I just realized earlier today one of the bigger reasons I don't particularly care for Chrom. It has to do with the dumb artstyle direction of FE13 in general. It's VERY animu-ish.
Which also explains his current 'fanbase'. Dem weaboos eat that **** up like lemmings. :/
I don't see anything wrong with this. I love Path of Radiance more than any entry of the series, but in general if we have a series with many characters spanning several generations, I hate having middle-folk kicking around after they are less relevant. If someone can replace them, they should, to represent the newest face of the series. Ike doesn't really have anything that gives him much notoriety anymore outside of his appearance in Smash (irrelevant to his home series) and being the ancestor of Priam. I like Chrom and I will definitely remember him down the road (unlike the GBA protagonists), but when it comes to 2020, I am fine with them giving him the boot and bringing in a new character. I mean, it is not like Brawl or Smash 4 is going to disappear all of a sudden when the next game comes out. Ike will still be there, Chrom will still be there. I want someone new. I want to see how they are interpreted.
From several interviews with Sakurai, it seems like this is EXACTLY what he doesn't want. He doesn't like having to remove characters, which leads me to believe he doesn't look at any of the series in Smash with "Oh, I'll add this character and replace him next game" in mind.
I'm certainly not going to support a character for Smash believing that they should be replaced in the sequel. If the majority of Chrom supporters actually feel this way then it just further cements the idea in my head that they don't understand how Sakurai thinks.
Also, Ike is definitely on a different level than other FE lords. (Obviously Marth is even higher than that, but that's mostly due to being the first lord ever) He's the only lord aside from Marth to be a lord and play a major role in 2 different Fire Emblem games. Not to mention, that those two games have been the only FE games released on a home console in the last 13 years. First primary lord that was not from royalty... Had a DLC chapter of Awakening.. And Priam just goes to show that IS recognizes that he's on another level from other lords as well. The only other lord that got any descendants in this game was Marth himself..
Anyway, all I'm trying to say is adding the most recent lord to Smash purely due to recency/relevancy doesn't work because before a Smash game is a quarter of the way through it's lifespan, the character you added due to recency will already be 'outdated'. If they weren't working on that new FExSMT game, most likely a new Fire Emblem game with NEW lords would've been released within a year after Smash 4.
So again, with your type of thinking.... Let's say Chrom got into Smash 4 with generic swordsman moveset. Theoretically, if it was possible for Sakurai to use DLC to remove Chrom and replace him with the newest FE lord after just a year or two after Smash 4's release using minimal effort, then they should. Same goes for other series like Pokemon and the like. Because that's honestly how fast the 'faces' of those franchise change.
If you want to support a long term, reoccurring, relevant character that can be considered a face of the FE franchise, go support Anna or My Unit, who will most likely be in the majority of FE games from now on.
Up to you, though.
I personally think there is way too much hate for Chrom on here, even though I can see why. But I don't care. I think Chrom is awesome, and, in terms of personality, much more interesting than most lords in the FE series. Plus, if he is in, I'm confident Sakurai can give him a unique moveset.
on hand by any chance? 
