10 Hidden Video Game Characters You Weren’t Supposed To See

This one is bit of a misnomer. You are supposed to see Master Hand in Super Smash Brothers Melee, but only in the circumstances the game has specifically built for him. That is to say, Master Hand is one of the potential end bosses for the game’s Adventure Mode. A climatic face-off between your selected Nintendo mascot and some sort of omnipotent glove. Master Hand is designed only to be fought at Final Destination, the game’s most straightforward stage that Smash Bros tournament players the world over have a delirious obsession with.

For a long time, the possibility of playing as Master Hand was discussed and shot down and it took years for the truth to be fully revealed. With some controller trickery and pokery, it is possible to glitch Master Hand into the, uh, hands of players.

Never intended to be playable, Master Hand cannot be moved by the analogue stick but inputs on the controller can make the character perform actions to get him around whatever stage players see fit. And it’s not just the standard Melee mode either, Master Hand is playable in several other game types such as the Event Matches and the Home Run Contest.

Although the character will always spawn with an over the top introduction animation so you’d be lucky to get little more than a slap in against the very fortunate sandbag before the timer runs out.