Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, both commonly referred together as Super Smash Bros. 4, are 2014 crossover platform fighter video games developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U video game consoles. It is the fourth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, succeeding Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Nintendo 3DS version was released in Japan on September 13, 2014, and in North America, Europe, and Australia the following month. The Wii U version was released in North America, Europe, and Australia in November 2014 and in Japan the following month.
As part of the Super Smash Bros. series, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U are non-traditional fighting games where players use different attacks to weaken their opponents and knock them out of an arena. The games are crossover titles that feature characters, items, music, and stages from various Nintendo franchises, as well as from several third-party franchises. The games began development in 2012 and were announced at E3 2013. The gameplay was tuned to be between that of the faster, more competition-oriented Super Smash Bros. Melee and the slower, more casual-friendly Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
New features include having up to eight players fighting at a time on the Wii U version, support for Nintendo's line of Amiibo (being one of the first games to do so), using custom Miis as playable fighters, post-release downloadable content including additional fighters and stages, and customizable special moves. Some features from previous games in the series were removed, such as the story mode from Brawl. Critics applauded the fine-tuning of existing Super Smash Bros. gameplay elements but criticized some issues with online play. Both versions sold well, with the 3DS version selling over nine million copies worldwide by September 2022 and the Wii U version selling over five million by the same period. It was followed by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.
Note that Mario, Zelda, Kirby, F-Zero, Mother, Pikmin, Punch-Out, Final Fantasy and some Pokémon and Fire Emblem characters are not listed due to them having been voiced pre-lay or re-using archive audio, and thus are the same between both the Japanese and English version.
Cast[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lucario | Daisuke Namikawa | Sean Schemmel |
| Greninja | Yūji Ueda | Billy Bob Thompson |
| Fox McCloud | Kenji Ueda | Mike West |
| Falco Lombardi | Hisao Egawa | Mark Lund |
| Robin (Male) | Yoshimasa Hosoya | David Vincent |
| Robin (Female) | Miyuki Sawashiro | Lauren Landa |
| Lucina | Yū Kobayashi | Laura Bailey |
| Corrin (Male) | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Cam Clarke |
| Corrin (Female) | Satomi Satō | Marcella Lentz-Pope |
| Pit | Minami Takayama | Antony Del Rio |
| Palutena | Aya Hisakawa | Brandy Kopp |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Jun'ichi Kanemaru | Roger Craig Smith |
| Shadow the Hedgehog | Kōji Yusa | Kirk Thornton |
| Wii Fit Trainer (Male) | Tomoyuki Higuchi | Steve Heinke |
| Wii Fit Trainer (Female) | Hitomi Hirose | October Moore |
| Shulk | Shintaro Asanuma | Adam Howden |
| Ryu | Hiroki Takahashi | Kyle Hebert |
| Bayonetta | Atsuko Tanaka | Hellena Taylor |
Additional Voices[]
- Jaz Adams - Peppy Hare
- Nate Bihldorff - Dr. Wright
- Lyssa Browne - Slippy Toad
- Wayne Forester - Riki
- Alesia Glidewell - Knuckle Joe
- Riley Inge - Doc Louis
- Rufus Jones - Dunban
- Michele Knotz - Gardevoir, Snivy
- Stephanie Komure - Phosphora
- Michael Liscio, Jr. - Inkay
- Dex Manley - ROB 64
- Matthew Mercer - Chrom
- Lani Minella - Lyn
- Suzy Myers - Chespin
- Lisa Ortiz - Fletchling, Oshawott
- Haven Paschall - Swirlix
- Kayzie Rogers - Bellossom
- Erica Schroeder - Spewpa
- Patrick Seitz - Magnus
- Eileen Stevens - Fennekin
- Marc Thompson - Abomasnow, Kyurem
- Hynden Walch - Viridi
- Timothy Watson - Metal Face
- Tom Wayland - Arceus, Keldeo
- Scott Williams - Darkrai
Trivia[]
- Roger Craig Smith and Kirk Thornton's lines as Sonic and Shadow were reused from previous games.