Weight

Not to be confused with Falling speed.

Weight is a measure of how far a character can be knocked back horizontally by an attack, if damage is held constant. It also affects vertical knockback in concert with falling speed.

It is usually considered an advantage for a character to be heavy; however, extra weight can make characters more susceptible to combos and chaingrabs. A notable example in Melee is that characters with lower than 87 weight fall down when hit by Fox's shine, and thus are invulnerable to his shine combos. An example in Brawl is that characters at 87 units or heavier except Luigi (though he can be infinite chain grabbed) are susceptible to King Dedede's chain grab while lighter characters are not. In the opposite however, many characters below weight 95 and all below weight 87 have guaranteed down smash hit of Mr. Game & Watch after his down throw if they don't tech the down throw (which is not easy) while it's escapable for all others even when they don't tech. In Brawl, Ice Climbers' infinite chain grabs are easier to perform on lightweights and harder to do on heavyweights. The weight class also explains the fighting style. Typical attributes of heavyweights include large size, high KO power, great attack range, fast falling speed, slow movement and attacks, and poor recovery. Opposite of that, the typical attributes of lightweights are small size, low KO power, slow falling speed, poor range, fast movement and attacks, and good recovery.

Super Smash Bros. Rankings

Source: [1]

These values use a different scale than the later games - heavier characters have lower numbers, representing a direct multiplier in the knockback formula. For comparison purposes, the equivalent value in the newer system is also listed.

JPN

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight (coded)	Weight (comparison)
1		Donkey Kong	0.84	138.095
2		Samus	0.92	117.391
3		Yoshi	0.93	115.054
4-5		Link	0.96	108.333
		Captain Falcon
6-8		Mario	1	100.000
		Luigi	1
		Fox	1
9		Ness	1.1	81.818
10		Pikachu	1.16	72.414
11		Kirby	1.19	68.067
12		Jigglypuff	1.3	53.846

NA

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight (coded)	Weight (comparison)
1		Donkey Kong	0.83	140.964
2		Samus	0.92	117.391
3		Yoshi	0.93	115.054
4-5		Link	0.96	108.333
		Captain Falcon
6-8		Mario	1	100.000
		Luigi
		Fox
9		Ness	1.1	81.818
10		Pikachu	1.16	72.414
11		Kirby	1.19	68.067
12		Jigglypuff	1.3	53.846

PAL

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight (coded)	Weight (comparison)
1		Donkey Kong	0.83	140.964
2		Link	0.9	122.222
3		Samus	0.92	117.391
4		Yoshi	0.93	115.054
5		Captain Falcon	0.96	108.333
6-8		Mario	1	100.000
		Luigi
		Fox
9		Ness	1.1	81.818
10		Pikachu	1.16	72.414
11		Kirby	1.19	68.067
12		Jigglypuff	1.3	53.846

Super Smash Bros. Melee Rankings

Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. The Metal Box multiplies a character's base weight by 3, the Super Mushroom by 1.6, and the Poison Mushroom by 0.625.

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight (NTSC)	Weight (PAL)
n/a		Giga Bowser	140	140
1		Bowser	117	118
2		Donkey Kong	114	114
3 (NTSC) 4 (PAL)		Samus	110	110
4 (NTSC) 5 (PAL)		Ganondorf	109	109
5 (NTSC) 3 (PAL)		Yoshi	108	111
6-7		Captain Falcon	104	104
6-7		Link	104	104
8-10 (NTSC) 8-9 (PAL)		Dr. Mario	100	100
8-10 (NTSC) 8-9 (PAL)		Luigi	100	100
8-10 (NTSC) 10 (PAL)		Mario	100	98
11		Ness	94	94
12-14		Peach	90	90
12-14		Sheik	90	90
12-14		Zelda	90	90
15		Ice Climbers	88	88
16 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)		Marth	87	85
17-19 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)		Mewtwo	85	85
17-19 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)		Roy	85	85
17-19 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)		Young Link	85	85
20-21		Falco	80	80
20-21		Pikachu	80	80
22 (NTSC) 23 (PAL)		Fox	75	73
23 (NTSC) 22 (PAL)		Kirby	70	74
24-25		Jigglypuff	60	60
24-25		Mr. Game & Watch	60	60
26		Pichu	55	55

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Rankings

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight
1		Bowser	120
2		Donkey Kong	116
3		Snake	113
4		King Dedede	112
5		Charizard	110
6		Ganondorf	109
7		Samus	108
8-9		Yoshi	107
		Wario
10		R.O.B.	106
11		Ike	105
12-13		Captain Falcon	104
		Link
14		Wolf	102
15-16		Lucario	100
		Ivysaur
17		Mario	98
18		Luigi	97
19		Sonic	95
20-22		Ness	94
		Lucas
		Pit
23		Diddy Kong	93
24-25		Ice Climbers	92
		Toon Link
26		Peach	90
27		Marth	87
28-29		Sheik	85
		Zelda
30-31		Falco	82
		Olimar
32		Zero Suit Samus	81
33		Fox	80
34-35		Meta Knight	79
		Pikachu
36		Kirby	78
37-38		Mr. Game & Watch	75
		Squirtle	75
39		Jigglypuff	68

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Rankings

Here is the order of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

According to the game, weight is the base factor in determining how many powers can be equipped in Smash Run. There are other factors—namely a character's speed—so it is not a direct linear correlation, but as a general rule weight definitely carries a positive correlation: the higher the weight, the greater the number of powers.

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight	Power Limit
1		Bowser	130	29
2		Donkey Kong	122	27
3		King Dedede	119	28
4		Charizard	116	27
5		Ganondorf	113	29
6-7		Bowser Jr.	108	27
		Samus		27
8-9		Wario	107	27
		Ike		26
10		R.O.B.	106	26
11-13		Yoshi	104	26
		Link		26
		Captain Falcon		25
14		Ryu	103	25
15-16		Shulk	102	25
		Mega Man		25
n/a		Mii Fighter (large)		25
n/a		Mii Fighter (medium)	100	25
17		Cloud		25
18		Lucario	99	25
19-21		Mario	98	25
		Dr. Mario		25
		Corrin		25
22-23		Luigi	97	24
		Villager		24
n/a		Mii Fighter (small)	97	25
24-26		Pit	96	24
		Dark Pit		24
		Wii Fit Trainer		24
27-29		Roy	95	25
		Robin		24
		Pac-Man		25
30-33		Sonic	94	23
		Greninja		24
		Ness		25
		Lucas		25
34-35		Toon Link	93	24
		Diddy Kong		24
36-37		Palutena	91	23
		Duck Hunt		23
38-39		Marth	90	23
38-39		Lucina		23
40		Peach	89	23
41		Zelda	85	22
42		Bayonetta	84	25
43-44		Falco	82	22
		Little Mac		23
45		Sheik	81	24
46-47		Zero Suit Samus	80	23
		Meta Knight		22
48-51		Kirby	79	21
		Fox		24
		Pikachu		23
		Olimar		23
52		Rosalina & Luma	77	22
53		Mr. Game & Watch	75	23
54		Mewtwo	74	25
55		Jigglypuff	68	21

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Rankings

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mii Fighters now have their weight determined by their class rather than their size modifiers from their creation.

The average weight value of all fighters is rounded up to 96.05, meaning that Pit, Dark Pit, Ivysaur, and Wii Fit Trainer are the characters whose weights are closest to the average.

Rank	Icon	Character	Weight
01		Bowser	135
02		King K. Rool	133
03-04		Donkey Kong	127
		King Dedede
05		Ganondorf	118
06-07		Charizard	116
		Incineroar
08		Kazuya	113
09		Piranha Plant	112
10-13		Samus	108
		Dark Samus
		Bowser Jr.
		Terry
14-18		Wario	107
		Ike
		Ridley
		Simon
		Richter
19-21		Snake	106
		R.O.B.
		Banjo & Kazooie
22-26		Link	104
		Yoshi
		Captain Falcon
		Mii Gunner
		Min Min
27-28		Ryu	103
		Ken
29		Mega Man	102
30		Hero	101
31-32		Mii Swordfighter	100
		Cloud
33-36		Mario	98
		Dr. Mario
		Corrin
		Pyra
37-39		Luigi	97
		Shulk
		Byleth
40-43		Pit	96
		Dark Pit
		Ivysaur
		Wii Fit Trainer
44-47		Roy	95
		Chrom
		Pac-Man
		Robin
48-51		Ness	94
		Lucas
		Mii Brawler
		Inkling
52		Joker	93
53-58		Ice Climbers	92
		Lucario
		Wolf
		Villager
		Steve
		Mythra
59-60		Toon Link	91
		Palutena
61-63		Marth	90
		Lucina
		Diddy Kong
64-65		Peach	89
		Daisy
66-68		Young Link	88
		Greninja
		Isabelle
69		Little Mac	87
70-71		Sonic	86
		Duck Hunt
72-73		Zelda	85
		Sora
74-75		Falco	82
		Rosalina
76		Bayonetta	81
77-78		Meta Knight	80
		Zero Suit Samus
79-83		Kirby	79
		Pikachu
		Mewtwo
		Olimar
		Sephiroth
84		Sheik	78
85		Fox	77
86-87		Mr. Game & Watch	75
		Squirtle
88		Jigglypuff	68
89		Pichu	62

Trivia

• In Brawl, the Fighting Alloys all have a weight of 99 (the same as Mario), even though they are modelled after characters of differing weights.
• In Brawl, Giga Bowser and Wario-Man are programmed to have weights of 400 and 130 respectively; however they cannot be knocked back, so their weight only has an effect on certain stage elements (such as Rainbow Cruise's see-saw platforms).
• In all games, Link and Captain Falcon always have the same weight.
• In both Melee and Brawl, Mr. Game & Watch has been tied 2nd for the 2nd lightest character.
  • Ironically enough, Mr. Game and Watch, being two dimensional, is not the lightest character. Logically speaking, he should have no weight at all.
    • Also, Mr. Game & Watch had the greatest increase in weight from Melee to Brawl (60 to 75), while Jigglypuff and Kirby are tied for the second highest weight increase.
• In Melee, if one measures all the weight and divides it by 26 (NTSC), it will come up 90.33. In PAL, it's 90.66.
  • The same can be applied for Brawl, except it has to be divided by 39 and it will get as close as Ness', Lucas' and Pit's weight. These weights in both Melee and Brawl have 3 people tied for the average weight, but not size.
    • If you do the same with Super Smash Bros. you will get 96.83333333 close again to Ness' weight (88).
• Despite Ivysaur and Lucario having the same weight in Brawl, Ivysaur actually only weighs 29.2 lb according to the Pokedex while Lucario weighs 119.0 lbs.
• The lightest you can possibly be in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is 5.5, due to Pichus size, combined with lightweight spirits, weight down spirits, Tiny Smash, Light Smash , Ninja Style, Lightning, Poison Mushroom, Palkia on Spear Pillars weight decrease, making you so light, Ganondorf KOs Pichu at 0%, and making Pichu smaller than the Pokeball

References

• Smashboards' thread of Brawl's Physics
• Brawl weight list and falling speed calculations
• Some character's weight with DI
• What Is The AbsoLute Lightest You Can Be In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?