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One morning I was sitting down eating a hearty bowl of Koopa Krunchies.

Characters:
Mario (Shazzo/DeluxeGamer705)
So a little bit of an interesting story, Shazzo made a few characters for a project called Super MUGEN Bros. And then later down the line DeluxeGamer705 edited them to be properly functioning characters. I appreciate the work that was done on this char, he's pretty fun.

Red Ninjakoopa (Natan Alberto Souza Dos Santos)
This guy's download comes bundled with four other identical Ninjakoopas. That's right, for some reason a fifth, nonexistant member of the Koopa Bros. was included, that being Blue Ninjakoopa. They feel kinda barebones and shoddily put together.

Luigi (Shazzo/DeluxeGamer705)
A very similar case to Mario. One interesting thing about the Super MUGEN Bros chars is that they often get mistaken for SMBZ-styled characters, despite looking similar, it's really just a coincidence.

Thunderfoot (Natan Alberto)
This character has a weird gimmick, they have a huge pool of health and have to charge meter to use their one attack. It'd be cool if it wasn't this piddly little kick though.

Sonic (Shazzo/DeluxeGamer705)
Interestingly enough, Mario and Luigi were actually revisions DXG did of their older edits of Shazzo's chars. Sonic has yet to get the same treatment so he's a little less polished than the Bros. right now.

SmbzShadow (Seelkadoom Dark)
Now back to the actual SMBZ chars. Sadly this one's really blah. Feels kinda like a fossilized ancestor to the JUS style of characters.

Boo (Shazzo/DeluxeGamer705)
Despite not getting a re-edit yet, they oddly control better than Sonic does. It's kinda hard to combo cause they have really stubby normals though.

SMBZ Fire Mario (YochiThMaster333)
It's weird saying this, but despite the spammable fireballs, it's surprisingly one of the less dreadful EoH template users I've seen. Also this char was made literally 10 years ago and I know for a fact that the author has improved since then so I can totally excuse the shoddiness here.

Hammer Mario (Natan Alberto)
An okay-ish attempt, but feels very incomplete. Also jumping HP does like half your health and the one special he has can be spammed for an easy 100% health combo.

Hammer Mario Bro (XBro55X)
Another surprisingly okay-ish EoH template user. The two big issues is that jumping HK feels like it was programmed wrong and QCF HP is this weird lunging kick that does like 50 hits if it connects but barely does any damage.

Basilisx (Natan Alberto)
Very cool idea, but similarly to their Hammer Mario a lot of the damage values are really screwy.

Metal Sonic (Shazzo/DeluxeGamer705)
A similar case to Boo, but with better reach and higher damaging supers. Which is further amplified by the 1v4 damage modifier, although I felt like I kinda needed it to make it through this Mecha Sonic lightning round. Also interesting to note since this is a different style than SMBZ despite misconceptions we get a different iteration of Metal Sonic.

Mecha Sonic (Pedro Henrique)
Kinda okay but really barebones and crouching HP does way too much damage.

Mecha Sonic (Natan Alberto)
A little clunkier than the last one but does way too much damage.

Mecha Sonic (nekomaster1000)
Way too squirrely, jesus.

Mecha Sonic (fawfulfan)
A spriteswap of supermystery's Ultimate Battle 22 Vegeta.

Super Better Yoshi (DS12)
Not really a SMBZ character but uses the same Yoshi sprites and is really fun to play. There's a whole bunch of neat moves, and I'm glad I ended up finding this guy. I mean, anything with Super Mario Advance Birdo quotes has to be good.

Mecha Sonic (Viteoz/Metal_Shadow)
Interestingly a sprite edit of MvC Mega Man. Though it's really clunky and barebones.

Nekoliounario (Nekolioune/DeluxeGamer705)
A very solid character as well as a fun idea for a SMBZ inspired fan character. A Mario Bro with Sonic quills is a cute design choice. Also I love the special where he swings Malleo like a golf club.

Mecha Mario (Natan Alberto)
I feel like this is the worst AI I've seen in like a decade.

Shadow (ABAB)
Unrelated to SMBZ but it's a really cool in-between of Sonic Battle and a regular 2D fighter, I like it! There's also an edit that gives him his voice from the third Sonic Movie, which is fun.

Axem Rangers X (Natan Alberto)
A lot like the Koopa Bros but somehow more barebones. Which sucks cause I adore the mix of SMRPG and GBA Mega Man games that these guys are. Also take note that one of them is missing.

Axem Blue (Natan Alberto)
So Axem Black isn't present but this guy is? Confusing.

Mecha Sonic (Planeptune And Knightmare404)
Without a doubt this is the definitive Mecha Sonic. Very fun, flashy, and so many cool supers. I'm very happy to have one good Mecha Sonic cause I do love SMBZ, it's one of my favorite comfort watches.

Master Mecha Sonic (XTheDarknessOfLightX/Diamondswag12)
Honestly it feels like the authors cared more about power scaling than making a good character.