Retro Rumble Smash Bros. Tournament

Get ready to button-mash through the past in our Retro Rumble Smash Bros. Tournament—only classic characters allowed! Dust off your skills and rep your favorite old-school hero! 

Available characters are:

🕹️ Retro Rumble Roster

Only characters from Nintendo's 8-bit & 16-bit era (plus early 90s Game Boy/arcade classics)

🍄 Super Mario Series (1981–1985 origins)

• Mario

• Luigi

• Peach

• Bowser

• Donkey Kong

🗡️ Legend of Zelda Series (1986)

• Link (use Classic Link or default Breath of the Wild skin if needed)

• Zelda

• Ganondorf

👽 Metroid Series (1986)

• Samus

• Zero Suit Samus (Optional—she's the same character, but her solo debut is later)

🌈 Kirby Series (1992)

• Kirby

• King Dedede

🛸 Star Fox Series (1993)

• Fox

⚡ Pokémon Series (1996)

• Pikachu

• Jigglypuff

👊 F-Zero Series (1990)

• Captain Falcon

🧠 EarthBound / Mother (1994)

• Ness

🧊 Ice Climber (1985)

• Ice Climbers

🕰️ Game & Watch Series (1980)

• Mr. Game & Watch

🏹 Kid Icarus (1986)

• Pit (his reboot was much later, but original debut counts)

❌ Excluded from Retro Rumble

These characters are from franchises or versions that debuted after the retro era:

• Any Fire Emblem characters

• All newer Pokémon (like Lucario, Greninja, Incineroar)

• All DLC characters (e.g. Joker, Steve, Sephiroth)

• Any characters from franchises starting after 1996