Super Smash Bros is a series of crossover fighting video games published by Nintendo. It primarily features characters from their own franchises. The series was created by Masahiro Sakurai, who has directed every game in the series. The 3DS installment was the first series title to be released on a handheld platform. A fifth installment, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, is in development for the Nintendo Switch and is scheduled to be released in December.
The series features many characters from Nintendo’s most popular franchises, including Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus Aran, Fox McCloud, Kirby, Yoshi, and Pikachu. The original Super Smash Bros. had only 12 playable characters, with the roster count rising for each successive game. Some characters are able to transform into different forms that have different styles of play and sets of moves. The games also feature many non-Nintendo characters, such as Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ryu, Cloud Strife, Bayonetta, Simon and Richter Belmont.
