How to unlock all of the characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

When you load Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the first time, you’ll only be able to choose from a measly eight fighters, the same amount that was available in Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64.

There are multiple ways to unlock the game’s entire roster of more than 60 characters, though. The easiest is to just play versus matches to unlock them all gradually, or play through the World of Light story to unlock them while you progress.

Characters might also be unlocked as you play. So if you do a big chunk of World of Light and decide to step out to do another mode, you might suddenly be challenged by a new fighter. The game will then force you to fight against them with whichever character you last played.

The versus and time method, however, will unlock characters in a set order, so you’ll have no control over which ones you’ll get while playing through the game. It’s also worth noting that amiibo don’t unlock the characters early for you in-game.

The order in which characters unlock this way is as follows:

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) Ryu

14) Ike

15) Jigglypuff

16) King K. Rool

17) Sonic

18) Simon

19) Zero Suit Samus

20) Little Mac

21) Isabelle

22) Shulk

23) Lucina

24) Wario

25) Ridley

26) Pokémon Trainer

27) Lucario

28) Daisy

29) Roy

30) King Dedede

31) R.O.B.

32) Falco

33) Luigi

34) Pichu

35) Richter

36) Lucas

37) Diddy Kong

38) Meta Knight

39) Snake

40) Ganondorf

41) Corrin

42) Mega Man

43) Bayonetta

44) Toon Link

45) Rosalina & Luma

46) Incineroar

47) Sheik

48) Olimar

49) PAC-MAN

50) Dark Samus

51) Wolf

52) Mr. Game & Watch

53) Robin

54) Dark Pit

55) Cloud

56) Duck Hunt

57) Ken

58) Greninja

59) Chrom

60) Mewtwo

61) Bowser Jr.

62) Dr. Mario

63) Palutena

It’s worth noting that if you already have unlocked a character by other means, then the next available character will be unlocked instead using the versus method.

If you want to get a certain fighter, however, you can unlock them by completing Classic Mode with a specific character. All the characters that you can unlock, along with who you need to use to unlock them, can be found below.N

The only other characters left to unlock now after the main roster are DLC fighters, like Piranha Plant. You won’t need to unlock them in a certain way, however—once they’re released, they’ll just be added to your roster.