Pokémon

Pokémon are a group of fantastical creatures with unique abilities that are the focus of the Pokémon series. There are eighteen different elemental types of Pokémon; each type affects the Pokémon's attacks, abilities, and weaknesses. For example, Pikachu, being an Electric Pokémon, specializes in electrical attacks, which are effective against Flying and Water Pokémon, but in turn are weak against Grass Pokémon and ineffective against Ground Pokémon. Each Pokémon has unique stats and characteristics. For example, Darkrai is incredibly fast and strong but has mediocre defensive ability. Another factor that separates Pokémon from traditional animals is that after meeting certain conditions, the Pokémon will evolve into a different Pokémon. For example, a Pichu can evolve into a Pikachu with high friendship, and a Pikachu can then later evolve into its final form, Raichu, with a Thunder Stone, with its form depending on which region the Pikachu happens to inhabit. Pokémon live in the wild and are caught by Pokémon Trainers to keep as pets or to battle with other Pokémon competitively. There are currently 1008 known species of Pokémon.

Some select Pokémon have appeared in games alongside various Mario characters, most notably in the Super Smash Bros. series. In addition to several Pokémon being playable characters in these games, Poké Balls appear as items, which, when thrown onto the ground by a fighter, will release one of a variety of Pokémon with various effects on the battle. Starting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Master Balls also appear as items, which have a smaller selection of Pokémon they can summon than regular Poké Balls (almost entirely consisting of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon) but appear more rarely. These Poké Ball Pokémon do not affect or damage the player who sent them out, with the exceptions of Electrode and Wobbuffet.

Super Smash Bros. fighters

 * Pikachu - (All)
 * Jigglypuff - (All)
 * Pichu - (Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
 * Mewtwo - (Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
 * Pokémon Trainer - (Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) While not a Pokémon themselves, they use their three Pokémon to fight:
 * Squirtle
 * Ivysaur
 * Charizard (stand-alone fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U)
 * Lucario - (Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
 * Greninja - (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
 * Incineroar - (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

Super Smash Bros.
In Super Smash Bros., non-playable Pokémon are depicted as 2D sprites. Two playable Pokémon are included in the roster, Pikachu and Jigglypuff.

Saffron City Pokémon
On the Saffron City stage, there is a small garage on the right side of the stage. Most of the time, the gate to the garage is closed, but when it opens, it means one of the following Pokémon will show up in a short time. Characters entering the garage will cause a Pokémon to attack immediately.


 * Background Pokémon in Saffron City
 * Pidgey
 * Fearow
 * Moltres
 * Butterfree

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Starting from Super Smash Bros. Melee, all Pokémon appear as rendered 3D models. The game also introduces trophies, and a number of Pokémon (including some not otherwise present in the game) are included amongst them. Pichu and Mewtwo are introduced as playable fighters, joining the retained Pikachu and Jigglypuff.

Poké Floats Pokémon

 * Squirtle
 * Onix
 * Psyduck
 * Chikorita
 * Weezing
 * Slowpoke
 * Porygon
 * Wooper
 * Sudowoodo
 * Snorlax
 * Venusaur
 * Seel
 * Wobbuffet
 * Unown
 * Goldeen
 * Lickitung
 * Chansey
 * Geodude

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl continue to appear largely as Poké Ball Pokémon, stage hazards and trophies, as in Melee, although they add Pokémon Trainer's Squirtle, Ivysaur & Charizard and Lucario as playable characters, while Pichu and Mewtwo do not appear. Their main new roles connect to the Subspace Emissary mode, as power-up Stickers are added, and Rayquaza serves as a boss in that mode.

Pokémon Stadium 2 Pokémon

 * Background Pokémon
 * Dugtrio (Ground)
 * Cubone (Ground)
 * Hoppip (Flying)
 * Skarmory (Flying)
 * Drifloon (Flying)
 * Snorunt (Ice)
 * Snover (Ice)
 * Magnezone (Electric)
 * Electivire (Electric)

Spear Pillar Pokémon

 * Dialga (Diamond)
 * Palkia (Pearl)
 * Cresselia

In Spear Pillar, one of the three Pokémon above will appear periodically to attack fighters or change the stage itself. Dialga can slow down time as well as create a red burst of energy from its body, damaging fighters. Palkia can reverse the stage, also reversing the controls. Palkia can also change the gravity of the arena. Both Pokémon can cause parts of the stage to crumble, rotate the stage anywhere from slightly (both Dialga and Palkia), to 180 degrees (Palkia only), and create a laser beam that will damage players.

Cresselia is somewhat rarer and its only attacks are flinging large crescent-moon shaped barbs around the stage and shooting a moon-like boomerang. It cannot alter the stage in any of the ways Dialga and Palkia can.


 * Background Pokémon
 * Uxie
 * Mesprit
 * Azelf

Subspace Emissary Pokémon

 * Rayquaza (boss)

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pokémon still appear from Poké Balls, though more powerful Pokémon can now appear from the new Master Ball item. While Pokémon Trainer was removed, Charizard was retained as a standalone playable fighter. Greninja was added for the first time, Pikachu & Jigglypuff maintained ever-present status, and Mewtwo would become available as a DLC option. With no counterpart to the Subspace Emissary mode of Brawl, Stickers were no more.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, due to every fighter in the series returning, the Pokémon Trainer, Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Pichu all make a return alongside the playable Pokémon featured in the previous installment. As a result, Charizard has been grouped back into the Pokémon Trainer's party alongside Squirtle and Ivysaur. The female Pokémon Trainer featured in Pokémon: FireRed/LeafGreen makes an appearance as an alternate costume for the Pokémon Trainer. This marks Pichu's first playable appearance in the series 17 years after its debut in Super Smash Bros. Melee, alongside fellow veteran Young Link of The Legend of Zelda. Additionally, Incineroar appears as a new playable fighter. Separately, every Poké Ball Pokémon that appeared in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U also reappears here, alongside the new Pokémon.

New

 * Abra
 * Alolan Exeggutor
 * Alolan Raichu
 * Alolan Vulpix
 * Bewear
 * Ditto
 * Lunala
 * Marshadow
 * Mimikyu
 * Pyukumuku
 * Solgaleo
 * Tapu Koko
 * Togedemaru
 * Vulpix

Returning

 * Abomasnow
 * Arceus
 * Bellossom
 * Chespin
 * Darkrai
 * Dedenne
 * Deoxys
 * Electrode
 * Eevee
 * Entei
 * Fennekin
 * Fletchling
 * Gardevoir
 * Genesect
 * Giratina
 * Gogoat
 * Goldeen
 * Inkay
 * Keldeo
 * Kyogre
 * Kyurem
 * Latios and Latias
 * Lugia
 * Meloetta
 * Meowth
 * Metagross
 * Mew
 * Moltres
 * Oshawott
 * Palkia
 * Scizor
 * Snivy
 * Snorlax
 * Spewpa
 * Staryu
 * Suicune
 * Swirlix
 * Togepi
 * Victini
 * Xerneas
 * Zoroark

Trophies
Note: DLC trophies have a yellow background.

Trophies
Note: DLC trophies have a yellow background.

Trivia

 * All of the Pokémon that appear in Poké Balls in Super Smash Bros. Melee are based on their design in Pokémon Stadium 2.
 * Additionally, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the 3rd generation Pokémon and 4th generation Pokémon that pop out of Poké Balls are based on their designs from Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon Battle Revolution.