Masterpieces

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. The full versions can be purchased for the Virtual Console. 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 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 Donkey Kong NES 30 seconds 10 hours of play time Starts at the second level, 75m. Ice Climber NES 40 seconds Starts on first level, with Popo. Super Mario Bros. NES 60 seconds Starts in World 1-1 The Legend of Zelda NES* 120 seconds Immediately starts from the beginning of the game and skips the title screen. Kid Icarus NES* 90 seconds Starts on first section of Underworld stage. F-Zero SNES 40 seconds Unlock Captain Falcon in The Subspace Emissary Starts at first Mute City race, with Blue Falcon. Super Mario World SNES 120 seconds Play on the Yoshi's Island Melee stage three times Starts at Yoshi's Island 2 with Mario Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 90 seconds Win five brawls with Peach. Starts at World 1-1 with Peach. Kirby's Adventure NES 120 seconds Starts in Vegetable Valley Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem SFC 180 seconds Japan only Super Metroid SNES 180 seconds Includes saves for battles against Ridley Mother 2 SFC 300 seconds Japan only Star Fox 64 N64 180 seconds Has access to all menu features including the Main Game, Training Mode, and VS. mode. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 300 seconds Use Toon Link in ten brawls. Has save files for beginning of Young Link and Adult Link sections. Scrapped Masterpieces A Donkey Kong Country masterpiece was planned, but it was scrapped. 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 yellow. Icon Name Platform Duration Unlock Criteria Notes Super Mario Bros. NES 180 seconds Starts at title screen Wrecking Crew NES 120 seconds Starts at title screen Balloon Fight NES 120 seconds Starts at title screen Metroid NES* 180 seconds Starts in Brinstar Kid Icarus NES* 180 seconds Starts at the beginning of the first level The Legend of Zelda NES* 240 seconds Starts on the spawn tile Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream NES 180 seconds Clear the "No Mere Sparring Match" event on normal difficulty or higher Starts at title screen Donkey Kong NES 120 seconds Begins in the 75m level Zelda II: The Adventure of Link NES* 240 seconds Starts in Zelda's castle Mega Man 2 NES 180 seconds Begins in the first section of Wily Castle Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light FC 240 seconds Japan only Dr. Mario GB 180 seconds Clear 10-Man Smash alone with Dr. Mario without taking any damage Starts on the "1 Player Game" set-up screen. Super Mario World SNES 180 seconds Starts on the world map of Yoshi's Island F-Zero SNES 180 seconds Starts in Mute City I, playing as the Blue Falcon Pilotwings SNES 120 seconds Starts in the Light Plane certification training level Yoshi NES 180 seconds Clear Solo Classic with Yoshi Starts at title screen Kirby's Dream Land GB 180 seconds Starts at title screen Super Mario Kart SNES 180 seconds Starts in Mario Circuit 1 in the Grand Prix, playing as Mario Kirby's Adventure NES 180 seconds 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. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels NES* 180 seconds Starts at title screen Pac-Man NES 120 seconds Starts at title screen. Super Metroid SNES 240 seconds Has two save files: one at the beginning of the game and one in Norfair EarthBound SNES 300 seconds Get 1968 ft. or more in Home-Run Contest Starts at the opening cutscene Kirby Super Star SNES 180 seconds Begins in The Great Cave Offensive Scrapped Masterpieces Unused text in Smash 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 Wii U; however, at the time of Smash Wii U's release, N64 emulation wasn't possible on the Wii U, likely resulting in the Masterpiece being scrapped. Trivia Despite Super Smash Bros. Brawl being the first game in the series to introduce third-party elements, third-party masterpieces were not included before Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the NES masterpieces are actually in much higher quality than the Virtual Console versions of the same games, likely due to the fact that NES emulation was done early in the Wii U's lifetime, as opposed to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's 2014 release. In non-Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is listed as a NES game (and not as an FDS, SNES, or VC game) even though it was never released on the original NES. External links Announcement of Masterpieces on the DOJO!!. References

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