smash brothers 64: best character?

[Buckmulligan]

Recently my friends and I have gotten re-obsessed with smash brothers on the nintendo 64. Let me first say that none of us are experts by any means but a few of us are pretty decent. I choose to play kirby but have lately been dominating and my friends have become convinced that Kirby gives me an unfair advantage in the game.

I'm curious, is there any way I can convince them that Kirby is not the best character? I don't feel like he necessarily is. Who is the best character?

[TheFaucet]

captain falcon by far, then kirby

[shortline99]

kirby is up there, maybe even number 2. pikachu is number 1, and it's not close. we've been over this a few times in here. fox is pretty good, as is ness (though exploitable) and jigglypuff. don't ever be link.

[shortline99]

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captain falcon by far, then kirby

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lolllllllllllllllll no

[shortline99]

and also: videogame forum

[Publos Nemesis]

pika or ness are probably the two best characters for expert play.

i always had fun as samus and won a decent amount.

[hmkpoker]

IIRC, Captain Falcon was a lightning bolt in the original.

[Magra]

I'm a big fan of Fox


Can block thrown items, and reflect them back
Has that sweet gat
Very quick
Good up B, and other attacks

[ballin4life]

From best to worst, at the pro level
Pikachu
Kirby
Ness
Fox
Captain Falcon
Jigglypuff
Mario
Yoshi
DK
Luigi
Samus
Link

But overall they are pretty balanced.

[PokerAmateur4]

Man, we should have a 2+2 smash throwdown.

I'm a kirby man. I can't play as pikachu well but it's the only character that ever stands a chance against me.

I've played a good number of people and only one person gives me a real fight, and he plays as kirby.