Flags mean you have finished the level but some secrets and other what not have yet to be obtained, the shiny thing is a crown which represents you have completely finished that level you found all the secrets and other what not for that level.
Crowns mean you have finished that level completely so there better than flags.
by beating the sudspace emaissry (all of it not flags or crowns beat ery level)
You can either unlock them by encountering & beating them in Challenge mode or by fully completing the Subspace Emissery (100%, no green flags on the map)
The flags mean that there is a room or yellow box that you haven't been to or opened in that level. If you find all the secrets in that level, the flag turns in a crown. If you want 100% in the subspace emissary, you have to find all secrets.
Okay if you beat the emissary you will probably notice levels with flags or crowns, the flags represent places that still have secrets for you to find and the crowns mean your completely done with that place, also if you have not beat it exclamation points point you to your next destination.
You mean Team Battle, right? I'll assume you do. When choosing characters, go to the top left corner. Next to the BACK button, is another button. Click it, and it will change into a pair of flags. (Mine's a Japanese ver., so I don't remember what it says...) After it's changed, you can only be one of three colors, Red, Green, and Blue. These indicate what team you are on. Go here: www.smashbros.com
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Go back and complete the stages that have green flags on them. Those are the ones that still have neat trophies and stickers in hidden rooms. Check walkthroughs to find the hidden rooms and make sure you don't get totally killed otherwise you lose everything. I guarantee that if you get everything from the hidden rooms and finish the stage the green flag will be gone and your percentage will go higher. I completed 100% on Subspace Emissary doing that so you need to get 100% for the game to be officially completed.
You have to get red flags on the level next to it.
flags represent places if they where no flags where werent able to difference all the places that's why and to make coulture by symbols sometimes they mean something like the American flag; all the stars mean the states.
At the beginning of the Super Bowl.
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