If I was tasked with making Smash a "celebration of gaming", here's what I'd make. Roster in order of when I decided to add them for the most part.
- Mario
- Luigi
- Peach
- Bowser
- DK
- Link
- Zelda
- Fox
- Pikachu
- Mewtwo
- Pokémon Trainer
- Ness
- ROB
- Villager
- Little Mac
- Duck Hunt
- Snake
- Sonic
- Mega Man
- Ryu
- Ken
- Cloud
- Sephiroth
- Simon
- Richter
- Hero
- Terry
- Steve
- Kazuya
- Sora
- Sub-Zero
- Doomguy
- Kratos
- Master Chief
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Marcus Fenix
- Tetromino
- Lara Croft
- Tails
- Knuckles
- Eggman
- Alex Kidd
- Red Bird
- Black Mage
- Lemmings
- Crash Bandicoot
- Captain Price
- Tracer
- CJ
- Robbie Rabbit
- Freddy Fazbear
- Shovel Knight
- Cuphead
- Sans
- Illidan Stormrage
- Crazy Dave
- Ezio
- Rayman
- Ratchet & Clank
- Ghost Gang
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Adventurer (Atari)
- Space Invader
- Horace (Horace Goes Skiing, not the otherwise-unrelated indie game named after him)
- Vault Boy
- Big Daddy
- Car (could be a rep for Rocket League; Need for Speed; Forza; Crusin'; e.t.c. - use your imagination!)
- Jonesy
- Arthur Morgan
- Dragonborn
- Q*Bert
- Gyaraga
- Nathan Drake
- Sackboy
- Spyro
- Sweet Tooth
- Aiden Pearce
- Crono
- Guybrush Threepwood
- Gordon Freeman
- Chell
- Tony Hawk