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The main antagonist.
Who is Master Hand?
This was Mario's first appearance in a game with an ESRB rating higher than E, at this rating.
What is T (for Teen)?
Who is Lucas?
The only game in the series where this character is playable from the start.
Who is Luigi?
This character was finally playable in the series in this game, being a long time request and appearing in Brawl and 4 as non-playable characters. The reason was referenced in the announcement trailer for the character.
Who is Ridley?
This character was replaced by Jigglypuff.
Who is Pit?
In the glitch where you can play as Master Hand, only the player of this color can control him.
What is yellow?
Who is King Dedede?
This stage is a Battlefield reskin, or at least very similar.
What is Miiverse?
The only character to always be a starting character.
Who is Kirby?
The only N64 game to feature these two characters.
Who are Samus Aran and Ness?
This event match references a GameCube tech demo.
What is Super Mario 128?
This is the first game in the series where this character has a unique voice, albeit still by the same voice actor.
Who is Luigi?
What is For Wii U?
These three voice actors were credited posthumously for their work, which appeared as reused voice clips.
Who are UnshÅ Ishizuka, Takeshi Aono, and Kaneto Shiozawa?
The only playable character that has been a villain.
Who is Donkey Kong?
This series had no game in North America before Melee came out.
What is Fire Emblem?
This person also voiced the narrator in Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Who is Pat Cashman?
This version is the reason the Ice Climbers were scrapped.
What is For 3DS?
These characters had memes referenced by Nintendo Versus or Masahiro Sakurai himself.
Who are Piranha Plant, Yoshi, and Mario?
The idea of characters entering on floating platforms came from this game.
What is Mario Bros?
These two characters were requested by their original developers, but were left out due to time constraints.
Who are Sonic the Hedgehog and Solid Snake?
These 3 characters did not show up in SubSpace Emissary until after you beat the game.
Who are Toon Link, Jigglypuff, and Wolf?
These two moves are the only custom special moves to have Kirby copy voice lines.
What are Heavenly Light and Explosive Flame?
The first game in the series to use these terms, techniques, and name.
What are tilt, neutral, edge guarding, dash dancing, and Pneuma?