Character Selection Screen

Character Selection Screen ( キャラクター選択画面 Kyarakutā sentaku gamen ), or more called Roster, is the area which you can choose your character. At the character selection screen, there are characters from various Nintendo franchises (there are also third-party characters) like Mario, Kirby, Samus, Link, Zelda, among others. Also, since 1999 there have been several rumors, most of the character selection screen. For example, a rumor about Melee, where Sonic and Tails were unlockable. The Super Smash Bros. fighters are Mario, Link, Samus, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Ness, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Luigi, Yoshi and Fox All those characters are Nintendo franchises.

Super Smash Bros. for N64
The Super Smash Bros for N64 roster includes Mario, Link, Samus, Fox, Yoshi, Pikachu, Donkey Kong and Kirby. There are four unlockables, which appears in a locked square. The roster, originally, was going to have Mewtwo, King Dedede, Peach, Bowser and Meowth. But, the time constraints made Sakurai delete them.

Super Smash Bros. Melee for GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee has in it 26 characters, 15 starters and 11 unlockables. All playable characters made their first playable Gamecube appearance in this game except for Luigi, who was playable earlier in Luigi's Mansion. Again, Sakurai tried to put King Dedede into series, but the time constraints made Sakurai delete him again. He then appeared as a cameo. At the start, Ganondorf was not planned to be in the roster, but Ganondorf has its body similar to Captain Falcon. This decision

Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii
Super Smash Bros. for N64 had 12 characters, Melee had 26 and Brawl had 37. Almost all characters from Melee return, like Peach, Bowser, etc. Some characters were considered sometime in development but they were deleted. They are Dixie Kong, Dr.Mario, Mewtwo, Toon Zelda and a "toon_shiek" data. Sheik made her only appearance in Ocarina of Time, the "toon_sheik" data would refer to Tetra, who can transform to Toon Zelda, like Sheik, Roy, Pichu and Pra_Mai; possibly Plusle & Minun.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
As Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U is still in development, the complete roster is not confirmed. As of yet, Captain Falcon, Ness and Jigglypuff, who have been included in the series since the first game, have not been confirmed, and there are a total of 33 characters confirmed (nine newcomers, 24 veterans)