can we talk about how nick completely ommitted mega man

Rip all those Mega Man fans. Roy is apparently more memorable

I wonder if you could revisit this idea by polling your community and asking them "did you recognize this character before seeing them in Smash?" Alongside an image

23:35 Terry is one I did know before smash. From an arcade cabinet in a local pizza place, and he was my favorite from that game. I only knew how to do the fire projectile and spammed it but I knew of Terry before smash.

when piranha plant is more recognizable than Steve

R.O.B. was also an unlockable character in _Mario Kart DS_ before any other out-of-series characters like Link were added.

I think it would be fair to count Dragon Quest hero as a representative of every game in the series, at least the mainline ones. This measuring system in general kinda puts series like Fire Emblem at a disadvantage because every game in the series has a different cast of characters.

I don't know how to explain it but Meta Knight real name being George fits so well

I feel like judging by sales isn’t that accurate. Like people a lot of people know Rosalina and daisy from spin-offs even if they’re side characters in them and I feel like hero could be combined and young link is in majoras mask

Measuring Wario's popularity just by his solo outings is not at all accurate. Dude's far more popular outside his solo outings.

Ganon/Ganondorf was not present in every single LoZ game. Skyward Sword is the most recent, as the main villain is Demise and Ghirahim. Yes, it can be assumed that Demise is the start of Ganon , but if you just played that game, you wouldn't know Ganon

I've always though Mario is THE Ultra-SSS tier. Not a single video game character in human history matches him. He is a classic character from the 80s when video games were getting their hold, and he is, IMO, the undebatable FACE of video games around the world. If you ask most human beings to name a video game character, I believe most of them say Mario.

Who’s gonna tell him Ganon isn’t in every Zelda game...

Mega Man is a product of your imagination, he doesn't actually exist

it's genuinely amazing the reach smash bros has had in making some of these characters iconic, so many people that hadn't heard of them or their games have gone on to try them as a result. I didn't really know fire emblem, dragon quest, or castlevania before smash bros but I tried them because of their inclusion and now they're some of my absolute favorite game series.

You're not the only one, Nick. When I see anime characters in Smash, I have no idea who they are or what game they are from. I know where most of the other characters are from. But when watching the releases and I see Byleth on the screen, my immediate thought is, "Who's this guy?" Which happens with a lot of other characters. Except Steve, that one genuinely made me happy as someone who plays Minecraft religiously 😅

when megaman is so forgettable that he's not forgettable.

When mega man is so forgettable that you forgot him

Copies sold is a good starting metric but I don't think it should be the only one for some characters. Like Bayo is definitely more well known than any FE character. I knew who she was before she was in Smash and Bayonetta 3 was recently in the public eye due to the drama with the VA. And Greninja is WAAAAAAAAAAAY more popular than Incineroar. You could ask moms and they'd be more likely to know who Greninja is

Overall good list I had the same experience as him. Started playing video games with the n64 and smash was like my 4th game and didn't know anyone but mario, Pikachu, dk and jigglypuff. So good to know I wasn't alone in trying to figure out who these guys are.

I think Wario should've been WAYYYY higher on list. People know him from association to Mario, not just his own games. By this logic, Luigi would be really low on the list, since he's only had 4 solo games. Incinaroar, King K Rool, and Meta Knight are definitely not more well known than Wario.

Can we just appreciate how Roy is the least recognizable character, but due to the sheer love of Smash players who loved his inclusion in Melee, he got a Smash 4 DLC spot XD fucking beautiful

R.O.B IS A CHARACTER IN MARIO KART FOR THE DS he has the highest stats and you can only unlock him by winning every grand prix on every difficulty

I’ve actually never played a smash game, so I didn’t know who all was included in the roster. But I recognized almost all of them/recognized the games they where from. except for a few, that being, the ice climbers, olimar, R.o.B., mr game and watch, and caption falcon. Although I have heard of falcon punch

There's no fucking way incineroar is more recognizable than cloud or Wario. And I say this as like one of five people actually incredibly hyped for incineroar getting in smash.

This Ranking isn't always a good system. I feel like more people recognise street fighter than metal gear

9:07 I refuse to believe that he just omitted phantom hourglass and spirit tracks from toon links sales the toon link series as a whole (not including re-releases) sold 12.15 million games

There were 15 characters total I had no idea who they were, because I didn't grow up with Nintendo, but by the time Smash 4 was out, I recognized everyone being added or already in the game. My most notable one was that I had no idea who Link was in Smash 64. I thought it was Peter Pan when I was 9 lol

MegaMan: "Yeah I understand"

I just don't think this guy knows very many iconic characters.

What about Yoshi’s crafted and wooly world, as well as every other Mario game he appears in. It’s not about the game obviously as we have seen, it’s about the appearance. Also, for the Pokémon, I feel like they should have been counted for the sales of every game they made an appearance in, so if Golduck were in smash bros, he’d pretty much be on par with pikachu as he was in just as many games

Ice Climbers ONLY selling 1.5 million? This was on the Famicom, when gaming was still in its infancy. Selling that many copies 40 years ago was huge.

Greninja is the lowest Pokemon and yet he was voted the most popular Pokemon in early 2020

I don’t think that ranking a character’s recognizably based on copies sold is a good, exact measure. I think that there are a lot of other factors at play, like how old a game is, where that game is most popular, or how big of a fandom that character’s series has. Like Punch-Out was referenced in Family Guy, and many non-gamers would recognize Little Mac over, say, Mr. Game and Watch or Dark Samus.

problem with hero is that I feel they should be much higher but it's hard to quantify because dragon quest is HUGE in japan but not really in the US

i love this game so much me and my big sister would play this ALL of the time however after she went to college we never really have time and she is now looking for a JOB!? i thought just yesterday we was just playing with legos

Where tf is megaman is a sentence i never thought id say

I feel Lucario deserves to have X and Y’s numbers added. It is essentially the mascot of the game’s gimmick.

For snake there are actually many different versions but the one in smash is solid snake which only appeared in mgs1, mgs2, and mgs4

Roy's game was also Japan only, the prequel to his game was actually a prequel to his game, starring his Dad!

He forgot Mega Man because he was a very recognizable character back in the day but now nobody knows about him.

I’m surprised no ones talking about when my man disrespected Sephiroth by calling him ‘anime man’

Now we can have the “billion dollar movie” tier

When I first played Smash Ultimate and I hadn’t heard of a lot of characters. At this point I had no idea about anything lore-wise to do with these franchises and I thought that Samus was a dude and Zero Suit Samus was a separate person, basically just a girl Samus. I then realised Samus was female.

You seem to have forgotten the second half of the Wario series, WarioWare, which bumps the franchise to over 20 Million in sales. Odd, since that series is the one that Smash focuses on the most. Gotta do that research.

"While it's technically the only game in the franchise" *Coughs in Minecraft having 5 games*

One single Mario spin off game sells more than the whole Fire Emblem franchise.

Sonic an OG... Fun fact: Sonic is actually the first game character to get a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade back in 1993 (before it was popped due to wind). Although, there is a report that Mario from Super Mario Bros had a balloon appearance in late 1980s but I could not find evidence of that. Anyway, the thing to remember is not the amount of games sold but instead, the importance of percentage of games sold per region. For example, Fire Emblem is far more popular in the East than it is in the West. Therefore, it has a lower total games sold overall worldwide...

i think counting their sales number as "recognizable" is kinda a bad choice, because there is a lot of people who recognized the characters but never played them. Like Banjo, Cloud, Lucario, etc who is **very** iconic character that you unfortunately didn't recognize The way you can tell how recognizable the characters are simply watch people's reaction towards it or look how many people talk about it. People who never played Banjo or Final Fantasy may knew who Cloud or Banjo is

It’s laughable how little he knew a lot of the characters. Not hating but sometimes I’m just so surprised how people don’t know games that were so huge in my life

5:10 Pokémon and Mario in the corner:

Since he counted gold, silver and crystal as a set for pichu he should have counted diamond, pearl and Platinum as a set which would have brought Lucario up a tier.

So you're just gonna straight up ignore Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks as games that Toon Link appeared in????????

Ummm is someone gonna tell him that the Koopa Kids are technically older than Bowser Jr. By being in Super Mario Bros. 3.

It seems you didn’t know Snake’s name was David I guess he kept you waiting huh?

At first, I thought Samus was a robot. I’ve never played Metroid.

I genuinely don't think I've ever met a person that doesn't know who kirby is

Some of these characters are more iconic as smash characters than the are in their games

Everytime I hear the name of the game that Captain Falcon is from, it instantly deletes from my mind. I had SSBB when it first came out for the Wii and to this day, even after watching this video, I have no clue what game he's from. He'll forever be "Falcon *from Smash Bros* "

Ike is basically more iconic in Smash than his own games, he's in a similar case to Roy and Captain Falcon

I think this video really needs to be remade/updated. The main three reason's being: 1. Kazuya and Sora are now in the game 2. Fixing any previous errors 3. Mega Man (He sold over 37 million copies, so he's in the same tier as Ryu and Kirby)

Do we have to tell him lucario in probably in the top 5 most popular and recognizable pokémon of all time ? Like, having incineroar over him is super inaccurate.

“Greninja’s game in Pokémon X and Y” *Cuts to gen 7 footage*

You don't play a lot of videogames right my dude? Fun and interesting video none the less 😎👍

I feel like calculating what percent of console owners bought the characters’ games would be a fairer measurement of popularity, but that would be unreasonably complicated

Mistake: your said that Minecraft only has one game, that’s not true. There are 4 Minecraft spin offs. Minecraft story mode, Minecraft story mode season 2, Minecraft Earth, and Minecraft Dungeons. In fact 3 songs come from these spin offs ( Earth, Halland/Dalarna, and The Arch Illager). However Steve only amperes in two of these games, theses being Minecraft Earth and Minecraft Dungeons.

Miis: nobody uses us :c Sans: *sans.* Everyone: OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

My mom and Dad were the best gamers of the late 80's in central Mexico and stilled played games untill the 2000's. Then it was my older siblings who played a lot of Nintendo games during the late 2000's such as Super Mario Galaxy. Finally, I was playing games every since 2013 like Super Mario 3-D World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more. Nintendo will truly be in my family's hearts

"While the only game in its series" Minecraft Dungeons and Minecraft Earth would like to have a talk with you

When people forget spirt tracks and phantom hourglass: cry

i was so young when i played brawl i think the only characers i would've known before that were the mario ones tbh, maybe link and zelda too, but if it released now id probably know more (still less than half tho)

Glad someone’s talking about it

Why wasn’t Luigi higher than peach and Bowser? You should’ve been Boosted by the original Mario brothers arcade game.

I will say one thing, even if you're aren't recognizable when you first get to smash...you eventually will become iconic, because Smash's power. I've seen people go from "Who the hell is Terry?" to non-stop quoting Terry.

Wow, i knew more characters than you and I practically live under a rock

Cataloguing all of the mistakes I can find because i'm bored. -Every Fire Emblem character except Roy and Byleth: Fire Emblem Warriors should have been included. If remade today Byleth would also have Three Hopes. -Every FIre Emblem Character: While it didn't have sales, you could also include the number of downloads for Fire Emblem Heroes, Although what characters a player would see in that game would vary. -Little Mac: You forgot to include "Super Punch-Out!!" (he looks different but is the same character) -Dark Samus: It's not even clear what that hand is supposed to be in Metroid Prime, only 2 and 3 should have been counted. -Joker: You really Should've included P5 dancing as well as Persona Q2 -Hero: The Hero totals either should have been added together, or you should have included all four heroes seperately. -Banjo and Kazooie: You somehow missed three games, Nuts and Bolts, Grunty's Revenge, and Banjo-Pilot, and I'd argue Diddy Kong Racing should also count since he is a playable character in that game. -Sheik: It's unclear whether you also used OOT3D sales, but even if you did you still should have included Hyrule Warriors and its rereleases. -Toon Link: You missed Four Swords Adventures, The Minnish Cap, Spirit Tracks, Phantom Hourglass, and Triforce Heroes. -Dr. Mario: Missed Dr. Mario Online Rx, Dr. Mario 64, Dr. Mario Express, Dr. Mario Miracle Cure, and downloads for Dr. Mario World -Wolf: Wolf did not appear in the first Starfox, So sales of that should not have been counted for him specifically. -Star Fox Characters: The Nintendo Switch version of Starlink Battle For Atlas featured a significant Starfox Crossover and I think it should have been counted. -Wario: You only counted Wario Land games. You missed the entire WarioWare series, Wario's Woods, Wario Blast, and Super Mario Land 2, where he was the main antagonist. -All Mario Characters except Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser: All mario spinoff games featuring these Characters should also have been included. -Young Link: Forgot to include Majora's Mask, somehow, but i'm assuming your including OOT3D Sales this time, because how else would you get two different numbers for OOT sales. -Greninja: literally the most popular pokemon, according to multiple polls, so that's wrong. also Greninja had a new form created specifically for Sun and Moon, so sales of those games should have counted as well as he was a starring pokemon. He also appeared in Pokemon movie 17,; ticket sales should have been accounted for. Spinoffs should be included. -Samus: I know we want to forget it, But Samus did not star in every Metroid game because Federation Force exists. If remade now Metroid Dread would be included. -Cloud and Sephiroth: Appear in Crisis Core and many Final Fantasy Spinoff games, like Dissidia, which should have been included. Also you do need to factor in Advent Children ticket sales. They both also appear in Kingdom Hearts. -Lucario: Fogot to Include Platinum, but you at least mentioned the movie this time (still should've included ticket sales). Spinoffs should be included. Also Gen 6 should be counted because it got a mega-evolution. Incineroar: Spinoffs should be included. Appears in Pokemon Movie 20, ticket sales should have been counted. -Meta Night: Shouldn't have included games he hasn't appeared in because those could be the only Kirby games you've played. -Pichu: Had a major role in Pokemon Movie 12, Ticket sales should've been counted. -Koopalings: Only including NSMB Wii is insane. The koopalings didn't even debut in NSMB Wii, they debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3. also appeared in World, Superstar Saga, NSMB 2, NSMB U and Luigi U, Color Splash, Paper Jam, and Super Mario Maker 2. -Bowser Jr.: Has appeared in even more games! Besides Sunshine and NSMB Wii, he has also appeared in the original New Super Mario Bros., Galaxy 1 and 2, Sticker Star, NSMB U and Luigi U, Dream Team, Super Mario Maker 1, Paper Jam, Bowser Jr.'s Journey, Bowser's Minions, and Mario + Rabids 1. if remade now Origami King, Super Mario Maker 2, Bowsers Fury and Super Mario Bros Wonder would also be included. -Wii Fit Trainer: Forgot to include Wii Fit U. -Ryu and Ken: Crossover games like Marvel vs. Capcom, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, SNK vs. Capcom, Street Fighter x Tekken, SVC Chaos, and Project x Zone should have been included, if they weren't, as well as spinoffs like Pocket Fighter and Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. If remade today, Street Fighter 6 would also be included. -Jigglypuff: Ticket Sales Should've been included for Pokemon Movie 20. Spinoffs should be included. -Isabelle: Pocket Camp downloads should have been included as well. -Donkey Kong: Wikipedia includes Diddy Kong Racing as part of the Donkey Kong series, but donkey kong does not appear in that game, so it shouldn't be counted. The Mario Vs. Donkey Kong games on the other hand are not included, but should be counted. also not included and should be counted are Donkey Kong Land 1, 2, and 3, Donkey Konga 1, 2, and 3, Jungle Beat, Barrel Blast, King of Swing, and Jungle Climber -Diddy Kong: Conversely it is implied that only Donkey Kong Country games were counted for Diddy, but he also appears in Donkey Kong 64 and Diddy Kong Racing. Every game mentioned for Donkey Kong should also be included here, except for Jungle Beat and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong Series. -Villager: Again, Pocket Camp Downloads should be counted. -Ganondorf: Has actually not appeared in every zelda game. He does not appear in Link's Awakening, Oracle of Ages and Seasons (if not linked), Majora's Mask, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and The Minnish Cap. He also doesn't appear in Skyward Sword, But Demise does, who basically becomes ganondorf, but still he isn't called Ganondorf and he doesn't look like Ganondorf, so I still wouldn't count it. -Zelda: Again, doesn't appear in every game. Doesn't appear at all in Link's Awakening or Triforce Heroes, only appears in the Oracle games through a secret code, and only appears in Majora's Mask in a cutscene to give Link the Song of Time. -Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf: If remade today, TotK would be included. -Steve: Also appears in the spinoff game Minecraft Dungeons. -Miis: The Miis are tricky. The Wii Series games is a good way to go, especially because Wii Sports sales would probably include Wii consoles Sales. It's unclear whether or not the Wii U and some of its games are a part of the Wii series, if not they should also be counted, as well as the 3DS and Switch and some of their games. -Pokemon Trainer: The Pokemon Clause not applying to pokemon trainer for some reason is stupid. There are several games where you never get the original starters until you've already beat the game, some where you never get them at all, some where you never even see anyone use them. i would even argue that the only time they should count besides Kanto and Remakes is when they get a new form like Mega-Evolution in Gen 6 or Dynamaxing in Gen 8, And even then those would only really apply to Charizard. Again, movies where the pokemon feature prominently (squirtle M01, Charizard M01, M20) should have ticket sales accounted for and spinoffs should be included. -Mewtwo: Again, isn't always obtainable or even appear in every game. if it is you usually have to beat the game first, and the only time it should really count is when he gets a new form (mega-evolution). Spinoffs should be included and ticket sales for Pokemon Movies 1, 16, and 22 should've been counted. Bowser: SMB 2 (SMB USA) and Super Mario Land 1 and 2 Should not be counted. If Luigi's Mansion is not included, it SHOULD be counted. Peach: Super Mario Land 1 and 2 should not be counted. If Luigi's Mansion and Dark Moon are included they also should not be counted Luigi: if the Luigi's Mansion games are not included, they should be. Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Land 1 and 2 should not be counted. All Mario Characters: Downloads for Mario Kart Tour should be included. Simon: Besides 1 and 2, Simon is also the main character of Super Castlevania IV. ROB: This is actually really easy. Units of the toy sold plus units of Mario Kart DS, where he is a playable character. Don't get sentimental on me. Tier lists are supposed to be 100% objective! sarcasm obviously. Mega Man: Just... not included? at all? WTF? Kazuya and Sora: also not included but they weren't announced yet so it makes sense. For those curious Kazuya has 56.736 million copies sold, and Kingdom Hearts has sold 36 million copies. Anyway, great video! :)

For someone talking videogames, the amount of games this KZfaqr has actually played is alarmingly low.

Should of just called the video, "I haven't played many video games."

I feel like A LOT of people know who Mega Man is but just don’t recognize the name. I feel like they’ve played the games at a friends house or have seen his merch somewhere just haven’t memorized the name Mega Man.

I was forced into playing mother 3 by a friend so I knew who Lucas was by heart and by frustration, he needed me to translate the dialogue

'Greninja is the least recognisable Pokémon' And the winner of Pokémon Of The Year 2020 is... GRENINJA!

I’m gonna be honest, this isn’t really an accurate way to show character popularity.

8:50 : "Her only main appearance outside smash." Yeah. No one know Hyrule Warriors. It's sad.

I find it hard to believe that Nintendo wouldn't add Dr. Robotnik to smash, but they would add 8 (8!) Fucking fire emblem characters. Like why?

"Pet owner hero... Dragon Quest 7" Bruh his name is literally 8 what

I doubt it would've changed much, but Pit and Palutena were both in Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

My first Super Smash Bros. game was Melee. I played this well after establishing Mario as my favorite game universe. Besides the Mario characters (including sub-series), I knew about the following characters prior to Smash: Link, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Charizard, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Pokémon Trainer, Ice Climbers, Mr. Game & Watch, Duck Hunt, Banjo-Kazooie, Young Link, Toon Link, Fox, Falco, Simon, Isabelle, Sonic, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Steve (sort of), Lucario, Ryu, Ken, Pyra, Mythra, Min Min, Kirby, Meta Knight, Miis, Wii Fit Trainer, R.O.B, Pit, and Sora. There is a bit of an asterisk; I knew a little about Minecraft, but didn't know the name of the avatar as Steve prior to Smash. King Dedede is one of my favorite characters, but I specifically learned about him in Melee. The same logic applies for Little Mac in Brawl and Inkling in Smash 4. This is an educational and entertaining video, TCNick. Nice!

Bro didn’t include my favorite Zelda game, Majora’s mask for young link (the design change is literally just changing his shield) he also forgot platinum for lucario

Poor Megaman though, i guess he's lower that a "who ...?" Tier. In a tier "whoops, totaly forgot ya"

I have caused many *DEATHS* in the first Mario Bros level *EVER* 1-1, I have killed *MARIO* many times... -Goomba 2021

I LOVED Kirby right back at ya

how suprising would it be if i said i never knew ganondorf before smash

Though number of sales feels like a good indicator to go by, I feel the year of origin is also very important. As someone born in the 90s there are a handful of games, despite their sale numbers, that I’d never heard of prior to smash because they weren’t from my time, such as duck hunt, mother, castlevania, kid icarus, ROB, etc. however games more relevant to my age group such as pikmin (due to the GameCube being the main console when I was little) were more iconic to me because they were actively being talked about/sold. So I feel the level of recognizability for most if not all fighters depends somewhat on the age of the person being asked, too.

I'm surprised that no one is talking about how he didn't put Steve in the GOATS tier when he is arguably one of the most iconic people in gaming

1:48 you can add sparks of hope to that list

we either know ness from smash or we know he is sans from undertale

Sonic and Mario pushed each other to the levels they are at now with both of them being the most iconic video game characters of alltime and still being well respected in the gaming community today.

Megaman got simply removed *also ik this wont help but,banjo has a 3rd game, and luigi had a entire series and a year made for him*

From no clue up I knew all except snake that was mind blowing to me

All I am learning here is despite only being 18 at the time of this video, I knew 95% of the roster on here and it's depressing he barely knew the bottom half