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The masterpieces in the English version of Brawl.
The masterpieces as seen in Brawl.

Masterpieces (名作トライアル, Masterpiece Trial) are free time-limited trial versions of classic Nintendo titles which the characters of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U have appeared in. When the title's trial ends, a screen pops out and tells the player that the trial's title is ended, and tells them it now is finished and the player gets returned to the game. The full versions can be purchased for the Virtual Console (the Wii U version of Smash 4 explains it in the end of the trial's title). To save the player time, Masterpieces skip the title and opening of a game. Certain Masterpieces start at specific points of the game that are relevant to the Smash game they appear in, such as the Donkey Kong Masterpiece starting at the 75m level, while games that supported saving have some built-in saves set to various points of the game. The time limit varies from game to game.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A total of 14 Masterpieces are featured in this game (12 outside of Japan).

List of Masterpieces

Masterpieces are sorted in-game by their Japanese release date, even in international versions of Brawl. Unlockable Masterpieces are highlighted in yellow.

NES games show up as FC and SNES games show up as SFC in the Japanese version of Brawl, except for two cases noted below where a NES game shows up as FDS instead.

Icon Name Platform Duration Unlock Criteria Notes
Masterpiece-DonkeyKong-Brawl.png Donkey Kong NES 0:30 10 hours of play time Starts at 75m
Masterpiece-IceClimber-Brawl.png Ice Climber NES 0:40 Starts on first level, with Popo.
Masterpiece-SuperMarioBros-Brawl.png Super Mario Bros. NES 1:00 Starts in World 1-1
Masterpiece-TheLegendOfZelda-Brawl.png The Legend of Zelda NES* 2:00 Immediately starts from the beginning of the game and skips the title screen.
Masterpiece-KidIcarus-Brawl.png Kid Icarus NES* 1:30 Starts on first section of Underworld stage.
Masterpiece-FZero-Brawl.png F-Zero SNES 0:40 Unlock Captain Falcon in The Subspace Emissary Starts at first Mute City race, with Blue Falcon.
Masterpiece-SuperMarioWorld-Brawl.png Super Mario World SNES 2:00 Play on the Yoshi's Island Melee stage three times Starts at Yoshi's Island 2 with Mario
Masterpiece-SuperMarioBros2-Brawl.png Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 1:30 Win five brawls with Peach. Starts at World 1-1 with Peach.
Masterpiece-KirbysAdventure-Brawl.png Kirby's Adventure NES 2:00 Starts in Vegetable Valley.
Masterpiece-FireEmblem-Brawl.png Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem SFC 3:00 Japan only.
Masterpiece-SuperMetroid-Brawl.png Super Metroid SNES 3:00 Includes saves for battles against Ridley.
Masterpiece-EarthBound-Brawl.png Mother 2 SFC 5:00 Japan only.
Masterpiece-StarFox64-Brawl.png Star Fox 64 N64 3:00 Has access to all menu features including the Main Game, Training Mode, and VS. mode.
Masterpiece-OcarinaOfTime-Brawl.png The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 5:00 Use Toon Link in ten brawls. Has save files for beginning of Young Link and Adult Link sections.

Scrapped Masterpieces

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Masterpieces return in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. New features include a timer displayed on the right side of the screen, the ability to buy a Masterpiece directly from the game without having to access the Nintendo eShop, the ability to pause the Masterpiece without using the HOME button, and the ability to stop the Masterpiece without the reset button, as the Wii U does not have a reset button. There is also less lag than there was in Brawl. A total of 24 Masterpieces are featured in this game (23 outside of Japan), 15 of which are new.

List of Masterpieces

Masterpieces are now sorted in-game by localized release date, so Japanese, North American, and European versions list them in a different order. For example, non-Japanese versions of the game list the release date of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels as 1993 (the year the SNES Super Mario All-Stars made the levels first accessible outside of Japan), and European versions of the game list the release date of EarthBound as 2013 (the year it became available on the eShop). In the list below, they are ordered by North American release date (except for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light).

As above, NES games show up as FC and SNES games show up as SFC in the Japanese version of the game, except for the noted cases where a NES game shows up as FDS instead. Unlockable Masterpieces are highlighted in yellow.

Icon Name Platform Duration Unlock Criteria Notes
Masterpiece-SuperMarioBros-WiiU.png Super Mario Bros. NES 3:00 Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-WreckingCrew-WiiU.png Wrecking Crew NES 2:00 Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-BalloonFight-WiiU.png Balloon Fight NES 2:00 Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-Metroid-WiiU.png Metroid NES* 3:00 Starts in Brinstar.
Masterpiece-KidIcarus-WiiU.png Kid Icarus NES* 3:00 Starts at the beginning of the first level.
Masterpiece-TheLegendOfZelda-WiiU.png The Legend of Zelda NES* 4:00 Starts on the spawn tile.
Masterpiece-PunchOut-WiiU.png Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream NES 3:00 Clear the "No Mere Sparring Match" event on normal difficulty or higher Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-DonkeyKong-WiiU.png Donkey Kong NES 2:00 Begins in the 75m level.
Masterpiece-AdventureOfLink-WiiU.png Zelda II: The Adventure of Link NES* 4:00 Starts in Zelda's castle.
Masterpiece-MegaMan-WiiU.png Mega Man 2 NES 3:00 Begins in the first section of Wily Castle.
Masterpiece-FireEmblem-WiiU.png Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light FC 4:00 Japan only.
Masterpiece-DrMario-WiiU.png Dr. Mario GB 3:00 Clear 10-Man Smash alone with Dr. Mario without taking any damage Starts on the "1 Player Game" set-up screen.
Masterpiece-SuperMarioWorld-WiiU.png Super Mario World SNES 3:00 Starts on the world map of Yoshi's Island.
Masterpiece-FZero-WiiU.png F-Zero SNES 3:00 Starts in Mute City I, playing as the Blue Falcon.
Masterpiece-Pilotwings-WiiU.png Pilotwings SNES 2:00 Starts in the Light Plane certification training level.
Masterpiece-Yoshi-WiiU.png Yoshi NES 3:00 Clear Solo Classic with Yoshi Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-KirbyDreamLand-WiiU.png Kirby's Dream Land GB 3:00 Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-SuperMarioKart-WiiU.png Super Mario Kart SNES 3:00 Starts in Mario Circuit 1 in the Grand Prix, playing as Mario.
Masterpiece-KirbysAdventure-WiiU.png Kirby's Adventure NES 3:00 Clear Solo Classic with Kirby on intensity 5.5 or higher Has two save files: one at the beginning of the game and the other at the final Dedede/Nightmare fight.
Masterpiece-LostLevels-WiiU.png Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels NES* 3:00 Starts at title screen
Masterpiece-PacMan-WiiU.png Pac-Man NES 2:00 Starts at title screen.
Masterpiece-SuperMetroid-WiiU.png Super Metroid SNES 4:00 Has two save files: one at the beginning of the game and one in Norfair
Masterpiece-EarthBound-WiiU.png EarthBound SNES 5:00 Get 1968 ft. or more in Home-Run Contest Starts at the opening cutscene
Masterpiece-KirbySuperStar-WiiU.png Kirby Super Star SNES 3:00 Begins in The Great Cave Offensive

Scrapped Masterpieces

  • Unused text in Smash Bros. for Wii U implies the original Super Smash Bros. was supposed to appear as a Masterpiece. This would have made it the only N64 Masterpiece in Smash Bros. for Wii U; however, at the time of Smash Bros. for Wii U's release, N64 emulation wasn't possible on the Wii U, likely resulting in the Masterpiece being scrapped.

Trivia

External links

Announcement of Masterpieces on the DOJO!!.

References