The CUT Assist Trophies and Pokemon of Super Smash Bros Ultimate

The super smash bros series is known for its larger roster of characters. Despite its large number of characters however, not every character can make it on there. That’s what assist trophies and pokeballs are here for, to represent characters that couldn’t make it onto the roster. In super smash bros ultimate there are 114 characters represented through the assist trophy and pokeball, however that’s not ever assist trophy or pokeball pokemon to exist in the smash series. So join me as I look at smash 64, melee, brawl, and smash 4 to cover the cut assist trophies and pokemon of super smash bros ultimate.
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[@Odyssey_Central]

Guys I’m sorry I pronounced Kyogre weird I never know what’s right so I always switch between pronunciations… You can unsubscribe now….. 💔💔

[@memedood]

Can You Make A Video We’re You Give Every Game And Watch Game That Isn’t A Spirit A Spirit Because I Think It Would Be Cool And I Would Love It Because I Love Your Making Spirit Series So Can You Please Do It???

[@TheShasityn]

It's Ki-oger

[@ReactiveWolf]

It's kee-oh-grey

[@alimbis]

@@memedood why did you cap every word

[@memedood]

@@alimbis I Just Do Ok

[@ricardofredes9527]

To be fair, Venusaur was a stage hazard on Saffron City in 64

[@ClaimSuit]

took the words out of my mouth, there were a few others too that were stage hazards there and came back as pokeballs in the future like electrode.

[@Nosretep]

​@@ClaimSuit Palkia.

[@ClaimSuit]

@@Nosretep arceus and darkrai too if i remember, spear pillar map for brawl was it?

[@Sjono]

So was Charmander

[@Nosretep]

@@ClaimSuit Arceus is in the backroom in the stars. Cresselia and the Lake Spirits but no Darkrai.

[@IcyDiamond]

It was honestly really cool that Charizard, Little Mac, Dark Samus, and Isabelle all got upgraded to playable characters!

[@micahheyward5342]

Too bad Waluigi is still trapped as an assist trophy 😢

[@darkdoctor1915]

That made me happy

[@PWPictures67]

Yeah, they went from being trophies to getting that infamous envelope.

[@ashmander3465]

Waluigi has a heart of gold if it wasn't for him giving 3 invites. Wario , daisy and sora would not have made it.

[@smiff1832]

Ayy you again

[@Orwin_Crossheart]

8:08 When it comes to Wobbuffet, besides Spewpa there is also Pyukumuku, who counters physical attacks like Wobbuffet, but can also be picked up and thrown where it will attack any foes in the path they're thrown in. Which means it does what Wobbuffet did and some more things as well

[@tibby4503]

🥺

[@coleminer8847]

Freddy fazbear in the background of the anime image

[@CarbonMalite]

This was like the one Pokemon i never wanted to see because it rarely did anything and iirc it can actually hit the user.

[@marcelopaulo446]

They might have cut tingle in the transition to ultimate do to the great bay's return,where he is a stage Hazard.But they could have just made it impossible to tingle to Spawn there,just like other assists in the game

[@micahheyward5342]

9:31-9:34 Ho Ho is in Smash Ultimate. You need to either fight the Ho Ho Spirit(one of the hardest to fight) or play Kalos Pokemon League with hazards on and see if he spawns in the blazing chamber

[@octanproductions6492]

Ho-oh*

[@Odyssey_Central]

Ah totally forgot about that stage’s gimmick, I play with hazards off too much……

[@micahheyward5342]

@@octanproductions6492 My bad

[@octanproductions6492]

@@micahheyward5342 No prob

[@micahheyward5342]

@@Odyssey_Central Don't worry about it

[@bathilra5364]

I love characters getting upgraded to fighters since it is fun seeing an already represented character be more prominent but also it’s nice for fans of said character

[@ThesilentrobotQuote]

I will forever miss Kat and Ana...I hope they return in the future!!

[@aphroditetheidiot1035]

One thing I find funny is that Venusaur wasn't able to learn earthquake until Ruby & Sapphire, which came out after Melee. Out of all the Kanto starters it's the only one that didn't learn it in gens 1 & 2.

[@denzeltheeternalunderstudy2858]

Charizard went from a Pokeball Pokémon in 64/Melee, graduated into a full on fighter with Pokémon Trainer in Brawl, was left all alone in Smash 3DS/Wii U, and now his trainer came back with his entire team. Charizard has the most intriguing and fun history out of any Smash Bros fighter. The Smash team always found a way to include them, that’s how popular Charizard is.

[@GreenStarGalaxian]

I believe that Onyx was cut for the simple reason that it's just a bit too hard to react to. Yes, the rocks don't do much damage and complaining about an item not being balanced is like complaining that grass is green, but they do come down quite quickly, so it could be a bit annoying.

[@GrimlandCS]

I feel like a better course of action would be like, change the attack, or just make the boulders bigger, slower, and less of them

[@user-ro8jc6lh4x]

I think he was cut because in the poke floats stage he appears as a float.

[@golisobro5296]

I don’t think Marill was replaced by eevee or fletchling but instead piplup and oshawatt. While it does looks different, functionality wise, they seem much more similar. Additionally, they’re all water type pokemon

[@ugandianos_]

I’d love to see some new gen 9 Pokémon in the next smash game, like: Gholdengo, who can use meowth’s old coin spew thing. Annihilape, who deals more/less damage depending on the user’s damage percentage. The final evo of the starters, who would use their respective special moves. (Flower Trick, Torch Song, Aqua Step)

[@linhardtvonhevring7262]

I feel like if we do get a sixth Smash game (seventh if you count Smash 3DS and Smash Wii U as separate games), Meowscarada will be a playable character with Fuecoco and Quaxly as Poké Ball Pokémon. Meowscarada is *the* most popular starter of Gen IX, with an easy-to-visualize moveset and a chance to finally get a fully-evolved Grass starter on the roster. Gholdengo and Annihilape are good ideas tho. We could also add in Ogerpon who will do four attacks: Ivy Cudgel, using it once for each mask.

[@ugandianos_]

@@linhardtvonhevring7262 yeah and pokemon loves sprigatito

[@CyborgCharlotte]

10:47 “He’s just standing there…..MENACINGLY!”

[@ShaneRie123]

Neat video my favourite would have to be Mr Resetti. I normally don’t like the trophies that block the screen but this one’s simply hilarious. I remember back then we used to stop playing the game just to read what he had to say because of how funny it was!

[@nightfrostbreeze]

Good video! It would have been cool if you did like a quick tier list or ranking on which assists/pokemon you'd want to come back most at the end. Like a quick recap kind of thing.

[@Odyssey_Central]

Might consider doing that for the next cut video, we’ll see!

[@AutumnWoodham]

Just a theory, but Starmie might have gotten dropped for Staryu due to a certain redheaded gym leader dropping Starmie from her team just before Gen 2 came around while still using Staryu as her main battler well into Gen 2, so may have become more recognizable.

[@terrysyvertson9205]

ho-oh is in smash ultimate, it can appear on the kalos pokemon league stage when it turns into the flame chamber

[@Pringles_the_Creeper]

I would love to see rayquaza as a pokeball Pokémon in the next smash game! I love rayquaza!

[@connormcnulty6377]

Boss

[@davidspraguedragonman6479]

I’d personally love to see Blaziken, Sceptile, Machamp, Bisharp, Yveltal, Zygarde, Frosmoth, or Plusle & Minun!

[@ZackGaming4000]

Amazing concept and video ❤

[@JosePerez-me7kt]

Love waking up on Saturday just to wait for the new odyssey central video to watch

[@GB6__YT]

Common W for the goat content creator. Would love to see you explore the changes in functionality for assistant and Pokémon, like Meowth’s Payday change, scizors functionality, mew dropping items, and even things like how it is now possible to spawn multiple assists in ultimate:

[@micahheyward5342]

Assist Trophies that should be characters: Shadow the Hedgehog, Zero(Z-Buster), Knuckles the Echidna, and Waluigi

[@mysterymon3851]

I think Krystal and Shovel Knight should also join

[@crystalbeth420]

Nah

[@seamino8329]

nope. you are wrong.

[@micahheyward5342]

@@seamino8329 Why's that?

[@josiahswanson1]

What would waluigi even do, I think that’s a more boring character than people think

[@arcivist]

As soon as you mentioned that Unown performed Take Down, I verbally said “Erm actually-“ so I’m glad to hear your brother had the same response also I’ve been having the same Majora’s Mask vs. TotK crisis lol

[@dude-zr8gi]

I think it would be interesting if instead of leaving out most of the Pokemon with similar designs, there is a randomness to which one pops out. But on the first random pull, when the Poke Ball is thrown, similar Pokemon are still in the same slot, just if multiple Pokemon occupy that slot it will choose randomly from that pool. Staryu/Starmie, Marill/Piplup/Oshawot, Koffing/Weezing and Chikorita/Snivy could all be in the game this way while not muddying up the pool of Pokemon.

[@obliviouslynormal3664]

This is one of the funniest videos yet

[@JAnne_Bonne]

To be fair on Venusaur in Smash 64, it _was_ in Saffron City as one of the Silph Co Pokémon. Same with Electrode, Porygon, Charmander, and Chansey… again. Makes sense that Melee used Venusaur, Electrode, and Gen 2 reps that could mimic Porygon and Charmander with Porygon2 and Cyndaquil respectively. Heck, Chikorita functions like Saffron Venusaur _used_ to function.

[@turtz4life432]

WEVE DONE IT. MAJORA’S MASK IS NOW #2. TEARS OF THE KINGDOM W.

[@henke37]

Mr. Resetti not only get laid off when the reset center shut down, but now he's also cut from smash. Life's been rough for the poor overworked guy.

[@TheRealLifeKillerMoth]

17:32 You love to see a Don't Hug Me I'm Scared reference.

[@kaplooeygames8515]

The Clefairy jumpscare was perfection

[@Sly88Frye]

I actually really am legitimately surprised that every pokémon that was added in Smash 4 made it back into Ultimate.

[@idavid8391]

9:51 I remember one time playing Brawl with a bunch of friends and Torchick got spawned, to which one friend said "That is one hot chick!" We... didn't know how to respond to that. But it's a recurring joke to this day.

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Thank you

[@BrianCannan-em1nk]

I hope that they add ceruledge and armarouge to the next smash game, they would be a perfect fit

[@taiphonix9232]

A Pokemon swordfighter would be crazy, but I bet nobody would still care that much.

[@pearlplayaa]

I will forever mourn the loss of Magnus representation 😔 Hopefully if we get another smash game, he'll show up as an assist trophy again (or maybe even playable fighter! He'd be perfect for the role, he'd offer some variety among the kid Icarus reps)

[@roaringthunder115]

I miss Weavile as it’s one of my favorites I remember summoning Mr. Resetti and it felt like hours. I hated that assist trophy.

[@thevenomspino]

We think the reason why Starmie was changed to Staryu was because of the anime. In the anime, Misty had both a Staryu and a Starmie, but she rarely used Starmie and instead used Staryu more throughout her appearances in the anime. This possibly made Staryu more popular than its evolution, similar to how people remember Psyduck but never really remember Golduck, and they changed it in Smash Melee to be more recognizable, and it just stuck ever since.

[@MartynAndStuff]

If I had to include 5 Pokemon in a future game- - Magikarp (uses Flail. Flops around and hits fighters with strong knockback like a cross between goldeen and bonsly) - Mr Mime (builds invisible barrier that last a while) - Crobat (uses Cross Poison. Fires an X shape shot that will do constant damage. Also, my Gen 2 bias) - Toxtricity (imagine the Barbara AT but ends with a scream that has pushback) - Spidops (leaps at fighters to stuns them in place) For assist trophies- - Fuzzy (Yoshi series. Touch it, screen gets dizzy) - Raven Beak/EMMI (can't decide which. Raven Beak behaves similar to how Dark Samus) - Bandana Dee (jabs and downstabs opponents. Sort of like a more stabby Shovel Knight) - BotW Zelda/Purah (uses various runes on the Sheikah Slate. Cryo brings up an ice block, magnesis let's her drop an item from on high, Timestop will stop a random fighter in place for a brief moment) - Something Pokemon related (Like the Yoshi series, it hasn't had any representation in the AT. I'm undecided between Ball Guy, an Ultra Beast, A Space-Time distortion or Lusamine-Nihilego Mother Beast)

[@____David]

I feel like a Cut video that would be really cool is "Cut characters", while yes all of the characters made it to Smash Ultimate, there have been several characters that were: a) cut from pervious games before being brought back to Ultimate and b) Originally intended to be in a different game before being cut from that one

[@snowblossom4961]

Me and the other two kid Icarus fans despairing over Magnus being cut

[@pearlplayaa]

😔

[@dippin4dots]

Charizard, DeDeDe, and Ridley are the only characters in smash that were not Playable originally in the series, but still appeared in every single game in the franchise. Correct me if I'm wrong if there are more!

[@Odyssey_Central]

I was thinking about that while editing too! The only one that MIGHT be added is piranha plant but I can’t remember if he was in melee….

[@Odyssey_Central]

Never mind….. just spent the last 30 seconds googling….. seems piranha plant wasn’t in melee….. 💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@justphantom7013]

Little correction for the Brawl section of this video: Brawl actually gave all 3 Legendaries who did nothing before an effect. Upon being spawned, Jirachi would drop a lot of Stickers to collect, Celeby would drop 3 Trophies to collect, and Mew would drop a Music Disc for a new stage song. Nothing much, but neat little fitting gimmicks for Brawl

[@crimsonstormsurge]

I really hope most of these cuts come back

[@ExpertCup1930]

Hey odyssey central can you do spirits of every cuphead boss

[@thevenomspino]

We think the reason why Clefairy was cut was because of Togepi. Both use Metronome, but Togepi was more well known and popular and was kinda more well known with Metronome (because of anime). So they probably realized having two Pokemon with the same move was redundant, so they cut Clefairy after Melee for Togepi.

[@MrJimbo925]

7 mins! Also I have been hoping for this video for a while, thanks!

[@jonotarthetyranitar7639]

Maybe do all the cut music tracks? Idk if any have been cut

[@freshgarbage1492]

Koffing is in Smash Run and it does its old pokeball effect as an attack! Tingle appears in the Majora's Mask stage and Ho-Oh is also in the Kalos league.

[@ulimatedsjasper5096]

also plz try cut taunts had one more a while back but forgot which was it in my idea thoughts.

[@TheMack625]

Some of these cut Pokémon were among my favorites to summon in past Smash games; Hitmonlee, Zapdos, and Weavile were great in 64, Melee, and Brawl. I also enjoyed Clefairy and her wild Metronome move, although I think that Togepi is more popular. Just a theory... As for Assist Trophies, the Excitebikers are cute. They can do a ton of damage. I don't understand why Lakitu or Kat and Ana gor cut though; Mario does have plenty of representation, but Lakitu in particular is a fun teammate with his Spinies. Oh well. Good stuff, Odyssey Central.

[@Wyrmington]

The Mid Life Zelda crisis caught me off guard so much

[@bonedude1286]

The funny thing about Dark Samus as an assist had two OBVIOUS moves that could've been translated into a fighter moveset: The homing plasma for a neutral special and the spikes for a down smash.

[@elenamukhina4545]

The reason Little Mac was cut was because he was a playable character in Smash 4.

[@unsweetened3781]

You should make a video on all the cut fighters such as Crash Bandicoot and Waluigi.

[@2nkf]

The finale

[@titos6235]

15:20 What's even weirder is that in Smash Run, Lakitu and the Spinies are actually 3D models for some reason. The Cuccos do a similar thing too where in Normal battles, they are 3D, but in Smash Run they are sprites. There are probably more cases of this, but these are the only ones I know.

[@genevaviera4906]

Nice even though i just came here

[@----5247]

Honestly, I respect this more than "First"

[@LisWinExp]

Hey Odyssey, can you do a ranking of all 249 bonuses (you know, the things you earn after battles) in Super Smash Bros. Melee? Melee has the most unique set of bonuses from what i know and i would watch that video immediately. Also, great video man keep it up.

[@LisWinExp]

@@happymagolor5960 Nah, he did rank all taunts in Ultimate and (especially) every moon in Odyssey after all

[@LisWinExp]

@@happymagolor5960 Yeah but he could be perfectly capable of doing this one too, maybe on a scale from hardest/least interesting/unfun to get ones to easiest overall/interesting and creative/fun or rewarding to get.

[@EpicJacob]

Can you do cut Mario kart tracks/ Mario kart tracks that never came back

[@Odyssey_Central]

I might do that once all the dlc releases 🤔

[@Kirbgamingwastaken]

8:24 Freddy Fazbear is a Pokémon confirmed?!??!

[@Odyssey_Central]

He would be a steel ghost type I think 🔥🔥🔥

[@MetaBro]

Seeing Pokémon in Melee is so surreal cause I never see this game with items let alone Pokémon

[@spiderduderednblue]

The fact that Elec Man is not only a cut assist trophy but the only Mega Man 1 robot master to not have a remix in Ultimate will always make me scratch my head. I still perfer Guts Man

[@Spingerex]

I want my Elec Man back 😕

[@spiderduderednblue]

@@Spingerex At least he's a spirit

[@starwolfe7456]

Me and my sister always joke around that metagross in smash4 sounds like they're saying "Mitchell".

[@fernando98322]

Jirachi doesn't do anything in Brawl, they drop stickers! Mew drops CDs and I think Celebi drops Trophies? Not sure on that last one

[@Montra78]

At this point, we need Odyssey Central's brother to cameo in a video

[@doritodragon9218]

Koffing was also an enemy in smash run in smash 4 in which he uses the same move

[@powerguy3976]

you should do the cut spirits of smash ultimate

[@chrislecount4801]

You want to know what Assist Trophy I’d like to see? Rambi the Rhino. I know we had Klaptrap in Ultimate, but why not have another?

[@ColorWheelHero]

7:53 after all this time, an "erm acktually" actually happened! LESSGO

[@mariaandreinaaranareggeti9239]

3:09 I get why Clefairy was cut since Togepi already uses metronome. I think it is the Melee metronome.

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

The reason why Weavile was cut was probably because of Zoroark. Zoroark was originally gonna be in Smash 4 but then Greninja got Omega popular so plans changed. Zoroark does the exact same thing as Weavile as a Pokeball

[@mrds4545]

16:26 Perfect.

[@SpaceRider15]

Clefairy is probably (part of) the reason that all of the Pokémon in 64 are sprites

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

7:10 the other bit of trivia that makes Cyndaquil unique… you can hit him?? For some reason??

[@tibby4503]

odyssey :)

[@percyproductions8990]

Resetti my boi has to return. It’d be very funny.

[@bigsalmon7973]

I'd love beedrill to come back, yes it's gen 1 but they could have him rush and constsntky jab the oppenent representing fury attack or twinneedle or whatever. He's also just a cool pkmn

[@gamemaster2819]

I'd argue that Maril's functionality was more so given to Piplup and Oshawot. They both involve the Pokemon running straight in one direction, pushing anyone that gets in their way. Also of note, a few Poke Ball and Assist Trophies that were cut from the game they were planned for. * Melee - Ditto, who we all know was cut from Melee, but finally was implemented in Ultimate. * Melee - Ducks, yes, Assist Trophies were planned for Melee. The only one we know are the duck hunt ducks, which would have flown around in their classic pattern, hurting fighters. * Brawl - Ridley, files in Brawl show that Ridley was planned to be an Assist Trophy.

[@bigchessegaming7911]

8:24 freddy is just behind a bush

[@N1NTENDUDE]

I swear you put the metal pipe sound at the first 2 seconds of the video

[@jonadams2741]

Some of the Assisst Trophies could be upgraded to bosses/enemies like how some where in Adventure Mode and Smash Run or Rathalos situation surprised they didn't do the same with Rayquaza

[@Artem_Tkachenko]

Brent: 11:08-oh my god,guys look it's TCNICK3!

[@derpious267]

In smash 6, I want an assist trophy from Xenoblade 3. I think summoning a hero could be cool. Fiona could buff stats every few seconds. Ashera could just attack the opponent like scizor. What other ones should I add?

[@Catty-Crash]

Man... Wish that the Excitebike racers was in Ultimate.

[@jellysquid8077]

YES! THANK YOU! JUSTICE FOR PIPLUP!

[@Pandaboybk]

I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure some Poke Ball mons were meant to replace others but not exactly. Specifically Latios/Latias replacing Beedrill/Unown but changing the attack style. Scizor replacing Hitmonlee but adding a dash. Oshawott/Piplup replacing Marill but adding water effect. Metagross replacing Venusaur but adding a bury.

[@dotchietheboy5923]

Tears of the kingdom beat Majora's Mask. It's the end of a war.

[@miracilousmirica1994]

one thing I would love to see is Eevee upgrading from a PokeBall Pokemon to a playable fighter in the next Smash game similar to how Charizard did! it is practically Pokemon's second mascot by now so it'd make sense for it to be upgraded, possibly having a gimmick involving its Eeveelutions as well

[@q-miiproductions878]

11:00 It leaves a sticker!

[@youraveragelunatic4636]

This video appeared in my “continue watching” section even though I never watched it before. Good job youtube.

[@Muchinger]

Fun Fact: The Way Meowth attacked in Smash 64 still exists in Smash Ultimate with Dedenne

[@epicsause21]

I think the reason venusaur wasnt there in 64 is because they were in the saffron city stage.

[@Garfunkle_99]

Maybe we should move Waluigi from an assist trophy to a playable character and replace Corina as a assist trophy

[@M_s4l3s]

17:19 Wow, just wow

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

You totally forgot that the reason why Venusaur wasn't a Pokéball Pokémon in Smash 64 was because he was a stage hazard in Saffron City.

[@Sly88Frye]

5:50 I mean I wouldn't consider earthquake a move that makes me think of Venusaur considering it's a grass type pokémon actually I grass and poison type pokémon but yeah I guess it works. Venusaur was in the first Super Smash Bros game on the N64 and I feel like you should have mentioned this. At saffron City there are pokémon that come out from that little doorway at the top of the Silph Co tower. Venusaur comes out from there and so does Charmander and Porygon and Clefairy and actually I think that was all of them

[@darkdrake0389]

My biggest gripe is that they use Goldeen instead of Magikarp for the Splash joke. Like that’s Magikarp’s 1 thing, it’s his whole identity

[@Dragapultwith2dreepy]

At this rate he's going to look at cut Mii costumes

[@Andycandyman24]

Honestly the most surprising thing about this video is the fact that Majore's Mask in not Odyssey Central favorite Zelda game anymore.