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The [[Zelda|Princess Zelda]] that appears in the game takes the appearance of Zelda from ''Twilight Princess''. She is also a returning character from the previous game of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', from which she has been buffed out slightly. She ― along with Sheik ― is playable from the very start of the game. In the game, her attacks are magic based and she uses the spells from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' (Namely [[Din's Fire]] for offense, [[Nayru's Love]] for defense and [[Farore's Wind]] for recovery). Zelda can use Transform to change into [[Sheik]]. Her attacks are fairly powerful and most have a good knockback, but Zelda is a lightweight and so is easily knocked back herself. Zelda shares her Final Smash with Sheik, which is her using a Light Arrow to inflict high amounts of damage and (usually) One-Hit KO opponents.

Sheik's design is taken from ''Twilight Princess'' concept art, where she was supposedly going to appear. She returns, along with Zelda, from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. Sheik and Zelda work together like two halves; Zelda's flaws are more or less covered by Sheik while Zelda returns the favor by covering Sheik's weaknesses. Sheik is a fast character and not very light, but her attacks generally are not powerful and do not have strong knockback. She uses frequent martial arts, along with a chain and needles which can be charged up to throw them further. She can use Transform to change into Zelda at any point during a match, which also gives her invincibility for a short time. She shares her Final Smash ― Light Arrow ― with Zelda.

Ganondorf's design is taken from ''Twilight Princess'' like the three characters before. He also returns from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', but has been significantly changed. Ganondorf was considered a clone of Captain Falcon in ''Melee'', while in ''Brawl'', he is now given different animations (even though they do share similar moves). He is a powerhouse character, making him very heavy, slow and all moves give very high amounts of knockback. Ganondorf is an unlockable character in the game. Three ways to unlock him are; play 200 brawls, complete Classic Mode with Link/Zelda on Hard or get Ganondorf to join the party in the Subspace Emissary. With the exception of the latter option, Ganondorf must be beaten in a 1v1 match on Final Destination before unlocking completely. Ganondorf's moveset is very similar to Captain Falcon's. The Warlock Punch is extremely similar to the famous Falcon Punch, but it is more powerful, but slower. The main differences Ganondorf has to Captain Falcon is that his moves are more powerful and cause more knockback on characters. Beast [[Ganon]] is his Final Smash. Ganondorf changes into his Beast form and roars/stomps on the ground with front legs ― which causes all the characters touching the stage to be paralysed. Ganon then dashes off to the side of the stage, dragging along any characters he touches along to their KO. Ganondorf then returns to the point where he activated the Final Smash to continue as usual.

[[Toon Link]] is a character based on the Link in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]''. He acts as a replacement for Young Link, who was the second version of Link in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. In the game, he uses the shield from ''The Wind Waker'', as well as the [[Master Sword]], the [[Boomerang]], the Hero's Bow, the Bombs, and the [[Hookshot]]. Statistically, he is faster than Link, but also weaker and lighter.  His Final Smash ― Triforce Slash ― is shared with Link.

The stage is based on [[Tetra]]'s [[Pirate Ship]] and the Great Sea from ''The Wind Waker''. The stage is surrounded by water that can cause characters to drown if they stay in it too long. It has a couple of platforms on the sail that players can jump to and there is a catapult like contraption at the left side of the stage that comes out every now and again which ― if a character is standing on it and it pops up ― can throw a character instantly past the left blast line. If no character is on it when it pops up, nothing else happens and it retreats back down into the stage.

The main plot is that an evil entity called Tabuu is going to take over the Smash Brothers World. Several characters are on Tabuu's side (because of the fact that Master Hand has been taken captive) including a mysterious character called the Ancient Minister who has control over ROBs and knows where to get special bombs called Subspace Bombs ― they suck up certain parts of the world and leave a dome of Subspace stuff behind. The characters all form four or five groups that have different tasks to complete and bosses to face before they all meet up and go to get Tabuu. They enter a mysterious place called Subspace where they find Tabuu, who fires his Off Waves to turn them all into trophies. By a very convenient plot device, all the heroes are revived. They join forces with the characters who were on Tabuu's side originally and they all make their way through the very lengthy and annoying, Great Maze. Once that horror is over and done with, Sonic the Hedgehog shows up and breaks Tabuu's butterfly wings, then they all face off with Tabuu and destroy him, returning their worlds to normal.

The pair then come across a lake. Kirby hears something and runs off to investigate, leaving Zelda alone. Bowser turns up with another Dark Cannon and makes her a trophy. A Fake Bowser turns up and becomes Shadow Bugs that cover Zelda's trophy to make a fake of her. Soon after, Link and Yoshi come running past and Fake Zelda points a Dark Cannon at them, but the gun is destroyed by Pit and Mario ― who proceed to fight the fake Zelda. They win and Zelda turns into nothing. Unfortunately for Mario and Pit, Link looks up just to see Zelda's fake trophy melt away and this kinda makes him angry. He runs up the hill to attack Mario, but Mario dodges. Mario and Pit then face off against Link and Yoshi. Mario and Pit beat Link and Yoshi ― who turn into trophies. King Dedede turns up in his weird car thing and uses his claw to pick up the two trophies. As this happens, Mario sees Peach's trophy in Dedede's car. Kirby reappears at the back of the car to cut off the claw and release/reawaken Link and Yoshi. Link then shoots an arrow at the car as it tries to come back around and it starts to splutter and stop. The five set off to find Dedede and the other trophies.

File:Deku Nut - SSBB.png|[[Deku Nut]]<br/>This item causes characters to be stunned and easier to hit, but this only happens on the ground. If someone is hit in the air by the item, it will cause them 18% damage and ― most likely ― KO them.

File:Bunny Hood - SSBB.png|[[Bunny Hood]]<br/>This item returns from ''Melee''. It makes the character who picked it up move quicker and jump higher, but only lasts for about 12 seconds ― unless it is knocked off by a hard hit.