here's my personal tier list. This is a just list of my favorite characters in order. Like the real tier list, it's divided into groups, but the order is also exact, so although the ICs and Fox are in the same group, I like the ICs more.
Mains
1. Ice Climbers- As soon as I learned how to desynch, I was hooked on these guys. Also, I enjoy being different from the mainstream, and the smash forum I used to go to hated these guys. I couldn't understand why they were getting so much crap, people saying they sucked, people saying they were cheap, the whole works. I love how unique they are and different to play as.
2. Pichu- My thought with picking up Pichu was "He sucks so much that if I can own with him, the handicap factor will double the ownage" and so I picked up Pichu to prove I can fight off longswords with a dagger, if you can understand the analogy.
3. Fox- "I wanna go fast." 'nuff said.
Secondaries
4. Doc- He's insanely easy to use and I can play him without thinking, He's just a leisure to play as for me.
5. Purin- Being in the air is more than being on the ground, and Purin owns in the air. She's also easy to get the hang of, Like Doc.
6. Peach- I like how overpowered she is for being a princess. Fair for the win.
7. Link- My main previous to being advanced, I used to think Link was the best character in the game (I was a stereotypical n00b) because of how well rounded he was (swordplay and projectiles, at my level speed wasn't quite as important.) I still his bag-of-tricks nature.
8. Roy- Previous to liking Link, Roy was my man. I also thought he was the best, although i was even more of an idiot then so I can't really explain why I thought he was so good. His inferiority nature attracts me now.
9. Kirby- My main of SSB64. Of course now he sucks, but I can't let him go. :3
Group 3
10. Mewtwo- I like him for the same reason I like Pichu.
11. Luigi- JUDO CHOP! That's seriously the only reason why I like him besides the crazy long wavedash.
12. Samus- A bag of tricks like Link, but more projectile based. I really am not very good with Samus so I just play her against my friends (who suck.). I like the super long grappling hook thingy. ^.^
13. Young Link- I like him for the reason I like Link, but he's faster and has even more tricks.
14. Mr. Game & Watch- he's just fun to play as.
15. Bowser- I don't like him, I dont hate him.
Played-like-Crap- - Because these characters are so different from the rest, and they're not the ICs, I suck as them.
16. Ness
17. DK
18. Yoshi
Prejudiced Group- This is the group I hate.
19. C Falcon- I hate captain falcon as a character, but I like the way he plays. I'm just prejudiced against him, recently I've gotten comfortable with his moveset, but I still hate him. Don't ask me why. >
20. Falco- he's TOO easy to use. I learned him in a week and own my friends with him effortlessly, no fun at all. I also kind of hate most top tiers except fox because they're so dang popular (I'm prejudiced against anything mainstream.)
21. Marth- Same as falco, but he's harder to use. he's fun to play as, but I just hate the mainstreamness.
22. Zelda/Sheik- I play them as one character, which few people do (at least I think.) however, I don't really play them "correctly" (combo with shiek, finish with zelda) I just swap randomly. Sometimes I'll use one or the other for different stocks, fight as only one, combo with sheik/finish with zelda, combo with zelda/finish with sheik, or just about anything else. You never know.
23. Ganondorf- He's got C Falcon's awesome moveset, but he's also ridiculously slow and has a huge package. I don't like him.
24. Mario- he's like Doc - cool.
25. Pikachu- he's fat and ugly.