Variant Fighters

Variant Fighters are characters who are both eligible as roster fighters or as assists. How does this work? Simple really, a Variant fighter appears in the character select screen like any other roster fighter. If you select it, that character will no longer have the opportunity to appear as an assist trophy.

So can a Variant fighter be chosen by a player and appear as an assist at the same time? As already mentioned: No, they can not. Variant Fighters fulfill either role A (roster/playable fighter) or B (assist trophy), but never both roles at the same time. So simply put, if you choose a variant fighter as your playable character, he will not appear as an assist no matter the circumstances. Vice-versa, if no one chooses the Variant fighter as their playable character, then that Variant character might appear out of an assist trophy just like any other normal assist.

List of Variant Fighters

 * Little Mac
 * Shovel Knight
 * Takamaru