Pikachu partakes in Target Blast inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Target Blast (スマッシュボンバー,Smash Bomber) is aStadium sub-mode inSuper Smash Bros. 4. The player is tasked with inflicting damage to a bomb on a platform, then launching it into a structure composed of various blocks filled withTargets, with the goal of destroying as many targets as possible in two rounds.

Overview[edit]

Bowser Jr. competing in Target Blast. Here, the bomb has five seconds remaining.

Thebomb's 10-second timer starts when the player touches or attacks it. When the bomb is hit with a powerful attack, it is sent flying, destroying most objects in its path. After five seconds, theannouncer will start the countdown just like in astandard Smash with only five seconds remaining. When the timer hits zero the bomb explodes, destroying any objects around it, as well as potentially starting physics-based chain reactions due to the blocks around the blast radius being dislodged. As a result of this, much of the strategy in Target Blast comes from deciding when and how the bomb should be launched.

InSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS the two bombs are the same size, while inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U the second bomb is bigger. If the player fails to launch the bomb out of the starting platform before it explodes, the bomb will explode and send the player flying with enough knockback to beKO'd (or ashield break if holding up theirshield), before they receive a score of zero for the round.Super Smash Bros. for Wii U features three separate stages with different layouts, with only the first one being shared withSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Every session of Target Blast is composed of two rounds, with the final score being the combined score of both rounds. The player may choose to retry the first round by pressing B, or move on to the second round for an even higher score. The scores in this mode are used as part ofGlobal Smash Power.

Breaking all 15 red targets (27 in Stage 2 and 23 in Stage 3) awards the player with a Perfect! If this occurs in the first round, the structure will be rebuilt for the second round.Trophy orCustom Part targets may randomly replace one of the red targets, and destroying them yields the indicated reward.

For unknown reasons the bomb has an extremely highfalling speed when launched straight upward.

Score Values[edit]

Each type has a point value associated with it.

The value increases when the bomb detonates, giving the player even higher scores.

Rewards[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

• Playing Target Blast for the first time adds the possibility ofXerneas appearing in aPoké Ball and aMaster Ball.
• Destroying all the red targets grants the player theSteampunk Outfit.
• Getting a score of 200,000 grants the player theExplosive Punch custom move forMario.
• Playing Target Blast with all characters grants the player theDark Train trophy.
• Getting a combined total score of 2,000,000 grants the player theKing Bob-omb trophy.
• While no rewards are given alongside them, the followingmilestones can be obtained in the mode:
  • Exploded 100 bombs in Target Blast.
  • Exploded 500 bombs in Target Blast.
  • Earned 300,000 points in Target Blast.
  • Blew up 5,000 targets and/or obstacles in Target Blast.

InSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

• Scoring at least 80,000 points in a single game of Solo Target Blast Stage 2 asPalutena while using the back wall grants theIn the Space-Pirate Ship music track.
• Scoring at least 120,000 points in a single game of Solo Target Blast Stage 2 asToon Link grants theLor Starcutter trophy.
• Scoring at least 150,000 points in a single game of Target Blast on Stage 1 unlocks theExploding Popgun custom move forDiddy Kong.
• Scoring at least 150,000 points in a single game of Solo Target Blast Stage 1 asZelda grants theWolf Link trophy.
• Scoring at least 150,000 points in a single game of Solo Target Blast Stage 1 asBowser Jr. grants theCountdown Drill equipment.
• Scoring at least 200,000 points in a single game of Target Blast Stage 2 unlocks theDire Hydrant custom move forPac-Man.
• Scoring at least 200,000 points in a single game of Solo Target Blast Stage 3 asNess grants theJeff trophy.
• Scoring at least 300,000 points in a single game of Solo Target Blast Stage 3 asPac-Man while using the back wall grants theWhomp trophy.
• Scoring at least 450,000 points in a single game of Target Blast Stage 3 grants theMagolor trophy.
• Getting a perfect on any stage in Target Blast grants 5,000G.
• Getting a perfect on every stage in Target Blast grants 20,000G.
• While no rewards are given alongside them, the followingmilestones can be obtained in the mode:
  • Exploded 100 bombs in Target Blast.
  • Exploded 500 bombs in Target Blast.
  • Earned 400,000 points in Target Blast.
  • Blew up 5,000 targets and/or obstacles in Target Blast.

Gallery[edit]

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  Stage 1 inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U. This is also the only stage inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

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  Stage 2.

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  Stage 3.

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  The second round with a bigger bomb inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Touching or attacking the bomb lights the fuse and starts the 10-second countdown.

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  Donkey Kong damaging the bomb.

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  An example of a bomb detonation and the beginning of a physics-based chain reaction.

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  If all of the red targets are broken, the player will be awarded with a Perfect!

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  The scores in both rounds make up the final score along with the totalGSP.

Trivia[edit]

• The explosion of the bomb used in Target Blast has well over enough power toOHKO in normal conditions. It also completely fillsLittle Mac'sPower Meter andCloud'sLimit Meter, and is capable of instantly breaking full shields (includingShulk's shield when boosted by the ShieldMonado Art), indicating it internally deals at least 100% damage.
• In aPic of the Day onMiiverse,Masahiro Sakurai mistakenly refers to Target Blast asTarget Smash, a mode that appeared in previous games but is not present inSuper Smash Bros. 4.
• Some tickets inMaster Orders involve getting a high score in Target Blast. These tickets allowcustom moves to be used (and used to allowequipment as well until version1.0.8), something that is not normally possible when playing Target Blast.
• Target Blast resembles the popular mobile gameAngry Birds (which would eventually be bought bySega), where the focus is to topple buildings and destroy the Bad Piggies dispersed throughout the stage by launching round birds as projectiles from a distance. The bomb functions similarly to Bomb (aka Black Bird), who explodes either when the player taps the screen or after a set amount of time passes after he touches an object/a piggy.
• InSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, attacks that usually cause a "screen-shaking" effect will not shake the screen while in the Target Blast stadium. The same goes for theHome-Run Contest stadium.

• Modes (SSB4-3DS)
• Modes (SSB4-Wii U)
• Single-player modes