My ranking of Newcomers in the smash series (not Counting smash 64). Before I start, I like Clones and I don't mind them, also this is not competitive by the way, one more thing, If you like the Newcomers that are low more, That's great and you have very good reasons why, this whole thing is just my opinion, also I hope what I said isn't out of context
4. Smash 4 - Really not a fan as most of them are not interesting to me or just bad like Corrin (He is my least favorite character). The clones aside from Doc, were just basically the exact same, Also Bayonetta was broken. That's not to say they all stink, Little Mac deserved it since he was an assist trophy and Shulk was well deserved since it wasn't for smash, Xenoblade wouldn't be as big as it is now, and The 3rd Party characters are amazing, with them being Mega man, Pac Man, Ryu, Bayonetta (despite being broken), and the Best one to me, Cloud, who was just the most unexpected character ever.
3. Brawl - These Newcomers are added by popular demand like Meta Knight, Wario, King Dedede, and many more, It is also the 1st smash game to add 3rd party characters, those being Snake and Sonic, however some are not perfect, Toon Link doesn't fit in there do to the other Zelda Characters having the Twilight Princess designs, Pit is not interesting in this game, though he Is better later on, also ZZS is odd to use, and Meta Knight is broken.
2. Melee - Melee has the most balanced set of Newcomers, half of the characters are characters who are confusing additions like Dr. Mario (who is my Fav.), Marth, Ice Climbers, Pichu, and Mr. Game and Watch, and half of them are Characters you expect to see like Bowser, Mewtwo, Peach, Ganondorf, and Zelda. There is one Problem however, The clones are more noticeable, and each have a problem. Dr. Mario is better than Mario making him obsolete, which my opinion doesn't make Doc special. Pichu is just straight up bad and completely worthless, only in melee and is way better Ultimate. Young Link could've had work done on him, Falco lack certain qualities, tho is handled way better then the others. and Lastly Ganondorf is Captian Falcon Clone, Which I'm not talk about why since it has been done to death.
1. Ultimate - They are exactly what they are, most of them are amazing, Echoes can now be put on the same slot if you want to, and the ones we got were amazing. and the Newcomers were perfect, Ridley, Simon Belmont, King K. Rool, Isabelle, Joker, Banjo and Kazooie, Terry Bogard, Mincraft Steve, Sephiroth, as well as Pyra and Mythra. there are some stinkers though, Incineroar was a meh pick, Min Min was a mess to play, and Byleth was added at the wrong time.
That's all