Starter character
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Jump to navigationJump to searchAstarter character is acharacter who is already available for play immediately after turning the game on for the first time; the player does not have to unlock, challenge, or download that character in order for them to be selectable (as one must do to selectunlockable characters anddownloadable characters).
List of starter characters[edit]
The following characters appear as starter characters:
Super Smash Bros.[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
- Bowser
- Diddy Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Fox
- Ice Climbers
- Ike
- King Dedede
- Kirby
- Link
- Lucas
- Mario
- Meta Knight
- Olimar
- Peach
- Pikachu
- Pit
- Pokémon Trainer
- Samus/Zero Suit Samus
- Wario
- Yoshi
- Zelda/Sheik
Super Smash Bros. 4[edit]
Bowser Jr., Ganondorf, Jigglypuff, and Ness are starters inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U, but are unlockable inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
- Bowser
- Bowser Jr. (Wii U)
- Captain Falcon
- Charizard
- Diddy Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Fox
- Ganondorf (Wii U)
- Greninja
- Ike
- Jigglypuff (Wii U)
- King Dedede
- Kirby
- Link
- Little Mac
- Lucario
- Luigi
- Mario
- Marth
- Mega Man
- Meta Knight
- Ness (Wii U)
- Olimar
- Pac-Man
- Palutena
- Peach
- Pikachu
- Pit
- Robin
- Rosalina & Luma
- Samus
- Sheik
- Shulk
- Sonic
- Toon Link
- Villager
- Wii Fit Trainer
- Yoshi
- Zelda
- Zero Suit Samus
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
The starting roster is comprised of theOriginal 8 from the originalSuper Smash Bros.
Trivia[edit]
- Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Luigi, Ness, Ganondorf, Marth, Toon Link, Lucario, and Sonic are the only unlockable characters to become a starter character in a later installment.
- This also counts Bowser Jr. between the 3DS and Wii U versions ofSmash 4.
- Ness and Captain Falcon are the only ones to do so multiple times.
- Sonic is the only third-party fighter to have this trait.
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the only installment in the series where all of theoriginal 12 characters appear as starters.
- Smash 4 is the only game to feature third-party characters as starter characters. In this case, they are Sonic, Mega Man and Pac-Man.
- TheSound menu inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate plays sound effects and voice clips from three randomly selected characters out of its starter characters, as well asNess andCaptain Falcon to test volume equalization options.
- Ultimate is the onlySmash game to have the same starter roster as a prior installment.
