1.Pichu: I have always been a Pokemon fan, but Pichu's appearance in Melee confuses me to this day. First off, I think the only reason he was included was to promote the anime. Second, his moves hurt him!!! Overall, I believe him to be a useless character, and I'm glad he was taken out of brawl.
While I agree he was overkill on the pikachu representation, the fact that he's a horrible character isn't at all related to whether he should appear in-game.
2. Ice Climbers: When melee was released on a worldwide scale, I'd dare you to find 1,000 people who knew who the hell these two were. IMO, Ice Climber was a piece of crap, and although I understand where they were getting at, by trying to add a retro character to the mix, but seriously, even the ducks from Duck Hunt would have made more since.
Retro characters generally aren't particularly well remembered, especially by the current generation of gamers. They're more a shout-out for the older generation to gain more inclusivity.
Seriously, like G&W the entire point is that they're not current.
3. Roy: *Raises flame shield*. Now hear me out. What was the point of Roy? To promote his new game? Fair point, but keep in mind that this was a JAPAN-ONLY game. While, I'm glad that he and Marth brought Fire EMblem to our shores, I still scratch my head over Roy's appearance.
*facepalm*
Ok, let me explain this slowly.
Smash is a JAPANESE game. Not American, Japanese.
As far as Nintendo is concerned, the core audience is over the pacific Ocean, and they're developing the game primarily for that audience. Not us.
Sure, they probably intended to translate melee, and sell it in the US even initially, but still the fact that it sells well in the US is just a nice bonus, we're not the primary audience, so while if they know that Americans like a character they'll consider that, there's definitely a very Japan-centric attitude among Japanese businesses, so as far as they're concerned the Japanese opinion carries a right deal more weight.
America is not the center of the universe, what JAPANESE gaming companies are primarily concerned with is what will belp them sell stuff to Japanese people.
Roy is an interesting character and they believed it would help them sell product in Japan, so he was included.
4. R.O.B.: *Raises yet another flame shield*. Hear me out again, please. When I first found out ROB was going to be in the game, I was amused; An old NES accessory as a character? Hilarious. While ROB's a decent character, his inclusion makes about as much sense as adding the zapper as a character.
Again, retro appeal. The fact that he's an accesory just makes him more unique, but the biggest reason was probably because he was easy to fit into subspace emissary as a random baddy but still make a character.
5.Jigglypuff: Now Jigglypuff has been around since the SSB64, but IMO, she was
also added to the popularity of the Pokemon anime. If the anime never existed, do you think that she would still be playable? Probably not.
Feel free to add your own picks for 5 characters that should never have been in the Smash Bros series.
Again, Japan-centric. Jiggs is immensely popular in Japan and probably will stay for a long long time.
As for the "only the anime" excuse, so what? It's part of the pokemon universe. Do you really think japanese executives were trying to figure out why characters were extremely popular when they were picking the cast?
No, they just chose popular characters for the ones they based on popularity.
I would not mind Toon Link so much if he had original moves, such as making his Up B the Deku Leaf, and his grab the grappling hook instead of the hookshot.
Actually he's probably one of the worst character choices because regular Link is already representing all Links.
We did not really NEED Lucario either, as he was added just to represent current Pokemon games, and is basically a clone of Mewtwo. His High Damage/More Power thing is kinda cool though.
Lucario is highly popular and he represents the current generation of pokemon games. Really, Blame Gamefreak for that choice, the pressured Nintendo to do a current-gen rep.
Olimar: I understand the fact Nintendo doesn't have many games right now that are completely original, but why Olimar? Was he the absolute closest thing to something that would fit into Smash? Whatever the reason, I still see him as absolutely riduculous.
And your argument is, where?
You keep saying and implying that he doesn't fit into smash but you never explained why.
Lucario: Really maddened me when I saw he was in. Not only is he a poor replacement to another -coughmewtwocough- Pokemon, but the fact he was used to advertise the 4th generation of Pokemon is horrible for me. I hate 4th gen.
He's very popular and results in a unique character, there's your qualification right there.
Dude, no corporation cares about you personally. The fact that you dislike the 4th gen pokemon means nothing in regards whether or not a character belongs in smash. They already have a massive bias towards first gen in the playable characters in this game, why should they not have a 4th gen pokemon? Especially since it's new pokemon that they're mainly trying to move.
Wolf: Falco and Fox are cool, but even though Wolf is pretty cool himself, I don't like him. Just one of those 'I hate that character...'
This is "characters that shouldn't be in smash", not characters you hate personally. Your personal hatred means nothing.
Pit: The voice, and it's neat to see a character like him in Smash...but he's just so annoying.
... again, you personally dislike something about him therefore he should be gone.
This is characters who should not be in the game, your personal vendettas against characters mean nothing.
I can't even think of a fifth character, all the other ones mentioned are cool in my book, especially the Doc, Ice Climbers, (grew up playing that game) and Pichu. You gotta love them.
While I love doctor mario and pichu as characters, they both represent way too much centralization on certain characters, Mario and Pikachu respectively. They were unnecessary.
ICs are cool for this.
*sigh*
Wario is an interesting and unique character, and is also highly popular. Why for the love of God should he be removed?
Both are eligible for essentially the same reason, but your inclusion of Marth is far more egregious.
This is a
Japanese series, not American. Roy was a hyped character when melee came out, and Marth is an absolute icon.
Removing Marth, to Japanese gamers, is like removing Mario.
America is not the only country in the world.
