The best character for me before was Link but it has change and now it's Wally i mean Yoshi.

hey man pichachu is the bom.
with his wicked atks hell kill u in a second.
is thier any pichachu fans around here.

I hate Pokemon, but Pikachu in this case is an excellent fighter. His best combo is probably smash+up, and unleash a thudnerbolt attack, which can send them flying, and it's hard to defend against that.

For me Pikachu's most effective attack is his backwards shock throw. I love that move. And his Drill Kick rules.

I like Fox and Luigi the best.

Link is my man

Yoshi for his down+a move when your in the air. it does tons of damage. and fox for his speed and damaging attax, and deflector shield.
link for brute power.

Pikachu and Samus

Pikachu is the BEST!! I love his thunder move. I also like his Thunder Jolt move (press > then release and press B [might be A]) And I am a Pikachu fan! I am one of many who is a pikachu fan and have Pikachu as my fav character
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Samus&Mario r tha Best!

I find Pikachu to be the best as his attacks knock my opponent for a loop

Like Soul Harvest said on like page 4, Ness is extemley overpowered. I participated in a 4 man melee with some of the best in the state, and this one guy with Ness only lost 3 lives, finished with 18 ko's. I got second...if you want to be good with Ness, it mostly lies in mastering the down A in the air to intecept opponents...there is no getting back from that. Oh, and the OK thunder...that thing is a bitch to get a handle on. As for who I use, I play with Mario, because he is pretty balanced, and his throws are good. Dk and Pikachu are cool too...and Link, in SSBM.

I just got this game but

KIRBY IS THE BEST

he can turn into any character and he jumps the best

I say jigglypuff i can beat the game/tourament with her

Sorry but, Ness is the best. Obviously none of you have took the time out to master all of his moves.

*Great projectiles- pk fire, pk thunder

*Strong attacks- yo-yo attack!!!, baseball bat, and (pk cannon--when he launches himself into a strong energy attack)
* he is invincible when he has launched himself into the energy attack!!

*meteor kick (aka step kick) kills enemies easily and quickly. (his is easier to use than cpt. falcon and donkey kong's meteor attacks)

*unless his damage is high he is just about always able to come back to the stage.

*able to lessen his damage with his psi-shield (no other character has that!).
*skilled players know he is able to reflect things with his bat like fox can do with his force field reflector.

and more.
his only disadvantage is the up+b can't save u on the pokemon level between the buildings.