Heading for Battle!

Heading for Battle! (, Pay attention to your head! Headgear Tournament), known as Ahead of the Game in PAL regions, was an Event Tourney with a theme of headwear. It ran from 6 a.m. on November 27, 2020 to 6 a.m. on November 30, 2020. During the event, only certain characters could be chosen.

North America

 * Only fighters with hats, helmets, or other headwear may enter this time-limited tourney!


 * The further you advance, the better the spirit you'll win!

PAL regions

 * Only fighters with hats, helmets or other such headwear may enter this time-limited tourney!


 * The further you advance, the better the spirit you'll win!

Rules

 * Format: Smash
 * Rules: Time
 * Time Limit: 2:30
 * FS Meter: On
 * Items: Medium

Trivia

 * The hats seen on the banner are Cappy, Mario's builder hard hat, the hat from Link's champion's tunic, Samus' helmet, Luigi's hat, Ness' baseball cap, Captain Falcon's helmet, Wario's hat, Leaf's bucket hat, Diddy Kong's snapback, King Dedede's cap, Mega Man's helmet, Terry's snapback, and Min Min's beanie.
 * Ice Climbers, Sheik, Young Link, Olimar and Toon Link do not have their headwear present on the banner despite being available in the tourney.
 * While the wears a hat, the Pokémon do not, making them the only fighters in this tourney not to wear any headwear.
 * The tourney is seemingly limited to headwear that completely covers the head. Because of this, several fighters with headwear such as crowns (,, , and ), bandanas (, , , , and ), and wreaths (, , and ) are excluded from the tourney.
 * Similarly, only fighters with headwear in all of their alternate costumes are available. Because of this,, , , , , , , and are excluded from the tourney.
 * Despite this, Link's hat from his Hero of the Wild alternate costume is featured in the tourney's banner.
 * Дело в шляпе, the Russian name for this event, is a pun. It can also be translated as "It's in the hat!"
 * Similarly, Op je hoede, the Dutch name for this event, is a pun as well, as the word "hoede" includes the word "hoed", which is Dutch for "hat".