This is my opinion of how the Playable Characters table on the Super Smash Bros. (series) page should look. I would try to convince others that this is the way to go, but tempers seem to be running high over there, so I'll just keep this to myself until the situation cools down, which probably won't happen until March 9, 2008.

Playable characters

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The characters are listed in order of appearance and re-appearance, standard characters listed before unlockable characters. Orange check marks indicate unlockable characters.

Fighter SSB Melee Brawl Series of Origin
Donkey Kong  Y  Y  Y Donkey Kong
Fox McCloud  Y  Y  Y Star Fox
Kirby  Y  Y  Y Kirby
Link  Y  Y  Y Zelda
Mario  Y  Y  Y Mario
Pikachu  Y  Y  Y Pokémon
Samus Aran  Y  Y  Y Metroid
Yoshi  Y  Y  Y Yoshi
Captain Falcon    Y   F-Zero
Ness    Y   Earthbound
Jigglypuff       Pokémon
Luigi       Mario
Bowser  N  Y  Y Mario
Ice Climbers  N  Y  Y Ice Climber
Peach  N  Y  Y Mario
Sheik1  N  Y  Y Zelda
Zelda  N  Y  Y Zelda
Falco Lombardi  N     Star Fox
Ganondorf  N     Zelda
Marth  N     Fire Emblem
Mr. Game & Watch  N     Game & Watch
Dr. Mario  N    N Mario
Mewtwo  N    N Pokémon
Pichu  N    N Pokémon
Roy  N    N Fire Emblem
Young Link  N    N Zelda
Diddy Kong  N  N  Y Donkey Kong
Ike  N  N  Y Fire Emblem
King Dedede  N  N  Y Kirby
Lucas  N  N  Y Earthbound
Meta Knight  N  N  Y Kirby
Pikmin & Olimar  N  N  Y2 Pikmin
Pit  N  N  Y Kid Icarus
Pokémon Trainer  N  N  Y3 Pokémon
Wario  N  N  Y Wario
Zero Suit Samus  N  N  Y4 Metroid
Lucario  N  N   Pokémon
R.O.B.  N  N   R.O.B.
Solid Snake  N  N   Metal Gear
Sonic  N  N   Sonic the Hedgehog
Toon Link  N  N   Zelda
Wolf O'Donnell  N  N   Star Fox
Notes:
^1 In Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl, Sheik is not a stand alone character but a transformation of Princess Zelda.
^2 In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Captain Olimar is active on the battle field and can pluck the Pikmin, but cannot perform certain attacks without them. [1]
^3 In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pokémon Trainer stays in the background while the player takes direct control of Squirtle, Ivysaur, or Charizard. The set is listed under the name "Pokémon Trainer".
^4 In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Samus Aran can become Zero Suit Samus when her armor is destroyed, which occurs after performing a Final Smash. She will regain the armor if she performs another Final Smash. [2]
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Seeing as how it may be advantageous to have direct links to the .flv files of these movies, but such links are not included on the Brawl page, I am putting them here for reference.

E3 2006 Nintendo World E3 2007 Subspace Emissary Subspace Army Pit's Descent Shadow Moses Island: Yoshi Shadow Moses Island: Zero Suit Samus Shadow Moses Island: Wario Snake Joins the Brawl! Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Brawl! Nintendo Conference Fall 2007 Movie Donkey Kong Makes His Stand Fox's Misfortune Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary

  1. ^ "Super Smash Bros. Dojo".
  2. ^ "SSBB Final Smash Compilation".