List of NTSC tier lists (disambiguation)

The Melee Back Room tier list has changed many times since its inception. Previous versions of the list are as follows:

First tier list (October 8, 2002)

4.9: Sheik
4.8: Falco, Fox
4.4: Marth
4.1: Mario
4.0: Zelda, Samus, Luigi
3.9: Peach
3.8: Dr. Mario
3.5: Ice Climbers, Ganondorf
3.4: Pikachu, Link
3.2: Captain Falcon, Young Link
3.1: Jigglypuff, Ness
2.9: Yoshi, Donkey Kong
2.8: Roy
2.1: Kirby
1.8: Mr. Game and Watch
1.6: Pichu, Bowser
1.3: Mewtwo

Second tier list (December 19, 2002)

For the second tier list, the Melee Back Room not only averaged the votes for every character to determine a tier list, but also calculated the mode of characters' placements.

Mean

1-Sheik (2.2)
2-Fox (2.3)
3-Falco (3.9)
4-Peach (4.4)
5-Marth (4.7)
6-Mario (8.5)
7-Dr. Mario (8.8)
8-Samus (9.6)
9-Luigi (10.0)
10-Ganondorf and Jigglypuff (11.0)
11-Captain Falcon and Ice Climbers (13.0)
12-Zelda, Ness and Link (15.0)
13-Pikachu (16.0)
14-Yoshi and Young Link (17.0)
15-Roy and Donkey Kong (20.0)
16-Mr. Game and Watch, Kirby and Bowser (21.0)
17-Mewtwo (23.0)
18-Pichu (24.0)

Mode

Sheik - 1
Fox - 2
Falco - 3
Peach - 4
Marth - 5
Zelda - 5
Samus - 6
Ganondorf - 7
Dr.Mario - 9
Mario - 10
Jigglypuff - 10
C.Falcon - 11
Luigi - 12
Ice Climbers - 13
Link - 14
Y.Link - 15
Ness - 16
Yoshi - 18
Pikachu - 20
Bowser - 22
Roy - 23
DK - 23
Kirby - 24
Mewtwo - 24
Pichu - 25
Game&Watch - 26

Third tier list (June 23, 2003)

Top Tier

• Sheik
• Fox
• Falco
• Marth
• Peach

Upper Tier

• Mario
• Dr. Mario
• Luigi
• Samus
• Jigglypuff
• Captain Falcon
• Ganondorf

Middle Tier

• Ice Climbers
• Yoshi
• Ness
• Pikachu
• Roy
• Link
• Young Link
• Zelda
• Donkey Kong

Bottom Tier

• Mr. Game & Watch
• Kirby
• Mewtwo
• Pichu
• Bowser

Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)

Top Tier:

• Sheik
• Fox
• Marth
• Peach

Upper Tier:

• Falco
• Samus
• Mario/Dr. Mario
• Jigglypuff
• Ganondorf
• Captain Falcon
• Luigi

Middle Tier

• Pikachu
• Yoshi
• Ice Climbers
• Zelda
• Ness
• Link/Young Link
• Roy

Lower Tier

• Donkey Kong
• Mr. Game and Watch
• Kirby

Bottom Tier

• Mewtwo
• Pichu
• Bowser

Fifth tier list (September 29, 2003)

Top Tier

• Sheik
• Marth

Upper Tier

• Fox
• Peach
• Falco

High Tier

• Samus
• Captain Falcon
• Ganondorf
• Mario
• Dr. Mario
• Jigglypuff
• Luigi

Middle Tier

• Yoshi
• Link
• Roy
• Pikachu
• Young Link
• Ice Climbers
• Zelda

Low Tier

• Ness
• Kirby
• Donkey Kong
• Mewtwo

Bottom Tier

• Mr. Game and Watch
• Pichu
• Bowser

Sixth tier list (April Fools: March 31, 2004)

Top Tier

• Sheik
• Jigglypuff

Upper Tier

• Fox
• Captain Falcon
• Falco
• Link

High Tier

• Marth
• Roy
• Peach
• Luigi
• Ice Climbers

Middle Tier

• Ganondorf
• Samus
• Mewtwo
• Ness
• Mario
• Dr. Mario

Low Tier

• Young Link
• Kirby
• Pikachu
• Mr. Game and Watch
• Donkey Kong

Bottom Tier

• Zelda
• Pichu
• Bowser

The Melee Back Room forgot to include Yoshi; once people realized he was missing, the MBR placed him in middle tier, betweem Ness and Mario.

Sixth tier list (real version: April 2, 2004)

Top Tier:

• Sheik
• Fox
• Marth

Upper Tier:

• Falco
• Peach
• Captain Falcon
• Samus
• Jigglypuff

High Tier:

• Ganondorf
• Mario
• Dr. Mario
• Luigi

Middle Tier:

• Link
• Pikachu
• Ice Climbers
• Roy
• Zelda
• Young Link
• Yoshi

Lower Tier:

• Ness
• Donkey Kong
• Kirby
• Mr. Game and Watch
• Mewtwo

Bottom Tier:

• Bowser
• Pichu

Seventh tier list (March 19, 2005)

Top Tier:

• Sheik
• Fox
• Marth

Upper Tier:

• Peach
• Falco
• C. Falcon
• Samus

High Tier:

• Jigglypuff
• Dr. Mario
• Ganondorf
• Mario
• Ice Climbers

Middle Tier:

• Luigi
• Link
• Roy
• Donkey Kong
• Pikachu
• Zelda

Low Tier:

• Ness
• Young Link
• Yoshi
• Kirby
• Mr. Game & Watch
• Bowser

Bottom Tier:

• Mewtwo
• Pichu

Eighth tier list (July 8, 2006)

This is the current tier list.

Top Tier:

• Fox
• Falco

High Tier:

• Sheik
• Marth
• Peach

Middle Tier:

• Captain Falcon
• Ice Climbers
• Samus
• Dr. Mario
• Jigglypuff
• Mario
• Ganondorf

Low Tier:

• Link
• Luigi
• Donkey Kong
• Roy
• Young Link
• Pikachu

Bottom Tier:

• Yoshi
• Zelda
• Mr. Game and Watch
• Ness
• Bowser
• Kirby
• Pichu
• Mewtwo

Note: 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.