Everybody has their favorite character in Super Smash Bros, but not all of our favorite characters are unlocked. To unlock certain characters you will need to complete certain challenges. Most characters can be unlocked by playing the characters classic mode campaign. Some characters will need to be unlocked by playing the World of Light map.
Unlock Super Smash Bros Unlimited Characters by Playing Classic Mode
Bayonetta – Complete Classic Mode as Sonic
Bowser Jr. – Complete Classic Mode as Falco or Donkey Kong
Captain Falcon – Complete Classic Mode as Fox
Chrom – Complete Classic Mode as Ridley
Cloud – Complete Classic Mode as Dark Samus
Dark Pit – Complete Classic Mode as Wario
Dark Samus – Complete Classic Mode as Samus
Diddy Kong – Complete Classic Mode as Dark Pit
Dr. Mario – Complete Classic Mode as Roy (2 Players) or Bayonetta
Duck Hunt – Complete Classic Mode as Pichu
Falco – Complete Classic Mode as Peach or Captain Falcon
Ganondorf – Complete Classic Mode as Ryu
Greninja – Complete Classic Mode as Rosalina
Ice Climbers – Complete Classic Mode as King K Rool
Ike – Complete Classic Mode as Little Mac
Incineroar – Complete Classic Mode as Wii Fit Trainer
Inkling – Complete Classic Mode as Samus
Isabelle – Complete Classic Mode as Samus or Shulk
Jigglypuff – Complete Classic Mode as Ness (first time)
Ken – Complete Classic Mode as Duck Hunt
King Dedede – Complete Classic Mode as Pokemon Trainer
King K Rool – Complete Classic Mode as Link
Little Mac – Complete Classic Mode as Bayonetta
Lucas – Complete Classic Mode as Corrin or Ken
Lucina – Complete Classic Mode as Marth or Ryu
Luigi – Complete Classic Mode as Ike
Mega Man – Complete Classic Mode as Wario
Mr. Game & Watch – Complete Classic Mode as R.O.B.
Ness – Complete Classic Mode as Kirby
Olimar – Complete Classic Mode as Little Mac
Pac-Man – Complete Classic Mode as Ness (after unlocking Jigglypuff)
Palutena – Complete Classic Mode as Lucas, Ryu or Young Link
Peach/Daisy – Complete Classic Mode as Falco
Pichu – Complete Classic Mode as Isabelle
Pokemon Trainer – Complete Classic Mode as Bowser or Donkey Kong (or Mario if you’ve unlocked Sonic)
R.O.B. – Complete Classic Mode as Luigi
Richter Belmont – Complete Classic Mode as Snake or Young Link
Ridley – Complete Classic Mode as Lucina
Robin – Complete Classic Mode as Zelda
Rosalina – Complete Classic Mode as Pichu or Pokemon Trainer
Roy – Complete Classic Mode as Little Mac
Ryu – Complete Classic Mode as Marth
Sheik – Complete Classic Mode as King Dedede
Shulk – Complete Classic Mode as Pikachu
Simon Belmont – Complete Classic Mode as Ice Climbers or King K Rool
Snake – Complete Classic Mode as Meta Knight
Sonic – Complete Classic Mode as Mario
Toon Link – Complete Classic Mode as Richter Belmont
Wario – Complete Classic Mode as Cloud (possibly 2 Players)
Wii Fit Trainer – Complete Classic Mode as Inkling
Young Link – Complete Classic Mode as Simon Belmont
Unlock Super Smash Bros Ultimate Characters by Playing VS Mode
Unlocking via VS mode can take quite some time. To unlock all characters by playing VS mode you will need to complete 350 VS matches. Once you have completed all 350 matches all characters should be unlocked.
Unlock Super Smash Bros Ultimate Characters by Playing World of Light
3 Starter Pokemon Routes – Sheik, Marth, Villager
Dark World – Zelda, Young Link, Ganondorf, Chrom, Meta Knight, Ike, Sonic, R.O.B., Wolf, Greninja, Cloud, Incineroar
Final Boss Route – Simon Belmont
Marth Route – Olimar, Mega Man, Pac-Man
Sheik’s Path – Jigglypuff
Sub-Area (Light World) – King Dedede
Villager Route – Link, Yoshi, Dr. Mario, Lucario, Isabelle
This guide is based off of leaks prior to the games full release. If for some reason the way you unlock characters is changed we will update the guide.
