three special steps 

In all seriousness though, the idea of a creator refusing to have their character in Smash (as well as the in-universe equivalent of a character themselves refusing a Smash invite) is really fascinating to me - I guess I see a lot of circlejerk about how "nobody in their right mind would refuse a Smash offer!" in speculation circles even though it's really not that simple - they may be opposed to their character being violent (even for sport and especially around women; children; and animals), they may want another studio or developer's character instead (like Oso does in the meme), they may think of their character as aesthetically or thematically unfit, they may not be comfortable with working with big corporate Nintendo, they may see a Smash cameo as selling out, they may want the time they'd spend working with Namco going to their own projects, they may not want to gatekeep an appearance of their character to a single console, they may be opposed to Nintendo's marketing strategies in relation to Smash... lots of reasons, all valid.



In all seriousness though, the idea of a creator refusing to have their character in Smash (as well as the in-universe equivalent of a character themselves refusing a Smash invite) is really fascinating to me - I guess I see a lot of circlejerk about how "nobody in their right mind would refuse a Smash offer!" in speculation circles even though it's really not that simple - they may be opposed to their character being violent (even for sport and especially around women; children; and animals), they may want another studio or developer's character instead (like Oso does in the meme), they may think of their character as aesthetically or thematically unfit, they may not be comfortable with working with big corporate Nintendo, they may see a Smash cameo as selling out, they may want the time they'd spend working with Namco going to their own projects, they may not want to gatekeep an appearance of their character to a single console, they may be opposed to Nintendo's marketing strategies in relation to Smash... lots of reasons, all valid.