Like Shrek Super Smash, Shrek Super Smash XL is a fighting game which plays very similarly to the Super Smash Bros. series and Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion. Up to four players (human or CPU controlled) control a character and fight on a multi-tiered 2D stage. Players may use various items that appear randomly to get the fighting edge over their opponent. Additionally, the stage may use set elements in order to take out other players. Every character can use four special moves. For example, Shrek can use Ogre Punch as his Neutral Special. While sometimes orange fairies which will add more power to your Fairy Dust Meter than a blue fairy. When your Fairy Dust Meter fills up, you can execute your Final Slam.