Super Smash Bros Ultimate is now out, and it features one of the best and biggest character rosters ever seen in any Super Smash Bros. game. The game features 76 characters, and each of the characters is unique and gives a new experience to play with. However, with such a huge character roster, there is one problem. Only eight of these are unlocked right out of the box, and you are required to unlock the remaining characters.
In a normal fighting game, where you need to unlock three or four characters maximum, or in extreme situations, there might be ten character unlocks. But in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you are required to unlock around 68 characters. With a game like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, that is a long wait because everyone is eager to try new characters all the time. However, you need not worry, there is a little trick in the game by which you can easily unlock the characters much quicker than they are intended to.
How to Unlock Characters Quickly in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
If you follow a little trick or a cheat, you can easily unlock all characters of the game in the minimum time possible. If you play the Story Mode or World of Light mode, there is only Kirby, which is even more depressing at the start. Let’s look at how to unlock the remaining characters quickly in the game.
Normal Unlock Methods
Normally, you unlock random characters through three basic methods in the game. The story mode of the game unlocks specific characters at certain points, but outside it, you will unlock random characters, and there is no set criteria for doing that. We have detailed the normal procedures for unlocking characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate below.
Play World of Light
World of Light is the story mode of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. While playing it, as you reach certain places, you will unlock more characters, which are then unlocked for you forever. There are certain specific locations where specific characters will unlock. These characters do not randomize like other game modes. These characters are only playable in World of Light, so if you want to use them normally, you must rely on other methods to unlock them.
Play Classic Mode
Every time you complete the classic mode, you will unlock a random character at the end of the mode. Fight the challenger and beat them to unlock them in your character roster. This is the most basic form of unlocking characters for your roster.
Keep Playing the Game
The game will unlock a random character if you simply keep playing the game. Compete in different game modes, beat appearing challengers, and before you know it, you will unlock a character for your character roster.
These are the normal methods of unlocking characters in the game. Now, there are a few methods by which you can trick the game to unlock characters much quicker.
Combine World of Light and Challenger Approach to Unlock Characters in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
As you play World of Light, you will automatically unlock certain characters since the game is made that way. So playing the World of Light is automatically a win-win. As you are playing the World of Light, after every 10 or 15 minutes, quite the mode and return to the main screen.
As you get to the main screen, the game will present you with a new challenger. Accept the fight and try to beat it. If you beat it, the character will be added to your roster. Even if you lose the fight, there is nothing to lose here. Simply fire up the World of Light again and play for another 10 or 15 minutes, and then repeat the process.
This is not cheating the game or doing any sort of glitch, but you are simply speeding up the process of having more challenger fights so that you can unlock more characters quickly. Keep using this method until you want to. You will unlock characters from the main story as well as by getting more Challengers and beating them.
Losing in both modes means nothing. You can always retry the battles if you lose. World of Light automatically asks you to retry a fight, while random challengers can be fought again as well. Simply head to the bottom-right of the Games and More screen and choose Challenger’s approach. This has a timer, so come back to try the fights again and add the characters to your roster by defeating.
Rebooting the Game and Beating the Timer
Another way to trick the game into unlocking characters much quicker is by shutting down the game at the right time and then rebooting to beat the timer. For this trick to work, all you need to do is start a random encounter. Play it and make sure that you win. Once the screen shows ‘Character joins the battle’, press Home on Nintendo Switch and then quit the game from the main menu.
Start the game again, and then start Smash mode. In the rules, choose a One-Stock Smash match and choose any character from the list. When the match starts, jump out of the ring and kill yourself. This will reset the Encounter timer, and you will be offered a match again. Accept the match and complete it. On the same screen once again, which shows that the character has been added to your roster, press home and quit the game.
Reboot and keep repeating it until you get bored or have unlocked all the characters. This is yet another great way to boost your character unlocking in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Using this method, you will be able to complete your roster much quicker than using the normal in-game methods of unlocking characters.
Additional Super Smash Bros Ultimate guides are linked below:
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate Characters Guide – All Characters, Detailed How-to-Play Guides
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate Assist Trophies Guide – All Assist Trophies Detailed
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate Poke Balls & Master Balls Guide
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate Beginners Guide – Best Characters for Beginners, Tips & Tricks
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate Items Guide – All Items Detailed
This concludes our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Character Unlock Guide. If you want to add anything to this guide, feel free to use the comments section below.
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