List of Super Smash Bros. series characters

A **character** is the term used to describe beings in the *Super Smash Bros.* series. Characters can be sorted into **playable** and **non-playable**, which distinguishes whether characters can be used without the use of a cheat device (like Action Replay) or not. Playable characters can further be divided into starter, unlockable, or downloadable, which distinguishes whether characters can be played right away, whether they need to be unlocked by fulfilling certain requirements, or must be downloaded before gameplay is possible.

## Playable Characters

This is a list of the playable characters in the *Super Smash Bros.* series, commonly known in official sources as **fighters**.

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sakurai mentions these characters as having been planned for *Super Smash Bros.* on this page.
2. ↑ Sakurai stated that, while the Ice Climbers could run smoothly on the Wii U version, the 3DS could not handle the "two-in-one" coding of the duo, and, in order to keep the roster the same between the two versions, they had to be cut from the roster.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 While there hasn't been any official confirmation that Mewtwo, Roy, and Dr. Mario were intended to be in *Brawl*, unused data on *Brawl's* disc labelled for each of them strongly implies that the characters were developed to some degree for *Brawl*.
4. ↑ Sakurai mentions Marth as having been planned for *Super Smash Bros.* on this page.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 As part of the Pokémon Trainer.
6. ↑ Sakurai stated that he originally intended to replace Ness with the new protagonist of *Mother 3* (Lucas) in *Melee*, though *Mother 3's* delay caused him to go back on the idea and keep Ness.
7. ↑ DLC Outfits for the Mii Gunner.
8. ↑ Including Echo Fighters and DLC Characters.
9. ↑ Include Echo Fighters. Pokémon Trainer not taken in the count, just his controllable Pokémon.
10. ↑ Including 7 DLC Fighters. Vanilla game has 51 characters.

## Mii Fighter Characters

The following characters are featured as costumes for the Mii Fighters

* Akira Yuki - Virtua Fighter
* Ashley - WarioWare, Inc.
* Black Knight - Fire Emblem
* Captain Falcon - F-Zero
* Chrom - Fire Emblem
* Dunban - Xenoblade Chronicles
* Flying Man - EarthBound
* Fox McCloud - Star Fox
* Geno - Super Mario RPG
* Gil - Tower of Druaga
* Heihachi Mishima - Tekken
* Inkling - Splatoon
* Isabelle - Animal Crossing
* Jacky Bryant - Virtua Fighter
* King K. Rool - Donkey Kong
* Knuckles The Echidna - Sonic The Hedgehog
* Link - The Legend of Zelda
* Lloyd Irving - Tales
* MegaMan.EXE - Mega Man Battle Network
* Proto Man - Mega Man
* Samus Aran - Metroid
* Tails - Sonic The Hedgehog
* Takamaru - The Mysterious Murasame Castle
* Toad - Super Mario Bros.
* Viridi - Kid Icarus
* X - Mega Man X
* Zero - Mega Man X

## Non-playable characters

The following characters are considered non-playable. These include boss characters and enemy teams, among others. Hacking and action replay codes may allow some level of play.

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Appears as a stage hazard.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 While Giant DK and Metal Mario were unplayable in the original *Super Smash Bros.*, they are effectively playable in the following installments by picking up a Super Mushroom or a Metal Box, respectively.
3. ↑ Giga Bowser is playable in *Brawl* and *Smash for 3DS/Wii U* as Bowser's Final Smash.
4. ↑ Master Hand is playable in *Melee* through the Master Hand glitch.
5. ↑ Sandbag is mechanically considered an item in *Brawl* and *Smash for 3DS/Wii U*, not a character.

## Trivia

* Meowth, Dixie Kong, Plusle & Minun, and various 'toon' versions of *The Legend of Zelda* characters were all planned characters from various SSB games that never made the final cut as characters in any game.
* The Ice Climbers are the only characters to be cut after appearing in multiple games.
* Dr. Mario, Mewtwo, and Roy are the only characters that have returned after being cut in the preceding title.
* Luigi, Captain Falcon, Ness, Jigglypuff, Ganondorf, Marth, Sonic, Lucario, and Toon Link are the only characters that debuted as hidden characters and went to become starter characters in the later games.
* Wario and Lucas are the only characters to debut as starters and have their availability options switched in future *Smash Bros.* installments.
* Bowser Jr. is the only character to debut as both a starter and an unlockable character.
* Dr. Mario, Falco, Mr. Game & Watch, and R.O.B are the only characters to be unlockable in every *Smash Bros.* installment they appear in.
* Samus is the only female character to appear in all four *Super Smash Bros.* games, as Pokémon were not considered gendered at the time of the first game's release.