Ranking Character Rosters from Every Super Smash Bros. Game

From Super Smash Bros Melee to Super Smash Bros Ultimate and more, I have ranked 7 different Smash Bros games based on their character rosters alone! Which rosters are your favorites, and which should get more love?

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Chapters:
00:00 - 00:16 - Intro
00:16 - 02:13 - Super Smash Bros (64)
02:13 - 04:59 - Super Smash Bros Melee
04:59 - 08:28 - Super Smash Bros Brawl
08:28 - 12:10 - Super Smash Bros for 3DS/Wii U (launch)
12:10 - 15:20 - Super Smash Bros for 3DS/Wii U (DLC)
15:20 - 18:56 - Super Smash Bros Ultimate (launch)
18:56 - 24:15 - Super Smash Bros Ultimate (DLC)
24:15 - 24:52 - Outro

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[Expt]

I love how they referenced the “Original Eight” in Ultimate, because those are the only characters that are unlocked from the start (besides Mii Fighters even though they aren’t part of the Original Eight and you unlock them by simply making a Mii Fighter of each type)

it’s been over three years since I’ve had to unlock a character in that game but I still remember it!

[kingslayerwwe]

Bowser Jr is definitely one of the most unique moveset characters with the clown car plus he brought the Koopalings with him

[SonicTheCutehog]

8:49-8:55 Wolf, Pokémon Trainer, and Lucas (pre-DLC): Are we jokes to you?

[-BenGaming-]

I personally like quality over quantity but I don’t think extra bad characters make the roster worse they just don’t make it better. Like Isabelle being in it doesn’t make the roster worse it just doesn’t do absolutely anything for it because I never play as her or play against her. And I personally don’t like many of the characters they added in the DLC. Steve just doesn’t make any sense. I don’t dislike non Nintendo characters in the game but I don’t think he fits in. PAC man and sonic are similar enough to Nintendo and are often in multiple Nintendo products. And I think they should have added characters like Waluigi, poochy, Louie, Donkey kong Jr, paper Mario, super monkey ball, chibi-robo, and more unhuman characters. I would even take Tails, Knuckles, Mrs PAC man, and Blinky who’s different costumes would be the different ghosts.

[Vieislost]

Every roster has kirby so they're obviously all peak

[Allen]

23:20 Ice Climbers... COOL... Icy what you did there. 😁

[StarSpire]

Yeah this ranking is accurate. They just got better and better. Smash Ultimate DLC and Pre-DLC Roster is probably the greatest roster in all of gaming.

[Lagw]

In the first game, no, Pit wasn't considered. Only ones considered were King Dedede (via files), Mewtwo, Bowser, and Marth (confirmed by the man himself)

[jessewaidler]

This was extremely well produced. Outstanding video.
The hate on Byleth though jeesh 😮

[tarushkumar]

9:09 you forgot wolf, ivysaur and squirtle too

[Allen]

I didn't know there were supposed to be more characters in the original. Thanks for that bit of trivia!

[kingslayerwwe]

Rank the Smash Character trailers next!

[dillongeorge]

Idk if you’ve heard of this before, but there’s an AMAZING mod for Smash 64 called Smash 64 Remix. It adds a bunch of characters from future Smash installments like Ganon and Mewtwo but then also new characters like Conker the Squirrel. I am very curious where you would’ve ranked that roster (even though it’s a mod)

Now that I think of it, a ranking of Smash fan game rosters would be fun 👀

[zeospark]

2:50 Fun fact when you said they weren't going to cut Ness despite his game wasn't as known or popular at the time. They were actually intending on replacing Ness with Lucas because, originally, Mother 3 was going to be released on the N64 under the name "Earthbound 64." However, the game got canceled so they decided to keep Ness in.

[SaltyToad]

Yeah, it's obvious where Ultimate would go.

[kingslayerwwe]

Mario Party Rosters and Boards ranked like this?

[FireYoshiGaming]

Great video! Even though Smash 64 is the weakest in my opinion, it had many of the characters it should have, along with a few surprise picks like Captain Falcon and Ness. Really like the variety they went for with the OG

[theoturnip]

You dont care "much" about the villager
which means you care "a little":)

[hiilikepizza]

There is no world where rob is the smash bros mascot

[Louieangry]

Say can you do the fan games for smash bros rosters