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The crowd, referred to as Publicity in the Debug Menu of Super Smash Bros. Melee, is a group of unseen people that can be heard during matches in all games of the Super Smash Bros. series.

Causes of cheering

The crowd can occasionally be heard cheering by shouting the name of a character that is used by a human player. The cause of cheering, however, is not entirely known; common trends include having high damage and doing something significant, such as KOing multiple opponents at once, or falling behind considerably during the course of a match. Every character has a unique cheer chant in each of the Smash Bros. games.

In addition to chants, the crowd can also vocalise during the match to a variety of events. In the original game, if a player can just make it back to the stage, after being knocked far away from the stage, the crowd will cheer for the player. The crowd also cheers if Ness absorbs a projectile with PSI Magnet, as well as if a character hits multiple characters or lands a powerful hit. In Melee and Brawl, the crowd will gasp if the player gets close to the ledge after getting knocked off; they will also cheer loudly if the player hits multiple opponents with a powerful attack; in addition, in Melee the crowd cheers the player if they complete the Target Test, complete an Event Match or the Race to the Finish. However, they will groan should the player fail at any of these games. In Brawl, the crowd will also gasp whenever a Smash Ball or legendary Pokémon appears, with the exception of Latias and Latios.

Despite their presence, the crowd has no effect on gameplay. A sole exception exists in the Bonus mode of Melee; if the player earns the "Crowd Favorite" bonus from getting the crowd to cheer for them, or the "Master of Suspense" bonus from causing the crowd to gasp at them at least three times in one minute, they will earn 2500 points from each.

Of further note, in Melee and Brawl, the crowd seems to "disappear" after a certain point is reached in some of the single player modes. In Melee, the crowd disappears starting at Race to the Finish and at Stage 12: Final Destination in the Adventure Mode. In Brawl, the crowd disappears during the fight against Master Hand, and is only heard when certain stages are cleared in the Subspace Emissary.

Crowd chants

 

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros.

  • "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
Name Pitch Description Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL) Audio Clip (Japanese)
  Captain Falcon Group chant Falcon!
File:Falcon JP.ogg
  Donkey Kong Group chant Donkey Kong!
File:Donkey Kong JP.ogg
  Fox Group chant Go - Fox!
File:Fox JP.ogg
  Jigglypuff Group chant Jigglypuff!
File:Purin JP.ogg
  Kirby Group chant Kirby!
File:Kirby JP.ogg
  Link Group chant Go, Link!
File:Link JP.ogg
  Luigi Group chant Luigi!
File:Luigi JP.ogg
  Mario Group chant Mario!
File:Mario JP.ogg
  Ness Group chant Go - Ness!
File:Ness JP.ogg
  Pikachu Group chant Pikachu!
File:Pikachu JP.ogg
  Samus Group chant Samus!
File:Samus JP.ogg
  Yoshi Group chant Yoshi!
File:Yoshi JP.ogg

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Melee

  • "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
  • "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
Name Pitch Description Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL) Audio Clip (Japanese)
  Bowser Male voices Bow-ser!
File:Koopa JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Captain Falcon Group chant Falcon! *claps three times*
File:Captain Falcon JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Donkey Kong Female voices Donkey - Kong!
File:Donkey Kong JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Dr. Mario Group Chant Go - Doc!
File:Dr. Mario JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Falco Deep male voices Faaalll-cooo...!
File:Falco JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Fox Group chant Go - Fox!
File:Fox JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Ganondorf Deep male voices Gaaa-non-doorff...!
File:Ganondorf JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Ice Climbers Group chants Ice - Climber!
File:Ice Climber JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Jigglypuff Male voices (English)
Group chant (French and German)
Jig-gly-puff! (English)
Dong-dong! (French and German)
File:Jigglypuff00eng.ogg
File:Purin JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Kirby Male voices Kirby -- Kirby!
File:Kirby JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Link Group chant Go - Link! *claps three times*
File:Link JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Luigi Group Chant Lu-i-gi!
File:Luigi JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Mario Group chant Mar-rio!
File:Mario JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Marth Group chant Marth -- Marth -- Marth!
File:Marth JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Mewtwo Group Chant Mewwww-two!
File:Mewtwo JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Mr. Game & Watch Group Chant Game - And -Watch!
File:Game & Watch JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Ness Group Chant Ness -- Ness -- Ness!
File:Ness JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Peach Male voices Go - Peach!
File:Peach JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Pichu Group Chant Pi-Chu!
File:Pichu00eng.ogg
File:Pichu JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Pikachu Mostly female voices Pika-Pika-Pikachu!
File:Pikachu JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Roy Group chant Roy's - Our - Boy!
File:Roy00eng.ogg
File:Roy JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Samus Group chant Samus - Samus!
File:Samus JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Sheik Male voices Gooooooooooooooooooooo Sheik!
File:Sheik JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Yoshi Deep Male voices Yooo-Shiii...!
File:Yoshi JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Young Link Group chant Young - Link!
File:Young Link JP Crowd chant.ogg
  Zelda Group chant Zelda - Zelda - Hu!
File:Zelda JP Crowd chant.ogg

Crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

  • "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
  • "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
  • Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.
  • Words in () are notes on the cheer, and are not part of the cheer itself.
Name Pitch Description Audio Clip (NTSC and PAL) Audio Clip (Japanese)
  Bowser Deep male voices Bow - Ser!
  Captain Falcon Mixed chant Cap - Tain (high female voices) - Fal - Con! (deep male voices)
File:Captain Falcon Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Diddy Kong Group chant Di - Ddy - Kong!
  Donkey Kong Group chant Don - Key - Kong!
  Falco Group chant Fal - Co!
  Fox Group chant Fox - Fox - *clap clap clap*
  Ganondorf Deep male voices Gan - On - Dorf!
File:Ganon Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Popo Mixed chant Na - Na! (high female voices) -- Po - Po! (low male voices)
  Nana No crowd chant *The Back sound on the menu*
  Ike Group chant We - Like - Ike!
  Jigglypuff Female Voices Jig - gly - puff!
File:Jigglypuff JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
  King Dedede Group chant Kiiiing -- De - de - de!
  Kirby High female voices Kir - By!
  Link Group chant Go - Link! *clap clap clap*
  Lucario Group chant Lu - Ca - Ri - O!
File:Lucario JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
  Lucas Group chant Lu - Cas!
  Luigi Male voices Lu - I - Gi!
  Mario Group chant Ma - Ri - O!
  Marth Group chant Marth - Marth - Marth!
File:Marth Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Meta Knight Group chant Me - Ta - Knight!
  Mr Game & Watch Group chant Mis - Ter -- Game - And - Watch!
  Ness Group chant Ness - Ness - Ness - OOOO!
File:Ness Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Olimar Mixed chant Pik - Min (high female voices) -- Oli - Mar! (deep male voices)
  Peach Group chant Peach!
  Pikachu High female voices Pika - Pika - Pikachu!
  Pit Group chant Pit - *clap*
  Pokémon Trainer Group chant Po - Ké - Mon!
  R.O.B. Group chant R - O - B - R.O.B.!
File:R.O.B. Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Samus Group chant Sam - Us!
  Sheik Group chant Sheik!
  Snake Group chant Snake - Snake -- Snaaaaake!
File:Snake Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Sonic Group chant Go - Go - So - Nic!
File:Sonic JAP Cheer Brawl.ogg
  Toon Link Group chant Toon - Link!
File:Toon Link Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Wario Group chant Wa - Ri - O! -- Cha - Cha - Cha!
  Wolf Group chant Wooolf! - *howl* - Wooolf! - *different howl*
File:Wolf Cheer Jap Brawl.ogg
  Yoshi High female voices Yo - Shi!
  Zelda Group chant Zel - Da!
  Zero Suit Samus Group chant Ze - Ro - Suit -- Sam - Us!

Trivia

  • In Brawl, the Japanese crowd cheer for Meta Knight is the same as the American cheer; this is the only crowd cheer unchanged in Brawl.
  • Ike's cheer, "We Like Ike", was initially used in the 1952 US presidential elections, in support of candidate Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower.
  • Luigi's cheer in Brawl appears to be shouted by only a few people, in reference to the fact he is often overshadowed by his brother and ignored by others.
  • Snake's cheer is a reference to Snake's death sequence from the Metal Gear Solid franchise, in which Otacon can be heard repeating Snake's name in the same manner as the crowd cheer; the phrase itself is also used in Snake's Smash Taunts.
  • In Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, King Dedede's crowd cheer is different - as he is not known as a "King" in Japan, his crowd cheer is "De - De - De -- De De De -- De - De - De - De - De - De - De!"
  • Also in the Japanese version of Brawl, Jigglypuff's, R.O.B.'s, and Bowser's cheers are that of their respective Japanese names, Purin, Robot, and Koopa.
  • In Brawl, the Ice Climbers' cheer is different based on which climber is human-controlled. When playing as Nana, the cheer is the Back sound on the menu.
  • In SSB4, Donkey Kong's crowd cheer is a reference to the chorus of the DK Rap from Donkey Kong 64.