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Franchises that were referenced in Smash, but never officially joined

Blitzwing

Blitzwing

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While going through Twitter, I found out that in the Japanese verison of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Conker from Conker's Bad Fur Day and Juno and Vela from Jet Force Gemini are some of the names inside of the random name generator.
What's most interesting about this fact is Conker's BFD was never actually released in Japan (though in the game's files, a Japanese language select option is referenced, and Live and Reloaded did release there).

In the files for Smash Ultimate, there are references to spirit's belonging to Jet Force Gemini and Blast Corps. Both Rareware and Microsoft related IPs, these were found at launch, though with the DLC finished, these spirits won't join the game.
 
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Oddball

Oddball

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The motion sensor bomb in melee is based on its appearance in Golden Eye for the N64.
In the Japanese release it was redesigned to look like the item from Perfect Dark.

And you better believe the Beam Sword is a Star Wars reference, especially given how big Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was on the Nintendo 64 when Smash Bros first came out.
 
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This is a good list of stuff like this, taken from SmashWiki.


Dependent universes are universes that are technically represented in some form in the Super Smash Bros. franchise, but are not considered their own series.

  • Anarchy Reigns is an open world beat 'em up game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega. The fighter spirit artwork of Bayonetta from the first Bayonetta game, as well as some of her alternate costumes, come from this game.
  • Dance Dance Revolution is a series of dance rhythm games by Konami and one of many franchises developed by Bemani. A sticker of Bowser uses artwork from Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. Mario's down smash in Ultimate also resembles his breakdancing on that game's cover art, as opposed to just his leg sweep from Super Mario 64 as it was prior.
  • Final Fight is a series of beat-em-up games made by Capcom. The series is a spinoff of Street Fighter, hence why Cody Travers, one of the series' protagonists, appears as a playable character in several Street Fighter games and receives a spirit in Ultimate, referencing his appearance in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
  • Marvel vs. Capcom is a fighting game series featuring characters owned by Capcom and Marvel Comics. Mega Man's up tilt is based on the Mega Upper from this series[2], and Ken Masters' Shinryuken is based on its incarnation from this series,[3] although neither originate from the series. The series is also indirectly referenced by Palutena's Guidance in the conversation about Ryu.
  • Meteos is a series of puzzle games developed by Masahiro Sakurai and originally released for the Nintendo DS. The X Bomb's behavior in the Super Smash Bros. series is similar to that of the item of the same name in Meteos, in which it explodes in a cross shape rather than exhibit its behavior from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
  • Mickey Mouse is the mascot franchise of The Walt Disney Company. While most of the pre-existing Disney material featured in Kingdom Hearts is not referenced in Super Smash Bros., the keychain on Sora's Keyblade still bears the signature tri-circle Mickey Mouse logo.
  • Mystery Dungeon is a series of roguelike and role-playing games developed primarily by Spike Chunsoft. Originally a spin-off to Dragon Quest IV, it has spun into its own franchise with the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series, and collaborated with many other franchises such as Pokémon, TwinBee, and Final Fantasy. While the Chocobo's cartoonish design is unique to Final Fantasy's Chocobo subseries, its design for the Mii Costume is based on the latest title of the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon trilogy, being Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon in Smash 4 and Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! in Ultimate.
  • Rad Mobile is an arcade racing game made by Sega. The game is mentioned on Sonic's fighter tips in for Wii U and Ultimate as Sonic's first appearance in a video game.
  • Shin Megami Tensei is a post-apocalyptic RPG series and the successor of the Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei duology, made by Atlus. Persona is one of many sub-series from this franchise. The Tsubasa Oribe and Tsubasa Oribe (Carnage Form) spirits in Ultimate originate from Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, a pop idol-themed crossover between Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem. Joker's down special moves, Tetrakarn and Makarakarn, first appeared in 1992's Shin Megami Tensei for the Super Famicom.
  • Warriors is a hack-and-slash series by Omega Force (stylized as ω-Force) and Koei Tecmo (previously Koei prior to their merger with Tecmo). Originally a spin-off to Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms series titled Dynasty Warriors, the game would spawn an entire sub-series of games under the Warriors title or otherwise have the same type of gameplay. While the first game in the series is a one-on-one fighting game, its sequels and spin-offs adopted the style of the player controlling several generals on an open map and mowing down hordes of enemies while simultaneously managing the positions and actions of allied forces until the enemy has fallen or surrendered. The franchise includes having crossovers with franchises such as Dragon Quest, The Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, and Persona. Spirits from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity appeared in Ultimate via a Spirit Board event. Additionally, Sophia from Persona 5 Strikers, a Persona 5 spin-off, is available as a spirit for those who have save data from the game in the system. She would be available to purchase from the Shop as of version 12.0.0.
  • Yume Kōjō '87 (lit. "Dream Factory '87") was a promotional event held by Fuji TV in 1987 in Japan. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic is a game featuring the mascots of this event, which was localised as Super Mario Bros. 2 and eventually re-localised back to Japanese as Super Mario USA. Mushroom Kingdom II is based on the Super Mario All-Stars version of the game, and characters from the game such as Birdo, Pidgit and Shy Guy have appeared in various forms as parts of the Mario and, in some cases for Shy Guy, Yoshi universes, In fact, Birdo and Shy Guy's Trophies in Smash 4 mention the game sans Yume Kōjō '87. Additionally, Lina's floating jump, a special ability which was then inherited for Peach in Super Mario Bros. 2, appears as a mechanic for Peach since her debut in Melee, also being inherited for Daisy in Ultimate.
 
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