The “Bros” part of Super Smash Bros. has always been a bit of a mystery, but series creator Masahiro Sakurai has shed some light on what it means.
For the most part, the name Super Smash Bros. title makes a lot of sense – super, because, well, Super Mario, Super Nintendo Entertainment system, Nintendo just used it a lot.
In that video, he shared that it was actually Iwata who helped come up with the name.
But then you get to Bros. Yeah, sure, there’s Mario and Luigi, but I don’t think Link and Pikachu are brothers, at least not the last time I checked.