Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is the first portable entry in the renowned series, in which game worlds collide. Up to four players battle each other locally or online using some of Nintendo’s most…

86 13 September 2014

Fighting Platform Action Fantasy Party Science fiction

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is a fighting developed by Bandai Namco Games, released 13 September 2014 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 100 hrs to finish.

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Games and released in 2014. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, collectively known unofficially as Super Smash Bros. 4, are two 2014 crossover fighting games developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U video game consoles. It is the fourth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, succeeding Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008). The Nintendo 3DS version was released in Japan on September 13, 2014, and in North America and Europe on October 3, 2014, and Australia on October 4, 2014. The Wii U version was released in North America on November 21, 2014, Europe on November 28, 2014, and Australia on November 29, 2014 and in Japan on…

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, party and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is the 298th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal in 2014. Its critic score of 86 is 15 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.

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How it was received

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 213 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 100 hrs.

What it launched against

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS launched on 13 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux and Bayonetta 2. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Bayonetta 2.

Cheats and codes

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