Three Cheers for 35 Years!

Three Cheers for 35 Years! was an Event Tourney based around, , , and  series, all of which commemorated their 35th anniversaries in 2021. It ran from 6 a.m. on May 28, 2021 to 6 a.m. on May 31, 2021. During the event, only characters, stages, and items from the five series (except Dragon Quest for stages and items) could be used.

North America

 * Many series are commemorating their 35th anniversaries in 2021, including The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Castlevania, and DRAGON QUEST!


 * This tournament features fighters, stages, and items from these series. The further you advance, the better the spirit you'll win.

PAL regions

 * Many series are commemorating their 35th anniversaries in 2021, including The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Castlevania and DRAGON QUEST!


 * This tourney features fighters, stages and items from these series. 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

Available items

 * Smash Ball
 * Daybreak
 * Heart Container
 * Fairy Bottle
 * Bunny Hood
 * Ore Club
 * Death's Scythe
 * Gust Bellows
 * Staff
 * Deku Nut
 * Bombchu
 * X Bomb
 * Beetle
 * Cucco
 * Killer Eye
 * Screw Attack
 * Back Shield

Trivia

 * Yggdrasil's Altar is not available in the tourney, making Dragon Quest the only series in the tourney to have no item or stage representation.
 * Of the playable characters in this event, only Link, Zelda, Samus, Ridley, Pit, Palutena, and Simon also celebrate their 35th anniversaries along with their series.
 * However, while Zero Suit Samus's debut with the Zero Suit was in 2004's Metroid: Zero Mission, the Super Smash Bros. series uses her to represent unarmored Samus in general, so she can be considered a stand-in for Samus appearing without her armor in the secret ending of Metroid.
 * Of the characters on the banner, Erdrick is the only one to not debut in 1986, instead debuting in 1988. He is on the banner because he is the oldest hero in the Dragon Quest series playable in Ultimate.