I went and made a rankings list based on tournament performance. I'm also continually updating it. Basically, +1 for placing top8, +4 for placing top4, +7 for placing 2nd (summer 2008 list and newer only), +10 for winning a tournament. And if you want your tournament to count, give me a top8 listing with character mains. ^_^ S Rank will see THE MOST representation in a tournament, by far. Especially toward the top. The A Rank characters appear a lot but see fewer winning placements than S Rank. B Rank is the characters that likely do well regionally but don't appear nationwide. C Rank is interesting... it mostly shows characters that have been doing relatively well in tourneys, though likely only showing up in local ones and thus not seeing as much play as upper ranks have. D Rank is popular characters that haven't really placed well, E Rank is just plain unpopular. Or, in other words, S: Amazing A: Very Good B: Above Average C: Average D: Below Average E: Bad Summer 2008 S Rank 1 Snake (6 top8, 4 top4, 2 top2, 3 wins, 66 pts) 2 Meta Knight (6 top8, 6 top4, 2 top2, 1 win, 54 pts) A Rank 3 Lucario (1 top8, 1 top4, 2 top2, 1 win, 29 pts) 4 ROB (1 top8, 4 top4, 1 win, 27 pts) 5 Falco (2 top8, 2 wins, 22 pts) 6 Pikachu (2 wins, 20 pts) 7 Marth (1 top8, 3 top4, 1 top2, 20 pts) 8 Wario (2 top8, 2 top4, 1 win, 20 pts) 9 King Dedede (1 top8, 1 top4, 2 top2, 19 pts) B Rank 10 Pit (1 top2, 1 win, 17 pts) 11 Mr. Game & Watch (2 top8, 2 top4, 1 top2, 17 pts) 12 Olimar (2 top8, 1 top4, 1 top2, 13 pts) 13 Fox (3 top8, 1 win, 13 pts) C Rank 14 Ice Climbers (2 top4, 8 pts) 15 Kirby (1 top4, 4 pts) 16 Diddy Kong (3 top8, 3 pts) 16 Wolf (3 top8, 3 pts) D Rank 18 Zero Suit Samus (2 top8, 2 pts) 19 Toon Link (1 top8, 1 pt) 19 Bowser (1 top8, 1 pt) 19 Lucas (1 top8, 1 pt) 19 Sonic (1 top8, 1 pt) 19 Jigglypuff (1 top8, 1 pt) 19 Sheik (1 top8, 1 pt) 19 Zelda (1 top8, 1 pt) Full List S Rank 1 Snake (58 top8, 52 top4, 2 top2, 35 wins, 630 pts) 2 Meta Knight (59 top8, 66 top4, 3 top2, 18 wins, 524 pts) A Rank 3 King Dedede (23 top8, 32 top4, 2 top2, 15 wins, 315 pts) 4 Wario (11 top8, 16 top4, 17 wins, 245 pts) <5> 5 Marth (38 top8, 35 top4, 1 top2, 4 wins, 225 pts) <4> 6 Mr. Game & Watch (34 top8, 21 top4, 1 top2, 9 wins, 215 pts) 7 ROB (28 top8, 27 top4, 7 wins, 206 pts) B Rank 8 Lucario (7 top8, 10 top4, 4 top2, 7 wins, 145 pts) <13> 9 Donkey Kong (12 top8, 15 top4, 7 wins, 142 pts) <8> 10 Pikachu (5 top8, 15 top4, 7 wins, 135 pts) 11 Wolf (21 top8, 17 top4, 4 wins, 129 pts) <9> 12 Falco (18 top8, 11 top4, 6 wins, 123 pts) 13 Pit (10 top8, 13 top4, 1 top2, 5 wins, 119 pts) <11> C Rank 14 Fox (11 top8, 13 top4, 3 wins, 93 pts) 15 Olimar (18 top8, 14 top4, 1 top2, 1 win, 91 pts) 16 Ike (13 top8, 9 top4, 3 wins, 79 pts) 17 Kirby (6 top8, 11 top4, 1 top2, 2 wins, 77 pts) 18 Toon Link (11 top8, 9 top4, 2 wins, 67 pts) 19 Lucas (7 top8, 9 top4, 2 wins, 63 pts) 20 Ice Climbers (7 top8, 11 top4, 1 win, 61 pts) <21> 21 Peach (6 top8, 8 top4, 2 wins, 58 pts) <20> 22 Zelda (7 top 8, 5 top4, 3 wins, 57 pts) 23 Sonic (6 top8, 4 top4, 3 wins, 52 pts) D Rank 24 Zero Suit Samus (8 top8, 6 top4, 1 win, 42 pts) 25 Diddy Kong (12 top8, 4 top4, 1 win, 38 pts) 26 Sheik (6 top8, 4 top4, 1 win, 32 pts) 27 Luigi (5 top8, 4 top4, 1 win, 31 pts) <26> 28 Ness (4 top8, 2 top4, 1 win, 22 pts) 29 Mario (4 top8, 3 top4, 16 pts) 29 Bowser (4 top8, 3 top4, 16 pts) <30> E Rank 31 Pokemon Trainer (2 top8, 3 top4, 14 pts) <34> 32 Ganondorf (6 top8, 2 top4, 14 pts) <31> 33 Captain Falcon (3 top4, 12 pts) <32> 34 Jigglypuff (4 top8, 2 top4, 12 pts) <33> 35 Link (3 top8, 1 top4, 7 pts) 36 Samus (2 top8, 1 top4, 6 pts) 37 Yoshi (1 top4, 4 pts) List Summary Full List S: Snake, Meta Knight A: King Dedede, Wario, Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, ROB B: Lucario, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Wolf, Falco, Pit C: Fox, Olimar, Ike, Kirby, Toon Link, Lucas, Ice Climbers, Peach, Zelda, Sonic D: Zero Suit Samus, Diddy Kong, Sheik, Luigi, Ness, Mario, Bowser E: Pokemon Trainer, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Link, Samus, Yoshi Summer 2008 S: Snake, Meta Knight A: Lucario, ROB, Falco, Pikachu, Marth, Wario, King Dedede B: Pit, Mr. Game & Watch, Olimar, Fox C: Ice Climbers, Kirby, Diddy Kong, Wolf D: Zero Suit Samus, Toon Link, Bowser, Lucas, Sonic, Jiggypuff, Sheik, Zelda U: The rest Spring 2008 S: Snake, Meta Knight A: King Dedede, Marth, Wario, Mr. Game & Watch, ROB B: Donkey Kong, Wolf, Pikachu, Lucario, Pit C: Falco, Fox, Olimar, Ike, Kirby, Toon Link, Lucas, Peach, Ice Climbers, Zelda, Sonic, Zero Suit Samus D: Diddy Kong, Luigi, Sheik, Ness, Mario, Bowser E: Pokemon Trainer, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Link, Samus, Yoshi Tournaments Used (thanks to Xiivi for links!) Removed to save space. You can see the list here: http://theviashino.com/ssbb/tournaments.txt