Chronicle

Chronicle is an option in the Vault section of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It contains a near-comprehensive list of all titles published by Nintendo as of December 2007 in the Japanese and North American version and up to March 14, 2008 in the European version, for the, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy (and Game Boy Color), Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS and Wii. More titles are added to the list as the player collects new trophies and stickers that refer to those games.

Regional differences
Some minor differences exist in the Chronicle between different regional releases of Brawl. Notably, the NTSC versions of the game give specific release dates for games on the list (although the North American version only lists specific days for more recent games), but the PAL versions restrict all releases to year only.

Furthermore, the selection of games listed is changed between regions. While some involve merely changing the name of the game to the region's official name (such as Yoshi into Mario and Yoshi in the NES section), others are exclusive to certain regions. For example, all games starring baseball player are exclusive to the North American list; meanwhile, a selection of games created by Rare both prior and during the time Nintendo co-owned them are exclusive to the PAL lists.

Exclusive to the Japanese version is a section for Famicom Disk System games. The Korean version removed the Chronicle option altogether.

Nintendo 64


Nintendo DS


Trivia

 * The Chronicle marks one of the few in-game instances of non-video game media being directly referenced in Smash, with the mode listing several games based on non-gaming properties such as ', ', ', and '.
 * Although ' is based on the movie ' (known as Spartan X in Japan), the reference to the film is only present in the Japanese version, as international versions of the game dropped the license.
 * Additionally, both ' and ' are listed in the PAL lists, but are referred to as World League Basketball and Super Hockey respectively due to their licenses being dropped for their PAL releases.
 * The German Chronicle list is the only one among the PAL region lists to completely remove a game from its list, as well as the only one to add a game not listed in any other region's list. In this case, GoldenEye 007 was removed and in its place is F-1 World Grand Prix for the Nintendo 64.
 * Several series that would first receive representation in later Super Smash Bros. installments have had at least one of their games listed in the Chronicle in at least one region. In addition, three universes that would receive playable characters in later installments have also had some of their installments listed:
 * The first game was listed in the Japanese version, before  made her debut in Super Smash Bros. 4.
 * Tactics Advance was listed in non-Japanese versions, before made his debut in Super Smash Bros. 4 as downloadable content.
 * The first installment and Banjo-Tooie were listed in PAL versions, before  made their debut in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as downloadable content.
 * Because the Chronicle's precision for dates in non-Japanese versions is lower for older platforms, and games are ordered alphabetically when there is a tie, some games are ordered incorrectly relative to each other.
 * The PAL Chronicle as a whole is based around the games' releases specifically in Europe, and may be in places inaccurate in regards to Australia; most notably, WarioWare: Twisted! actually saw a release in Australia on May 19, 2005, yet its release date is still listed as "Not released".
 * A sticker exists for the Game & Watch title Egg, but no region has it listed on their Chronicle. However, the game that it is a re-skinned version of, Mickey Mouse, is listed in all regions.
 * The PAL Chronicle list erroneously lists Stack-Up as coming out in 1985. This would have been one year before the NES even launched in Europe.
 * The NTSC Chronicle list erroneously lists Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream as releasing October 1987. This is the date that Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! released. The Mr. Dream version came out in August 1990. This is also the case for the Masterpiece in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where the release date is listed as October 14, 1987, despite the name using the Featuring Mr. Dream subtitle.
 * It also erroneously lists the North American release date of Metroid as August 1986. This is the date the Japanese version was released. Metroid wouldn’t be released in North America until August 1987.
 * Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is the only game listed in the Japanese list that was exclusive to the service.
 * The main character of 怪人かいじんゾナー, known in English as "Phantom Zona", was coincidentally referenced by name in the manga The Nintendo All-Stars Free-For-All! Smash Brothers.
 * The SNES version of Tetris Attack is unlocked by obtaining the Lip's Stick trophy, despite Tetris Attack removing all elements of.
 * Similarly, this error would continue into the PAL release of in the Lip's Stick trophy.
 * The Ray Mk III trophy unlocks Custom Robo GX, despite the Ray Mk III not appearing in the series until Custom Robo Arena.
 * The Perry trophy unlocks Pokémon Trozei, despite Perry having no relation to the game at all. This seems to stem from the fact that both games were released on the same day in Japan (October 20th, 2005), and the wrong game was hidden. The error was fixed in the European version of the game.