Super Smash Brothers

There are theree different items that contain other item(s). First, there is the capsule. It looks like a bottle that would be floating in the ocean with the message in it, except it has a pink bottom and a white top. All players can pick it up by pressing A. This item will contain only one item, but all players can run around with it and function normally. With the Box or the Barrel, anybody can pick up, but they are heavy so the only person who can move around while holding the item is Donkey Kong, however, his movement is limited to single jumps and just moving. No Attacks, other than throw the barrel. If used with the control stick, you can throw the box/barrel much farther and faster, which will hurt the enemy more. But please note not to throw the barrel up sloped surfaces, it could roll back and hit you! All Boxes and Barrels will either explode or contain 1 to 3 items.

The Bomb is virtually a bomb. When thrown at a player it explodes, and the player gets lots of damage percent done to him, and in most cases flown pretty far. The bomb is also something you don't want to attack, or else it'll explode and you'll be the person flying off the screen, which is never a good thing. If you're going for the bomb that was just dropped down, you better hurry, because after so much time, the bomb won't wait for somebody to pick it up. He'll get up and walk around on the platform and whoever he hits get's to watch him explode up close. The Bomb is a really fun thing to play with, as long as you're the one who gets it. But here's something of interest. When facing the computer, go beneath the bomb before it is picked up. If the computer jumps up on the platform and grabs the bomb, he'll throw it at you...except there's a floor between you and the computer, hence the bomb explodes when it hits the floor and the computer goes on a nice trip...

One of the most annoying items of them all is the bumper. If you touch it, you fly off it. It is very similar to the Pinball machine bumpers. It can be strategically placed though. If you put it on the edge of a course and somebody flies off the screen, when they jump onto the platform, they might hit the bumper and fly off, and they won't be able to come back, which puts them down a point or life.

Ever See Star Wars? This would be equivilant to a lightsaber. It even looks like a red lightsaber. It does more damage than the average attack, and is really fun to throw at the opponents. (or at least I think so) It also extends the range of your attack so you can stop a person from hurting you before they get to you, which can be really helpful. It's like saying, I can damage you, but you can't damage me. It's a pretty cool item!

This "Flame Thrower" Takes on the shape of Mario's Fire Flower, and this item is the most annoying item in the entire game. When you face a player and press A, it shoots out a continuous flame of fire, until it runs out, in which you say, "Uh-Oh!" because now everybody is against you. It does a lot of damage and if you're in it, you can't move very far. Watch out for Fox's deflector shield though, if he turns it on, the fire will bounce back and hit you! Personally, whenever this items appears on the screen, I go straight for it and throw it over the edge so it can't be used by anyone, making the game better and more interesting. It's for the good of the game... ;-)

The Green Turtle Shell is meant specifically to be thrown at the opponent. You can use the control stick when you throw it to dtermine whether to throw it up, down, left, or right, and with how much power. When it is thrown left or right, it will continue to go in that direction until it hits a wall, player, or goes off the screen. Watch out when throwing it at other people, if they do an A attack on it, the turtle shell could very easily come back at you, and they wouldn't get hurt. Don't blame me when it happens, you were warned! When a Turtle shell is just standing still, you can still hit it with an attack to make it go in the direction you hit it.

Whenever this item comes up, go STRAIGHT for it, Because whoever gets this item usually wins. What this item does is make you swing a hammer over your head from front to back to front over and over. Whoever gets hit, flies sky-high, and usually goes off the screen. You are "practically" invincible when you have this item because the hammer deflects many of the things thrown or fired at you, but that's not always the case. For instance, Link's bomb could knock you over and in many cases take away the hammer. Fox's laser can also still hit you. There are others, I just can' think of them right now, so you're not totally invincible, but you're awfully close, and remember! Whenever a player is brought back into the game because he/she was knocked out, they're invincible for a few seconds!

This Wonderful Item takes you're damage perccent and reduces it down to 0%.(the lower the better, and 0's the lowest) This item is definitely one worth fighting for, especially in Sudden Death's where there is a tie, and you start at 300%.

This item if used correctly can win yyou the game. With this bat, you want to hit as many home-runs as possible, and guess who the baseballs are? That's right, the other players. To use this bat and get a home-run(which is usually an auto-kill), you must get next to a player and face him. Then jerk the Control stick in the direction you're facing and hit the A button. If you did it correctly, you'll see white stars around the bat. It has a delayed swing though, so the opponent could get away, or hurt you, and therefore stopping the attack. If you make contact with an opponent on the swing, you'll hear a pitch that gets higher very rapidly for a second or so. Then, you see the person flying off the screen. This should knock the person off the screen, unless they bounce off a wall or something. In a 2 minute game, I got the bat in the begining, and ended up winning with a score of 18 points to about everybody else at -7 or -6.

The Maximum Tomato is a very helpful item. It's not as good as the heart container, but it's still very good. This item appears as a red tomato with a big M on it. To use it, go over it and press A. This will lower your damage percent by 100. 0% is the lowest you can get. This item is always something to go for, because if you get it, the opponents don't...

I think that the motion sensor bomb is one of the most fun items to play with. It acts like a proximity mine on Goldeneye. When somebody goes near it, it goes BOOM! Then the person who laid it gets the point. There kind of tough to see, but it's possible. If you're not sure where it is, pause the screen and look around with the control stick to see where it is. A few other notes. Motion Sensor Bomb's can be set of with an item or link's bomb, along with everything else throwable. Here's another tip, when using the R attack to throw a person, don't throw them into another person's mine...You won't get the point.

The Fan isn't really all that great of an item. It's like a normal attack, but remember, all items are fun to throw at the opponents...

Yes, pokemon somehow got into this game, but it adds the most interesting twist. These items can be the most useful. What you do is first pick it up(DUH!) and then you throw it with A or R, but make sure it lands on a platform, or anything solid. Then the Pokemon will come out. There are many different types of pokemon that come out that do something different. Some don't do anything at all. If a player falls off because of a pokemon, the person who deployed the pokemon will get the point. Sometimes they will save you, other times...

The Ray Gun is one of the more annoying items in the game because of the definite advantage. You press A to fire it and it delivers a powerful punch to the person it hits, but there's only so many shots. It fires a long distance, and it absolutely drives the person being shot at insane!

The Red Turtle Shell is very similar but is yet very different. Remember from Mario Kart 64, the green turtle shells went straight, but the red ones were like a homing missle. Well that's the case in this game too. When a red turtle shell is activated on a platform, it always goes for any person on the same platform, and then hits them. Not a very fun item if you're trying to get back onto a ledge. After so long this shell disappears. It can be activated by throwing or hitting it.

Invinciility is fun, right? You bet, and that's why this is one of the coolest items of them all, it is very rare, but not if you have item switch. Whenever somebody attacks you, it acts as if you weren't ever there. But when you attack them, they go flying sky high. To get it, all you have to do is touch it, and then the music starts(the best part) and all the little white stars go around you to show that you're invincible. Then after so long it turns off, and then you get thrown across the playing area, in which you think..."Oh Yeah, I can get hurt now..."

The Star Wand is pretty much like the fan, but it does have one major advantage. It can be turned into a long range weapon without throwing it. You need to do a Smash Attack which is when you press A and jerk the control stick in the direction you're facing. Doing this will shoot out a yellow star to hurt the opponents. Of course, there's the cool sound effects(noise...) that go along with it too.