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The "'''Character Showcase Videos'''" (no official name given) are a series of short gameplay trailers released for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', which showcase every character in the game.

They are numbered by the order in which each fighter was introduced. For example, [[Samus (Super Smash Bros.)|Samus]] is #4, while [[Zero Suit Samus]] is #29, and [[Ridley (Super Smash Bros.)|Ridley]] is #65. Conversely, [[Echo Fighter]]s, including [[Dark Samus (Super Smash Bros.)|Dark Samus]], share the number of their base character (Samus in her case), with an Epsilon symbol beside the number.

Each trailer's thumbnail doubles as a title card for the video, and consists of the character's stock art and name, with their fighter number and series symbol against a white background with black horizontal stripes. Music from the character's series plays throughout each trailer.

==04: Samus==
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'''04: Samus''' focuses on [[Samus (Super Smash Bros.)|Samus]].

The trailer begins with Samus on the Luigi's Mansion stage, using her second jump and performing her down taunt. It cuts to Samus fighting [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] on the [[Frigate Orpheon (Stage)|Frigate Orpheon stage]]: she [[Grab]]s each brother with her [[Grapple Beam]], knocks Luigi away from her with a [[Backward Throw|Reverse Beam Throw]], and fires a vertical blast at Mario with her [[Upward Throw|Beam Launch]]. Next, she is seen on Lylat Cruise, using her [[Back Air Attack|Flying Back Kick]] on [[Donkey Kong]], and falling while charging her [[Charge Shot]]. The camera then cuts to Spear Pillar, implying Samus has landed on it from Lylat Cruise. She uses her [[Strong Down Attack|Earth Blaster]] and [[Front Air Attack|Aerial Fire]] on [[Yoshi]], before firing her charged blast at him.

Samus is then seen rolling onto a lower platform of New Pork City where she encounters a frozen [[Metroid larva|Metroid]] Assist Trophy and fires a [[Super Missile]] at it, destroying it before she performs her Side Taunt. Finally, Samus uses her [[Zero Laser]] against [[Greninja]], [[Cloud]], and an third unidentified fighter on the Battlefield stage, KOing them.

The remix of [[Brinstar (Melee)|Brinstar]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' plays throughout this trailer.

The trailer can be viewed [https://youtu.be/I9tcvSeemVo here].

==29: Zero Suit Samus==
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'''29: Zero Suit Samus''' focuses on [[Zero Suit Samus]].

When the video begins, Zero Suit Samus slams onto the Skyworld stage with her [[Down Air Attack]], performs her up taunt, and then charges and fires a shot from her [[Paralyzer]]. She is next seen [[Flip Jump]]ing and [[Wall Jump]]ing up between the walls of Silph Co. and the heliport building on the Saffron City stage, eventually reaching the top of the latter building. Next, she is seen using her [[Strong Up Attack]] on [[Meta Knight]] on Skyloft, before attacking him with a combo of her [[Up Air Attack|Up]] and [[Front Air Attack]]s before finishing with the [[Boost Kick]]. After this, she appears on Suzaku Castle, firing a charged Paralyzer shot at [[Ganondorf]] as he is readying his Warlock Punch, but he absorbs the hit. Zero Suit Samus sidesteps behind him before he can hit her and uses her [[Down Smash Attack]] to stun him before quickly KOing him with the kick of her Flip Jump. Finally, she is seen on Big Battlefield fighting against both [[Kirby]] and [[Sheik]], using her Flip Jump and [[Standard Attack]]s before knocking both out of the arena with a [[Side Smash Attack]].

The remix of [[Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' plays throughout this trailer.

The trailer can be viewed [https://youtu.be/Y4PTxiq11Fk here].

==65: Ridley==
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'''65: Ridley''' focuses on [[Ridley (Super Smash Bros.)|Ridley]].

Ridley is first seen flying over Lylat Cruise before landing and using his down [[taunt]] (standing on his hind legs and smiling sadistically), then the camera zooms in as he performs his up taunt (flapping his wings violently and roaring). The trailer cuts to the Coliseum stage as Ridley utilizes his [[Space Pirate Rush]] against [[Lucario]], dragging him across the ground. Afterwards, he appears on Suzaku Castle, [[Grab]]bing [[Jigglypuff]] and striking it upward with his [[Upward Throw]], before blasting it up with his wings via his [[Wing Blitz]]. Ridley next squares off against [[Fox]] on the Palutena Temple stage, using [[Skewer]] to impale Fox through the chest, stunning him. Ridley then lunges at him with a [[Side Smash Attack]] to launch him into a KO. The trailer ends with Ridley on the Mario Galaxy stage, utilizing his [[Plasma Scream]] against Samus with her [[Gunship (Return of Samus)|Gunship]].

A new metal remix of [[Vs. Ridley|his battle theme]] plays in this trailer. This was the first time the new theme was heard.

The trailer can be viewed [https://youtu.be/EDi1Zf_vJsY here].

==04<sup>ε</sup>: Dark Samus==
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'''04<sup>[[Echo Fighter|ε]]</sup>: Dark Samus''' focuses on [[Dark Samus (Super Smash Bros.)|Dark Samus]].

The trailer begins by panning across Dark Samus's torso and legs before focusing on her in full, on the [[Frigate Orpheon (Stage)|Frigate Orpheon stage]]. She then performs her up [[taunt]] (She twirls around in midair while emanating [[Phazon]] energy). The trailer then cuts to Dark Samus on the Wily Castle stage, using her [[Dash Attack]] against [[Mega Man]] before [[Grab|grappling]] and slamming him into the ground with a [[Downward Throw]], which she follows up with an [[Up Smash Attack]]. On the Battlefield stage, she charges up her Phazon Charge Shot and uses her [[Side Smash Attack]] to KO [[Cloud]]. She quickly jumps above [[Bowser]] and uses her [[Down Air Attack]], a meteor smash, before falling behind him and firing her charged blast at him to send him flying.

She is next seen on Dream Land, laying a [[Bomb]] and performing a [[Morph Ball|rolling dodge]] through the small gap between blocks, then continuing onward. Returning to Frigate Orpheon, Dark Samus and Samus both fire a [[Super Missile]] simultaneously, creating an explosive cloud as they impact each other. The trailer ends with one of Dark Samus's [[victory pose]]s, in which she briefly creates a [[Dark Echo]], performs a flip and then merges back together.

A new, techno remix of [[Vs. Parasite Queen]] plays in this trailer. This was the first time the new theme was heard.

The trailer can be viewed [https://youtu.be/sXG-oI6VChg here].

==Trivia==
*Samus's use of a Missile on the frozen Metroid Assist Trophy in her trailer references her tactic of dispatching a [[Metroid larva]] using her [[Ice Beam]] and [[Missile]]s.
*None of the Character Showcase Videos feature any vocal sound effects, which include Zero Suit Samus's voice as originally provided by [[Alésia Glidewell]] in ''Brawl''.
*Dark Samus is the only character to have one of her victory poses shown off in a showcase video.
:*Her use of a Bomb to pass through the gap in between block walls on Dream Land references the use of the [[Morph Ball]] and Bombs to navigate [[Secret Passage]]s in the [[Metroid (series)|''Metroid'' series]].
*It is interesting to note that the videos for Samus and Zero Suit Samus, veteran fighters in ''Ultimate'', use ''Metroid'' themes from previous ''Smash'' games, whereas the videos for newcomers Ridley and Dark Samus use new remixes.
*The scene from Samus's Character Showcase Video where she uses her down taunt is included in a trailer released for ''Ultimate'' on October 24, 2018.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTzHcHTcME</ref>

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