis can be heard giving some advice. Each taunt has a unique sound clip.
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Mario's blue and pink alternate outfit is based on his appearance in the original Mario Bros. arcade game.
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One of Princess Zelda's alternate outfits in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U is the same as the design used in Super Smash Bros. Melee, based on her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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Two of Zero Suit Samus' alternate costumes in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are based off of the perfect ending in Metroid: Zero Mission.
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One of Little Mac's alternate costumes in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a reference to the Punch-Out!! arcade game, where he was represented by a translucent array of green lines.
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In the Mario Kart games, Rosalina is a heavy/large class character. However, in the Super Smash Bros. series she is a light class character. The reason she is a heavy class character in Mario Kart is most likely due to her height.
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One of Little Mac's palette swaps in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is based on his appearance in Super Punch-Out!!.
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In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Kirby's dark blue alternate color with yellow eyes is designed after Meta Knight's appearance without a mask. This is based on Meta Knight's appearance after being defeated in Kirby's Adventure.
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One of Mario's costumes in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the patriotic Mario skin from NES Open Tournament Golf released in 1991.
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One of Luigi's alternate costumes is based on his appearance in the Japan-only movie, Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!.
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When Kirby takes Zelda's ability, he wears the headdress Zelda wears as a child in Ocarina of Time, despite the fact Zelda is an adult in the Super Smash Bros. series and the headdress appears nowhere else in the game.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate updates this appearance to use Zelda's hair instead.