Favorite Easter Eggs/References in the Smash Series

[Space Stranger]

With all the content Sakurai has put into the Smash games, there has to be one small reference/easter egg that you find the most interesting. These references include anything from Wario's overalls as an alternate to the Original Pokemon theme reference in Pokemon Trainer's trophy description.

Some of my personal favorites are:

• The classic "Jump" sound both and have when jumping.
• 's eruption includes blue fire, a direct reference to his title "Hero of the Blue Flames".
  
• 's red recolor has "Blood Hawk", reference to Blood Falcon.
  
• All of 's alternate costumes
• The special taunts in Shadow Moses, Palutena's Temple, Corneria, and Lylat Cruise.

Remember to keep posts civil and avoid arguing with other users. What are your favorite references/Easter eggs?

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

model to model.

Loving that stab wound in his chest.

 

[sogeki]

One of Shulk's taunts has him motioning with his hands. Literally every character does this in Xenoblade when there is a cutscene.

 

[GideonSmash]

I love how when megaman dies he leaves some of those blue circles like in the megaman games.

 

[Tino]

The sound effect it makes when Kirby uses Inhale.

 

[Deleted member]

I'm not sure if this counts as an easter egg but I love how Lucina's alt costumes are based off the girls in Fire Emblem Awakening.

 

[Schnee117]

I'm not sure if this counts as an easter egg but I love how Lucina's alt costumes are based off the girls in Fire Emblem Awakening.

That and Shulk's alts being based off of the other party members and then his swimsuit when he has no armour equipped.

Snake's Codecs are my absolute favourite though. Outer Heaven referenced. La Li Lu Le Lo & GW. FOXHOUND referenced.

 

[Raijinken]

Lucina, Ike, and Marth's costume references to other lords/characters, Kirby's inhale sound effects from the old games, Dr. Mario's vitamin sounds from his game, and (much as I dislike it from a usefulness perspective) the shift in Marth's Shield Breaker from an overhead swing to a stab (since he, like most Lords, uses a rapier by default).

 

[Enderwoman]

I like it when DK's eyes bulge out when he gets hit just like in the intro to DKC.

 

[BeetleJoJo]

-Robin's Red and Green Costume referencing the Red/Green Cavaliers
-Lucina's Exalt sign in her eye
-Pikachu's Choice Band

 

[ChikoLad]

The dollar bills in coin battles in Smash 4.

I don't have an image on me but good god, that is one of the single best easter eggs in all of gaming, I swear.

 

[wingedarcher7]

Sonic's classic sound effects of his jumping, his spin dash, and the spring whenever he uses his recovery.

Ness enters the battle using PSI Teleport from Earthbound. I also like how the trophy description in Melee pointed out that Ness knows almost none of those PK moves in his own game, his friends do and it says that they tought it to him, which I thought was awesome.

 

[Roy115]

Mainly all characters alts because most of them represent someone In the characters game series.

 

[Wintropy]

Pit uttering the words "I'm finished" when he gets KO'd

Ganondorf's scar

The Blood Hawk insignia on Cap's Blood Falcon alt

Pac-Man's numerous references to classic Namco games

Sound effects including Kirby's Inhale, Doc's pills, Ness's PK Starstorm, Samus's bombs, the coin sounds in Mario and Luigi's Super Jump Punch, the Hammer / Golden Hammer jingles and Sonic's spring

Pit's Hammer animation referencing the same animation in the original Kid Icarus

Mario's "spin" taunt referencing his death animation in Donkey Kong

The Pikmin souls appearing whenever a Pikmin is killed

Rosalin's "twirl" taunt referencing the animation triggered when the player taps an NPC with the cursor in Super Mario Galaxy

The Brand of the Exalt in Lucina's eye

Robin's "Time to tip the scales!"

 

[stancosmos]

Personally i always loved that every Friday night on Smashville the characters in the background have a party.

 

[Opossum]

I doubt it was intentional, but it's hilarious nonetheless.

When Twitch was doing Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal, they used their Master Ball on a Goldeen.

At the very least, it's Hilarious in Hindsight. Keep in mind the Twitch thing happened before release.

 

[Purin a.k.a. José]

Smashville and Town and City time mechanics
Old-school SFX for some characters (Kirby's Inhale, Falcon's Final Smash, Ness' Final Smash, Sonic's attacks)
Luigi's Yellow and Blue color reference to The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach
Duck Hunt stuff
Namco old stuff
Orbital Gate is basically the whole mission -> Is this a Easter Egg?
Megaman's death animation
And, this glorious thing:

Too beautiful for me.

 

[Dark Dr. Pink-Gold Pit Jr]

I doubt it was intentional, but it's hilarious nonetheless.

When Twitch was doing Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal, they used their Master Ball on a Goldeen.

At the very least, it's Hilarious in Hindsight. Keep in mind the Twitch thing happened before release.

I really want to believe this happened.

 

[kantoskies]

I love when alternate colors reference something from a more obscure game. Mario's NES Open Golf colors, Luigi's The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach colors, Bowser's colors to match this:

and the list goes on. I also really liked the golf course in the background of the Mushroom Kingdom stage in Melee's Adventure Mode. It was a nice nod to the series and I wish we'd have more of them.

And finally I really like that all of the Pokemon have their anime voices. Had the first Smash game been made now, they'd probably have more realistic grunts like Bowser and DK (similar to Pokemon Origins or the Pokemon Stadium games), but the voices they do have are a nice nod to the anime (and fit better tbh)

 

[LordCQ]

Smashville and Town and City time mechanics
Old-school SFX for some characters (Kirby's Inhale, Falcon's Final Smash, Ness' Final Smash, Sonic's attacks)
Luigi's Yellow and Blue color reference to The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach
Duck Hunt stuff
Namco old stuff
Orbital Gate is basically the whole mission -> Is this a Easter Egg?
Megaman's death animation
And, this glorious thing:

Too beautiful for me.

That seems Sakurai wearing a cap to me!

 

[Purin a.k.a. José]

That seems Sakurai wearing a cap to me!

It is Sakurai!!!

 

[Kaladin]

The best egg is undoubtedly Yoshi's shield.

 

[Kenith]

model to model.

Loving that stab wound in his chest.

I thought I was the only one. In fact this was the easter egg I was gonna suggest.
I always found it weird in Brawl that Beast Ganon has the wound but not Ganondorf.
Anyway...
- 's Brand in her eye and her palettes based on other characters.
- 's dash attack being the Jump Slash, and his back dodge being the backflip.
- 's KO animation having the energy particle explosion from the actual games.
- 's blue flame in his Eruption attack.

The last one is especially cool because it was originally red fire. Even in Smash 4.

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

The cat poster in Pokemon Stadium 2.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Surprised no one has mentioned Mega Man's unique death animation and sound effect, though that was made known from his trailer.

Some other tidbits from trophy/stage descriptions:
Karate Joe's trophy says something along the lines of "He's a cool guy. He punches barrels and boulders. Truly, he fears nothing."
The description for Norfair regarding its stage hazard: "No, really, the floor is lava."

I'll post more if I remember. I only get these from watching Twitch streams, lol

 

[GideonSmash]

Surprised no one has mentioned Mega Man's unique death animation and sound effect, though that was made known from his trailer.

Some other tidbits from trophy/stage descriptions:
Karate Joe's trophy says something along the lines of "He's a cool guy. He punches barrels and boulders. Truly, he fears nothing."
The description for Norfair regarding its stage hazard: "No, really, the floor is lava."

I'll post more if I remember. I only get these from watching Twitch streams, lol

Uh... Look again...? At least 2 people including me have mentioned megaman's death animation...

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Uh... Look again...? At least 2 people including me have mentioned megaman's death animation...

I was skimming, it happens.

I suppose I'll also mention all the different sprites that Pac Man summons in his taunt. Though that's probably been mentioned too

 

[JamesDNaux]

The fact that Metroid can't crawl.

 

[GideonSmash]

The fact that Metroid can't crawl.

At least zero suit metroid can...... Thank you, jellyfish...

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

I thought I was the only one. In fact this was the easter egg I was gonna suggest.
I always found it weird in Brawl that Beast Ganon has the wound but not Ganondorf.
Anyway...
- 's Brand in her eye and her palettes based on other characters.
- 's dash attack being the Jump Slash, and his back dodge being the backflip.
- 's KO animation having the energy particle explosion from the actual games.
- 's blue flame in his Eruption attack.

The last one is especially cool because it was originally red fire. Even in Smash 4.

Don't forget that Expand Dong Roll

 

[Kenith]

Don't forget that Expand Dong Roll

Of course. I'm not a DKC fan though. I am a huge fan of the 3D Zeldas though so the jump slash and backflip are very appreciated.

 

[420quickscoper]

When you unlock all the custom moves, and it says ''Your body is ready!''.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

The South Park reference in one of Toon Link's tips.

Unlike Link's down air attack, Toon Link's doesn't bounce up when it hits a foe. If you try to dunk someone with it, you're gonna have a bad time.

 

[LunarDistortion]

This.

 

[Crashfan1ooo]

I love the SMAAAASH!! Easter egg with Ness a lot, but one thing I love the most is how when Ness does PK Starstorm it plays the same sound as when you do it in EarthBound.

 

[Frostwraith]

After Captain Falcon lands the first hit of his Final Smash, the sound effect from the SNES F-Zero when starting a race plays just before Falcon starts driving the Blue Falcon towards the captured foes.

When firing Pit's Palutena Bow, Dark Pit's Silver Bow and the Dark Pit Staff, the sound effects for the charged shots of those weapons from KIU are played. Both Pits also use the dodging sound effect from KIU when using any dodge maneuver (rolling, spot dodge or aerial dodge).

Ganondorf's 8th color palette gives him blue skin and a red cape, which is the same color scheme as Ganon from the 2D Zelda games.

Toon Link's spin attack has the same sword trail as when using the Hurricane Spin in Wind Waker.

 

[jb5643io]

The random name generator gives out the name "NOJOHNS" in reference to the phrase in competition "No Johns" or "No excuses"

 

[Wintropy]

Ness's bat has a sound effect when it reflects projectiles

Ness has an alt based on the character creation screen in Earthbound

Lucas's d-throw (PK Ground) buries the opponent in this game

Lucas's moves have the hexagonal flashes associated with PK Love

Olimar's suit is updated to resemble his outfit in Pikmin 3

Zelda has a custom neutral-b named Nayru's Rejection

The sombrero-wearing Gunman that Duck Hunt summons does fire-type damage

Villager's d-air does more damage depending on the amount of turnips produced

The pose Robin strikes when using Arcfire is based on the Mage class's battle animation in Fire Emblem

One of Kirby's Stone variations is based on the garbage blocks in Panel de Pon

All of the new details in the characters' expressions are amazing, especially with Dedede and R.O.B.