So it's a
dangerous message to send that we'll be content with whatever they give us, because it means that they'll think we'll take anything, and then they'll get more and more bold with advertising in their DLC, and then it all goes downhill.
Take a look at Smash 4's DLC roster;
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
Out of those, only
one character is a first-party newcomer, and it's from a franchise that's already controversial in it's amount of ad space (
). Everyone else is either A) a returning veteran character (
,
,
) or a third-party newcomer (
,
,
).
No heavy-hitter Nintendo newcomers were added as Smash DLC. Hell, even the heavy-hitter veterans (
and
) got axed and didn't come back as DLC. At best,
may come back if the Smash NX port rumors are confirmed, if they don't treat that port as a new game and start adding even more characters to it using Ballot votes.