Who's your Super Smash Bros. Melee character?

[Lunis]

I am the ultimate master of Marth! I play as him 99.5% of the time. I've played with him so much, I know exactly just how to use the tip of his sword, his speed, and his agility to destroy other people!

Speaking of Kirby's "cheap shot" by sucking them up when you've fallen off a ledge, if the winning game isn't too important, I like to grab them and dive into the abyss, killing us both.

[uc pseudonym]

More Kirby-users; glad to meet you.

Jigglypuff certainly is annoying. In team battle, though, Down+B is basically a death sentence, especially the people I play with (no Friendly Fire allows for significant dual tactics). I've gotten pretty good of rolling away from the sleep move as well.

[Raiden no Kishi]

Jigglypuff is a jiggly-waste.

Ness is fun to use on a team. The other player takes the fight to the enemy while Ness drops the PK Flash bomb on them.

Rai

[olorc]

young link D357R0Y5 4LL!!

[bakura_fan]

I've never played the newer version....most likly because i don't have the right system for it....I do have the old version for the N64, and I most often play as Link or Pikachu. *shurgs* My comment has no real meaning since it's not the exact same game....well....bye....I'll leave since I made my comment....

[Esoteric]

Roy, Link, Samus

I Like Peach and Ness, but I'm not as good with them.

[Emanku]

I like variety, but my favorite is kirby because he has a good variety of moves, plus he can recover from almost anything with his many jumps and . . . cutter . . . move . . . thing . . . yea . . .

[Street]

It used to be Captain Falcon (though I've never played a F-Zero game) but now i'm gonna say Gannondof. They aren't favorite characters of mine at all, but playable wise I don't think there's anyone that can stop me when i'm playing as either of thoughs two characters.

Princess Zelda comes in after thoughs two, she's just really FUN. BUT I play peach more often then anyone *hides face* what can I say? she's cute? and I can't bear to hit her.

Ooh but my favorite character in the Nintendo universe is Link.

[Rocketshipper]

Waaah? I'm the only one who's favorite character is Jigglypuff?? It's so fun o annoye my opponents with it.

Opponent: Jiggypuff is the worst character ever, you can't win!
me: *evil grin* *KO's opponent in one hit*
Opponent: o_O.

[Josh]

MARTH! Hes WAAAAAYYYY better than roy :3

[Cap'n Nick]

Luigi, in the pink overalls. Because you didn't just get beat by Luigi, you got beat by PINK LUIGI!!!

[Kenshin17]

I haven't played in a while, but my fav was usually samus or link. I tend to like being able to shoot my opponents from across the map

[youngWilliam]

i usually paly as the older Link

[Mr_Anderson]

luigi, samus, and jigglypuff, althouh puff is hard 2 use...

[SpikeSpiegel306]

I usually play as either Link or Roy, but I'm exceptional with Fox and Samus too.

[Raptor]

I used kirby on the 64 and when I play on melee I still use him. He sucks on the GC but its still my personal fav.

[glitch1501]

i like ganondorf

[Muopii]

I like to use Dr. Mario or Young Link, I seem to be preety much unbeatable with young link and Dr. Mario is just fun.

[mastersquirrel]

After each battle I change my character. I try to stay effective with as many as I can. I'm best with Picachu, Link, or Marth.

[Obsessorx]

Welll, my favorite character to use is Roy. But the only characters that I will refuse to use are Yoshi and Ganondorf. I'm not as good with Roy as with Kirby and Fox (on some days with Kirby I am invincible against my opponents, and with Fox...well, it's not even by a small margin that Fox is obviously the best character in the entire game. I can't lose with him) and I stink with Link though he used to be the only one I used. Mr. Game and Watch is hilarious because he's 2D he's on even par with Fox. But, no one can beat Fox. He kicks but, just because he's so fast. Only problem: his moves make it easier for him to accidentally fall off. Well, I'm off!

[Felix]

It all depends.
I have a different best character on a different day.
Most of the time it's Young Link however, I'm also quite good with Dr. Mario, Ganondorf, and yes...Pichu
My favorite thing to do with Dr. Mario (or Mario or Luigi, actually) is to go to a level that has no edge, but you can throw people out of the screen, then just sit there near the side and chuck people to their doom. ^_^ hehe...

[Ichigo_89]

Most of the time I use Marth or Sheik. Pretty fast, and long limbs for attack.

[Needle Noggin]

I use Luigi.

[Saint Kevin]

Wow. Can't believe I missed this thread. I use Samus, for two reasons:
1) Projectiles of any kind are just cool.
2) Who can resist a woman with armor and weapons (I guess that explains the success of the first Tomb Raider movie).

[Obsessorx]

Oh yes! I just remembered. Jigglypuff is the cheapest character in the game. Put her (him?) in a fight with less gravity ic: Batltlefield or with weaker opponents, and watch them fly! And, of course, there's that powerful explosion of energy you can't see. And she jumps the way Kirby does. Donkey Kong is the KING, though, because you can grab others and just jump halfway off the ledge or commit suicide, and then throw them. If you're lucky (or really good) you can get back onto the field, too.

[BishounenCookie]

I've never played SSBM, but I do remember the original SSB for N64.

I always played Pikachu, Kirby, or Jigglypuff.

I'm convinced Jigglypuff was the post powerful, if you knew how to use him well... but I never got good at the game anyways.

[Kuro-Mizu]

My alltime best is luigi(plus alot of his moves are quite hillarious) but Zelda;majoras mask is my fav game of all time so my fav would be young link and my fav course is the one with the turtle (I should know the name but i havent played in awhile)

[uc pseudonym]

I do not believe that Jigglypuff is the most powerful character, merely much stronger than most people believe (and the character should be). But in terms of playing against three level nine computer controlled characters, Jigglypuff is one of the easier characters to do this with.

[BishounenCookie]

Right, the only reason I say that is because everyone I ever talked to or played with who was any good seemed to prefer Jigglypuff. As for myself I played him enough that something "clicked" in my head and I was able to use him fairly well... but like I said, I never really played the game enough to get very good at it, so I never really polished my reflexes and stuff around his moves; I could just sorta use him well enough to save my life. And I was still able to put up quite a fight.

Some of these fighting games are not so cut-and-dry about which character is the most powerful, or if they are all equal, or what strategy to employ. So it's largely subjective to which general strategies you tend to employ as a gamer, I suppose, and which of your own strategies you develope.

Of course, then there are other fighting games where each character has a carefully articulated strategy associated with them... such as Soul Calibur 2 or something.

[Magekind]

Link. Although there must be some purpose as to why I'm always being defeated by Marth.