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Four Days to Smash Bros Brawl: The Top Five Smash Bros Glitches
by Jonathan Holmes on 03.05.2008 68 comments

This is fourth installment in our self-proclaimed "delightful countdown" to Super Smash Bros. Brawl's release on midnight, March 9th, 2008. In many ways, it's much like the fourth Planet of the Apes film. It's up to you to figure out what that means. The first one to do so gets a pair of Wii fingerless gloves. 

Our focus today will be on the varies glitches and hacks found in the Smash Bros. series. They are ranked based on three criteria: ease to perform, level of game-affecting properties, and general awesomeness. The top video displays glitch ranked number five, the infinite damage trick from the original Super Smash Bros.

Man, the tree's reaction in that vid is priceless.  

Hit the jump for a peek at glitches ranked four through one, but read at your own risk if you fear Brawl spoilers. 

Glitch Ranked Number Four: Hacked Brawl disk provides total insanity

This one ranks so low on the list because it can't be done without hacking the Brawl disk, while the rest of these entries can be performed by and Joe Shmoe without any 733T HAXXORS skills. However, awesomeness wins out over consistency in this case, as this entry is just too great to ignore. Click here and here for parts two and three of this exhibition of madness.

Bonus points also go to this entry for boding well on Nintendo's capacity to add alternate skins to pre-existing Brawl characters via Pay and Play (see #3 on yesterday's list). 

Glitch Ranked Number Three: Falco's infinite laser

This is clearly a glitch that Brawl's programmers missed in the testing phase, and it is sure to get Falco banned from many future Brawl tournaments. There is talk that skilled players can Ukemi out of this trap, but from where I'm standing, this is still a potentially game-breaking glitch.

Glitch Ranked Number Two: Giga-Jigglypuff

Jigglypuff gains no extra attack power or other advantages from this glitch. All this trick really does is take J-Piddy's size-expanding final smash and freezes it when he/she/it is at maximum girth.  Regardless, a screen-filling Giga-Jigglypuff is a site to behold, disgustingly cute and terrifyingly weird all at the same time. 

Glitch Ranked Number One: Melee's "Black Hole"

This is by far my favorite glitch/exploit in the Super Smash Bros. series, and perhaps one of the greatest glitches of all time. What other glitch lets you actually create an in-game phenomenon capable of destroying anything it touches? This is one you have to try for yourself in order to recognize its majesty, preferably with two people in on what you are up to, and a fourth oblivious party to play the role of victim. I haven't seen or heard of this tried in Brawl yet, so it may be something that you'll be able to do with friends online. Just one of the many exploits to exlore once Brawl drops on midnight, March 9th.

So, did I miss any? Know one that tops any of the above entries? Show me who's boss by posting your favorite Smash Bros. glitch here in the comments.

Other entries in this series-

Five Days to Smash Bros. Brawl: Top Five Unfulfilled Brawl pipe dreams 

Six Days to Smash Bros. Brawl: Top Five Smash Bros. alternatives

Seven Days to Smash Bros. Brawl: Hands on coverage of the WPI Brawl tournament  

 

 

 

 

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crunks at 03/05/2008 22:28

I let the video play in the background just so I could listen to the music and remember my youth years spent on Earthbound.
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crunks at 03/05/2008 22:28

On the first video that is, because I missed the jump :o
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Y0j1mb0 at 03/05/2008 22:29

PLEASE let this game come out early so people will stop with the hoopla surrounding this game.
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Magesx at 03/05/2008 22:32

It's going to be so hilarious when this gets an 8.5 from some random gaming site, and all the Nintendo fanboys go balls to the wall insane.
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DaedHead8 at 03/05/2008 22:36

That haxxor video was the shit. At the end it said ship of fools productions, which is cool cause ship of fools is a grateful dead reference.
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tazarthayoot at 03/05/2008 22:41

NO NO NO NO NO NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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MechaMonkey at 03/05/2008 22:43

Scariest. Pikachu. Ever.
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NihonTiger90 at 03/05/2008 22:48

This is a glitch, isn't it?
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13thDragon at 03/05/2008 22:49

Oh man, that tall, skinny Pikachu is awesome.
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Im OK at 03/05/2008 22:51

Regarding the tall Pikachu... that monster's gonna give me nightmares.
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raucci at 03/05/2008 22:52

the game is actually already out, several Targets have it already on shelves... SHHHH! I'm actually gonna pick it up on Friday at an indie store I know of.
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Rorschach at 03/05/2008 22:53

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Riser Glen at 03/05/2008 22:54

I concur with Rorschach.
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Chicken008 at 03/05/2008 22:55

Ahh, the Black Hole was awesome..
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Jaren Face at 03/05/2008 22:55

I just watched all the Brawl swap videos.

Seriously. Peach, Sonic and Pikachu are the things that powers nightmares. *shudders*
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Rockvillian at 03/05/2008 22:56

Y0j1mb0, squirming will only make it hurt more!
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Phist at 03/05/2008 22:56

Rorschaschki wins. Riser is a good ass-kisser.
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Cheeburga at 03/05/2008 22:57

How do you get on road-rules?
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BADInc at 03/05/2008 22:59

hurray glitches! i could never get the black hole one to work
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Rorschach at 03/05/2008 23:01

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Phist at 03/05/2008 23:03



Make love, not war.
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Cheeburga at 03/05/2008 23:03

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Qalamari at 03/05/2008 23:07

My favorite glitch that isn't on here is the Kirby/Game and Watch bug in Melee. If Kirby eats G+W and uses the sausage attack, he'll occasionally start carrying the frying pan around, even if the G+W "hat" gets knocked off. It doesn't really affect gameplay, but it's kind of weird to see Kirby running around with a cel-shaded skillet.
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Drop of Flame at 03/05/2008 23:11

lol 733T HAXXORS. I want to h4x boobies.
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jdub28 at 03/05/2008 23:12

j-piddy

HA
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tazarthayoot at 03/05/2008 23:12

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Yashoki at 03/05/2008 23:13

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Cheeburga at 03/05/2008 23:13

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Rorschach at 03/05/2008 23:15

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Riser Glen at 03/05/2008 23:31

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LarkOhiya at 03/05/2008 23:34

my dear furry lord! what has that cat done to drunk micky mouse!?
Rockvillian's Avatar
Rockvillian at 03/05/2008 23:37

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Riser is master of nightmares everyone, be on guard.
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NihonTiger90 at 03/05/2008 23:40

Thread KILLED.
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13thDragon at 03/05/2008 23:42

*sigh* I see Rorschah is posting those pics from his 18th birthday again.

@Riser

Jesus Christ, that looks like a bad acid trip. Only with less colors.
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Rorschach at 03/05/2008 23:42

That would be true, Nihon, if this were a thread!

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NihonTiger90 at 03/05/2008 23:48

Rorsch, is that furry wardrox?
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Reaprar at 03/06/2008 00:03

Sonipeach is far more scary.


Also, I actually DID beat you to this one, sux2bu.
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topgeargorilla at 03/06/2008 00:09

My favorite glitch?

Wavedash.
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Crapsh00t at 03/06/2008 00:22

That turnip black hole is incredible.

The meta-knight link kind of creeped me out more than freakachu.
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Crapsh00t at 03/06/2008 00:31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuLHui7omLQ

Actually... Sonic-Peach is the true abomination out of these. Fuck.
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DanielMachine at 03/06/2008 01:10

Peach/Sonic makes me want to cry a little bit. I wanna see Snake/Kirby.
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windexwindex at 03/06/2008 01:12

I am appalled and amazed by the gigantic humanoid pikachu
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Samit Sarkar at 03/06/2008 01:50

That black hole glitch is absolutely nuts. Instant 999% damage FTW!
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Justice at 03/06/2008 03:52

That pikachu was messed up man
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Toneman at 03/06/2008 05:11

Fucking furries!

Yiff in hell!
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drMario1337 at 03/06/2008 05:36

I always loved the Black Hole.

And IGN gave Brawl a 9.5 anyway.
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Cubilone at 03/06/2008 05:57

The pikachu was freaky... So was Peach! I'd love to see a Kirby-Samus one.
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Jonathan Holmes at 03/06/2008 06:41

Ok, I'll bite. Why all the furries?

And Reaprar, it does indeed suck to be me. That's why I like Luc Bernard's artwork. I'm emo like that.

But seriously, if I had seen your c-blog, I would have credited you. My bad.
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Aertyr at 03/06/2008 07:02

I like how 4 isn't a glitch.

At least theres only 3 more posts...
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Tron Knotts at 03/06/2008 07:45

I like how it isn't a glitch as well.

And I like trolls, too.
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Snaileb at 03/06/2008 07:46

Ouch.

Also, I just saw a wardrox furry. Scary.
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Holyetheline at 03/06/2008 09:04

Wow there sure a lot of sonic/animal related pics on here. wtf.
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Artix Lumin at 03/06/2008 09:32

I once discovered a one man black hole glitch that can be done almost anywhere, but it is very complicated. If any one wants I could tell you how to do it.
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TheStripe at 03/06/2008 10:30

Man, I wish there were another game that's so highly anticipated by fans coming out in another three or four months. The trolls are going to go hungry.
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B5512 at 03/06/2008 10:32

hah, olimar mario is kinda cute. Like, post-gear-3rd luffy cute.
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diversionmary at 03/06/2008 11:35



I haven't decided if I'm going to pick this up yet. Awaiting review, destrutoid, pls2provide.
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bottled dark at 03/06/2008 13:38

gannonchu is now my favorite brawl character.
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Elitechief27 at 03/06/2008 16:11

OH NOEZ THE Furries are melting my brain
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Aziel13 at 03/06/2008 19:10

=0.0=
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SWE3tMadness at 03/06/2008 19:12

The Black Hole glitch holds a special place in my memory because it caused my game to crash when I played around with it. >.>

However, there is a Melee glitch I know that might be even cooler - Kamikaze Mr. Game and Watch. :D

Have Mr. G&W use his Oil Panic move to capture 3 fully-charged PK Flashes from Ness. Then, when Ness is shielding, use Oil Panic again directly on him. The resulting explosion rockets Mr. G&W to his doom, but also takes out anyone unfortunate to be in the line of fire. So much fun.
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Necros at 03/06/2008 21:06

I don't know if there's a video of it, but my friends and I know a glitch in Melee where, on Final Destination, two Luigis can keep Up-B-ing each other so high up on the stage that their icons appear underneath the stage. It took a couple of minutes for them to fall back to the top of the screen and then onto the stage once we stopped using Up-B.

Also, the infinite super scope glitch is very fun.
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HarassmentPanda at 03/08/2008 02:12

Setting up that black hole glitch looked like frame rate hell.
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youkilledmyguy at 03/08/2008 02:13

That black hole video is awesome. Makes me want to go out and buy that game just to play with it.
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arkracer at 03/08/2008 04:08

Deadhead, no it isn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Fools
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Ravana at 03/08/2008 13:52

Can I have sex with it? Please?
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necrozen at 03/10/2008 13:58

I'm gonna try that blackhole glitch. I've been playing around with Melee since 2002 and I never heard of that.

Also, there is something david-lynch-freaky about that huge pikachu. I keep expecting it to put on a 1950s hop dress and dance to an Angelo Badalamenti soundtrack while midgets smile into the camera from the background.