Often people complain about certain series being overrepresented or underrepresented in Super Smash Bros
I decided to take a look at all the ways in which series are represented in Smash, see which are the most represented, whether any are "over" or "under" represented, and if so, why so?
By exploring the links that Super Smash Bros has to other games, I try and find just how far you can stretch the Super Smash Bros "multiverse" using official crossovers
By exploring the links that Super Smash Bros has to other games, I try and find just how far you can stretch the Super Smash Bros "multiverse" using official crossovers
The video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlk5Rz3gHik
Hello,
Back when Smash Ultimate first came out, I made this post where I counted all the different ways that different series are represented across all the Smash games, and then, weighted by the how significant each way is (e.g. characters are more significant that stages, which are more significant than assist trophies, which are more significant than spirits), and totalled them to find how much each series is represented
I said I would revisit it once all the DLC was out - well as no new content has come out for two years, I think we can safely say we can do a final count now.
There's much more about my methodology, and how I adjusted the weightings, on the original post if you are curious, but please note there is obviously some subjectivity involved - if you disagree with my weightings, I have included my spreadsheet below, which you can copy and adjust the weightings as you see fit.
With all the updated content, here are the final counts for all the series with characters:
| Rank | Universe | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mario (Superverse) | 7139 | |
| 1 | Mario | 4702 |
| 2 | Pokemon | 4259 |
| 3 | Smash Bros | 2820 |
| 4 | Zelda | 2459 |
| 5 | Fire Emblem | 1659 |
| 6 | Kirby | 1651 |
| 7 | Metroid | 1354 |
| 8 | Donkey Kong | 1241 |
| 9 | Kid Icarus | 1163 |
| Mii (Superverse) | 1020 | |
| 10 | Animal Crossing | 984 |
| 11 | Star Fox | 872 |
| 12 | Earthbound | 855 |
| 13 | Xenoblade | 739 |
| 14 | F-Zero | 648 |
| 15 | Yoshi | 631 |
| 16 | Mega Man | 619 |
| 17 | Splatoon | 579 |
| 18 | Castlevania | 568 |
| 19 | Pikmin | 552 |
| 20 | Street Fighter | 545 |
| 21 | Sonic | 528 |
| SNK (Superverse) | 482 | |
| 22 | Final Fantasy | 479 |
| 23 | Wario | 447 |
| 24 | Tekken | 414 |
| 25 | Dragon Quest | 383 |
| 26 | Minecraft | 364 |
| 27 | ARMS | 342 |
| 28 | Metal Gear | 331 |
| 29 | Persona | 308 |
| 30 | Bayonetta | 304 |
| 31 | Pac-Man | 299 |
| 32 | Game & Watch | 288 |
| 33 | Kingdom Hearts | 287 |
| 34 | Punch-Out!! | 286 |
| 35 | Wii Fit | 279 |
| 36 | Ice Climbers | 277 |
| 37 | Fatal Fury | 260 |
| 38 | Banjo-Kazooie | 228 |
| 39 | Duck Hunt | 193 |
| 40 | R.O.B. | 152 |
Find here a stacked bar chart showing the scores of each series (that scored at least 50) and how much score they get from each category of contribution:
As someone with no experience with the SNK games, I wasn't really sure how to treat that series, as SmashWiki is very inconsistent with whether it counts the non-Fatal Fury SNK games (such as King of Fighters and Art of Fighting) as part of the Fatal Fury universe - I decided to treat it as I had with Mario, where each is their own Universe, but I also included an SNK superverse, including them all
With the updated totals, Fire Emblem overtook Kirby into 5th place, Xenoblade moved from 22nd to 13th, and Final Fantasy moved from 30th to 22nd.
Also, even without a new character, its added costumes and spirits meant that Splatoon was able to rise from 19th to 17th.
If you count the SNK superverse as one series, it is the best represented of the new series - if not that honour goes to Tekken - this is largely down to the number of music tracks, the most significant variable between the fighter packs.
I did more analysis of these results in my original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashBrosUltimate/comments/anr000/which_series_are_best_represented_in_super_smash/
And as promised here is my spreadsheet for you to copy and play around with should you choose to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17T3pK0joDlI6k1IXEduB5bSsz6Hm3cKvoO9PTstHYSs/edit?usp=sharing
Hello,
Back when Smash Ultimate first came out, I made this post where I counted all the different ways that different series are represented across all the Smash games, and then, weighted by the how significant each way is (e.g. characters are more significant that stages, which are more significant than assist trophies, which are more significant than spirits), and totalled them to find how much each series is represented
I said I would revisit it once all the DLC was out - well as no new content has come out for two years, I think we can safely say we can do a final count now.
There's much more about my methodology, and how I adjusted the weightings, on the original post if you are curious, but please note there is obviously some subjectivity involved - if you disagree with my weightings, I have included my spreadsheet below, which you can copy and adjust the weightings as you see fit.
With all the updated content, here are the final counts for all the series with characters:
| Rank | Universe | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mario (Superverse) | 7139 | |
| 1 | Mario | 4702 |
| 2 | Pokemon | 4259 |
| 3 | Smash Bros | 2820 |
| 4 | The Legend of Zelda | 2459 |
| 5 | Fire Emblem | 1659 |
| 6 | Kirby | 1651 |
| 7 | Metroid | 1354 |
| 8 | Donkey Kong | 1241 |
| 9 | Kid Icarus | 1163 |
| Mii (Superverse) | 1020 | |
| 10 | Animal Crossing | 984 |
| 11 | Star Fox | 872 |
| 12 | Earthbound | 855 |
| 13 | Xenoblade | 739 |
| 14 | F-Zero | 648 |
| 15 | Yoshi | 631 |
| 16 | Mega Man | 619 |
| 17 | Splatoon | 579 |
| 18 | Castlevania | 568 |
| 19 | Pikmin | 552 |
| 20 | Street Fighter | 545 |
| 21 | Sonic | 528 |
| SNK (Superverse) | 482 | |
| 22 | Final Fantasy | 479 |
| 23 | Wario | 447 |
| 24 | Tekken | 414 |
| 25 | Dragon Quest | 383 |
| 26 | Minecraft | 364 |
| 27 | ARMS | 342 |
| 28 | Metal Gear | 331 |
| 29 | Persona | 308 |
| 30 | Bayonetta | 304 |
| 31 | Pac-Man | 299 |
| 32 | Game & Watch | 288 |
| 33 | Kingdom Hearts | 287 |
| 34 | Punch-Out!! | 286 |
| 35 | Wii Fit | 279 |
| 36 | Ice Climbers | 277 |
| 37 | Fatal Fury | 260 |
| 38 | Banjo-Kazooie | 228 |
| 39 | Duck Hunt | 193 |
| 40 | R.O.B. | 152 |
Find here a stacked bar chart showing the scores of each series (that scored at least 50) and how much score they get from each category of contribution:
As someone with no experience with the SNK games, I wasn't really sure how to treat that series, as SmashWiki is very inconsistent with whether it counts the non-Fatal Fury SNK games (such as King of Fighters and Art of Fighting) as part of the Fatal Fury universe - I decided to treat it as I had with Mario, where each is their own Universe, but I also included an SNK superverse, including them all
With the updated totals, Fire Emblem overtook Kirby into 5th place, Xenoblade moved from 22nd to 13th, and Final Fantasy moved from 30th to 22nd.
Also, even without a new character, its added costumes and spirits meant that Splatoon was able to rise from 19th to 17th.
If you count the SNK superverse as one series, it is the best represented of the new series - if not that honour goes to Tekken - this is largely down to the number of music tracks, the most significant variable between the fighter packs.
I did more analysis of these results in my original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashBrosUltimate/comments/anr000/which_series_are_best_represented_in_super_smash/
And as promised here is my spreadsheet for you to copy and play around with should you choose to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17T3pK0joDlI6k1IXEduB5bSsz6Hm3cKvoO9PTstHYSs/edit?usp=sharing
