, is a crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc., also responsible for the Kirby and EarthBound intellectual properties, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 console. It was first released in Japan on January 21, 1999, and released on April 26, 1999 in North America, followed by Australia in 1999 then on November 19, 1999 in Europe.
Players are able to choose from up to twelve characters from various games in Nintendo's history, such as Mario, Pikachu, Link, and Kirby.
Super Smash Bros. was the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series. It was followed by the very successful Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. Super Smash Bros. was also the fifth best-selling game on the Nintendo 64, with over 4.89 million copies sold.
