Smash Run: Difference between revisions

'''Smash Run''' ({{ja|フィールドスマッシュ|Fīrudo Sumasshu}}, ''Field Smash'') is a gameplay mode that appears exclusively in {{for3ds}}, and one of only two modes exclusive to that installment, alongside [[StreetSmash]]. It involves a blend of platforming and exploration, as well as standard fighting or another challenge in the second half of the mode.

The mode starts with a five-minute adventure course involving exploration of a large, expansive, and unnamed island in the sky shaped like a ship. Players are tasked with strengthening their attributes via finding items in [[chest]]s, as well as defeating numerous enemies from both ''[[Brawl]]''{{'}}s [[The Subspace Emissary]] and other game series. Bonus stages hidden behind [[door]]s in the map also allow for players to take part in challenges that can give them further boosts to their various attributes and more prizes; special events that occur on the map can also provide further benefits to players, such as by defeating an exceptionally powerful enemy or finding a hidden room filled with chests. In Group mode, players can trigger traps that will drop giant [[Bob-omb]]s, by activating a switch item that can appear from treasure chests. Enemies, however, can attack the player and make them drop their power-ups sometimes; getting KO'd is also a possibility, leading to significant penalties to the player's stat boosts.

Several standard [[item]]s can be found throughout the play area, including most battering items and state-granting powerups. The latter's effects last noticeably longer in this game mode, such as the [[Starman]] and [[Hammer]].

|[[Banzai Bill]]||rowspan=14|{{symbol|smb|24px}} {{uv|Mario}}

|[[Big Goomba]]

|{{b|Bullet Bill|enemy}}

|[[Chain Chomp]]

|[[Flame Chomp]]

|[[Goomba]]

|[[Hammer Bro]]

|[[Koopa Paratroopa]]

|[[Koopa Troopa]]

|[[Lakitu and Spinies]]

|[[Magikoopa]]

|[[Shy Guy]]

|[[Spike Top]]

|[[Kritter]]||rowspan=2|{{symbol|dk|24px}} {{uv|Donkey Kong}}

|[[Tiki Buzz]]

|[[Bubble]]||rowspan=7|{{symbol|zelda|24px}} {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}}

|[[Cucco]]

|[[Darknut]]

|[[Octorok]]

|[[Peahat]]

|[[ReDead]]

|[[Stalfos]]

|[[Geemer]]||rowspan=4|{{symbol|metroid|24px}} {{uv|Metroid}}

|[[Kihunter]]

|{{b|Metroid|creature}}

|[[Reo]]

|[[Fly Guy]]||{{symbol|yoshi|24px}} {{uv|Yoshi}}

|[[Bonkers]]||rowspan=9|{{symbol|kirby|24px}} {{uv|Kirby}}

|[[Bronto Burt]]

|[[Gordo]]

|[[Parasol Waddle Dee]]

|[[Plasma Wisp]]

|[[Shotzo]]

|[[Tac]]

|[[Waddle Dee]]

|[[Waddle Doo]]

|[[Chandelure]]||rowspan=5|{{symbol|pkmn|24px}} {{uv|Pokémon}}

|[[Cryogonal]]

|[[Gastly]]

|[[Koffing]]

|[[Petilil]]

|[[Devil Car]]||rowspan=2|{{symbol|eb|24px}} {{uv|EarthBound}}

|{{b|Starman|EarthBound}}

|[[Polar Bear]]||{{symbol|ic|24px}} {{uv|Ice Climber}}

|[[Boom Stomper]]||rowspan=19|{{symbol|ki|24px}} {{uv|Kid Icarus}}

|[[Bumpety Bomb]]

|[[Clubberskull]]

|[[Daphne]]

|[[Flage]]

|[[Lethinium]]

|[[Lurchthorn]]

|[[Mahva]]

|[[Megonta]]

|[[Mimicutie]]

|[[Monoeye]]

|[[Nutski]]

|[[Orne]]

|[[Reaper & Reapette]]

|[[Skuttler]]

|[[Skuttler Cannoneer]]

|[[Skuttler Mage]]

|[[Souflee]]

|[[Zuree]]

|[[Bulborb]]||rowspan=2|{{symbol|pikmin|24px}} {{uv|Pikmin}}

|[[Iridescent Glint Beetle]]

|[[Generator]]||rowspan=7|{{symbol|subspace|24px}} [[The Subspace Emissary]]

|[[Glice]]

|[[Glire]]

|[[Glunder]]

|[[Mite]]

|[[Poppant]]

|[[Roturret]]

|{{b|Ghost|Find Mii}}||{{symbol|streetpass|24px}} {{uv|StreetPass Mii Plaza}}

|[[Sneaky Spirit]]||{{symbol|other|24px}} {{uv|Rhythm Heaven}}

|[[Eggrobo]]||{{symbol|sonic|24px}} {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}}

|[[Mettaur]]||{{symbol|mm|24px}} {{uv|Mega Man}}

|[[Bacura]]||{{symbol|other|24px}} {{uv|Xevious}}

|[[Pooka]]||{{symbol|other|24px}} {{uv|Dig Dug}}

After entering a door, the player must complete an objective to reveal a treasure chest containing rewards that range from 1, 2, or 3 stat boosts worth 200 points correlating with the difficulty level of the challenge that range from Easy, Normal, and Hard respectively. Stat boosts do not fade away in challenge rooms, but failing a challenge or being defeated will eject the player from the room, unable to re-enter. All doors disappear from the main map for the last minute of the run.

| Crystal Smash! || [[File:Smash Run Crystal Smash easy.jpg|200px]] || All crystals in the room must be destroyed within the time limit. Some crystals are attached to other, bigger ones: destroying a big crystal also destroys all of the attached small ones, while destroying a small crystal makes a crack, which acts as a weak point, appear in the bigger one. Crystals drop small power-ups when destroyed. Easy difficulty contains one crystal, normal difficulty four crystals, and hard difficulty also with four crystals, albeit higher durability.

*Normal: 10 enemies - 3 Octoroks > 3 Octoroks > 2 Bumpety Bombs, 1 Plasma Wisp, 1 Ghost

*Easy (variant 1): 1 Peahat, 1 Plasma Wisp, 1 Souflee, infinite blue Bubbles

*Normal: 3 Souflees, 1 Orne

*Hard (variant 1): 1 Polar Bear, 2 Gordos, 2 Barrel Cannons, infinite Fly Guys and Gastly (15-second timer)

*Hard (variant 2): 1 Reaper, 1 Metroid, 10 Bacuras, 12 Zuree (also uses danger zones)

*6 small powerups of two different types, with food and a 2x multiplier

:{{symbol|fox|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Star Fox|Theme from Area 6 / Missile Slipstream}}''

:{{symbol|fe|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Fire Emblem|With Mila's Divine Protection (Celica Map 1)}}''

:{{symbol|fe|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Fire Emblem|Lost in Thoughts All Alone (Remix)|Lost in Thoughts All Alone}}'' (DLC)

:{{symbol|ki|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kid Icarus|In the Space-Pirate Ship}}''

:{{symbol|ki|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kid Icarus|Boss Fight 1 (Kid Icarus: Uprising)|Boss Fight 1}}''

:{{symbol|ki|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kid Icarus|Dark Pit}}''

:{{symbol|ki|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kid Icarus|Wrath of the Reset Bomb (Original)}}''

:{{symbol|xb|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Xenoblade|Mechanical Rhythm}}''

:{{symbol|mm|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Mega Man|Air Man Stage}}''

:{{symbol|mm|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Mega Man|Spark Man Stage}}''

:{{symbol|pm|16px}} ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Pac-Man|PAC-MAN'S PARK / BLOCK TOWN}}''

Smash Run is based in concept on {{s|wikirby|City Trial}} from ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby Air Ride}}'', another game directed by [[Masahiro Sakurai]], who explained that he wanted to recreate the mode in the game. In that mode, players would explore a large city to collect power-ups for their Air Ride Machines before proceeding to race or battle with those power-ups active.