JoJoRukus
Smash Apprentice
Ganondorf's first appearance, that being in OoT as the actual "Ganondorf", featured him fighting not with a sword, but with magic. A sword is not a necessity to making him awesome, but it does make him look pretty cool at times. Still, if he had a sword in Brawl, not only would there be ANOTHER swordsman, but imagine the complaints when they give him a crappy, smaller sword... It would have to have such insane reach.
Anyway, the way I like to think about it is that if Ganondorf came BEFORE Captain Falcon with that moveset, nobody would be complaining as much. Its just that because Falcon showed up with the moveset first, he's the clone of Falcon. But he has different properties, and in Brawl many standard attacks seem to be different animations or changed, like that sweet kick that he does that explodes? It looks like it vacuums in enemies. Awesome if you ask me.
Anyway, the way I like to think about it is that if Ganondorf came BEFORE Captain Falcon with that moveset, nobody would be complaining as much. Its just that because Falcon showed up with the moveset first, he's the clone of Falcon. But he has different properties, and in Brawl many standard attacks seem to be different animations or changed, like that sweet kick that he does that explodes? It looks like it vacuums in enemies. Awesome if you ask me.