Editing List of Pokémon

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[[File:Pokémon Smash Bros.png|thumb|200px|The playable Pokémon cast, alongside the Poké Ball Pokémon, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.]]

At the core of the {{uv|Pokémon}} franchise are hundreds upon hundreds of the eponymous creatures. These are collectively called Pokémon and have many roles in the ''Pokémon'' RPGs, mainly as game pieces in Pokémon battling where the object is to defeat the opponent's enemy Pokémon with their own. Pokémon are introduced en masse once every several years as part of a new "Generation" of the franchise, along with the newest core series RPG versions. Thus far there have been a total of nine generations, with the grand total of species clocking in at 1,025 different species of Pokémon, and each ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' game features a selected assortment of Pokémon from all current generations existent at its time to serve a variety of roles, such as playable characters, characters that are summoned from an [[item]] called the [[Poké Ball]], [[enemies]] and [[boss]]es, collectible [[trophies]], [[stickers]], or [[spirit]]s, characters within [[stages]], and others.

The ''Pokémon'' franchise began in 1996 with 151 Pokémon species from the Kanto region featured in the very first versions of the ''Pokémon'' RPGs, ''Pokémon Red and Blue'' for the original Game Boy. This was the only generation in effect when ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' was developed and released.

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| {{pkmn|Dugtrio}}

| {{pkmn|Poliwhirl}}

| As a stage Pokémon ([[Poké Floats]] {{GameIcon|SSBM}})<br>As a spirit {{GameIcon|SSBU}}

| {{pkmn|Cubone}}

| {{pkmn|Gyarados}}

| {{pkmn|Totodile}}

| {{pkmn|Crobat}}

| {{pkmn|Cleffa}}

| {{pkmn|Igglybuff}}

| {{pkmn|Hoppip}}

| {{pkmn|Heracross}}

| {{pkmn|Skarmory}}

The ''Pokémon'' franchise entered its third generation in 2002 with 135 new Pokémon species from the Hoenn region added to the previous 251 to form a total of 386 Pokémon, first featured in the RPGs ''Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire'' for Game Boy Advance. This generation's first appearance in a ''Smash Bros.'' game, ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', also happens to be the first appearance of the fourth generation that was put in effect an entire four years later, owing to the relatively long time period between the releases of ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''.

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| Part of a trophy {{GameIcon|SSBB}}

The ''Pokémon'' franchise entered its fourth generation in 2006 with 107 more new Pokémon species from the Sinnoh region added to the previous 386 to form a total of 493 Pokémon species, and all are featured in the ''Pokémon'' RPGs, ''Pokémon Diamond and Pearl'' for [[Nintendo DS]]. Both this and the previous generation make their ''Super Smash Bros.'' debut in ''Brawl''.

| Part of a trophy {{GameIcon|SSBB}}

| Part of a trophy {{GameIcon|SSBB}}

The ''Pokémon'' franchise entered its fifth generation in 2010 with 156 more new Pokémon species from the Unova region added to the previous 493 to form a total of 649 Pokémon species, starting in ''Pokémon Black and White'' for [[Nintendo DS]]. Pokémon from this generation first appeared in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. So far, this is the generation to introduce the most species of Pokémon.

''Pokémon Sun and Moon'' for [[Nintendo 3DS]], representing the seventh generation of the series, were released in 2016 and added 81 new Pokémon species from the Alola region to the previous 721 to form a total of 802 Pokémon species. They were followed by ''Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' in 2017, which added 5 more new species mid-generation (a series first), and ''Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!'', which added 2 more new species, bringing the total up to 809 Pokémon species. Pokémon from this generation first appeared in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

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*Grass is the only starter type not to feature a fully evolved Pokemon as a fighter.

*Raichu, Vulpix, and Exeggutor are the only Pokémon to have their regional forms appear in ''Smash''.

**Vulpix is the only Pokemon to have both its normal (Kanto) and regional forms (Alolan) appear in ''Smash''.