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To build your own stages in the game, you must first unlock the parts necessary to build these stages. They come in three droves, and can be unlocked via the methods below.

• Edit Parts A - Play ten times on stages you built
• Edit Parts B - Build at least five stages
• Edit Parts C - Build at least fifteen stages

To unlock All-Star Mode, you must have all thirty-five characters unlocked on your roster.

Unlocking Sheik is easy. To play as her, select Zelda at the character select screen while holding A. Don't let go of A until the match begins, and Zelda will automatically transform into Sheik.

To unlock Boss Battle Mode, complete The Subspace Emissary (known also as Adventure Mode) as well as Classic Mode.

To unlock the stages below, fulfill the requirement listed.

• 75m - Play as DK 20 times
• Big Blue (Melee) - Play as Captain Falcon 10 times
• Flat Zone 2 - Unlock Mr. Game & Watch
• Green Greens (Melee) - Play as Kirby 20 times
• Green Hill Zone - Unlock Sonic
• Hanenbow - Complete Event Match #28
• Jungle Japes (Melee) - Fight in VS. Mode 10 times
• Luigi's Mansion - Fight with Luigi in VS. Mode 3 times
• Mario Bros. - Complete Event Match #19
• Pirate Ship - Unlock Toon Link
• Pokémon Stadium (Melee) - Fight in Pokémon Stadium 2 10 times in VS. Mode
• Spear Pillar - Complete Event Match #25

You can unlock Virtual Console trials of old classic Nintendo games by fulfilling the requirements listed.

• Donkey Kong - Play SSBB for ten hours
• F-Zero - Find Captain Falcon in Subspace Emissary
• Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) - Win with Peach in VS. mode five times
• Super Mario World - Play on Yoshi's Island's stage three times
• The Legend of Zelda - Play as Toon Link ten times

You can unlock the following Target Tests by completing Target Smash!! challenges on the levels listed while playing Classic Mode.

• Hard Difficulty - Level 3
• Intense Difficulty - Level 5
• Medium Difficulty - Level 2
• Very Hard Difficulty - Level 4

To unlock the following single player events, fulfill the requirement listed.

• Events #1-#10 - Automatically unlocked
• Events #11-#20 - Beat at least seven events
• Events #21-#28 - Clear eighteen events and unlock Captain Falcon, Lucario, Luigi, Marth, Ness and R.O.B.
• Events #29-#40 - Unlock all thirty-five characters and clear twenty events
• Event #41 - Beat all forty previous events

To unlock the following multi-player events, fulfill the requirement listed.

• Events #1-#8 - Automatically unlocked
• Events #9-#13 - Unlock Captain Falcon, Lucario, Luigi, Marth, Ness and R.O.B.
• Events #14-#20 - Unlock all characters and beat any ten multi-player events
• Event #21 - Beat all twenty previous multi-player events

Unlockable: Music

Below are a list of musical tracks that can be unlocked in the game. On the left, you will find the name of the song in question, while to the right of each title, the method in which songs are unlocked is listed.

• 3D Hot Rally Title - Complete Target Level 5
• Ai no Uta - Get a combined distance of 37,500 in Home Run Contest
• Clu Clu Land - Hit a home run of at least 1,200 feet during a Home Run Contest
• Dream Chaser - Play ten VS. matches on Port Town
• Excite Truck - Complete Target Level 2 in under nineteen seconds
• Fire Field - Complete Event Match #24
• Frozen Hillside - Play ten VS. matches on Halberd
• Great Temple - Complete Event Match #33 on difficult difficulty
• HIS WORLD - Play ten VS. matches on Green Hill Zone
• Icicle Mountain - Complete Classic Mode on normal difficulty
• Ike's Theme - Find Ike in the Subspace Emissary
• King Dedede's Theme - Complete Event Match #15
• Legendary Air Rider Machine - Complete Event Match #13
• Mach Rider - Defeat fifty enemies in Endless Multi-Man Brawl
• Menu 2 - Unlock all thirty-five characters
• Metroid Ending - Play ten VS. matches on Norfair
• Metroid Prime 2 - Play ten VS. matches on Frigate Orpheon
• Mountain Forest - Complete Event Match #18 on difficult
• Multi Man Melee - Beat a 100-person brawl in four minutes
• O² - Gather at least 5,000 Coins during Coin Matches
• Pokémon Center - Acquire 200 different stickers
• Power-Hungry Fool - Play ten VS. matches on Castle Siege
• Princess' Castle - Unlock all stages from SSB Melee
• Road to Viridian City - Complete Event Match #8
• Snake Eater - Play fifteen VS. matches on Shadow Moses Island
• Song of Storms - Complete Event Match #37
• Staff Credits - Complete Classic Mode on hard difficulty
• Star Fox Assault Theme - Complete Event Match #38 on hard difficulty
• Star Wolf - Complete Event Match #38
• Super Mario 64 Theme - Play VS. mode for fifty hours
• Super Mario Underwater - Play ten VS. matches on Mario Bros.
• Tal Tal Heights - Complete All-Star Mode on easy difficulty

After you've managed to unlock each and every stage in the game (there are forty), you gain the ability to exclude stages from the random stage selector that you don't want to play on.

Once you've managed to get 200 KO's in Brawl, you'll unlock "More Rules" for the game, which can be found at the bottom of the rules screen.

There's a stage in the game known as Mushroomy Kingdom. However, there's an alternate version of the stage that will appear at random. If you want to force the game to choose the alternate version of the stage, hold down the R or L buttons (on the GameCube or Classic controllers) or the B button (on the Wii remote) while selecting Mushroomy Kingdom. After the match begins, you can release the button. If done properly, you'll find yourself not in Mushroomy Kingdom, but in an entirely different stage.

Additionally, if you want the "1-1" version of the stage (the original version), hold down X or Y on the GameCube controller to force the game to choose it.

To unlock the characters below, fulfill the requirement listed. If there is a number in parenthesis next to a character, such as "(160)", this signifies that you can also unlock this character simply by playing that many matches in VS. mode. All characters can be unlocked by meeting them in the Subspace Emissary, as well. Keep in mind that you must defeat the unlocked character in a battle to retain him on the roster permanently.

• Captain Falcon - Complete Classic Mode in twelve minutes or less. (70)
• Falco - Complete 100-Man Brawl. (50)
• Ganondorf - Complete Classic Mode on Hard difficulty using either Zelda or Link. (200)
• Jigglypuff - Complete Classic Mode or complete Event Match #20. (350)
• Lucario - Using Meta Knight, defeat Lucario in Adventure Mode. Or, complete five Target Tests. (100)
• Luigi - Complete Classic Mode using no continues. (22)
• Marth - Complete Classic Mode. (10)
• Mr. Game & Watch - Complete Target Smash with 30 different characters. (250)
• Ness - Reflect ten projectiles in battle. (5)
• R.O.B. - Get 250 different trophies. (160)
• Snake - Play fifteen matches on Shadow Moses Island. (130)
• Sonic - Complete Classic Mode with ten different characters or brawl for ten total hours. (300)
• Toon Link - Clear Subspace Emissary and then clear classic mode with anyone. (400)
• Wolf - Clear Supspace Emissary, and then complete Boss Battle Mode using Fox or Falco. (450)

Here is a list of the assist trophies in the game and how they are unlocked.

• Barbara - Unlock 25 songs
• Custom Robo - Fight in 100 Brawls
• Gray Fox - Unlock Snake
• Infantry & Tanks - Fight in 300 Brawls
• Issac - Fight in 200 Brawls
• Shadow the Hedgehog - Unlock Sonic

Here is a list of the rarer stickers in the game and how they are unlocked.

• Boo - Hit a homerun of at least 900 feet in Home-Run Contest
• Liquid Snake - Defeat ten enemies in Cruel Brawl
• Phyllis - Clear All-Star Mode on Normal Difficulty
• Running Chibi-Robo - Clear Classic Mode on Easy Difficulty
• Ryuta Ippongi - Clear 100 Man Brawl in under 210 seconds

To add the following sound effects to the in-game sound test, fulfil the requirement listed.

• Assist Trophies 3 - Collect each Assist Trophy
• Characters - Unlock characters
• Fanfare - Unlock every character
• Kirby's Copy Abilities - Unlock every character
• Narration - Unlock All-Star Mode and Boss Battle Mode
• Stages - Unlock stages
• Subspace Enemies and Bosses - Complete the Subspace Emissary

To unlock the rarer trophies listed below, fulfill the requirement listed.

• Ancient Minister - Complete the Subspace Emissary
• Apples - Clear Target Smash Level One
• Ashley Robbins - Play one hundred hours of Brawl
• Ashnard - Clear Target Smash Level Three with ten characters
• Baby Peach - Acquire any five-hundred trophies
• Ballyhoo & Big Top - Unlock any seventy-five songs
• Banana Peel - Get ten max combos in Training Mode
• Birdo - Clear All-Star Mode on Hard difficulty
• Blast Box - Clear Target Smash Level Two with every character
• Blue Alloy - Clear the 100-Man Brawl with every character
• Bumper - Hit 15,000 total feet in Home Run Contest Mode
• Cardboard Box - Clear Target Smash Level Four in under thirty-two seconds
• Combo Cannon - Clear Target Smash Level Five un under thirty seconds
• Cracker Launcher - Get 1,000 KOs in Brawl
• Creeping Chrysanthemum - Collect every character's trophy
• Crazy Hand - Clear Classic Mode on Intense difficulty
• Dark Cannon - Clear Boss Battle Mode on Hard difficulty
• Dr. Eggman - Collect any five hundred different stickers
• Dyna Blade - Clear All-Star Mode on Very Hard difficulty
• Excitebikes - Collect every masterpiece demo
• Franklin Badge - Find Ness in Subspace Emissary
• Galleom (Tank Form) - Clearr Boss Battle Mode on Intense difficulty
• Gekko - Clear All-Star Mode with any ten characters
• Golden Hammer - Hit 45,000 total feet in Home Run Contest Mode
• Gray Fox - Clear Target Smash Level Five with every character
• Green Alloy - Survive a fifteen minute Brawl
• Gulliver - Get 2,000 KOs in Brawl
• Halberd - Clear Event #3
• Hocotate Ship - Find in Subspace Emissary stage Outer Ancient Ruins
• Home-Run Bat - Hit at least 1,500 feet in Home Run Contest Mode
• Jyk - Clear Boss Battle Mode with any twenty characters
• K.K. Slider - Collect every song
• Kapp'n - Reach 300 feet of swimming distance with all characters
• King K. Rool - Clear Target Smash Level Four with every character
• Kyle Hyde - Clear All-Star Mode with every character
• Master Hand - Clear Classic Mode with any twenty characters
• Mewtwo - Clear All-Star Mode on Intense difficulty
• Musketeer Daltania - Clear Target Smash Level Four with any ten characters
• Ouendan - Get four hundred combined max combos with every character in Training Mode
• Outset Link - Clear Target Smash Level Five with any ten characters
• Palutena - Clear Event #4
• Palutena's Bow - Clear Target Smash Level One in under fifteen seconds
• Paper Mario - Clear Classic Mode with every character
• Party Ball - Play five hundred hours of Brawl
• Peanut Popgun - Clear Target Smash Level Two
• Pellets - Clear Target Smash Level Two with ten characters
• Pichu - Clear All-Star Mode without using continues
• Pitfall - Clear the 100-Man Brawl
• Plusle & Minun - Collect every character's final smash trophy
• Porky Statue - Clear Boss Battle Mode on Very Hard difficulty
• Ray MK III - Clear Target Smash Level Three in under twenty seconds
• Red Alloy - Defeat five enemies in Cruel Brawl Mode
• Red Pikmin - Clear Event #14
• Rocketbarrel Pack - Clear Target Smash Level Four
• Sandbag - Use every character in Home Run Contest Mode
• Shadow Bugs - Clear Boss Battle Mode on Normal difficulty
• Shy Guy - Hit 30,000 total feet in Home Run Contest Mode
• Silver - Clear Target Smash Level Three with every character
• Smash Coins - Play ten Coin Matches
• Stafy - Clear Target Smash Level One with any ten characters
• Stickers - Collect every sticker
• Striker Mario - Defeat Classic Mode on Very Hard difficulty
• Subspace Bomb - Clear Boss Battle Mode on Easy difficulty
• Subspace Gunship - Clear Boss Battle Mode with any ten characters
• Super Scope - Clear Target Smash Level One with every character
• Tabuu (Wings) - Clear Boss Battle Mode with every character
• Tails - Reach 30,000 feet of walking with all characters
• Timer - Play thirty hours of Brawl
• Tom Nook - Collect 1,000 coins in Coin Matches
• Walky - Unlock any fifty songs
• Wario Bike - Clear Target Smash Level Three
• Xananab - Hit 24,000 total feet in Home Run Contest Mode
• Yellow Alloy - Defeat one-hundred enemies in Endless Brawl Mode

Most of the songs listed below can be unlocked randomly as CDs are found during the course of your experience with the game. But many are unlocked in different ways. The extensive list below shows all of the songs in the game and how they are found.

• 25m BGM - Unlock the 75m stage
• 2:00AM - Unlocked via CD
• Aboveground Theme 2 (SMB) - Unlocked via CD
• Airship Theme (SMB) - Unlock the Luigi Mansion's stage
• All-Star Rest Area - Clear All-Star Mode
• Angel Island Zone - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Area 6 Ver. 2 - Unlocked via CD
• Battle Scene/Final Boss - Unlocked via CD
• Battle Theme (Melee) - Unlock the Pokémon Stadium stage
• Big Blue (Melee) - Unlock the Big Blue stage
• Boss Battle Song 2 - Clear the Subspace Emissary
• Boss Battles - Clear Classic Mode, All-Star Mode, and the Subspace Emissary
• Bramble Blast - Unlocked via CD
• Break Through the Ice - Unlocked via CD
• Brinstar Depths (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Calling to the Night - Unlocked via CD
• Car Select - Unlocked via CD
• Castle/Boss Fortress (SMB) - Unlock the Luigi Mansion stage
• Charge! (Wii Play) - Unlocked via CD
• Chill (Dr. Mario) - Unlock the Flat Zone 2 stage
• Corneria - Unlocked via CD
• Credits - Clear the Subspace Emissary
• Dialga/Palkia Battle at Spear Pillar! - Unlock the Spear Pillar stage
• Donkey Kong - Unlock the 75m stage
• Douchuumen - Unlock the Mario Bros. stage
• Dragon Roost Island - Unlock the Pirate Ship stage
• Emerald Hill Zone - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Famicom Medley - Unlock the Mario Bros. stage
• Final Destination (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Flat Zone (Melee) - Unlock the Flat Zone 2 stage
• Flat Zone 2 - Unlock the Flat Zone 2 stage
• Flower Field - Unlocked via CD
• Fountain of Dreams (Melee) - Unlock the Green Greens stage
• Gerudo Valley - Unlock the Pirate Ship stage
• Giga Bowser (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Golden Forest (1080) - Unlocked via CD
• Green Greens (Melee) - Unlock the Green Greens stage
• Green Hill Zone - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Gyromite - Unlock the Mario Bros. stage
• Jungle Japes (Melee) - Unlock the Jungle Japes stage
• Kong Jungle (Melee) - Unlock the Jungle Japes stage
• Lip's Theme - Unlocked via CD
• Live & Learn - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Luigi's Mansion Theme - Unlock the Luigi's Mansion stage
• Main Theme (SMB) - Unlocked via CD
• Mario Bros. - Unlock the Mario Bros. stage
• Menu (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Midna's Lament - Unlocked via CD
• Mii Channel - Unlocked via CD
• Mike's Song - Unlocked via CD
• Mike's Song (Japanese) - Unlocked via CD
• Molgera Battle - Unlock the Pirate Ship stage
• Mother 2 (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Mother 3 Love Theme - Unlocked via CD
• Mute City (Melee) - Unlock the Big Blue stage
• Norfair - Unlocked via CD
• Open Your Heart - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Opening (Donkey Kong) - Unlock the 75m stage
• Opening (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Planet Colors - Unlocked via CD
• Poké Floats (Melee) - Unlock the Green Greens stage
• Pokémon Stadium (Melee) - Unlock the Pokémon Stadium stage
• Power-Up Music - Unlock the Mario Bros. stage
• Rainbow Road - Unlocked via CD
• Ricco Harbor - Unlocked via CD
• Right There, Ride On - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Route 209 - Unlock the Spear Pillar stage
• Scrap Brain Zone - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Seven Rings in Hand - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Shaberu! DS Cooking Navi - Unlocked via CD
• Shadow Dragon Medley - Unlocked via CD
• Snowman - Unlocked via CD
• Sonic Boom - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Sonic Heroes - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Squeak Squad Theme - Unlocked via CD
• Step: Subspace - Clear the Subspace Emissary
• Step: Subspace Ver. 2 - Clear the Subspace Emissary
• Step: Subspace Ver. 3 - Clear the Subspace Emissary
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Super Sonic Racing - Unlock the Green Hill Zone stage
• Tane no Uta - Unlocked via CD
• Team Galactic Battle! - Unlock the Spear Pillar stage
• Termina Field - Unlock the Pirate Ship stage
• Tetris: Type A - Unlock the Luigi Mansion's stage
• Tetris: Type B - Unlock the Luigi's Mansion stage
• The Great Sea - Unlock the Pirate Ship stage
• The Hidden Village - Unlocked via CD
• Theme of Solid Snake - Unlocked via CD
• Title (Kid Icarus) - Unlocked via CD
• Title (LoZ) - Unlocked via CD
• Tunnel Scene - Unlocked via CD
• Underground Theme (SMB) - Unlocked via CD
• Venom (Melee) - Unlocked via CD
• Victory is Near - Unlocked via CD
• Victory Road - Unlock the Spear Pillare stage
• Village of the Blue Maiden - Unlock the Pirate Ship stage
• VS. Marx - Unlocked via CD
• VS. Parasite Queen - Unlocked via CD
• Wii Shop Channel - Unlocked via CD
• Wild Pokémon Battle! (P:D/P) - Unlock the Spear Pillar stage
• Winning Road - Roy's Hope - Unlocked via CD
• You Call This a Utopia?! - Unlocked via CD

There are two methods to acquiring Zero Suit Samus. The first and easiest method is to hold down the R button (on the GameCube or Classic controllers) or the minus button (on the Wiimote) from the stage select screen. Hold down R, select Samus, select your stage, and then release the R button. You should start the battle not as "armored" Samus, but Zero Suit Samus.

The other method is if you decide to start the battle as regular Samus. You can switch to Zero Suit Samus by quickly pressing up and down repeatedly extremely fast on the d-pad. This is difficult to do, and can't be done on the Wiimote (since the A button only provides one taunt, and there's no other equivalent). If you do this, keep in mind that you can't switch back during the battle to regular "armored" Samus.

After choosing your character on the character select screen, you can mess around with the characters, which most people know. You can select varying colors for each character and the like. However, there are two characters who have more important character selection options -- Princess Zelda and Pokémon Trainer. For these two characters, you can do more than just select colors. For Zelda, you can choose to start as Zelda or Shiek (simply press one or the other). For Pokémon Trainer, you can select which of his three Pokémon he'll start the battle with.

Here's a great way to unlock all of the characters in the game rather effortlessly. It should only take around two hours. Since all of the hidden characters can be unlocked in some way via Brawling (versus mode), you can slant the mode in your favor to do rack up Brawls quickly and effortlessly.

Start by selecting the Special Match mode. Set it to Stamina and Flower modes, and on the character selection screen give the CPU 1 health and your character anything over that amount. (Make sure it's on 1 Life Stock mode). Set the map, at least until you unlock Snake, to Shadow Moses Island. Play with these rules for about two hours and you'll rack up 500 matches in Brawl, more than enough needed to unlock all of the characters. Just remember -- you have to beat the character you're trying to unlock!

Want to know if a stage in Subspace Emissary is completely looted/cleared/explored? Check the little green flag on the stage. If there is a green flag on the stage, that means you have not completely explored it for 100%.

If you're in a hurry to just get all the characters out and about, use this method:

• 1. Special Brawl
• 2. Stamina to lowest percentage
• 3. Flower on head
• 4. Keep pressing start whilst sitting at computer.

You'll have 500 matches in no time and should unlock everyone on the character roster. As a rough indication on how long it takes, I got everyone in less than hour using this method. So for anybody with an hour to spare, this is a great way to do it. Alternately, you could play the mediocre Subspace Emissary, but it's up to you.

I see people who still haven't got this challenge completed, so I offer my tips to help you save a golden hammer or two.

Build a stage with platforms directly spikes, set a coin match up for maybe 10 minutes or so, then drop the characters down onto the spikes so they keep bouncing straight up and down between the spikes and platforms.

I managed to get roughly 22,000 coins in 15 minutes using two Sheiks because she seemed to fall faster than Marth.

You can turn off all items except the Homerun Contest Sandbag (Punching Bag w/ eyes) and use a custom stage with a conveyor belt and solid block to constantly spawn stickers and CDs (Brawl Mode).

There are three rare Pokémon in the game that will appear out of Poké Balls in battle once in every 493 throws (on average). That's about 0.2% of the time. They are Celebi, Jirachi, and Mew.

Here's a really interesting feature to the game that can only be executed by Snake while playing on his stage, Shadow Moses Island. If you have your taunts set to the d-pad on either the Gamecube controller or the Wii controller, press down on the d-pad repeatedly. This must be done extremely fast.

If executed properly, Snake will take a knee and get on his Codec, where he'll speak with familiar characters from the Metal Gear Solid series, including Otacon, Colonel Campbell, and the like. You'll have a completely unique, often humorous conversation with the person on the other end of the Codec depending on who you're fighting. That's right -- there are completely unique conversations for each character, including character variants (Shiek, Zero Suit Samus, the various Pokémon). Give it a try!

Additionally, if Snake is killed when using the Codec, another interesting sequence occurs.

If you're playing on Lylat Cruise with two of the three characters from the Star Fox series (Fox, Falco, or Wolf), you can have a conversation between characters. Press down repeatedly on the d-pad (so long as your taunts are mapped to the d-pad) during the battle, and the conversation should occur. This can only happen on the Lylat Cruise stage, and only with two of the three characters from the Star Fox series on that stage at one time.

Update: The Star Fox conversations can also occur on the old Melee stage Corneria.