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UNLOCKABLE CHARACTERS

Characters are unlocked by either fulfilling specific requirements or playing a certain number of VS matches.

Character Criteria VS Matches
Dr. Mario
Complete Classic or Adventure Mode with Mario without continuing.
100
Falco Complete 100-Man Melee.
300
Ganondorf Complete Event 29: Triforce Gathering.
600
Jigglypuff Complete Classic or Adventure Mode with any character.
50
Luigi Complete stage 1 of Adventure Mode with the timer at XX:X2:XX, then defeat Luigi and Peach
in less than a minute.
800
Marth Use all 14 starting characters in Classic, Adventure, or VS Mode.
400
Mewtwo Play VS Mode for a combined total of 20 hours.
700
Mr. Game & Watch
Complete Classic Mode, Adventure Mode, or Target Test with every other character.
1000
Pichu Complete Event 37: Legendary Pok�mon.
200
Roy Complete Classic or Adventure Mode with Marth without continuing.
900
Young Link
Complete Classic or Adventure Mode with 10 different characters.
500


UNLOCKABLE STAGES

Stage Criteria
Battlefield
Complete All-Star Mode with every character.
Big Blue
Play 150 VS matches.
Brinstar Depths
Play 50 VS matches.
Dream Land (Past Stages)
Complete Target Test with every character.
Final Destination
Complete Event 51: The Showdown.
Flat Zone
Complete Classic Mode with Mr. Game & Watch.
Fourside Play 100 VS matches.
Kongo Jungle (Past Stages)
Complete 15-Minute Melee.
Mushroom Kingdom II
Unlock the Birdo trophy.
Pok� Floats
Play 200 VS matches.
Yoshi's Island (Past Stages)
Hit Sandbag more than 1312.3 ft (400 m) in Home-Run Contest.


UNLOCKABLE TROPHIES

Trophies for playable characters are unlocked by completing Classic Mode, Adventure Mode, and All-Star Mode as that specific character, or by playing 100, 200, and 300 VS matches as that character.

Two trophies, Mario and Yoshi and Samus Unmasked, were only available as part of a Japanese promotion and cannot be unlocked without hacking.

All other trophies are unlocked randomly through Trophy Lottery or in single-player.

Trophy Criteria
Battlefield
Clear All-Star Mode.
Bunny Hood
Get 125 combined combos with all characters in Training Mode.
Captain Olimar
Have a Pikmin save file on your memory card.
Celebi
Summon Celebi from a Pok� Ball.
Crazy Hand
Clear Adventure Mode on Hard or Very Hard with no continues.
Diskun
Get all 249 bonuses.
Donkey Kong Jr.
Complete Classic Mode with every character.
Entei
Complete Event 26: Trophy Tussle 2.
F-Zero Racers
Complete Adventure Mode with every character.
Falcon Flyer
Play 150 VS matches.
Female Wire Frame
Defeat 100 enemies in Endless Melee.
Fighting Wire Frames
Complete 15-Minute Melee.
Final Destination
Complete Event 51: The Showdown.
Food
Play 1000 VS matches.
Game & Watch
Complete Event 45: Game & Watch Forever!
Giga Bowser
Defeat Giga Bowser in Adventure Mode without using a continue.
Goomba
Complete Event 14: Trophy Tussle 1.
Heart Container
Play 100 VS matches.
Kirby Hat 4
Unlock Luigi, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Mr. Game & Watch, and Marth.
Kirby Hat 5
Unlock Roy, Pichu, Dr. Mario, Ganondorf, Young Link, and Falco.
Kraid
Play 50 VS matches.
Landmaster Tank
Get 1000 combined KOs.
Lip's Stick
Get a 21-hit combo or higher in Training Mode.
Lon Lon Milk
Play for 25 combined minutes in Target Test.
Mach Rider
Get the Speed Demon bonus.
Majora's Mask
Clear Event 47: Trophy Tussle 3.
Male Wire Frame
Complete 100-Man Melee in under 4 minutes.
Marin
Unlock all stages and characters.
Master Hand
Clear Classic Mode on Hard or Very Hard with no continues.
Maxim Tomato
Play 10 VS matches.
Meowth
Complete All-Star Mode with every character.
Metal Box
Get an 11-hit combo or higher in Training Mode.
Mew
Complete All-Star Mode on Hard or Very Hard.
Motion-Sensor Bomb
Clear Event 3: Bomb-fest.
Mr. Resetti
Defeat 5 enemies in Cruel Melee.
Mute City
Walk a combined total distance of 10,000 meters with every character.
Paper Mario
Hit Sandbag 1476 ft (450 m) in Home-Run Contest.
Samus's Starship
Clear Escape from Brinstar in Adventure Mode.
Sandbag
Hit Sandbag 984 ft (300 m) in Home-Run Contest.
Sheriff
Complete Target Test in under 12:30.
Smash Coins
Play Coin Battle 100 times.
Sudowoodo
Play 200 VS matches.
Target
Complete Target Test with every character.
Tom Nook
Get 1000 combined coins.
UFO
Play 100 VS matches.
Unown
Get over 16,404 ft (5000 m) combined distance in Home-Run Contest.
Wario
Complete All-Star Mode without using a continue.
Wolfen
Clear Adventure Mode in under 18:20.


OTHER UNLOCKABLES

Unlockable Criteria
All-Star Mode
Unlock every character.
Alternate memory card banner
Unlock all characters and stages.
Alternate music
Press L or R before the start of a battle.
Celebi in Pok� Balls
Unlock everything except trophies.
Mew in Pok� Balls Unlock every character.
Random Stage Switch
Unlock all stages except past stages and special stages.
Score Display
Get 5000 combined KOs.
Kongo Jungle (Past Stages)
Complete 15-Minute Melee.
Sound Test
Unlock every stage.


Source: SmashWiki

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