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Discussed the Ironman challenge, which is the more common understanding of what an Ironman is nowadays.
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== Full Roster Ironman == | == Full Roster Ironman == | ||
This type of Ironman is functionally similar to a normal Ironman, but involves each player using the full roster instead of a set number of characters. It is occasionally done as a side-event at some tourneys, the most famous instance being {{Sm|Mango}}'s and {{Sm|Mew2King}}'s full roster Ironman at [[Smash the Record]]. This format presides mostly within the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Melee''; in the former it is a regular fixture of its competitive scene and is also known as a "Twelve Character Battle". Full roster Ironmans for the later ''Smash'' games are rare even in casual settings due to each game's increasingly large roster size. For example, ''Ultimate'' has 89 playable characters (86 if {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} and the [[Aegis]] are each counted as one character), leaving each player with 267 stocks (or 258 stocks) if each character is given three stocks; such an event would take several hours to finish at least, and if done as an exhibition within a tournament, it would likely run well past a tournament's runtime. | This type of Ironman is functionally similar to a normal Ironman, but involves each player using the full roster instead of a set number of characters. It is occasionally done as a side-event at some tourneys, the most famous instance being {{Sm|Mango}}'s and {{Sm|Mew2King}}'s full roster Ironman at [[Smash the Record]]. This format presides mostly within the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Melee''; in the former it is a regular fixture of its competitive scene and is also known as a "Twelve Character Battle". Full roster Ironmans for the later ''Smash'' games are rare even in casual settings due to each game's increasingly large roster size. For example, ''Ultimate'' has 89 playable characters (86 if {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} and the [[Aegis]] are each counted as one character), leaving each player with 267 stocks (or 258 stocks) if each character is given three stocks; such an event would take several hours to finish at least, and if done as an exhibition within a tournament, it would likely run well past a tournament's runtime. | ||
== Ironman Challenge == | |||
The Ironman challenge is a challenge that originated in the ''Smash 4'' community based around [[online play]]. It is conceptually similar to a traditional Ironman in that it requires proficiency with many characters, but rather than being a 1-on-1 match between two players, it involves one player playing on a random matchmaking service such as [[For Glory]] or [[Elite Smash]]. There are 2 basic rules for the Ironman challenge: | |||
*Win a match with every character in the game's roster. | |||
*If a match is ever lost, all progress is reset and the challenge must be started from the beginning. | |||
In addition to these, there are optional rules to make the challenge even harder, such as stipulating that you are only allowed to play an opponent one time or that characters must be selected in a random order. It is particularly popular on [[YouTube]] and is seen as one of the hardest challenges to complete in all of Smash, outside of actual tournament success. | |||
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ||