Smash 64
Of the original roster, this character is the oldest, indicated by being the first character from the left before unlockables on the character select screen.
Who is Mario?
Despite an incredibly strong up special, this character is regarded as the worst in the game.
Who is Bowser?
This was the first character in Smash history to have a victory fanfare different from other characters in the same universe, and is the ONLY character in Brawl with this distinction.
Who is Meta Knight?
This character is the first true clone in Smash, not only being a clone in terms of moveset, but being a literal clone of the original fighter. This character also is the only newcomer to not have their own reveal trailer or splash art.
Who is Dark Pit?
Without including DLC characters, this character is infamously known for being the best character in the game. Including DLC characters, they are known for being the 2nd best,
Who is Sonic?
This character is widely accepted to be the worst character in the game.
Who is Luigi?
This character shares the same walking, falling, fast falling speed, traction and gravity with Mario. Additionally, this character's neutral, back and up aerials are coded as special moves and cannot be L-canceled.
Who is Mr. Game and Watch?
This character's final alternate color palette would end up being used again as a new character to their series in a game made 4 years later by Brawl's director.
Who is Pit?
Upon the release of Sm4sh, this character had the most recent appearance of any character on the roster.
Who is Greninja?
These two characters hold quite an intricate connection to each other, including being both the first and last numbered characters in the entire roster, as well as the director of one character's series being inspired by the revolutionary groundbreaking success of the other character's first 3D game.
Who are Mario and Sora?
These two characters not only made their first appearance in 3D in Smash 64, but also made their only appearance on the N64 in this game.
Who are Samus and Ness?
This character was the very first character in the entire game to be playable in any Gamecube game before the release of Melee.
Who is Luigi?
This character uses sound clips from Ukiki in Super Mario 64.
Who is Diddy Kong?
This character is the only third-party character in Sm4sh that is unable to wall jump.
Who is Ryu?
This is the very first character in Smash history to represent a new universe and not be either the poster character or a default player character in their series, to speak a real life language than is not English or Japanese and is the first DLC newcomer in ANY Smash game to originate from a first-party series that did not have a fighter before DLC.
Who is Min Min?
This character is by far the best character in the game.
Who is Pikachu?
This character made their very first appearance not only in Smash history, but in ANY game.
Who is Roy?
This character cannot be selected under normal means on the character select screen and requires a combination of button presses in order to be played from the start of a match.
Who is Zero Suit Samus?
This character is the only starter character and newcomer from Brawl to be available as DLC. This character is also the only one to initially be unplayable in the next installment, then be made playable through DLC.
Who is Lucas?
This was one of the most confidential characters to be included in Ultimate, with neither the lead director nor the dev team of this character's series even being aware of the character's inclusion until their trailer was shown.
Who is Sephiroth?
This character is fought on a stage loosely resembling the Cavern of the Metal Cap from Super Mario 64.
Who is Metal Mario?
This is the only character that is not from the Mario universe to have an English voice actor, as well as the only fighter outside of the Star Fox Smash Taunt to have voice actors in multiple languages.
Who is Jigglypuff?
This is the first character to have their victory theme ripped directly from a non-Smash game.
Who is Sonic?
This character is the only newcomer in Sm4sh to have a voice clip when KO'd via blast lines, as well as the only character in the entire game to speak when performing a spot dodge.
Who is Bayonetta?
Pausing and zooming the camera around this character's ear will reveal a gap between the top part of their ear and hair, being more visible when looking at this character's left ear.
Who is Dark Pit?