Fantendo - Game Ideas & More
Character Spread by Series
Mario 39
Pokémon 31
The Legend of Zelda 20
Donkey Kong 15
Kid Icarus 9
Kirby 8
Metroid 8
Wario 7
Yoshi 6
Animal Crossing 5
Banjo-Kazooie 4
Fire Emblem 4
Ever Oasis 3
F-Zero 3
THE iDOLM@STER 3
Punch-Out!! 3
Samurai Warriors 3
Sin & Punishment 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Splatoon 3
Star Fox 3
Call of Duty 2
Castlevania 2
Danganronpa 2
Dynasty Warriors 2
Fatal Frame 2
Girls und Panzer 2
Gravity Rush 2
Halo 2
Kingdom Hearts 2
Minecraft 2
Persona 2
Pikmin 2
Street Fighter 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Ace Attorney 1
ARMS 1
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat 1
Battle Clash 1
Battletoads 1
BlazBlue 1
Chibi-Robo! 1
Club Penguin 1
Custom Robo 1
Dishonored 1
Duck Hunt 1
EarthBound 1
Eternal Darkness 1
Famicom Detective Club 1
Family Computer Robot 1
Final Fantasy 1
Final Fight 1
Game & Watch 1
Gex 1
GIGA WRECKER 1
Glory of Heracles 1
Good Job! 1
Joy Mech Fight 1
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru 1
Kung-Fu 1
Lady Sia 1
Like a Dragon 1
Magia Record 1
Mega Man 1
Megami Tensei 1
Miitopia 1
MySims 1
The Mysterious Murasame Castle 1
Ni no Kuni 1
Nintendo Game 1
Nintendo Power 1
PAC-MAN 1
Paperboy 1
Peanuts 1
Plants vs. Zombies 1
Puyo Puyo 1
Rabbids 1
Resident Evil 1
Rhythm Heaven 1
Saints Row 1
Science Adventure 1
Scooby-Doo! 1
Senki Zesshō Symphogear 1
Shantae 1
Shadows House 1
Slime Rancher 1
So I'm a Spider, So What? 1
Super Monkey Ball 1
Tales 1
Tin Star 1
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE 1
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH 1
Urban Champion 1
Wii Fit 1
Wii Music 1
Wizards & Warriors 1
The World Ends with You 1
World's End Club 1
Wrecking Crew 1
Yooka-Laylee 1
Yume Nikki 1
Yūyūki 1

Jake's Super Smash Bros. includes a total of 250+ playable characters from a number of video game series, primarily focusing on the intellectual properties created by Nintendo; 220 of these are unique fighters. While the series represented are primarily ones that have seen releases in more-recent years, there are a number of more-obscure characters that represent Nintendo's rich history. The game's philosophy is not to include a roster full of characters that "make sense" as fighters or as representatives of a series, but rather to include a large number of characters that are interesting and may not be as well known even to longtime Nintendo fans.

In addition to characters owned by Nintendo, select characters owned by third party companies will also be playable including representatives from SEGA, Capcom, Bandai Namco, and Koei Tecmo, among others. According to the creator of the game, any character that has debuted in a video game is eligible to appear as a playable character in the game, though characters from Nintendo's first- and second-party franchises are to be prioritized over any third-party fighter. A small number of characters hailing from media other than video games will also be included in the game.

A number of characters with movesets based on another character's, called "Dash Fighters" and marked with an acute accent (´), are also included in the game, but do not increase the number count on the roster and the player can choose to stack the icons of Dash Fighters atop their "original" on the character select screen. There are a total of 30 Dash Fighters in all.

Characters are listed in alphabetical order.