Pokémon

Pok&#233;mon are a non-Mario species, which is currently made up of 493 members, in the  Series, that each have unique abilities. There are 17 different elemental types of Pok&#233;mon; each element affects what the Pok&#233;mon's attacks, abilities and weaknesses are. For example, Pikachu, being an Electric Pok&#233;mon, specializes in electrical attacks, which can easily defeat Flying and Water Pok&#233;mon, but in turn are weak against Grass Pok&#233;mon and ineffective against Ground Pok&#233;mon. Another factor that separates Pok&#233;mon from traditional animals is that after meeting certain conditions, the Pok&#233;mon will into a different Pok&#233;mon. For example, a Pichu can evolve into a Pikachu, and a Pikachu can then later evolve into its final form. Pok&#233;mon live in the wild, but are caught by Pok&#233;mon Trainers to have as pets or to battle with other Pok&#233;mon competitively.

Some select Pok&#233;mon have interacted with characters in the Mario series, most notably in the Super Smash Bros. competitions. Not only are some competitors, but if a player throws a Pok&, then a random Pok&#233;mon comes out and effects the gameplay in some way. These Pok&#233; Ball Pok&#233;mon don't hurt the player who sent them out, with the exception of and.

Super Smash Bros. Competitors

 * Pikachu – (All)
 * Jigglypuff – (All)
 * Pichu – (Melee)
 * Mewtwo – (Melee)
 * Pok& – (Brawl) While not a Pok&#233;mon himself, he uses his three Pok&#233;mon to fight:
 * Squirtle
 * Ivysaur
 * Charizard
 * Lucario – (Brawl)

Saffron City Pok&#233;mon
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 Pok&#233;mon will show up in a short time. Characters entering the garage will cause a Pok&#233;mon to attack immediately.

Pok& Pok&#233;mon

 * Squirtle
 * Chikorita
 * Weezing
 * Porygon
 * Snorlax
 * Venusaur
 * Goldeen
 * Chansey
 * Snorlax
 * Venusaur
 * Goldeen
 * Chansey
 * Goldeen
 * Chansey
 * Goldeen
 * Chansey
 * Chansey

Pok& Background Pok&#233;mon

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

Spear Pillar Pok&#233;mon

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

In Spear Pillar, one of the three Pok&#233;mon 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 Pok&#233;mon can cause parts of the stage to crumble, rotate the stage anywhere from slightly to 180 degrees, and create a laser beam that will damage players.

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

Spear Pillar Background Pok&#233;mon

 * Uxie
 * Mesprit
 * Azelf

Subspace Emissary Pok&#233;mon

 * Rayquaza (boss)

Trivia

 * All of the Pok&#233;mon that appear in Pok&#233; Balls in Super Smash Bros. Melee are based on their design in the game Pok&#233;mon Stadium 2.
 * Additionally, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the 3rd generation Pok&#233;mon and 4th generation Pok&#233;mon that pop out of Pok&#233; Balls are based on their designs from the games Pok&#233;mon Colosseum and Pok&#233;mon Battle Revolution.
 * In the opening cinema of Super Smash Bros. Melee, several Pok&#233;mon appear at the same time. Oddly, many of them do not appear in Pok&#233;balls, nor do they have trophies.
 * Similarly, several Pok&#233;mon appear as floats in Pok&, who have the same case as the aformentioned Pok&#233;mon.
 * Of all Nintendo series put into Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Pok&#233;mon series had the most unlockable playable characters; Jigglypuff, Pichu, and Mewtwo.
 * In the Pok&#233;mon Series games LeafGreen and FireRed, if the player walks up to a TV in Saffron City and presses the A button, the message will say, "It's a game with Mario wearing a bucket on his head!"