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The [[Smash Back Room]] '''[[tier list]]''' has changed many times since its inception. Previous versions of the list are as follows. In later tier lists, characters are broadly ranked by their tier, and further ranked by the order in which characters are listed within the tier list. For instance, [[Falco (SSBM)|Falco]] is ranked above [[Samus (SSBM)|Samus]] in the [[#Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)|fourth ''Melee'' tier list]]. Earlier tier lists use numerical rankings, and characters with the same numerical value are listed alphabetically.
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==''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''==
*[[List of SSB tier lists (NTSC)|The list of ''Super Smash Bros.'' NTSC tier lists]]
For the purposes of low tier tournaments, those characters in tiers B and C are classed as "low tier" characters.
*[[List of SSBM tier lists (NTSC)|The list of ''Melee'' NTSC tier lists]]
*[[List of SSBB tier lists (NTSC)|The list of ''Brawl'' NTSC tier lists]]


===First tier list===
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The first list was created by the ''Super Smash Bros.'' community on GameFAQs, unlike the tier lists of other games, which were created on [[SmashBoards]] by the [[Smash Back Room]].
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[[Category:Tier lists]]
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="12"|[[SSB]] Tier List #1
|-
!colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffbfbf"|S!!colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffbf"|A!!colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfffbf"|B!!colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfbfff"|C
|-
|style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|4||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|5||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|6||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|7||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|8||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|9||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|10||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|11||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|12
|-
|style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBKIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconDK.png|40px|link=DK (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSB)]]
|}
 
===Second tier list===
The second SSB tier list was created by the N64 community on SmashBoards. It is the more recent one, so it can be considered "current".
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="12"|[[SSB]] Tier List #2
|-
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffbfbf"|S!!colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffbf"|A!!colspan="4" style="background-color:#bfffbf"|B!!colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfbfff"|C
|-
|style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|3||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|4||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|5||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|6||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|7||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|8||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|9||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|10||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|11||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|12
|-
|style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBKIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconDK.png|40px|link=DK (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSB)]]||style="background-color:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSB)]]
|}
 
==Melee==
===First tier list (October 8, 2002)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #1
|-
| ||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ffa87f"|2/3||style="background:#ffa87f"|2/3||style="background:#ffd07f"|4||style="background:#fff67f"|5||style="background:#dfff7f"|6/7/8||style="background:#dfff7f"|6/7/8||style="background:#dfff7f"|6/7/8||style="background:#b9ff7f"|9||style="background:#8eff7f"|10||style="background:#7fff96"|11/12||style="background:#7fff96"|11/12|| 
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]<br>4.9||style="background:#ffa87f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=falco (SSBM)]]<br>4.8||style="background:#ffa87f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]<br>4.8||style="background:#ffd07f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]<br>4.4||style="background:#fff67f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]<br>4.1||style="background:#dfff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]<br>4.0||style="background:#dfff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]<br>4.0||style="background:#dfff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]<br>4.0||style="background:#b6ff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]<br>3.9||style="background:#8eff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]<br>3.8||style="background:#7fff96"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]<br>3.5||style="background:#7fff96"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]<br>3.5||&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:#7fffbf"|13/14||style="background:#7fffbf"|13/14||style="background:#7fffe8"|15/16||style="background:#7fffe8"|15/16||style="background:#7feeff"|17/18||style="background:#7feeff"|17/18||style="background:#7fc8ff"|19/20||style="background:#7fc8ff"|19/20||style="background:#7f9fff"|21||style="background:#887fff"|22||style="background:#b07fff"|23||style="background:#d67fff"|24/25||style="background:#d67fff"|24/25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fffbf"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]<br>3.4||style="background:#7fffbf"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]<br>3.4||style="background:#7fffe8"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]<br>3.2||style="background:#7fffe8"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]<br>3.2||style="background:#7feeff"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]<br>3.1||style="background:#7feeff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]<br>3.1||style="background:#7fc8ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]<br>2.9||style="background:#7fc8ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]<br>2.9||style="background:#7f9fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]<br>2.8||style="background:#887fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]<br>2.1||style="background:#b07fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]<br>1.8||style="background:#d67fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]<br>1.6||style="background:#d67fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]<br>1.6||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]<br>1.3
|}
 
Though this was the first tier list, [[Smash World Forums]] was rife with discussion about tiers long before the Melee Back Room released its "MBR Tier Averages."  The term "F/F/S" (short for "Falco, Fox and Sheik") was popular as a quick reference to Melee's top tier.  Members on Smashboards, perhaps in backlash against novice sentiment towards Roy and Link, generally disdained those characters, and generally favored the game's fastest characters.
 
Members on Smashboards largely contested this tier list's placement of Mewtwo, which they felt to be too low.  Many Smashboarders considered Mewtwo a low or even middle tier character and were bothered that it, despite its great [[recovery]] and powerful [[throw]]s, was placed at the bottom of bottom tier, where most people believed Bowser belonged.
 
===Second tier list (December 19, 2002)===
For the second tier list, the Melee Back Room created two tier lists: one made from the average (mean) of votes, and another from the mode.
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="13"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #2 (Mean)
|-
|style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ffa57f"|2||style="background:#ffca7f"|3||style="background:#fff07f"|4||style="background:#e8ff7f"|5||style="background:#c3ff7f"|6||style="background:#9dff7f"|7||style="background:#7fff88"|8||style="background:#7fffac"|9||style="background:#7fffd2"|10/11||style="background:#7fffd2"|10/11||style="background:#7ffff6"|12/13||style="background:#7ffff6"|12/13
|-
|style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]<br>2.2||style="background:#ffa57f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]<br>2.3||style="background:#ffca7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]<br>3.9||style="background:#fff07f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]<br>4.4||style="background:#e8ff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]<br>4.7||style="background:#c3ff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]<br>8.5||style="background:#9dff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]<br>8.8||style="background:#7fff88"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]<br>9.6||style="background:#7fffac"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]<br>10.0||style="background:#7fffd2"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]<br>11.0||style="background:#7fffd2"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]<br>11.0||style="background:#7ffff6"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]<br>13.0||style="background:#7ffff6"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]<br>13.0
|-
|style="background:#7fe1ff"|14/15/16||style="background:#7fe1ff"|14/15/16||style="background:#7fe1ff"|14/15/16||style="background:#7fbbff"|17||style="background:#7f96ff"|18/19||style="background:#7f96ff"|18/19||style="background:#8e7fff"|20/21||style="background:#8e7fff"|20/21||style="background:#b47fff"|22/23/24||style="background:#b47fff"|22/23/24||style="background:#b47fff"|22/23/24||style="background:#d97fff"|25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fe1ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]<br>15.0||style="background:#7fe1ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]<br>15.0||style="background:#7fe1ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]<br>15.0||style="background:#7fbbff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]<br>16.0||style="background:#7f96ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]<br>17.0||style="background:#7f96ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]<br>17.0||style="background:#8e7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]<br>20.0||style="background:#8e7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]<br>20.0||style="background:#b47fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]<br>21.0||style="background:#b47fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]<br>21.0||style="background:#b47fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]<br>21.0||style="background:#d97fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]<br>23.0||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]<br>24.0
|}
 
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="13"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #2 (Mode)
|-
|style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff9d7f"|2||style="background:#ffbd7f"|3||style="background:#ffdb7f"|4||style="background:#fff97f"|5/6||style="background:#fff97f"|5/6||style="background:#e5ff7f"|7||style="background:#c8ff7f"|8||style="background:#aaff7f"|9||style="background:#8cff7f"|10/11||style="background:#8cff7f"|10/11||style="background:#7fff92"|12||style="background:#7fffb0"|13
|-
|style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff9d7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbd7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffdb7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#fff97f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#fff97f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#e5ff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#c8ff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#aaff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#8cff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#8cff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff92"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffb0"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]
|-
|style="background:#7fffce"|14||style="background:#7fffec"|15||style="background:#7ff2ff"|16||style="background:#7fd4ff"|17||style="background:#7fb6ff"|18||style="background:#7f96ff"|19||style="background:#857fff"|20||style="background:#a37fff"|21/22||style="background:#a37fff"|21/22||style="background:#c17fff"|23/24||style="background:#c17fff"|23/24||style="background:#e17fff"|25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fffce"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffec"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7ff2ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fd4ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fb6ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f96ff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#857fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#a37fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#a37fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#c17fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#c17fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#e17fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]
|}
 
===Third tier list (June 23, 2003)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #3
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="5" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="7" style="background:#ffffbf"|Upper!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background:#ff7f7f"|4||style="background:#ff7f7f"|5||style="background:#ffff7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#ffff7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#bfffbf"|Middle!!colspan="5" style="background:#bfbfff"|Bottom
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7fff7f"|19||style="background:#7fff7f"|20||style="background:#7fff7f"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#7f7fff"|25||style="background:#7f7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]
|}
This tier list was released soon after [[Ken Hoang]] won [[Tournament Go|Tournament Go 4]].  Before Ken, Marth strategy largely encompassed [[rolling]] and [[C-stick]] [[smash attack|smashing]] symptomatic of low-level play today, but Ken introduced to the community the uses of [[dash-dancing]], [[chain grab|chain throwing]] and [[aerial attack]]s, all techniques that largely improved Marth's [[metagame]] and moved him to top tier for years to come.
 
This is the first tier list that officially ranks characters into tiers.
 
===Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #4
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="4" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="8" style="background:#ffdfbf"|Upper!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background:#ff7f7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffbf7f"|6||style="background:#ffbf7f"|7||style="background:#ffbf7f"|8||style="background:#ffbf7f"|9||style="background:#ffbf7f"|10||style="background:#ffbf7f"|11||style="background:#ffbf7f"|12||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;
|-
!colspan="8" style="background:#ffffbf"|Middle!!colspan="3" style="background:#bfffbf"|Low!!colspan="3" style="background:#bfbfff"|Bottom
|-
|style="background:#ffff7f"|13||style="background:#ffff7f"|14||style="background:#ffff7f"|15||style="background:#ffff7f"|16||style="background:#ffff7f"|17||style="background:#ffff7f"|18||style="background:#ffff7f"|19||style="background:#ffff7f"|20||style="background:#7fff7f"|21||style="background:#7fff7f"|22||style="background:#7fff7f"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#7f7fff"|25||style="background:#7f7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]
|}
===Fifth tier list (September 29, 2003)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #5
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="3" style="background:#ffdfbf"|Upper!!colspan="7" style="background:#ffffbf"|High!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ffbf7f"|3||style="background:#ffbf7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffff7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#ffff7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;
|-
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|style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7fff7f"|19||style="background:#7f7fff"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#ff7fff"|24||style="background:#ff7fff"|25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]
|}
===April Fools Sixth tier list (March 31, 2004)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="15"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #6 (April Fools)
|-
!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="4" style="background:#ffdfbf"|Upper!!colspan="5" style="background:#ffffbf"|High!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ffbf7f"|3||style="background:#ffbf7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffbf7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#ffff7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
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|style="background:#7fff7f"|12||style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7f7fff"|19||style="background:#7f7fff"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#ff7fff"|24||style="background:#ff7fff"|25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]
|}
This tier list doubled as an April Fools joke and a lesson to the community to not blindly swallow the Melee Back Room tier list as the truth.  Though most people suspected this tier list was a hoax, it set a precedent to criticizing the tier list that had not existed before.
 
To "defend" this hoax during the two tumultuous days it was the official tier list, Melee Back Room members argued that Marth was too slow to remain in the top two tiers, that Link had untapped aerial prowess, and that Jigglypuff, through speed and the [[Wall of Pain]], ruled the air to the point of domination.  Ironically, the latter prediction would come true in the post-Brawl metagame.
 
The Melee Back Room forgot to include Yoshi in this tier list; once people realized he was missing (six hours after the list was posted), the MBR put him in.
 
===Sixth tier list (April 2, 2004)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #6
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="3" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="5" style="background:#ffdfbf"|Upper!!colspan="4" style="background:#ffffbf"|High!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background:#ffbf7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffbf7f"|6||style="background:#ffbf7f"|7||style="background:#ffbf7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;
|-
!colspan="7" style="background:#bfffbf"|Middle!!colspan="5" style="background:#bfbfff"|Low!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffbfff"|Bottom
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7fff7f"|19||style="background:#7f7fff"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#ff7fff"|25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]
|}
 
===Seventh tier list (March 19, 2005)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #7
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="3" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="4" style="background:#ffdfbf"|Upper!!colspan="5" style="background:#ffffbf"|High!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background:#ffbf7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffbf7f"|6||style="background:#ffbf7f"|7||style="background:#ffff7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;
|-
!colspan="6" style="background:#bfffbf"|Middle!!colspan="6" style="background:#bfbfff"|Low!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffbfff"|Bottom
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7f7fff"|19||style="background:#7f7fff"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#ff7fff"|25||style="background:#ff7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]
|}
 
===Eighth tier list (July 8, 2006)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #8
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="3" style="background:#ffdfbf"|High!!colspan="7" style="background:#ffffbf"|Middle!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ffbf7f"|3||style="background:#ffbf7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffff7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#ffff7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||&nbsp;
|-
!colspan="6" style="background:#bfffbf"|Low!!colspan="8" style="background:#bfbfff"|Bottom
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7f7fff"|19||style="background:#7f7fff"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#7f7fff"|25||style="background:#7f7fff"|26
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]
|}
 
The names of these tiers were originally called God Tier, Top Tier, High Tier, Middle Tier, and Low Tier; these names were changed to the ones shown above on July 10th, two days after the tier list was released.
 
This tier list marks the first time Sheik was not in top tier, and contains the biggest bottom tier of any tier list thus far.  The balance of the tier list was a point of contention amongst many Smashers, who felt that it was too bottom-heavy and that the lower tiers should themselves be split, or the high tiers merged (particularly the top two).
 
===Ninth tier list (October 14, 2008)===
For the first time since June 2003, the Smash Back Room published each character's numerical scores.
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="14"|[[SSBM]] Tier List #9
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="4" style="background:#ffdfbf"|High!!colspan="6" style="background:#ffffbf"|Middle
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|style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background:#ff7f7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffbf7f"|6/7||style="background:#ffbf7f"|6/7||style="background:#ffbf7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||style="background:#ffff7f"|13||style="background:#ffff7f"|14
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|style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]<br>9.88||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]<br>9.85||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]<br>9.69||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]<br>9.15||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]<br>8.35||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]<br>8.00||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]<br>8.00||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]<br>7.88||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]<br>6.77||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]<br>6.23||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]<br>6.04||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]<br>5.81||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=DK (SSBM)]]<br>5.38||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]<br>5.34
|-
!&nbsp;!!colspan="6" style="background:#bfffbf"|Low!!colspan="6" style="background:#bfbfff"|Bottom!!&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#7fff7f"|15||style="background:#7fff7f"|16||style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7fff7f"|19||style="background:#7fff7f"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#7f7fff"|25||style="background:#7f7fff"|26||&nbsp;
|-
|&nbsp;||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]<br>4.69||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]<br>4.31||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]<br>4.15||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]<br>3.60||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]<br>3.04||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]<br>3.00||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]<br>2.50||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]<br>2.46||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]<br>2.17||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]<br>1.77||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]<br>1.50||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]<br>1.15||&nbsp;
|}
 
===Tenth tier list (September 14, 2010)===
This is the '''[[tier list|current SSBM tier list]]'''.
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="15"|[[SSBM]] Tiers
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!colspan="2"|&nbsp;!!colspan="3" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffdfbf"|High!!colspan="2" style="background:#ffffbf"|Upper!!colspan="4" style="background:#bfffbf"|Middle!!colspan="2"|&nbsp;
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|colspan="2"|&nbsp;||colspan="3" style="background:#ff7f7f"|1/2/3||style="background:#ffbf7f"|4||style="background:#ffbf7f"|5||style="background:#ffff7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#7fff7f"|8||colspan="2" style="background:#7fff7f"|9/10||style="background:#7fff7f"|11||colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|-
|colspan="2"|&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFox.png|40px|link=Fox (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconFalco.png|40px|link=Falco (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconJigglypuff.png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSheik.png|40px|link=Sheik (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconMarth.png|40px|link=Marth (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconPeach.png|40px|link=Peach (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconCaptainFalcon.png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconIceClimbers.png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconSamus.png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconGanondorf.png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:SSBMIconDoc.png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||colspan="2"|&nbsp;
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!colspan="5" style="background:#bfffff"|Low!!colspan="5" style="background:#bfbfff"|Bottom!!colspan="5" style="background:#ffbfff"|Negligible
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|colspan="2" style="background:#7fffff"|12/13||colspan="2" style="background:#7fffff"|14/15||style="background:#7fffff"|16||style="background:#7f7fff"|17||style="background:#7f7fff"|18||colspan="2" style="background:#7f7fff"|19/20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||colspan="5" style="background:#ff7fff"|22/23/24/25/26
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|style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMario.png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPikachu.png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:SSBMIconLuigi.png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:SSBMIconDK.png|40px|link=DK (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:SSBMIconLink.png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconZelda.png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconMewtwo.png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconRoy.png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoungLink.png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconGAW.png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconYoshi.png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconPichu.png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconBowser.png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconNess.png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:SSBMIconKirby.png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]
|}
 
The SBR also included a "Gengar" tier in the list, where "Master Hand and other glitches" are placed. This was also originally, a Smash Boards person's Tier list idea, but was improved and fixed by the MBR. The one who originally thought about this list was ''Kirby Kaze''. Mewtwo and Jigglypuff have risen significantly from the previous tier lists. This is the only tier list to include a tier below the Bottom tier. This is also the tier list with the most ties, as well as the one with the largest tie (the entire Negligible tier is considered tied, or at least close enough to be considered tied).
 
==Brawl==
===First tier list (September 1, 2008)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="16"|[[SSBB]] Tier List #1
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!colspan="6" style="background:#ffbfbf"|Top!!colspan="10" style="background:#ffffbf"|High
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|style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ff7f7f"|2||style="background:#ff7f7f"|3||style="background:#ff7f7f"|4||style="background:#ff7f7f"|5||style="background:#ff7f7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#ffff7f"|8||style="background:#ffff7f"|9||style="background:#ffff7f"|10||style="background:#ffff7f"|11||style="background:#ffff7f"|12||style="background:#ffff7f"|13||style="background:#ffff7f"|14||style="background:#ffff7f"|15||style="background:#ffff7f"|16
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|style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-metaknight.gif|40px|link=Meta Knight (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-snake.gif|40px|link=Snake (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-kingdedede.gif|40px|link=Dedede (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-mrgame&watch.gif|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-falco.gif|40px|link=Falco (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-rob.gif|40px|link=R.O.B. (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-marth.gif|40px|link=Marth (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-wario.gif|40px|link=Wario (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-lucario.gif|40px|link=Lucario (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-donkeykong.gif|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-diddykong.gif|40px|link=Diddy (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-pikachu.gif|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-iceclimbers.gif|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-kirby.gif|40px|link=Kirby (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-pit.gif|40px|link=Pit (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-wolf.gif|40px|link=Wolf (SSBB)]]
|-
!colspan="10" style="background:#bfffbf"|Middle!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;
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|style="background:#7fff7f"|17||style="background:#7fff7f"|18||style="background:#7fff7f"|19||style="background:#7fff7f"|20||style="background:#7fff7f"|21||style="background:#7fff7f"|22||style="background:#7fff7f"|23||style="background:#7fff7f"|24||style="background:#7fff7f"|25||style="background:#7fff7f"|26||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-toonlink.gif|40px|link=Toon Link (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-olimar.gif|40px|link=Olimar (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-fox.gif|40px|link=Fox (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-zelda.gif|40px|link=Zelda (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-zerosuitsamus.gif|40px|link=Zero Suit Samus (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-bowser.gif|40px|link=Bowser (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-luigi.gif|40px|link=Luigi (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-peach.gif|40px|link=Peach (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-ike.gif|40px|link=Ike (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-sheik.gif|40px|link=Sheik (SSBB)]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!colspan="11" style="background:#bfbfff"|Low
|-
|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#7f7fff"|27||style="background:#7f7fff"|28||style="background:#7f7fff"|29||style="background:#7f7fff"|30||style="background:#7f7fff"|31||style="background:#7f7fff"|32||style="background:#7f7fff"|33||style="background:#7f7fff"|34||style="background:#7f7fff"|35||style="background:#7f7fff"|36||style="background:#7f7fff"|37
|-
|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-lucas.gif|40px|link=Lucas (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-ness.gif|40px|link=Ness (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-mario.gif|40px|link=Mario (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-pokemontrainer.gif|40px|link=Pokémon Trainer (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-samus.gif|40px|link=Samus (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-yoshi.gif|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-sonic.gif|40px|link=Sonic (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-jigglypuff.gif|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-ganondorf.gif|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-link.gif|40px|link=Link (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-captainfalcon.gif|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBB)]]
|}
 
While many players wanted to have a tier list within a month or two of Brawl's release, the SBR decided to wait before making the first tier list.  The idea was that making a tier list too early would result in it quickly becoming outdated, forcing the SBR to make a second one on short notice.  Players' predictions of the tier list changed dramatically between the game's release and September.  The most noticeable fluctuation was Snake's placing, who was first considered about mid tier, then sky rocketed to the perceived #1 spot above Meta Knight, this opinion being backed up by tournaments where Snake took almost all the top spots (in one case, the top 5 placings were all Snake). It wasn't until [[Mew2King]] began dominating with Meta Knight that players acknowledged that Meta Knight was better.
 
===Second tier list (January 5, 2009)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="21"|[[SSBB]] Tier List #2
|-
!style="background:#ffbfbf"|SS!!style="background:#ffdfbf"|S!!colspan="5" style="background:#ffffbf"|A!!colspan="4" style="background:#dfffbf"|B!!colspan="4" style="background:#bfffbf"|C
|-
|style="background:#ff7f7f"|1||style="background:#ffbf7f"|2||style="background:#ffff7f"|3||style="background:#ffff7f"|4||style="background:#ffff7f"|5||style="background:#ffff7f"|6||style="background:#ffff7f"|7||style="background:#bfff7f"|8||style="background:#bfff7f"|9||style="background:#bfff7f"|10/11||style="background:#bfff7f"|10/11||style="background:#7fff7f"|12||style="background:#7fff7f"|13||style="background:#7fff7f"|14||style="background:#7fff7f"|15
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|style="background:#ff7f7f"|[[Image:Icon-metaknight.gif|40px|link=Meta Knight (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffbf7f"|[[Image:Icon-snake.gif|40px|link=Snake (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-falco.gif|40px|link=Falco (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-kingdedede.gif|40px|link=Dedede (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-mrgame&watch.gif|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-marth.gif|40px|link=Marth (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ffff7f"|[[Image:Icon-diddykong.gif|40px|link=Diddy (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bfff7f"|[[Image:Icon-wario.gif|40px|link=Wario (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bfff7f"|[[Image:Icon-rob.gif|40px|link=R.O.B. (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bfff7f"|[[Image:Icon-lucario.gif|40px|link=Lucario (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bfff7f"|[[Image:Icon-olimar.gif|40px|link=Olimar (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-pikachu.gif|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-kirby.gif|40px|link=Kirby (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-donkeykong.gif|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[Image:Icon-iceclimbers.gif|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBB)]]
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!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!colspan="5" style="background:#bfffff"|D!!colspan="6" style="background:#bfbfff"|E!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;
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|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#7fffff"|16||style="background:#7fffff"|17||style="background:#7fffff"|18||style="background:#7fffff"|19||style="background:#7fffff"|20||style="background:#7f7fff"|21||style="background:#7f7fff"|22||style="background:#7f7fff"|23||style="background:#7f7fff"|24||style="background:#7f7fff"|25||style="background:#7f7fff"|26||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:Icon-zerosuitsamus.gif|40px|link=Zero Suit Samus (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:Icon-toonlink.gif|40px|link=Toon Link (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:Icon-pit.gif|40px|link=Pit (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:Icon-peach.gif|40px|link=Peach (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:Icon-wolf.gif|40px|link=Wolf (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-luigi.gif|40px|link=Luigi (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-zelda.gif|40px|link=Zelda (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-bowser.gif|40px|link=Bowser (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-fox.gif|40px|link=Fox (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-sheik.gif|40px|link=Sheik (SSBB)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:Icon-ike.gif|40px|link=Ike (SSBB)]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;!!colspan="7" style="background:#ffbfff"|F!!colspan="4" style="background:#dfbfdf"|G!!&nbsp;!!&nbsp;
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|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7fff"|27||style="background:#ff7fff"|28||style="background:#ff7fff"|29||style="background:#ff7fff"|30||style="background:#ff7fff"|31||style="background:#ff7fff"|32||style="background:#ff7fff"|33||style="background:#bf7fbf"|34||style="background:#bf7fbf"|35||style="background:#bf7fbf"|36||style="background:#bf7fbf"|37||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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|&nbsp;||&nbsp;||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-mario.gif|40px|link=Mario (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-lucas.gif|40px|link=Lucas (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-ness.gif|40px|link=Ness (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-samus.gif|40px|link=Samus (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-sonic.gif|40px|link=Sonic (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-pokemontrainer.gif|40px|link=Pokémon Trainer (SSBB)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:Icon-yoshi.gif|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:Icon-link.gif|40px|link=Link (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:Icon-jigglypuff.gif|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:Icon-ganondorf.gif|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBB)]]||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:Icon-captainfalcon.gif|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBB)]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|}
 
By this time no player doubted Meta Knight's placing in the old tier list. In many players' opinions, Meta Knight wasn't just better than every other character, but better by a noticeable gap. Meta Knight was considered so good that it caused a huge debate on whether Meta Knight should be allowed in tournaments. After many heated discussions, the SBR decided by vote that Meta Knight should be left alone and no one should be banned.
 
Snake was also elevated above other characters to a similar degree, though not to the point of being considered banned. This resulted in both of these characters having their own tiers. Diddy Kong also received a huge bump up the tier list after NinjaLink successfully beat Mew2king by abusing Diddy's bananas to a level not seen before.
 
===Third tier list (June 4, 2009)===
{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="13"|[[SSBB]] Tier List #3
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The first tier list to not have Captain Falcon last on the list. Instead, Ganondorf is last because of his slow attacks, bad recovery, and lack of mobility.
 
In this list, Wario and Sonic made a large jump. Wario's change is due to the newly found usefulness of his great air mobility, coupled with great recovery and heavy weight, making him a very defensive character that is hard to KO.
While most of the community perceived Sonic as a bad character, dedicated mains continued to defy the tier list of Jan 1, 2009 by placing high in tourneys. In this tier list, their efforts were finally recognized.
 
===Fourth tier list (February 26, 2010)===
This is the [[Tier list|current SSBB tier list]]. It was made in February 26, 2010 by the [[Smash Back Room]].
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This tier list once again placed Meta Knight at his own seperate tier. Another noticable difference was Ness' rise. In previous tier lists, Ness was ranked low, but is now placed in (the lower part of) the middle tier, tied with Bowser for 26/27th place. Diddy Kong also rose, now being #3 on the tier list.
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=22623 First ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=24090 Second ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=26858 Third ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=27616 Fourth ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=31427 Fifth ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=34788 Sixth ''Melee'' tier list (April Fools)]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=34838 Sixth ''Melee'' tier list (real version)]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=50171 Seventh ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=81928 Eighth ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=199342 Ninth ''Melee'' tier list]
* [http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=286577 Tenth ''Melee'' tier list]
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