Smash Bros. Wii U: Smash Tour Guide

Super Smash Bros. Wii U has many more features than the 3DS version. It does have a game mode similar to Smash Run, though. Both involve gathering stat points for a final battle. That’s where the similarities end as Smash Tour has a board game, Mario Party feel to it.

Smash Tour look pretty chaotic and random at first, but it isn’t once you get the hang of it. Like a game of Mario Party or Mario Kart, random things can happen, so you have to be prepared for anything.

This guide will go over everything you need to know about Smash Tour including:

• Smash Tour Basics – How to play and what the goal is.
• Smash Tour Tips – Tips to help you win at Smash Tour.

Smash Tour Basics

The object of Smash Tour is to collect as many fighters as you can and gather stat boosts for a final battle. You do this by rolling a number, similar to Mario Party, and move around the board.

Seems simple enough, but there is lot on the board and things your opponents can do to make life difficult.

There are 3 boards to choose from and you can set how many turns you want to play, from 15-25. When you select one, you’ll have to pick which Mii you want to play as. This has no effect on the gameplay because you’ll only use the fighters you pick up on the board.

Once you start the game, you’ll be put on a board with 3 other players. There are several spaces and icons you’ll see.

Spaces

• Item Spaces – These spaces can have stat boost items, or one of many Smash Tour items. I’ll go over those later.
• Checkpoints – Each space gives you a stat boost. Passing over all 5 gives you a bigger boost.
• Each time you do this is called a lap and you can start getting all 5 again as many times as you want.
• Warp Space – This instantly warps to another warp space on the board.
• Stat Boost Space – This space changes your stats.
• Battle Space – Stopping here goes into a battle.
• Fighter Space – Getting to this space gives you the fighter shown.

If you land on the same space as another player, you’ll start a fight. If you win, you’ll launch them away to another space. You also steal the fighter of the person in 2nd place and everyone else loses their fighter to the board.

Tour Items

First let me explain each stat.

• Speed – This increases your movement speed in combat. It has a green boot icon.
• Jump – Increases jump height in combat. Yellow wing icon.
• Attack – Increases damage of normal attacks, including smash attacks. Orange glove icon.
• Special – Increases damage and effectiveness of Special attacks in combat. Red burst icon.
• Arms – Increases damage from throws and items. Purple hammer icon.
• Defense – Decreases damage you take. Blue shield icon.
• All – Increases all stats. Gold star icon.

Your goal is to get these stats, particularly the attack and defense stats, a high as you can to make winning the final battle easier.

• Board items – Items that affect moving on the board. They do things like double your roll, attract nearby items to you, and launch nearby opponents away.

• Battle Items – These are items used during a battle. They do things like let you start with an item and cause another player to start with high damage taken.

• General Items – These are collection items like trophies and customization items.

Smash Tour Tips

You can just go into Smash Tour moving around and random if you want and hope for the best, OR you can have a plan.

One thing I want to point out is that you will get a lot of items during Smash Tour, even if you don’t go out of your way to get them.

One way to win is by focusing on battle items and fighting others. 

• Gather any battle items you find to make fights go in your favor, then try to land on someone to fight every turn.
• If players run out of fighters, they cannot take part in fights.
• Fight and win enough, and nobody will have enough fighters to beat you.

Another method is to focus on board items and getting characters on the board.

You also get bonuses at the end for things like launching the most people and landing on a certain space the most.

• Aim for any characters you see, and try to hit every checkpoint to complete laps.
• Gather board items to get you around the board fast so you can get more stat boosts and fighters.
• Gathering a large pool of fighters and getting high stats will make the final battle very easy.

That’s it for my Smash Tour Guide for Super Smash Bros. Wii U. Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or suggestions. Please visit my Beginner’s Guide and New Features for help with anything else.