Super Smash Bros. Ultimate welcomes back every playable character in the series so far while introducing a few new faces, leaving many players wondering how they can unlock each of their favorite fighters.
The game starts out with eight playable characters, so players need to unlock the rest of the character pool in order to increase their number of fighters.
Characters join the list of playable fighters after players encounter them as a challenger and defeat them in a 1v1. Playing in the standard versus mode will result in a new challenger appearing every 10 minutes of active playtime. The challengers will always approach in a particular order, so players can figure out which fighters they will unlock and when.
Smash Ultimate Fighter Unlock Order in Versus Mode
1. Ness
2. Zelda
3. Bowser
4. Pit
5. Inkling
6. Villager
7. Marth
8. Young Link
9. Wii Fit Trainer
10. Ice Climbers
11. Captain Falcon
12. Peach
13. RyuIke
14. Jigglypuff
15. King K. Rool
16. Sonic
17. Simon
18. Zero Suit Samus
19. Little Mac
20. Isabelle
21. Shulk
22. Lucina
23. Wario
24. Ridley
25. Pokemon Trainer
26. Lucario
27. Daisy
28. Roy
29. King Dedede
30. R.O.B.
31. Falco
32. Luigi
33. Pichu
35. Lucas
36. Diddy Kong
37. Meta Knight
38. Snake
39. Ganondorf
40. Corrin
41. Mega Man
42. Bayonetta
43. Toon Link
44. Rosalina & Luma
45. Incineroar
46. Sheik
47. Olimar
48. PAC-MAN
49. Dark Samus
50. Wolf
51. Mr. Game & Watch
52. Robin
53. Dark Pit
54. Cloud
55. Duck Hunt
56. Ken
57. Greninja
58. Chrom
59. Mewtwo
60. Bowser Jr.
61. Dr. Mario
62. Palutena
Smash Ultimate Fighter Unlock Order in Classic Mode
Players can also play through the Classic mode to unlock certain characters. The order in which these characters appear will be determined by the initial character chosen when entering into the game.
If a character is unlocked in the Classic mode, they are skipped in the list of unlockable players during the versus mode, and players will encounter the next fighter on the list.
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