User:The Jacketed Terrapin/Super Smash Bros. 64 Official Character Poll

Here are the results of an official poll held on the official Japanese website for the original Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64. The poll in question can be visited here.

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Top 10

Rank	Character(s)	Category	Votes	Notes
1st	Bowser	Super Mario series	169	•Bowser would debut as a fighter in Melee. •As stated in the notes, Bowser was planned to be a fighter in the original game, but was cut.
2nd	Princess Peach		66	Peach would debut as a fighter in Melee.
3rd	Wario		65	•Wario would appear as a trophy in Melee before debuting as a fighter in Brawl. •Although Wario would gain his own universe as a fighter, he is considered a Mario character in the poll results.
4th	King Dedede	Kirby series	46	•King Dedede appeared as a background character in the Dream Land in the original game. He reprised his role in Melee (as well as having a trophy) before debuting as a fighter in Brawl. •As stated in the notes, King Dedede was planned to be a fighter in the original game, but was cut.
5th	Ganon(dorf)	The Legend of Zelda	36	•Ganondorf would debut as a fighter in Melee. •Formatted as "Ganon (Ganondorf included)" in the extended list. •As stated in the notes, both Ganon's beast form and humanoid form are counted as one character.
6th	James Bond	Rare Ltd.-related (GoldenEye 007)	35	•Called "007 James Bond" in the extended list. •While no character from GoldenEye or any James Bond-related media has ever made an appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series, the Proximity Mine from GoldenEye 007 (called "Motion-Sensor Bomb" in Smash) appears as an item in the original game and would return in later installments. However, the item uses its design from Perfect Dark in the Japanese release of Melee, and while it retains its GoldenEye 007 design in International releases, its origin is instead credited as "Top Secret". Starting with Brawl, all references to GoldenEye were completely removed.
	Mewtwo	Pokémon		•Mewtwo would debut as a fighter in Melee. •As stated in the notes, Mewtwo was planned to be a fighter in the original game, but was cut.
8th	Banjo & Kazooie	Rare Ltd.-related (Banjo-Kazooie)	33	Banjo & Kazooie would debut as a duo fighter in Ultimate.
9th	Toad	Super Mario series	27	Toad would appear in Peach's neutral special since her debut in Melee.
10th	Mew	Pokémon	24	Mew appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon in the original game and would reprise its role in all subsequent installments.

Rank	Character(s)	Category	Votes	Notes
11th	Marth	Fire Emblem	21	•Marth would debut as a fighter in Melee. •Although not stated in the notes, Marth was planned to be a fighter in the original game, but was cut.
12th	Mr. Saturn	EarthBound	18	Mr. Saturn would appear as an item in all subsequent installments starting with Melee.
	Satoshi (Protagonist)	Pokémon		•Red (referred to as "Satoshi" in the poll results) would debut as a fighter in Brawl, albeit under the name "Pokémon Trainer". •The use of the name "Satoshi" seems to reference Red's second default name in the Japanese release of Pokémon Red, which would be localized as "Ash" in the International releases of Red Version (with the exception of the French release).
	Fire Emblem character	Fire Emblem		•Starting with Melee, several characters from the Fire Emblem series would become playable in subsequent installments. These include the aforementioned Marth and Roy in Melee, Ike in Brawl, Lucina, Robin, and Corrin in Smash 4, and Chrom and Byleth in Ultimate. •Called "Someone from Fire Emblem" on the extended list. •As stated in the notes, this does not specify any character in particular.
15th	Gooey	Kirby series	17	Gooey would appear as a trophy in Melee and a spirit in Ultimate.
16th	Diddy Kong	Rare-related (Donkey Kong series)	15	Diddy Kong would debut as a fighter in Brawl.
	Sukapon	Other NES/Super NES Characters (Joy Mech Fight)		Sukapon would appear as a sticker in Brawl and an Assist Trophy in Ultimate.
18th	Someone from Pokémon	Pokémon	12	•Starting with Melee, more characters from the Pokémon series would become playable in subsequent installments. These include the aforementioned Mewtwo and Pichu in Melee, the aforementioned Pokémon Trainer (who would consist of a team-based fighter including Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard) and Lucario in Brawl, Greninja in Smash 4, and Incineroar in Ultimate. •As stated in the notes, this does not specify any character in particular.
19th	Meta Knight	Kirby series	11	Meta Knight would appear as a trophy in Melee before debuting as a fighter in Brawl.
	Lugia	Pokémon		Lugia would appear as a Poké Ball Pokémon in all subsequent installments starting with Melee.

Extended list

Super Mario series

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Koopa Troopa	9	Koopa Troopas would appear as enemies in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 3DS.
Magikoopa/Kamek	8	•Magikoopas would appear as an enemy in Smash 3DS, while the character Kamek would receive two stickers in Brawl and then a stage element on Mushroom Kingdom U. •As both Kamek and the Magikoopa species share the same name in Japanese (カメック, Kamek), it is unknown which one the poll results is referring to.
Goomba	7	Goombas would appear as an enemy in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 3DS.
Mallow (Super Mario RPG)	5	Mallow would appear as a spirit in Ultimate.
Geno (Super Mario RPG)		Geno would appear as a Mii Costume in Smash 4 and a spirit in Ultimate.
Baby Mario	3	Baby Mario would appear as a trophy in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 3DS, and a spirit in Ultimate (albeit categorized under the Yoshi series in all games but Smash 3DS).

Pokémon series

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Meowth	8	Meowth appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon in the original game and would reprise its role in all subsequent installments except for Melee, appearing as a trophy instead.
Raichu	7	The Alolan Form of Raichu would appear as a Poké Ball Pokémon in Ultimate. Kantonian Raichu has yet to make an appearance in the series.
Marill	5	Marill would appear as a Poké Ball Pokémon in Melee and a spirit in Ultimate.
Bulbasaur		•Bulbasaur would appear as a trophy in Melee and Brawl. •Bulbasaur's middle-stage evolution, Ivysaur, would debut as a fighter in Brawl.
Togepi		Togepi would appear as a Poké Ball Pokémon in all subsequent installments starting with Melee.

The Legend of Zelda series

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Young Link	8	All three characters would debut as fighters in Melee, with Sheik serving as a transformation character for Zelda until Smash 4 onwards, where both characters would separate.
Princess Zelda
Sheik
Darunia	2	Darunia would appear as a spirit in Ultimate.

Kirby series

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
One of Kirby's companions	10	This does not specify any character in particular.
Waddle Dee	3	The Waddle Dee species is represented with a trophy in Melee, a part of King Dedede's side special in Brawl (in addition to his on-screen appearance and one of his victory poses), and as an enemy in Smash 3DS.

EarthBound series

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Poo	6	Poo would appear as a trophy in Melee, a sticker in Brawl, a cameo on the Magicant stage, and in Ness's PK Starstorm in Ultimate.
Other EarthBound protagonists	4	•The poll results only specifies the other protagonists from the SNES installment (known as Mother 2 in Japan). •This does not specify any character in particular.
Paula		Paula would appear as a trophy in Melee, a sticker in Brawl, a cameo on the Magicant stage, and in Ness's Final Smash in Ultimate.
Starman	3	A Starman would appear as a trophy in Melee, a sticker in Brawl, and an Assist Trophy in all subsequent installments starting with Smash 4, as well as an enemy in Smash 3DS.
Jeff		Jeff would appear as a trophy in Melee and an Assist Trophy in all subsequent installments starting with Brawl.

Star Fox

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Falco	7	•Falco would debut as a fighter in Melee. •Although not stated in the notes, Falco was considered to be an alternate costume for Fox, but was cut.
Slippy	5	•Slippy would make a cameo in the Star Fox Smash Taunts starting with Melee. •Although not stated in the notes, Slippy was considered to be an alternate costume for Fox, but was cut.
Wolf	4	Wolf would make a cameo in the opening movie for Melee before debuting as a fighter in Brawl.
Peppy	2	•Peppy would make a cameo in the Star Fox Smash Taunts starting with Melee. •Although not stated in the notes, Peppy was considered to be an alternate costume for Fox, but was cut.

Fire Emblem series

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Ogma	8
Seliph	4	All three characters would appear as spirits in Ultimate.
Sigurd	2
Leif

Rare Ltd.-related

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Blast Corps Robot (Not specified)	2	While no content from Blast Corps has ever made an appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series, an unused Series filename exists in the data for Ultimate called "tit_blast_dozer" (Blast Dozer being the Japanese title for Blast Corps).
006 Trevelyan

Other NES/Super NES Characters

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Lip (Panel de Pon)	9	Lip would appear as a spirit and a Mii Costume in Ultimate. A sticker of Furil from Nintendo Puzzle Collection appears in Brawl, but is mistranslated as "Flower Fairy Lip".
Prince Richard (Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru)	8	Prince Richard would appear as a spirit in Ultimate.
Metroid (Metroid series)	6	A Metroid would appear as a trophy in Melee and an Assist Trophy in all subsequent installments starting with Brawl, as well as an enemy in Smash 3DS.
Foreman Spike (Wrecking Crew)		•While Wrecking Crew content would appear in subsequent installments (such as the Golden Hammer since Brawl and the Wrecking Crew stage since Smash Wii U), Foreman Spike has yet to make an appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series. •Despite this, Mario's brown alternate costume is meant to resemble Foreman Spike.
Pit (Kid Icarus)	5	Pit would appear as a trophy in Melee before debuting as a fighter in Brawl.
Protagonist of Shin Onigashima		•Donbe and Hikari would appear as a trophy in Melee and a spirit in Ultimate. Donbe also appears as a solo sticker in Brawl. •The name (新・鬼ヶ島の主人公) does not use an indicator to suggest multiple characters, thus it is unclear if the character in question is either referring to Donbe or Hikari.
Marvelous protagonists		•Dion, Max, and Jack would appear as a spirit in Ultimate. •The name uses the term "tachi" (たち), which is a suffix used to indicate that a word refers to a group.
Samurai Goroh (F-Zero)	4	Samurai Goroh would appear as a trophy in Melee and an Assist Trophy in all subsequent installments starting with Brawl.
Popo & Nana (Ice Climber)		Popo and Nana would debut as a duo fighter in Melee, under the name "Ice Climbers".
Balloon Fight protagonist		The Balloon Fight protagonist would appear as a trophy in Melee, a sticker in Brawl, and a spirit in Ultimate, under the name "Balloon Fighter" for all of his appearances.

Non-Nintendo Characters

Character(s)	Votes	Notes
Chocobo	9	•A Chocobo would appear as Mii headgear in Smash 4 and Ultimate, as well as a shared spirit with a Moogle in the latter game. •Final Fantasy would receive a playable character in Smash 4 with Cloud Strife.
Doraemon	7
Bomberman	5	Bomberman would appear as an Assist Trophy in Ultimate.
Crash Bandicoot	4
Sonic	3	Sonic would debut as a fighter in Brawl.
Mega Man		Mega Man would debut as a fighter in Smash 4.

Trivia

• James Bond, Alec Trevelyan, and Doraemon are the only characters listed in the poll results to not have originally hailed from a video game or video game series.
  • James Bond originated from the 1953 novel Casino Royale.
  • Alec Trevelyan originated from the 1995 film GoldenEye.
  • Doraemon originated from a 1969 manga of the same name.