A starter character is a character who is already available for play immediately after turning the game on for the first time; the player does not have to unlock, challenge, or download that character in order for him or her to be selectable (as one must do to select unlockable characters and downloadable characters).
List of starter characters
The following characters appear as starter characters:
Super Smash Bros.
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Super Smash Bros. 64 starters.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Bowser
- Captain Falcon
- Donkey Kong
- Fox
- Ice Climbers
- Kirby
- Link
- Mario
- Ness
- Peach
- Pikachu
- Samus
- Yoshi
- Zelda/Sheik
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Bowser
- Diddy Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Fox
- Ice Climbers
- Ike
- King Dedede
- Kirby
- Link
- Lucas
- Mario
- Meta Knight
- Olimar
- Peach
- Pikachu
- Pit
- Pokémon Trainer
- Samus/Zero Suit Samus
- Wario
- Yoshi
- Zelda/Sheik
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
- Bowser
- Captain Falcon
- Charizard
- Diddy Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Fox
- Greninja
- Ike
- King Dedede
- Kirby
- Link
- Little Mac
- Lucario
- Luigi
- Mario
- Marth
- Mega Man
- Meta Knight
- Mii Fighter
- Olimar
- Pac-Man
- Palutena
- Peach
- Pikachu
- Pit
- Robin
- Rosalina & Luma
- Samus
- Sheik
- Shulk
- Sonic
- Toon Link
- Villager
- Wii Fit Trainer
- Yoshi
- Zelda
- Zero Suit Samus
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- Bowser
- Bowser Jr.
- Captain Falcon
- Charizard
- Diddy Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Fox
- Ganondorf
- Greninja
- Ike
- Jigglypuff
- King Dedede
- Kirby
- Link
- Little Mac
- Lucario
- Luigi
- Mario
- Marth
- Mega Man
- Meta Knight
- Mii Fighter
- Ness
- Olimar
- Pac-Man
- Palutena
- Peach
- Pikachu
- Pit
- Robin
- Rosalina & Luma
- Samus
- Sheik
- Shulk
- Sonic
- Toon Link
- Villager
- Wii Fit Trainer
- Yoshi
- Zelda
- Zero Suit Samus
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Trivia
- Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox and Pikachu are the only playable characters to remain starter in every installment they appear in.
- Samus is also the only female character to remain a starter in every installment she appears in.
- Yoshi is also the only overall sole representative to remain a starter in every installment he appears in.
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are the first two installments in the series, where all of the original 12 characters appear as starters.
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has the same number of starter characters as the number of total characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the only installment to have less starters than the previous game.
- Ultimate is also tied with Smash 64 as the lowest amount of starters, at only 8 (and the 8 are the original starter characters from 64). It should be noted that whether the 4 hidden from 64 are starters or unlockable is currently unclear.