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Debug menu (SSB)

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For GameShark codes used to access the Debug Menu, see here.

The debug menus are elements of development that were accidentally left in Super Smash Bros. There are four menus: System debug, Battle debug, Falls debug, and Unknown debug. Within these menus, the player has control over various aspects of the game, including non-playable characters, non-playable stages, single player stages and more. In order to get to the debug menus, a GameShark device must be used.

System debug menu[edit]

The system debug menu in Super Smash Bros.

This menu contains various out of battle functions. Within it, one can play every sound and piece of music in the game and view every transition. Sadly, these two options appear to be the only ones that still function correctly. The others appear to do nothing.

Menu item Description Values
Continue Makes the menu disappear. It reappears if "start" is pressed.
rumble Has no function in the final release, but was presumably for testing rumble intensities. Min=0; Max=10; Increment=1
frame Has no known function. Min=0; Max=8000; Increment=1
STOP RUMBLE Has no function in the final release, but was presumably for stopping rumbling caused by the "rumble" option.
call Plays characters' crowd chants. Min=0; Max=11; Increment=1
  • 0: Mario
  • 1: Fox
  • 2: Donkey Kong
  • 3: Samus
  • 4: Luigi
  • 5: Link
  • 6: Yoshi
  • 7: Captain Falcon
  • 8: Kirby
  • 9: Pikachu
  • 10: Jigglypuff
  • 11: Ness
fgm Plays the various sound effects in the game.

US Min=0; Max=659; Increment=1
EU Min=0; Max=905; Increment=1
Japan Min=0; Max=669; Increment=1

STOP FGM Stops all sound effects.
bgm Plays the various background music in the game. Min=0; Max=46; Increment=1 (See here.)
effect Applies an effect to the background music. Min=0; Max=5; Increment=1
STOP BGM Stops all background music.
(Transition) Executes the game's various transitions. Scroll through them with left and right on the control stick
  • Aeroplane
  • Check
  • Gakubuthi
  • Kannon
  • Star
  • Sudare1
  • Sudare2
  • Camera
  • Block
  • RotScale
  • Curtain
cic Has no known function. Min=0; Max=255; Increment=1
boot Has no known function. Min=0; Max=255; Increment=1
Exit Exits to the title screen.

BGM[edit]

Debug Number Music
0 Pupupu Land Stage
1 Planet Zebes Stage
2 Ancient Kingdom Stage
3 Ancient Kingdom Stage (Finale)
4 Sector Z Stage
5 Congo Jungle Stage
6 Peach's Castle Sky Stage
7 Yamabuki City Stage
8 Yoshi's Island Stage
9 Hyrule Castle Stage
10 Character Select
11 Unused Fanfare
12 Mario's and Luigi's victory theme
13 Samus's victory theme
14 Donkey Kong's victory theme
15 Kirby's victory theme
16 Fox's victory theme
17 Ness's victory theme
18 Yoshi's victory theme
19 Captain Falcon's victory theme
20 Pikachu's and Jigglypuff's victory theme
21 Link's victory theme
22 Battle Results
23 Ending Point (Intro)
24 Ending Point (Master Hand Appearance)
25 Ending Point
26 Bonus Game
27 Ending
28 Bonus Game (Clear)
29 All Clear
30 Lose Bonus Game
31 Continue
32 Game Over
33 Opening
34 How to Play
35 Meta Crystal (Intro)
36 Duel Zone
37 Meta Crystal
38 Ending
39 Staff Roll
40 The Prize
41 A Character Appears
42 Training Mode
43 Character Introduction Stage
44 Menu Screen
45 Hammer
46 Starman

Battle debug menu[edit]

The debug menu in Super Smash Bros.
The battle debug menu in Super Smash Bros.

This menu contains options for starting 1P Game and Versus Mode matches. Characters such as Master Hand and Metal Mario can be selected here, and they can play on each stage in the game, including Meta Crystal and Duel Zone. Pressing start begins the match.

Menu item Description
(Mode) Sets the game mode.
BattleTime Sets how much time (in minutes) that a versus match will last.
S Sets the 1P Game stage that the player should start on.
(P1 Type) Sets Player 1's player type.
(P1 Character) Sets Player 1's character.
(P1 Color) Sets Player 1's alternate costume.
(P2 Type) Sets Player 2's player type.
(P2 Character) Sets Player 2's character.
(P2 Color) Sets Player 2's alternate costume.
(P3 Type) Sets Player 3's player type.
(P3 Character) Sets Player 3's character.
(P3 Color) Sets Player 3's alternate costume.
(P4 Type) Sets Player 4's player type.
(P4 Character) Sets Player 4's character.
(P4 Color) Sets Player 4's alternate costume.

Modes[edit]

Mode Description
VS mode Starts a normal Versus Mode match using the 4 specified characters.
1P mode Starts a 1P Game using player 1's character .
Staffroll Plays the ending credits.
Explain Plays the "How to Play" video.
AutoDemo Plays the battle demo when the How to Play video ends.
Congra Shows the congratulations screen of player 1's character.

Characters[edit]

Debug name Character Notes
Mario Mario's head icon from SSB. Mario
Fox Fox's head icon from SSB. Fox
Donkey DK's head icon from SSB. Donkey Kong
Samus Samus's head icon from SSB. Samus
Luigi Luigi's head icon from SSB. Luigi
Link Link's head icon from SSB. Link
Yoshi Yoshi's head icon from SSB. Yoshi
Captain C. Falcon's head icon from SSB. Captain Falcon
Kirby Kirby's head icon from SSB. Kirby
Pikacyu Pikachu's head icon from SSB. Pikachu Pikacyu is a romanized version of Pikachu's name
Purin Jigglypuff's head icon from SSB. Jigglypuff Purin is Jigglypuff's Japanese name
Nes Ness's head icon from SSB. Ness
Boss Master Hand's head icon from SSB. Master Hand
Metal Metal Mario's head icon from SSB. Metal Mario
NMario A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Mario Polygon
NFox A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Fox Polygon
NDonkey A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Donkey Kong Polygon
NSamus A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Samus Polygon
NLuigi A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Luigi Polygon
NLink A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Link Polygon
NYoshi A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Yoshi Polygon
NCaptain A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Captain Falcon Polygon
NKirby A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Kirby Polygon
NPikacyu A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Pikachu Polygon
NPurin A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Jigglypuff Polygon
NNes A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Ness Polygon
GDonkey DK's head icon from SSB. Giant Donkey Kong

Player types[edit]

Type Description
Man A human controlled player.
Com A computer controlled player.
Not The slot is empty, no character will appear.
Demo Movement will be static, and the character intro will be glitched. The character cannot be interacted with in any way
Key Movement will be static. Will cause the animation of entering the stage to be glitched, almost similarly to the above.
GameKey

Stages[edit]

Debug name Stage name In-game usage Description
Mario Peach's Castle Playable Stage
Fox Sector Z Playable Stage
Donkey Congo Jungle Playable Stage
Samus Planet Zebes Playable Stage
Link Hyrule Castle Playable Stage
Yoshi Yoshi's Island Playable Stage
Kirby Dream Land Playable Stage
Pikacyu Saffron City Playable Stage
OldMario Mushroom Kingdom Playable Stage
Small None- Debug Menu Only A mostly flat stage similar to Dream Land in visuals and layout.
New None- Debug Menu Only A sister stage to "Small". This one has a modified layout.
Explain How to Play The stage used during the How to Play video.
SYoshi 1P Game The stage used during the second match in the 1P Game. It is a clone of Yoshi's Island, but lacks the cloud platforms, has a fixed camera, and narrower blast lines.
Metal Meta Crystal 1P Game The stage used during the Metal Mario fight in the 1P Game.
Zako Duel Zone 1P Game The stage used during the Fighting Polygon Team fight in the 1P Game.
Bonus3 Race to the Finish 1P Game The stage used during the "Race to the Finish" bonus round in the 1P Game.
Boss Final Destination 1P Game The stage used during the Master Hand fight in the 1P Game. Crashes the game if the stage is called through the debug menu.
Bonus1(CHAR) Target Test Bonus 1 Practice, 1P Game The stages used for the "Target Test" bonus game. There is one for each character. The game crashes if these stages are called through the debug menu.
Bonus2(CHAR) Board the Platforms Bonus 2 Practice, 1P Game The stages used for the "Board the Platforms" bonus game. There is one for each character. The game crashes if these stages are called through the debug menu.

"S" Stages[edit]

This option is only active if the mode is set to "1P Game". It sets which event to place player 1 in. This includes 1P Game stages and challenger approaching events.

1P Game stages
Debug name Opponents/Objective Stage
S:Link Link's head icon from SSB. Link Hyrule Castle
S:Yoshi Yoshi's head icon from SSB. Yoshi Team (of 18) SYoshi
S:Fox Fox's head icon from SSB. Fox Sector Z
S:Bonus1 Break the Targets Bonus1(CHAR)
S:MarioBros Mario's head icon from SSB. Luigi's head icon from SSB. Mario Bros Peach's Castle
S:Pikacyu Pikachu's head icon from SSB. Pikachu Saffron City
S:GDonkey DK's head icon from SSB. Giant Donkey Kong Congo Jungle
S:Bonus2 Board the Platforms Bonus2(CHAR)
S:Kirby Kirby's head icon from SSB. Kirby Team (of 8) Dream Land
S:Samus Samus's head icon from SSB. Samus Planet Zebes
S:Metal Metal Mario's head icon from SSB. Metal Mario Meta Crystal
S:Bonus3 Race to the Finish Bonus3
S:Zako A Fighting Polygon's head in SSB. These can only be seen in Stage 12 on the top-right corner. Fighting Polygon Team Duel Zone
S:Boss Master Hand's head icon from SSB. Master Hand Final Destination
Challenger approaching events
Debug name Opponent Stage
S:Luigi Luigi's head icon from SSB. Luigi Peach's Castle
S:Nes Ness's head icon from SSB. Ness Dream Land
S:Purin Jigglypuff's head icon from SSB. Jigglypuff Saffron City
S:Captain C. Falcon's head icon from SSB. Captain Falcon Planet Zebes

Falls debug menu[edit]

The falls debug menu in Super Smash Bros.

A very unstable menu, the Falls debug menu was most likely used to test the results screen, although it does nothing now. The game may randomly crash upon loading this menu for no known reason. There are 12 options in the menu, 3 for each character. Finish is repeated twice per character. The top one will crash the game if scrolled past 4. The bottom one can go out to 65536. Dead also ranges from 0 to 65536. If "A" is pressed, the battle debug menu is loaded, although changes made to the Falls debug menu appear not to affect the match or results screen in any way.

Unknown debug menu[edit]

This mysterious menu appears to have no function whatsoever. It lacks the interface found in the other 3 menus and appears to respond randomly to any button presses, throwing overlapping UI elements on the screen. This menu differs considerably from version to version.

Trivia[edit]

  • Super Smash Bros.'s debug menu contains two voice clips of Ness, one saying "PK" and another saying "Starstorm", as well as another clip of Captain Falcon saying "Come on!" (similarly to the start of his Blue Falcon move), suggesting that Final Smashes were originally intended to appear in the game. Masahiro Sakurai later confirmed in an interview that he did intend to implement Final Smashes in Super Smash Bros., and that the voice clips were intended for that purpose.