Ranking How USELESS Subspace Emissary Characters Are

Mr Game & Watch is the reason why the bad guys can make all the enemies in the Subspace Emissary

10:40 I'll have to defend my boy Marth. He's not "not as brave" as Ike, he just isn't as reckless as him to jump off a cliff with no landing plan

Bro I loved how they portrayed Dedede here, fucking love how baddass and slightly of a goof he is here.

zelda and peach for sure deserve to be a tier higher. Zelda for punching through fox’s windshield and peach for ending a confrontation with a cup of tea and the cinematic masterpiece of her unfazed in the middle of a battlefield

Sonic coming in at the last second and saving literally everyone deserves elite

Thumbnail: Sonic is useless. Video: Sonic was an important clutch character.

Imma just disagree with that low Lucas placement. Lucas’ arc carries themes of companionship but I feel the crux of it is believing in one’s own power. When we first see Lucas he’s just walking around the Ruined Zoo until he’s ambushed by a bunch of primids and Porky Statue, he says fuck that and starts running as any sane person would. Ness then appears and saves Lucas from the statue giving Lucas a glimpse of what he could be capable of if he just believed in his own power. Ness gets captured due to Lucas’ fear and Lucas is left to wander alone until he runs into Red who demonstrates power through his bond with Squirtle. Lucas then joins Red on his journey to complete his Pokédex in the hopes that he can become strong like both Red and Ness (and save Ness btw). We are shown Red visibly getting stronger by gaining stronger Pokémon but Lucas is right there with him slowly gaining a new confidence. Lucas gets his revenge on Wario but unfortunately Ness is nowhere to be found so he continues his journey with Red until the Swordsmen fuck up by not finishing Galleum and it’s left to Lucas and Red who have both hit the climax of their arcs. Mentioning Meta-Knight saving them is fine but also note how they got put in that position as well. From there, yeah he doesn’t do much else of note but I still feel he had one of the strongest arcs in Subspace.

I think Fox is an Elite here. This guy… 1: … confronted the Hailberd THREE TIMES, including once with the Great Fox (his team’s mothership)… 2: … survived a fire when Rayquaza burned his Arwing (his ship) and each time it or the Great Fox crashed (ok, so don’t ask me how he did that)… 3: … rescued and protected Diddy from the aftermentioned Legendary Pokémon… 4: … teamed up with him to save Donkey… 5: … played a crucial role in the aftermentioned rescue mission… 6: … dodged a Dark Cannon shot, which eventually led to his attempted kidnapping failing thanks to his teammate… 7: … and helped Sheik/Zelda, Peach, Snake, Lucario and Falco defeat Duon (the giant robot).

Diddy is in the correct tier, but your description is off; he doesn't drag Fox & Falco along because he's too scared; he drags them along because he wants them to prioritize Donkey's rescue (& because they'd otherwise be going the wrong way to even accomplish their own goals anyhow). Game & Watch is way wrong, though; he's at least Capable-tier.

Can't exactly blame Luigi for getting 'frozen' in the most embarassing pose ever... because that's just his statue pose. The characters don't get frozen in the pose they were in when they're turned into statues. Huh, never knew Koopas and Gooombas were 'badniks'. "Until Star Fox saves him" ...Star Fox is the mercenary group, that's Fox McCloud. ...Why is Yoshi ABOVE Diddy Kong, when Diddy was the one who basically got Fox and Falco involved in the way they were and saved Donkey Kong? 'Corneria ship' That's the Great Fox. Can't remember if it's based off of a typical Cornerian ship or if it's fully custom, but still. The only thing I have to say about the Dedede badge thing with Kirby... is that was basically luck. Kirby had no idea what it was and we didn't even get to see him eat it, so it feels like it was kinda pulled out of the writer's asses. To be fair, Dedede isn't really a villain so it's not surprising that he's more of a hero in Subspace. Like, the only game where Dedede himself is an actual villain is Kirby's Dreamland, and Return of the King in Super Star Ultra. I'm not counting Spring Breeze because that's just basically a retelling of Kirby's Dreamland. Honestly I wish Sonic had been put higher, I feel like it would be fair to put him in Elite, since he does save literally everyone else from getting re-statue'd... but he's also not there for most of the story so I get it.

I hope multiple people get on with why he's completely wrong about Mr Game & Watch's importance. G&W was effectively an additional source of enemies for the SSE, since his body is made of the same material as Subspace. Half the mooks being fought were basically made from his essence. So his freedom (or lack there of) is VERY important to the early and midgame of the setting. All the minions controlling the stolen Halberd were basically made out of Game & Watch juice.

Ike deserved to be in Pretty Important because he is the ONLY ONE to actually hit the Aincient Minister and destory a bomb as well when no one else could.

Sonic saves the entire world that a definite elite my brother

Kid Icarus fan here, I appreciate the Pit kindness

Not doing subspace in the later smash games is the worse mistake sakurai ever made

Sonic, Jigglypuff, Toon Link, and Wolf just watching Tabuu turn everyone else into trophies

12:04 The floor here is made out of floor.

I really do like how they made one of the most selfish characters in video games be the most generous and heroic (King Dedede btw). Especially since at that point, he was still being portrayed as mainly as an antagonistic figure that halts Kirby's process every now and again lol

I’d have put Peach and Zelda up a tier level, they aren’t as worthless as you say lol I’m making my own smash bros series, this video inspired me to keep going!

Ice climbers are actually worthless in this mode