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| {{Title|''Super Smash Bros.'' logo}} | | {{ArticleIcons|ssb=y|melee=y|brawl=y}} |
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| | [[File:SmashBrosSymbol.png|thumb|250px|right|The Super Smash Bros logo in grey.]] |
| :''This article gives information on the ''Smash'' [[Super Smash Bros. (universe)|universe]] logo. For information about the logos of other game universes, see [[Series symbol]]''.
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| The '''''Super Smash Bros.''''' '''[[series symbol|logo]]''', which represents both the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|series]] and the [[Super Smash Bros. (universe)|universe]], is a circle or sphere split by one horizontal line and one thicker vertical line, which intersect at a specific point to the bottom left of the circle's center. This symbol made its first appearance in the [[opening movie#Super Smash Bros.|introduction clip]] of the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' It appears in many places elsewhere throughout the game and its successors, and is used in other media associated with the series, such as the Smash Bros. DOJO!! website. It is also used as the [[series symbol]] of the [[Mii]] Fighters in ''[[Smash 4]]'' and ''[[Ultimate]]''. | | The ''Super Smash Bros'' series and [[Super Smash Bros. (universe)|universe]] is represented by a logo that takes the form of a circle or sphere overlapped by one thin horizontal and one thicker vertical line, which intersect at a point to the bottom left of the circle’s centre. This symbol made its first appearance in the introduction clip of the original ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', appears in many places elsewhere throughout the game and its successors, and is used in other media associated with the series, such as the Smash Bros Dojo website. |
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| [[Masahiro Sakurai]] provided [http://sourcegaming.info/2015/03/30/smash-reader-response-page-9-meaning-behind-smash-logo-lip-ice-climbers-and-balloon-fight/ an explanation] for what the logo represents on ''Smash 64's'' website. Intended to be simple in design, Sakurai stated that the cross represents the crossover of the various Nintendo characters and properties, while the logo's four sections reference the four-player aspect of the games.
| | The exact meaning of the logo has never been defined within the games; however, it is possible that the cross represents the unity or convergence of different characters and series. |
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| ==On items and other objects== | | ==On items and other objects== |
| *'''[[Assist Trophy]]''' – The logo appears embossed on the inside base of the item. | | *'''[[Assist Trophies]]''' – the logo appears embossed on the inside base of the item. |
| *'''[[Barrel]]''' – The logo is printed on the top surface of traditional or "garden" Barrels in ''Brawl'', but not their themed counterparts, and all Barrels in ''Melee''. | | *'''[[Barrel]]s''' – the logo is printed on the top surface of traditional or "garden" Barrels in ''Brawl'', but not their themed counterparts, and all Barrels in Melee. |
| *'''[[Bumper]]''' – The logo is part of design in the centre of the item. The logo is black and gold in ''Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Brawl'' and yellow and orange in ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''. | | *'''[[Bumper]]s''' – the logo is part of a black and gold design in the centre of this item in ''Brawl'', but not on its N64 counterpart. |
| *'''[[Coin]]s''' – The collectable currency in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' is depicted in the form of gold coins with the ''Smash Bros'' logo on both sides.
| | *'''[[Crate]]s and Rolling Crates''' – the logo printed on the side of traditional Crates and Rolling Crates in ''Brawl'' and, all Crates in ''Melee''. |
| *'''[[Crate]]s and Rolling Crates''' – the logo is printed on the side of traditional Crates and Rolling Crates in ''Brawl'' and is printed on all Crates in ''Melee''. | | *'''[[Fighting Wire Frames]]''' – both ''Melee's'' male and female Fighting Wire Frames sport a red Smash Bros logo on their faces. |
| *'''[[Fake Smash Ball]]''' – Similar to a Smash Ball, this item takes on the form of a floating ''Smash Bros.'' logo. However, it's depicted with a thicker horizontal line and a thinner vertical line; the inverse of the regular ''Smash'' symbol.
| | *'''[[Smash Ball]]s''' – this item takes the form of a rainbow coloured Smash Bros logo. |
| *'''[[Fighting Wire Frames]]''' – both ''Melee''{{'}}s male and female Fighting Wire Frames sport a red ''Smash Bros.'' logo on their faces. Their [[Media:FightingWireFramesHeadSSBM.png|head icons]] also consist of the ''Smash Bros.'' logo. | | *'''[[Snake (SSBB)|Snake]]'s [[taunt]]s''' – The box under which Snake hides has the logo printed on its side in red, alongside the text “Smash Bros”. |
| *'''[[Smash Ball]]''' – this item takes the form of a floating ''Smash Bros.'' logo that cycles through different colours of the rainbow. | | *'''[[Trophy Base]]s''' – the logo appears on the top surface of the Trophy Base item. |
| *'''[[Snake]]'s [[cardboard box]]''' – The box under which Snake hides has the logo printed on its side in red, alongside the text "Smash Bros". | | *'''[[Trophies]]''' – the logo on the upper surface of trophy bases in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''. |
| *'''[[Trophy Stand]]''' – the logo appears on the top surface of the Trophy Stand item. | | *'''[[Great Maze]] save points''' – The Great Maze of ''Brawl's'' [[Subspace Emissary]] features a hovering pink or yellow Smash Bros logo in each of its save points. If pink, players can touch them to warp to other pink save points. |
| *'''[[Trophies]]''' – the logo on the upper surface of trophy bases. | |
| *'''[[Save Point]]s''' – The Great Maze of ''Brawl's'' [[Subspace Emissary]] features a hovering pink or yellow ''Smash Bros.'' logo in each of its Save Points. | |
| *'''[[Ray Gun]]''' - Inside the barrel, as of ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''.
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| *'''[[Home-Run Bat]]''' - At the base of the grip, as of ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''.
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| *The floor of the ''Smash Bros.'' version of the '''[[Boxing Ring]]'''.
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| *The "''KOF''" logo on the floor of the '''[[King of Fighters Stadium]]''' stage, with it taking the place of the "''O''".
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| *In the background of parts of the '''[[Smash Run]]''' stage.
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| *On outfits for the '''[[Mii Fighter]]s'''.
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| *On the bases of ''Super Smash Bros.''-series '''[[amiibo]]'''.
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| *On the door that appears in [[Sealing the Keyhole]], [[Sora]]'s [[Final Smash]].
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| ==As a design element== | | ==In game menus== |
| *[[Character]]s and [[boss]]es belonging to the ''Smash Bros.'' universe, such as the [[Fighting Polygon]]s, [[Wire Frame]]s and [[Alloy]]s, [[Mii Fighter]]s and [[Master Hand]] and [[Crazy Hand]], display the ''Smash Bros.'' logo next to their [[damage]] meters, as their character [[series symbol]].
| | *In the original ''Super Smash Bros'', the logo appears on the [[character]] select screen in the place of any player slot without a selected character. |
| *If a match ends with No Contest, the ''Smash Bros.'' logo can be seen on the [[results screen]] in place of the winner's series symbol.
| | *The letter "O" in the title artwork for both ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' is represented by an image of the logo. ''Brawl's'' Subspace Emissary also features the logo in this fashion. |
| **A shadow of the logo is also cast on the ground in the No Contest results screen of ''SSB4''.
| | *When loading something, ''Brawl'' displays a spinning Smash Bros logo. |
| *In the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', the logo appears on the [[character]] select screen in the place of any player slot that is not assigned to a human or computer player. | | *On the stage selection screen of all three games, the logo appears alongside the title of any stage that identifies with the Smash Bros universe as opposed to other game universes. |
| *The logo appears in the bottom right of the [[Mode|Menu]] screen in ''Super Smash Bros.'', and in the menu's background along with the other ''Smash Bros.'' logos.
| | *In ''Brawl'', various versions of the logo represent various difficulty settings – "easy", "medium" and "hard" in [[Event Mode]], with the addition of "very hard" and "intense" in The Subspace Emissary. As well as variations in colour, the icons that represent the easiest difficulties have one or both of the logo's lines removed, while the "hard" difficulty has both lines, and the icons that represent the even more difficult settings have additional, diagonal lines. |
| *During [[Training Mode]] in ''Super Smash Bros.'', every stage's background is replaced with the logo.
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| *The [[Pause]] screen in ''Super Smash Bros.'' features the logo.
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| *In ''Melee'', the room featured in the [[Collection]] mode has two window shades near the corner of the rooms; a faint logo can be seen on both of them. In ''Brawl''{{'}}s [[Trophy Hoard]], a large ''Smash'' logo can be seen on the floor underneath the trophies.
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| *The letter "O" in the title artwork for every game starting with ''Melee'' is represented by an image of the logo. ''Brawl''{{'}}s Subspace Emissary title artwork also features the logo in this fashion. | |
| *The loading screen in ''Brawl'' displays a spinning or flashing ''Smash Bros.'' logo. In ''SSB4'', it's a fiery ''Smash'' logo with a spinning outline, and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', it's a static logo orbited by a spinning line. | |
| *On the stage selection screen of ''Brawl'' and subsequent games, the logo appears alongside the title of any stage that identifies with the ''Smash Bros.'' universe as opposed to other game universes. | |
| *In ''Brawl'', various versions of the logo represent various [[Difficulty]] settings – "easy", "medium" and "hard" in [[Event Mode]], with the addition of "very hard" and "intense" in {{SSBB|Classic Mode}} and The Subspace Emissary. As well as variations in color, the icons that represent the easiest difficulties have one or both of the logo's lines removed, while the "hard" difficulty has both lines, and the icons that represent the even more difficult settings have additional, diagonal lines. | |
| *The [[opening movie#Super Smash Bros. 4|opening movie]] of ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' starts by showing a black screen which is then broken by two slashes (using a slash-esque sound effect), one vertical and the other horizontal in a very similar fashion to the ''Super Smash Bros.'' logo. It opens up to reveal fire roaring behind the blackness. At this point the sound of a heartbeat and flames can be heard. The camera then zooms into said fire (at the point where the horizontal and vertical slashes meet) and transitions into the movie. Many official videos released for ''Smash 4'' have this intro, including most of the [[List of Super Smash Bros. 4 character trailers|trailers]]. [[List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers|Trailers for ''Ultimate'']] feature a similar transition, but more stylized; there is no fire, the slashes are more geometric, and the sound effects used are less organic.
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| *''Ultimate''{{'}}s reveal trailer had the reflection of the logo in the [[Inkling]]'s eye, which then pans out to reveal the logo itself. This is actually the inverse of the logo used for character trailers in ''SSB4''; while the ones used there had the cross on fire, in ''Ultimate''{{'}}s reveal trailer, everything except the cross was on fire. At the end of the North American commercial for ''Ultimate'' titled "More Fighters, More Battles, More Fun", and the beginning of Sora's reveal trailer titled "The Last Key," the Inkling's eye again shows the flaming ''Smash Bros.'' logo.
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| *On ''Ultimate''{{'}}s stage select screen, the ''Smash Bros.'' logo is used to represent the standard form of each stage, as opposed to the [[Ω form]] or [[Battlefield form]].
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| ==On the Smash Bros. DOJO!!== | | ==In the Smash Bros. DOJO!!== |
| In its title artwork, the [[Smash Bros. DOJO!!]] incorporates a design of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' logo that has its surface appear spherical. The logo also appears at the head of written articles pertaining to the ''Smash Bros.'' universe. | | In its title artwork, the [[Smash Bros. DOJO!!]] incorporates a version of the Smash Bros logo that is stylised such that its surface appears spherical. The logo also appears at the head of written articles pertaining to the Smash Bros universe. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery widths="200"> | | <gallery widths="200"> |
| SSB_Smash_Logo_Intro.gif|The logo's debut at the end of the opening of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
| | File:Assist_Trophy.jpg | The logo can be seen inside the base of the [[Assist Trophy]] item. |
| SSB64Title.png|The logo appears behind the word "Smash" in the title screen for ''Super Smash Bros.''
| | File:Cratebarrel.jpg | The logo appears on the side of ''Brawl's'' normal [[Crate]], and the top of its normal [[Barrel]]. |
| MeleeTitle.png|On ''Melee's'' title screen, the logo represents the "O" in the game title, and also appears behind the word "Melee".
| | File:Marion_with_bumper.jpg | ''Brawl's'' [[Bumper]] item showcases a the logo in black and gold as part of its design. |
| Assist Trophy.jpg|The logo can be seen inside the base of the [[Assist Trophy]] item.
| | File:SSE_pink_save_point.jpg | A pink Smash Bros logo in one of the [[Subspace Emissary]]'s save points. |
| Cratebarrel.jpg|The logo appears on the side of ''Brawl's'' normal [[Crate]], and the top of its normal [[Barrel]]. | | File:SSBB_Game_Logo.jpg | The logo represents the "O" in ''Brawl's'' game title. |
| Mario with bumper.jpg|The [[Bumper]] item showcases the logo in black and gold as part of its design.
| | File:SSBMNTSCBox.jpg | On ''Melee's'' box art, the logo represents the "O" in the game title, and also appears behind the word "Melee". |
| Coins.png|The {{b|coins|collectable}} in ''Brawl'' carry the logo on both sides.
| | File:DOJO.jpg | The Smash Bros. DOJO!! incorporates the ''Smash'' logo in the word "bros" and as a stylised design element. |
| Smash Ball (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U).jpg|The [[Smash Ball]] item is depicted using a floating, rainbow ''Smash'' logo.
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| SSE pink save point.jpg|A [[Save Point]] in ''The Subspace Emissary'' showing the Smash Bros. logo.
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| SSBB Logo (US).png|The logo represents the "O" in ''Brawl's'' game title.
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| Battlefield select.jpg|In ''Brawl's'' stage select screen, stages from the ''Smash Bros.'' series, like [[Battlefield]], have the Smash Bros. logo shown next to their name.
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| DOJO.jpg|The ''Smash Bros. DOJO!!'' incorporates the ''Smash'' logo in the word "Bros." and as a stylized design element. | |
| Boxing Ring Smash Design.jpg|The Smash Bros. design of the Boxing Ring.
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| SSB4 Trailer Intro.gif|The cross-slash of the Super Smash Bros. logo as seen in the opening of every ''SSB4'' [[Trailer]], including the opening cinematic.
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| DLC Costume SSB T-Shirt.jpg|The SSB T-shirt Mii Fighter costume.
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| Master Core artwork (Wii U).png|[[Unused content (SSB4)|Unused]] artwork of [[Master Core]] from {{forwiiu}}.
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| MarioTrophyWiiU.png|[[Mario]]'s [[trophy]] in {{forwiiu}}, with the symbol on its base.
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| Battlefield amiibo diorama.png|Several ''Smash'' [[amiibo]]: like trophies, their base features the ''Smash'' logo.
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| Cardboardbox 1.jpg|The Super Smash Bros. logo as seen on Snake's cardboard box.
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| Trophy Stand - Brawl Trophy.png|The Trophy Stand trophy in ''Brawl''.
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| SSBUResultsNoContest.jpg|The logo can be seen in the No Contest screen if there's no winner in a match.
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| Inkling Trailer.png|The flaming ''Smash Bros.'' logo with the [[Inkling]] looking at it.
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| SSBU Trailer Intro.gif|The cross-slash of the Super Smash Bros. logo as seen in the opening of every ''Ultimate'' Trailer.
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| Sora Sealing the Keyhole.jpg|Sora using his Final Smash Sealing the Keyhole which has the symbol in the door.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Trivia==
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| [[File:NES_Series_Logos.png|thumb|400px|The Sports Series logo, second from the left.]]
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| *The ''Super Smash Bros.'' logo coincidentally looks similar to the Sports Series logo used for old NES sports games, formed by the intersection of a baseball bat and a golf club on a tennis racket.
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