User:MontztheMan/List of fighters by debut
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A list of all Smash Ultimate fighters by their debut. This lists the character's first appearance and the date they were revealed. Characters are separated if they had different debuts. Also included are alternate costumes that are different characters. I'm assuming that the Smash character is a representation of all versions of the characters (so the debut of Link and Donkey Kong is the first time an incarnation of those characters appeared). Also for this list, I'm not considering beta, demo, or early access builds. The date they released the game as a finished game, or the date they officially released the game is the character's debut.
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- ^ The date of publication listed on the U.S. Copyright Records is used here, anything else will be clarified separately.
- ^ a b Release date according to Star Fox's Super Famicom Nintendo Switch Online listing
- ^ a b c d e This character was developed for a certain game. However, a tie-in/promotional game or movie was developed alongside that game and happened to come out first. The game the character was designed for is being counted as the true debut of the character.
- ^ Release date according to Ice Climber's page on the Family Computer website.
- ^ Release date according to Dr. Mario's Family Computer Nintendo Switch Online listing.
- ^ a b Release date according to Fire Emblem World's History page.
- ^ a b Young Link and Toon Link are meant to represent specific incarnations of Link. So the debut of "Young Link" is the debut of the young Link from OoT, not the debut of a young Link, same goes for Toon Link.
- ^ Ganondorf, meaning the humanoid version. The original Ganon debuted in 1986.02.21 with The Legend of Zelda
- ^ a b Release date according to Melee's Japanese website.
- ^ a b c Release date according to Wikipedia.
- ^ As in Samus with her Zero Suit, not just a suitless Samus.
- ^ Release date according to IGN.
- ^ Release date according to Super Mario Land 2's Japanese website.
- ^ Release date according to Metal Gear's page on the Truth behind Metal Gear website.
- ^ Both Pokémon Trainers are meant to be representations of a Pokémon trainer, not a specific one. However, the design for the female trainer is specifically based on Leaf. This wasn't an issue for the male trainer as he is based on Red, the first Pokémon trainer. This means the first appearance of a Pokémon trainer, and the specific one the male Pokémon Trainer is based on, are the same game. For the purposes of this list, I am counting the Pokémon Trainers as the characters they are very clearly supposed to be, and as Leaf makes her first appearance in a later game, that game will be counted as the female Pokémon Trainer's first appearance.
- ^ Known as just Robot in Japan, to better match the Japanese name Family Computer Robot. The icon here is also the icon for the Famicom colors, which is the default in Japan.
- ^ Release date according to WIRED. The release date is listed as October 1st in the Copyright Offices Public Catalogue, this usually means that it was released in October, but when it was filed, they put the 1st just to be safe. The release date for the NES is generally contested anyways.
- ^ He was released in the Nintendo Entertainment System: Deluxe Set outside the initial October 1985 Test Market run, but during that initial run, the packaging just said "Entertainment System" with a large Nintendo logo further away (Proof).
- ^ I'm choosing to be obtuse here. The game's title in English is just The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the Four Swords part is not in the title. It is in the Japanese release, but that came later.
- ^ Translates to Animal Forest. An enhanced version, Animal Forest+, was released internationally as Animal Crossing.
- ^ Release date according to Mega Man: Official Complete Works.
- ^ Miis are generally pretty flexible in their appearance and abilities, as they are just avatars. I don't consider the Mii Fighters as separate from the Miis because behave in the same way any Mii would, their proportions just match the game they are involved in.
- ^ Namco says this date was the first focus test, but they filed this day as the Date of Publication, which means that it was released to the public without any kind of NDA. From what I've read, this test could be considered similar to the New York test launch for the NES, expect with an arcade cabinet you can't take home. I'm considering this Pac-Man's "debut".
- ^ Release date according to Duck Hunt's page on the Family Computer website.
- ^ Release date according to a post on the original BAYO Blog.
- ^ a b Release date according to the History page on the Japanese Castlevania website.
- ^ Release date according to Persona 5 related blog posts on the Persona Channel Game News blog.
- ^ Release date according to "Fire Emblem Heroes - New Heroes (Three Houses)" from the Nintendo Mobile YouTube channel (video archived here)
- ^ a b c Release date according to articles relating to MINECON 2011, where the full release went live.
- ^ Release date according to an update on Mojang's website.
- ^ Release date according to the Japanese Kingdom Hearts Final Mix website
