Why am I in the minority in saying that Link is truly the cheapest charactor in the game? He can give you three projectiles AT ONCE and still have time for THE CHEAPEST MOVE IN THE GAME: Link's shfflc ada. It doesn't even have to be shuffled, Link automatically becomes twice his weight doing it: all that's needed is an L-Cancel, which just about anybody can do. And belive me, with the ridculous priority, speed, slightly disjointed hitbox, power, AND KO potential, performing a suitable counter-measure is ridiculously easier said than done, even for Marth, which I don't see why people say HE'S cheap. (Marth player over here).
A good pro would become invincible with Marth, true, but it takes some serious mind-gaming skills and many other skills to get all the tips just right, to be more random with Marth's moves which in tight situations may trick you into wanting to use the same move over and over again just to get it across, and not be faked into a counter, which is slower than an L-Canceled dair from Link, which anybody can do: with DI, it's all you can do to just avoid it, much less pick up on the appropriate counter-measure beofre you're wailed with projectiles again. Link's defense also far superioritizes Marth's and probably even Roy's.
Cheap means able to be gotten for a low price (in this case, of skill). And as annoying as they are with shines, dshl, and those annoying throw combos, I'll admit that Fox and Falco are NOT cheap in that they do require quite a measure of skill to use all those annoying moves in the first place, only making them ridiculously overpowered, NOT nessacarily "cheap."
I also notice that Peach and Shiek are popular votes, which they may very well be deserving. But remember there is more thank merely one cheap charactor, the cheapest being Link. But COME ON: more people voted for PICHU than Link, which is just ridiculous: Pichu is nowhere NEAR cheap in the amount of skill needed to use properly. Same goes for Jigglypuff: strange as it seems, pulling off Rest is NOT as easy as it looks.
(Pokemaniac Pichu and Jigglypuff player over here, but I'm actually my best with Pikachu, which also requires skill to use: spamming Thunder does NOT count as cheap with all the weak points it has; also, though it gets easy once you're used to it, doing a double Quick Attack accurately can be a pain. Pikachu is my personal best and is nowhere NEAR being cheap: who in servere desperation uses Pikachu in a tourney unless he is seriously thier best?)
Also remember that all TRUE tier lists are only intra-personal.
(I think I'll make that my sig sometime. I'll also probably put a link to my Yellow Mage fanfic there sometime, but no sig messing for me yet. I also better find some good images before I do, anyway.)