Crossover Smash Bros. (series)

Crossover Smash Bros. is a series of fighting games published by Nintendo, featuring characters from franchises established on Nintendo systems.

The series had a successful start in 1999 with Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. It achieved even greater success with Super Smash Bros. Melee, released in 2001 for the Nintendo GameCube, becoming the best selling game on that system.

Crossover Smash Bros.
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Crossover Smash Bros. Crusade
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Crossover Smash Bros. Brawl
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Crossover Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
Main article: Crossover Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Future
In October 2014, Sakurai initially stated that he was not finished in developing new Smash Bros. games. However, in a Weekly Famitsu scan, he stated that he doubts in being able to continue game development as a whole if his workload stays the way it was for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Crossover Smash Bros. Universe
On March 8, 2018, a new Super Smash Bros. instalment was announced in a Nintendo Direct. The trailer featured The Inklings from Splatoon, who scored pretty high in the fighters ballot of the fourth and fifth Super Smash Bros. games. The release date for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is December 7th, 2018.

Joker, the first DLC fighter from Atlus' Persona series was released on April 17, 2019, approximately five months after the game's release.

Gameplay
The Super Smash Bros. series is a dramatic departure from many fighting games. Instead of winning by depleting an opponent's life bar, Smash Bros players seek to knock opposing characters off the stage. In Super Smash Bros., characters have a damage total, represented by a percentage value, which rises as they take damage and can exceed 100%.