Editing User:Awesomelink234/My personal fighter order

Figured I'd give my take on this.

==General rules==
#For ''Smash 64'', I'm ordering it by series release date, as the CSS and fighter numbers do.
#From ''Melee'' onwards, I order the starters by character reveals (for Melee, this is the order they appear in the opening cutscene) and unlockables by the number of Vs. matches needed to unlock them (or in Ultimate, the order they were revealed).
*Exceptions: The ''Mario'' sub-universes come directly after it, or in the ''Wario'' universe's case, first on its list. Third-parties come after first-parties, also following this order. Miis are in their own section (more on that later).

==Universe ordering==
===''Smash 64'' starter universes===
:[[File:MarioSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:YoshiSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:DKSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:ZeldaSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:KirbySymbol.svg|50px]][[File:StarFoxSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PokemonSymbol.svg|50px]]
The release order of their series' first game. Also happens to be the order their main representatives appear on the ''Smash 64'' CSS and their fighter numbers in ''Ultimate''.

Yoshi is put directly after Mario, because not only was his first appearance a mainline ''Mario'' platformer, he's appeared in mainline ''Mario'' platformers (7 to be exact (''Super Mario World'', ''Super Mario 64'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', and ''Super Mario Odyssey''), not counting remakes, minor appearances, or references) a lot more than Donkey Kong (who in fact hasn't appeared in ANY).

===''Smash 64'' unlockable universes===
:[[File:EarthboundSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:FZeroSymbol.svg|50px]]
Again, the release order of their series' first game. ''Smash 64'' actually puts Captain Falcon before Ness (likely because Ness wasn't introduced until the second game in the ''Mother'' series, released after ''F-Zero''), while the fighter numbers have Ness first.

===''Melee'' starter universe===
:[[File:IceClimberSymbol.svg|50px]]
The only starter universe. Not much else to say here.

===''Melee'' unlockable universes===
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Mr. Game & Watch is always guaranteed to be unlocked last, either by 1000 Vs. matches (the most of any character), or by completing certain modes with every other character. Thus, it is placed last, with ''Fire Emblem'' above it.

===''Brawl'' starter universes===
:[[File:WarioSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:KidIcarusSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PikminSymbol.svg|50px]]
''Wario'' comes first due to being one of the three ''Mario'' spin-off universes (i.e. their first appearance was in a game with Mario as the main playable character) and ''Kid Icarus'' comes first as not only was Pit revealed long before Olimar (over a year and half, no less), the ''Kid Icarus'' series came 15 years earlier.

===''Brawl'' unlockable universe===
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Once again, only one. Not much conflict here.

===''Smash 4'' starter universes===
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These are ordered in the order their main representatives were revealed. Despite ''Punch-Out!!'' being introduced 24 years before ''Wii Fit'', I'm still putting ''Wii Fit'' first as series release order doesn't matter much in ''Smash'' games after ''Smash 64'' (only ever being used in All-Star Mode) as much as fighter reveal order. ''Xenoblade'' obviously comes last due to Shulk being revealed last and ''Xenoblade'' being introduced in 2010.

''Animal Crossing'' has the added benefit of having a series symbol in ''Brawl'', putting it first regardless.

===''Smash 4'' unlockable universes===
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Only one. Yeah, not much to do here.

===''Smash 4'' downloadable universes===
:N/A (Well, I mean, there are, but all of them are third-party, thus they get their own section)

===''Ultimate'' starter universes===
:N/A (Literally the only starter characters are the original 8 from ''Smash 64'')

===''Ultimate'' unlockable universes===
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Same deal as always. No conflict.

===''Ultimate'' downloadable universes===
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So far the only first-party downloadable universe in both ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate''. May have to update this when the time comes.

===''Brawl'' third-party universes===
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''Metal Gear'' comes first due to both Snake being revealed first and ''Metal Gear'' releasing first.

===''Smash 4'' third-party (non-DLC) universes===
:[[File:MegaManSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PacManSymbol.svg|50px]]
Despite ''Pac-Man'' releasing first, I'm putting Mega Man first due to him not only being revealed first, but also his first appearance being on a Nintendo console.

===''Smash 4'' third-party DLC universes===
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Their reveal and release order. Not much else to say here.

===''Ultimate'' third-party (non-DLC) universes===
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Yet again, only one. I think you know how this goes by now...

===''Ultimate'' third-party DLC universes===
:[[File:PersonaSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:DragonQuestSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:BanjoKazooieSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:FatalFurySymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MinecraftSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:TekkenSymbol.svg|50px]]
Same deal as the Smash 4 DLC.

===Special case===
:[[File:MiiSymbol.svg|50px]]
Miis come last due them being a special situation. They really don't have a universe to represent, being digital avatars and all, with even ''Smash'' being inconsistent on it; the CSS groups them in with the ''Smash'' universe, of all things, and their Spirits group them in with a ''Mii'' universe not used elsewhere. Because of this, I've decided to put them after all characters. However, as they're first-party, I'll still be putting them at the end of the first-party list.

===Final ordering===
With that, here is my universe order list:
:[[File:MarioSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:YoshiSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:DKSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:ZeldaSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:KirbySymbol.svg|50px]][[File:StarFoxSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PokemonSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:EarthboundSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:FZeroSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:IceClimberSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:FireEmblemSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:Game&WatchSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:WarioSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:KidIcarusSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PikminSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:ROBSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:AnimalCrossingSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:WiiFitSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PunchOutSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:XenobladeSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:DuckHuntSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:SplatoonSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:ARMSSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MiiSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MetalGearSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:SonicSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MegaManSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PacManSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:StreetFighterSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:FinalFantasySymbol.svg|50px]][[File:BayonettaSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:CastlevaniaSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:PersonaSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:DragonQuestSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:BanjoKazooieSymbol.svg|50px]][[File:FatalFurySymbol.svg|50px]][[File:MinecraftSymbol.svg|50px]]

==Character ordering==
The general rule here is that characters are ordered by universe as above, by game, in the order of starters, unlockables, and DLC, with any potential conflicts I'll cover below:
*Peach and Bowser: Peach comes first, as she appears in the opening cutscene first.
*Zelda and Sheik: This is the one and only exception to my rule listed above. Using that, Sheik would be before Zelda, as not only does Zelda appear after Sheik in the opening cutscene, she was one of the last characters revealed for ''Melee''. Sheik is Zelda's alter-ego, thus it makes sense that Zelda would be first.
*Young Link and Ganondorf: Young Link comes first in the Vs. unlock order.
*Ridley and Dark Samus: Ridley was revealed first.
*Meta Knight and King Dedede: Meta Knight was revealed first.
*Pichu and Mewtwo: Pichu comes first in the Vs. unlock order.
*Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon: Squirtle, then Ivysaur, then Charizard. ''Ultimate'' uses this order for the fighter numbers, and it's also the order you recruit them in the SSE.
*Order of Mii types: Brawler, then Swordfighter, then Gunner. Both ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'' use this order, as well as the fighter numbers.
*Pyra and Mythra: Pyra is the base fighter, who can swap with Mythra, thus Pyra is first.

===Final ordering===
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Rool|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:ZeldaSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Link|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Zelda|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Ganondorf|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Toon Link|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Samus|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Ridley|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Dark Samus|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:KirbySymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Kirby|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:StarFoxSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:PokemonSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Pichu|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Mewtwo|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Pokémon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}({{Head|Squirtle|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Ivysaur|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Charizard|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}){{Head|Lucario|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Greninja|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Incineroar|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:EarthboundSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Ness|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Lucas|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:FZeroSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:IceClimbersSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:FireEmblemSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Marth|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Ike|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Robin|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Corrin|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Chrom|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Byleth|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:Game&WatchSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:WarioSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:KidIcarusSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Pit|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Dark Pit|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:PikminSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Olimar|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:ROBSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:AnimalCrossingSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Villager|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Isabelle|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:WiiFitSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:PunchOutSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Little Mac|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:XenobladeSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Shulk|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Pyra|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Mythra|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:DuckHuntSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Duck Hunt|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:SplatoonSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:ARMSSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Min Min|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:MiiSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Mii Brawler|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Mii Swordfighter|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Mii Gunner|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:MetalGearSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Snake|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:SonicSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Sonic|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:MegaManSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Mega Man|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:PacManSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Pac-Man|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:StreetFighterSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Ryu|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Ken|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:FinalFantasySymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Sephiroth|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:BayonettaSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:CastlevaniaSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Simon|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}{{Head|Richter|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:PersonaSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:DragonQuestSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Hero|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:BanjoKazooieSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Banjo & Kazooie|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:FatalFurySymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Terry|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:MinecraftSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Steve|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div><div style="display:inline-block">[[File:TekkenSymbol.svg|24px]]<br/>{{Head|Kazuya|g=SSBU|s=24x24px}}</div>
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