A VS Mode match can have a maximum of four players, made up of human and / or computer-controlled players. Set up the game rules and play time / stock life amount with , select VS START and press or .

To quit the game, display the pause screen with , then press ＋ ＋ / ＋ / .

Note: If you quit in the middle of a match, you won’t place in the ranking.

VS START	Press to enter the character select screen. Select a character and press to start the battle.
RULE	Set up rules for the battle. You can battle based on a time limit, or on a limited stock life amount. You can also set up a team battle. Note: In a team battle, if one of the players in a team is defeated and his / her teammate has enough stock lives, the defeated player can press to take one stock from his / her teammate and go back into play.
TIME / STOCK	Adjust the play time or stock life amount according to the rules you set for the match. You can also adjust this at the character select screen.
VS OPTIONS	Set options related to the match.

Note: If you fight a time-based battle and it ends up as a draw, a Sudden Death round will be played, in which all players who had the same score will start with 300% damage.

HANDICAP	Choose whether to allow players to set a handicap at the character select screen. You can also have it set automatically for each match.
TEAM ATTACK	If this is set to ON, players on the same team can attack each other.
STAGE SELECT	If this is set to OFF, the battle arena will be automatically selected for each match.
DAMAGE	This can be set between 50-200%. The higher the number, the easier it will be to knock characters off the screen at lower damage percentages. For example, at 200% each character is twice as likely to be knocked off the screen, but at 50%, each character is much more resistant to being knocked off the screen.

Character Select Screen

Control the hand cursor with to select the characters and rules. You can change the settings by putting the hand cursor on the rule display or / and pressing .