Unlock All Characters in Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl starts you out with 24 characters. There are another 11 to unlock. Each character can be unlocked in three ways: playing offline Brawl matches, playing through the Subspace Emissary Adventure mode, or fulfilling a secret unlock unique to each character. Jigglypuff, Toon Link, and Wolf each have two secret unlock methods, but these are not available until you have beaten Subspace Emissary.

Steps

Playing Subspace Emissary or Brawl Mode

1. Unlock characters in Subspace Emissary mode. As you play through the Subspace story, new characters will join your team. This is a straightforward way to unlock most (but not all) characters.
   • Subspace Emissary automatically unlocks these characters in this order: Marth, Falco, Captain Falcon, Lucario, Snake, Mr. Game & Watch, R.O.B., Luigi, Ness, and Sonic.
2. Unlock Ganondorf in Subspace Emissary. This is the one Subspace unlock that requires you to do something special to get the character. On the 30th stage, "Subspace (Part II)," collect both the Link and Zelda trophies to unlock Ganondorf. Look for the trophies at these locations:
   • Zelda's trophy is near the beginning of the stage, to the right of a column of green quark mines.
   • To get Link's trophy, go through the first door, then break the bomb block directly beneath you. Link is on the next platform below.
3. Unlock characters by playing offline Brawl matches. You can also unlock characters by playing Brawl mode. To check your total number of Brawl matches, go the main menu, select Data → Records. Scroll to the last page for Brawl Records, then check the number after "Offline Vs. Matches Played" (online matches do not count). Raise this number to these milestones to unlock these characters:
   • 5 – Ness
   • 10 – Marth
   • 22 – Luigi
   • 50 – Falco
   • 70 – Captain Falcon
   • 100 – Lucario
   • 130 – Snake (or just 15 matches on Shadow Moses Island)
   • 160 – R.O.B.
   • 200 – Ganondorf
   • 250 – Mr. Game & Watch
   • 300 – Sonic
   • 350 – Jigglypuff (These last three cannot be unlocked in Subspace.)
   • 400 – Toon Link
   • 450 – Wolf
4. Speed up Versus matches. If you're playing Versus matches just to unlock characters, go to Special Brawl and turn on Stamina and Flower. Set a computer opponent's stamina to 1 and the flower should defeat it immediately when you start the game.

Special Unlocks (Jigglypuff, Toon Link, Wolf)

1. Complete Subspace Emissary before trying any of these unlocks. These three characters are the most difficult to unlock. If you don't want to play hundreds of offline Brawl matches, you must complete Subspace Emissary, then try the special unlocks below. None of these unlocks will work if you have not finished Subspace Emissary.
   • As with all unlock methods except for playing Subspace Emissary, these will trigger a fight with the character you're trying to unlock. You must defeat the character to add it to your team.
2. Unlock Jigglypuff. After beating Subspace, there are two special ways to unlock Jigglypuff:
   • Complete Event matches 1 through 20.
   • Or replay The Swamp (Stage 18) in Subspace Emissary. Play through most of the level until you reach the barrels you can fire yourself out of. Enter the door between the barrels to fight Jigglypuff.
3. Unlock Toon Link. Besides playing 400 Brawl matches, there are two ways to unlock Toon Link:
   • Complete all twelve stages of Classic mode. You may select any difficulty level and character.
   • Or replay The Forest (Stage 9) in Subspace Emissary. Enter the door that has appeared near the beginning of the level and defeat Toon Link.
4. Unlock Wolf. Wolf is the hardest character to unlock. Here are two options to choose from:
   • Beat Boss Rush Mode. This mode unlocks after you beat Classic mode. You will have to defeat ten bosses in a row without losing a stock.
   • Or replay The Ruins (Stage 14) in Subspace Emissary. You'll see a new door once the falling platform reaches the bottom of the spike-filled elevator shaft. (This is not the door halfway down the shaft.) Enter the door and defeat Wolf to unlock him.
5. Engage these characters in close range. If you're worried about reaching the unlock fight but failing to defeat the computer opponent, pick your strongest close range character. All three of these characters are weak at close range, and lightweight. Land a couple of hard hits, and smash attacks should take care of the rest.

Special Unlocks (Other Characters)

1. Unlock Sonic in Classic Mode. Defeat Classic Mode ten times with ten different characters to unlock Sonic.
   • Alternatively, play 10 hours of Versus matches.
2. Unlock Mr. Game & Watch in Target mode. Clear any Target Test stage with thirty characters.
3. Get Ganondorf in Classic mode. Select Link or Zelda, and set the difficulty to Hard. Complete all stages of Classic mode.
4. Collect trophies to get R.O.B.. R.O.B. appears as a challenger after trophy number 250. Try Coin Launcher if you want to collect trophies quickly.
5. Complete Target Smash for Lucario. You will need to complete Target Smash on all difficulties.
6. Show your speed in Classic Mode for Captain Falcon. Set the difficulty to Normal or higher and beat the entire mode in less than 12 minutes.
7. Win Falco in a 100-man brawl. Defeat all 100 opponents without getting KO'd, and Falco will appear as a challenger.
8. Unlock other characters. The remaining characters are usually easier to unlock through offline Brawl matches, since they take only 22 matches or less. But if you'd like another option, try these:
   • Beat Classic with no continues to get Luigi.
   • Beat Classic to get Marth.
   • Reflect 10 projectiles to unlock Ness. For example, use Fox's down special.

Tips

• Before getting characters, you must challenge them. This means a one stock fight on the challenger's stage, with items.
• There's one more secret character that doesn't show up on the character selection screen: Zero Suit Samus. Select Samus in a Brawl fight, then hold down L or R on your controller while the match starts. Hold Z instead if using the nunchuk, or - if using the Wii remote without the nunchuk.

Warnings

• Online matches don't count towards unlocking characters.

Sources and Citations

• [1] — research source

See also

• Play Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii
• Unlock Every Super Smash Bros. Brawl Character
• Unlock Jigglypuff in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Unlock Toon Link in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Unlock Wolf in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Be Good at Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Install Project M Without Hacking Your Wii
• Unlock Sonic the Hedgehog in Super Smash Bros. Brawl