| 1P Event | Battle | Reference/Remarks |
|---|
| A Battle of Size | Tiny Olimar vs giant Bowser | Reference to Olimar's small size. Don't know if it counts towards Bowser's "final boss" size in games like Sunshine and Galaxy as well. |
| A Fated Battle | Link vs Ganondorf and 2 Dark Links if Castle Siege's bottom level is reached | |
| All-Star Battle: Brawl | vs Pit, Charizard, ZSS, Wario, Diddy, Ike, Meta Knight, Dedede, Olimar, Lucario | |
| All-Star Battle: Melee | vs Bowser, Peach, Zelda, Sheik, Marth, Mr G&W, Falco, Ganondorf | Fought in "Melee order" -- regulars, regular secret, then clones, and in the number of vs match order (Marth before G&W, Falco before Ganondorf) |
| All-Star Battle: Regulars | vs Mario, DK, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu | "Original 8" order, aka Smash 64 character selection screen, aka debut order |
| All-Star Battle: Secret | Ness, Luigi, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Dr. Mario, Toon Link, R.O.B., Sonic | |
| A Situation of some Gravity | ZSS vs Rosalina, gravity applies only to ZSS | ...A reference to Mario Galaxy's floaty physics? |
| Aura Mastery | 200% Lucario vs invisible WFT and Sheik | Similar to some Melee/Brawl events |
| Beautification | As Rosalina, plant flowers on Bowsers and Ganondorfs | |
| Behind Enemy Lines | 200% Fox must survive 200% Jr and Mega in 2 mins | |
| Below the Belt | As Fire Mario, defend Mac and defeat giant Wireframe Mac | Punch-Out!! NES reference where Mario wearing white is the referee |
| Bounty Hunter Clash | Falcon vs ZSS vs 2 Villagers | By now I'll just chalk the Falcon/Samus thing up to Smash tradition... |
| Doctor Schmoctor | Wario vs Dr Mario | ...No Dr Mario 64 reference? I'm disappointed! |
| Doppelganger Duel | Dark Pit vs Pit (stamina) | |
| Duck Hunt! | Duck Hunt vs background ducks while two Falcos interfere and Scope/Ray Guns appear | This one should be self-explanatory |
| Enough with the Kidnapping | Peach vs Bowser/Bowser Jr in Mushroom Kingdom U with a constant Boss Galaga | Bowser and Junior are kidnappers of Peach; Boss Galaga and Nabbit added to extend the "kidnapping" theme |
| Family Ties | Bowser Jr (with giant Bowser ally) vs Mario and Luigi | Bowser tends to appear giant in the Mario platformers; he and Bowser Jr are parent and son while Mario and Luigi are brothers, hence the title |
| Fire-Type Frenzy | Charizard vs Greninja, Lucario and Pikachu with Fire Bars and Fire Flowers appearing | Self-explanatory; "fire" and "Pokémon" are the themes here |
| Fitness Junkie | WFT vs 2 Warios | WFT is described as a health freak in Smash; Wario straight-up loves unhealthy life, as suggested in WarioWare materials like microgame descriptions |
| Four Swords Adventures | 4 Toon Links in a stamina match with Village of the Blue Maiden playing in background | This isn't the first time they're doing an FSA-based event; no coins this time, though |
| Galactic Avenger | Samus versus Samus in Dark Samus colour and Ridley (stamina) | Stage boss event #1; Event and Smash Tour are the only modes that allow proper boss fights |
| Great Fox Defense | Falco has to prevent parachuting Mr G&W enemies from landing | Combines the general concept of action-defence games and G&W Parachute...? |
| Guardian of the Jungle | DK & 2 Diddys vs 3 Duck Hunt teams | The DK crew protects their home while Duck Hunt is about destruction of nature (by hunting) |
| Identity Crisis | Sheik/Zelda vs Samus/ZSS (one stock per character) | Obvious reference to both their identities as the same persons, and to Smash Bros, where they used to transform |
| In the Name of the Hero-King | Marth vs Lucina (stamina) | Lucina disguises as and looks up to Marth. This match mirrors the earlier event, Doppelganger Duel, in that thye're both 200 HP stamina clone matches. |
| It's Past Your Bedtime! | Jigglypuff has to put Ness, Bowser Jr and Toon Link to sleep in the Gamer stage | Ness, Bowser Jr and Toon Link are (borderline) children, and Gamer is about stealthily playing games past bedtime |
| Jackpot Opportunity | Coin battle with 4 Villagers; collect 1000G to win | |
| King of the Yoshis | 1-stock match with 8 Yoshis | The image of Yoshi adventuring with Mario has been around since SMW |
| Kirby's Crazy Appetite | Heal 100-140% as Kirby (depending on difficulty) while avoiding 3-5 Dededes (depending on time elapsed) | Kirby touches or inhales food to recover health in his home series |
| Mechanical Menace | Shulk vs Metal ROB, Metal Mega Man and Metal Face (stamina), must be completed before sunrise | Stage boss event #2; the main enemies in Xenoblade are mechanical |
| New Challengers 1 | vs Rosalina, WFT, Mac, Villager, Duck Hunt, Bowser Jr, Lucina | Pure personal speculatoin, but is the ordering here based on the order they're put into the game? |
| New Challengers 2 | vs Shulk, Greninja, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Robin, Palutena, Dark Pit | And this order zig-zags between these two events; I think it makes sense to make complicated characters like Bowser Jr and Robin later... |
| No Mere Sparring Match | Little Mac vs Wireframe Little Macs | |
| Oh Yeah, Luigi Time! | Luigi (with optional ally giant Mario) vs giant Wario | Reference to Mario and Wario's rivalry(?), and Luigi's occasional tendency to save the day without Mario's presence |
| Playing Tricks | Ness must bury 2 Villagers | |
| Pokémon Battle | Free-for-all between Greninja and the other Pokémon | Another Smash event match staple |
| Princess Punch-Up! | As Zelda, team up with Link and defeat Mairo and Peach | Makes fun of Zelda and Peach's tendency to be mere plot devices despite being sometimes depicted as powerful fighters themselves |
| Robotic Rampage | ROB (with 2 ally ROBs) vs giant metal ROB | The ROB version of the Brawl event, The Hammer of the King |
| That Elusive Nine | Mr G&W must KO metal G&W with Judge 9 | |
| The Big 7650! | As Super Pac-Man, get 6 hits on the enemy Olimars | 765 is the goroawase reading of "Namco"; this number appears in a lot of Namco games - like 765 Pro, the talent agency featured in Idolmaster (Konami similarly plays around with the number 573, even more so than Namco) |
| The Break of Day | Pit must Daybreak-KO the 3 Dark Pits | |
| The Demon King and the Goddess | Ganondorf vs Link and Zelda, then Palutena after those two are down | Another possible Brawl reference, this time to the event Advent of the Evil King |
| The Destroyer Cometh | Palutena must defeat the 3 Ganondorfs before they break Skyworld's floors | |
| The Falchion's Seal | Robin must defeat giant Charizard with a Final Smash | Reference to the Chrom ending of Fire Emblem Awakening. The background music Id (Purpose) reinforces this. |
| The Final Battle | vs Bowser, King Dedede and Ganondorf | Identical to Brawl's version |
| The FINAL Final Battle | vs Sonic and Mega Man, then Pac-Man, and then Mario | |
| The Jungle in Chaos | Diddy Kongvs 20 Donkey Kongs | |
| The King Strikes Back | Dedede vs Kirby (stamina) in the Boxing Ring | Dedede has been linked to boxing rings since the original Kirby's Dream Land; this also shows in Kirby Super Star/Ultra and Kirby Fighters/Deluxe |
| The Original Heavyweights | Mairo vs Bowser and DK | |
| The Ultimate Swordsman | Free-for-all between Ike, Link, Marth, Meta Knight, Toon Link, Robin (M), Robin (F) and Shulk | These characters all use swords for their standard attacks; possibly a jab at those "too many swordfighters" complaints? |
| Unwavering Chivalry | As Meta Knight, defeat Marth only and do not KO Peach or Zelda | Plays around with the idea of chivalry, which Meta Knight is about |
| Up to Speed | Sonic vs Fox, Falco and Captain Falcon (high-speed 1-stock) | Those are said to be some of the faster characters |
| When Lightning Strikes | Tiny Pikachu vs 3 giant Pikachus | Another Brawl event reference (DK Tag Calamity); also servesas a references to Pikachu's electric property |
| Wrecking Mario | Mario must clear the building while 2 Warios help/interfere | ...What, no Foreman Spike costume? |
| Yellow Devils | Mega Man vs Pikachu, Pac-Man and Yellow Devil (stamina) | Stage boss event #3 |
| 2P Event | Battle | Reference/Remarks |
|---|
| 1988 | DK and Diddy vs Mario | 1988 is NES DK's release year. Why can't they just use the better-known 1981 like the Japanese version does? |
| A Fairy Nice Trip | Pac-Man and Link must traverse Pac-Land while avoiding Kirbys | Both player characters are linked to fairies: Pac-Land's plot and several Links have fairy companions or visit Great Fairies |
| A Lurking Menace | Mario and Luigi vs Bowser Jr and giant Bowser (appears after ~30 seconds) | Reversal of Family Ties |
| A Royal Errand | Marth and Robin must collect 500G from Wario and Bowser | The friend with a sick mother in the description could have been Castor, according to a GameFAQs post |
| An Offering of Coins | Pit and Dark Pit need to collect 1000G in a battle against shadow Pit and shadow Dark Pit | A reference to the option to offer hearts to Palutena or Viridi (without rewards) in Kid Icarus: Uprising |
| Final Battle Team-Up | vs dark colour Link, dark colour Samus, Meta Knight, Dark Pit, Ganondorf, King Dedede, Bowser | Huh? Dedede? Regular Meta Knight? Dark Pit? Give us some real villains, can ya? |
| Food Fight | 100% Kirby and 100% Dedede vs Yoshi, Wario and Pac-Man | All characters have moves for eating items or opponents. Also serves as a Gourmet Race reference. |
| Flat Fracas | Wario and Mr G&W vs shadow-coloured Mario and DK | Mario and DK have previously appeared in G&W games |
| Full Speed Ahead | Sonic and Falcon team ditto (high-speed 1-stock) | These two are some of the fastest characters; they also have the highest dash speed in the game |
| Getting Healthy | Little Mac and Wii Fit Trainer vs Kirby and Pac-Man | Yet another health nuts vs heavy eater joke... |
| Keep 'Em off the Ship! | Fox and Falco must prevent hordes of Mr G&W from boarding | Great Fox Defense's 2P variant. Additional points for not mistaking Pleiades as Great Fox. |
| Mirror Magic | Lucina and Ike vs Ganondorf and giant shadow Lucina and Ike (only Ganondorf KO is required) | |
| Peach in Peril | Bowser and Bowser Jr vs ZSS, Rosalina, Zelda, WFT and Robin (F) while avoiding KOing Peach | Yet another Peach-gets-kidnapped joke, this time played from Bowser's perspective |
| Poisonous Planet | Olimar and Samus vs 2 Charizards; players are under flower effect | PNF-404 is poisonous for Olimar; Samus may also take constant damage while immersed in environments such as acid, but I don't know if there's any instance of this happening with gas |
| Pokémon Multi Battle! | Pikachu/Lucario and Charizard/Greninja versus another set of the same Pokémon | Just where is Jigglypuff? Isn't Jigglypuff a starting character in Wii U? |
| Scheming Sorcerer | Yoshi and Toon Link vs Robin*4 | Both Kamek and Robin are magic users, although their execution differ greatly |
| Solidarity | Olimar and Rosalina vs Bowser, Bowser Jr, Mario and Luigi | "Close-as-family" versus biological family (why must these events repeat the same stuff over and over?) |
| Sky Pirates | Meta Knight and Dark Pit vs Captain Falcon and Falco; 60-second limit | Dark-ish fliers versus non-flying bird-themed righteous space people... ugh... (um, I think it's just more or less random) |
| The Ultimate Battle | vs clones, 3DS unlockables, guests and starters | ...in that order; each group is further put in reverse game order, then unlock order or reveal(Brawl/3DS/Wii U) / selection screen (64/Melee) order... why must Smash arrange characters in a certain order is beyond me |
| Unlikely Allies | Palutena and Ganondorf vs team G&W | Those two are depicted as enemies in multiple solo Smash Wii U events, thus their teaming up is said to be unlikely |
| Viral Visitors | Dr Mario and Peach vs dark blue Kirbys | |
| Visiting Onett | Ness and Villager vs Kirby, Meta Knight, Fox, Falco, Olimar and Rosalina | ...While Samus and Falcon are absent, so this isn't quite Melee's Space Travellers |
| Wrecking Bros. | Mario and Luigi must destroy the building with Wario and Dedede also present | Wrecking Mario's 2P version |
