Kirby being chosen as the WOL survivor because "he would canoncially be able to" is so, so lame. Don't get me wrong, Kirby has a lot of merit as the starter character from a gameplay perspecitve (easy character to learn, copies help players transition to using other characters), and creator bias is valid, but using Death Battle logic in storytelling sucks, even for something extensively storyless. Feels weirdly emblematic of the Namco-era Smash creative process, where everything seems to be based on numbers and objective research instead of just what'd be cool, silly, or meaningful.