Sakurai and Sora Limited has done stuff we all think was impossible , in the past.
Even when you look at Ultimate , bringing everyone back must have take an impressive ammount of time and efforts. That's around 60+ characters that needeed to be redone/tweeked.
And the newcomers?
Ridley , too big.
K Rool , irrelevant , Nintendo don't like him.
Simon , impossible since Konami left and Snake wasn't even Sm4sh DLC.
Daisy , Rosalina got in before her.
Chrom , got litteraly BTFO in Robin's trailer.
Sure , Inkling was always getting in , Isabelle was a promo pick and for the casual , and Incineroar was the obligatory Pokemon.
But then look at Dark Samus. It was in like , 2 games? But people wanted more Metroid representation , so here you go.
And Ken. I don't like him , but it's amazing to see him and Ryu on Smash Bros ! The original fighting game character and his original clone!
That's why I think BK has more chance than Steve. They'll do stuff that is impossible , but will also do these impossible stuff for a reason.
Everyone know Minecraft , adding Steve will probably bring back some old players and a few new ones... But like , wouldn't BK get more positive reception? And I think that Microsoft know which of their characters is a popular character for Smash. (and Master Chief was denied in a Microsoft tweet iirc , not sure about that)If Nintendo want to sell , why not pick the most requested character?
And even , if you were to present them on the eshop... On one hand , you have a character with no emotions , and a pixelated style , weird animations... And on the other hand , you have this goofy dynamic duo with a simple yet attractive design for the Nintendo playerbase.(Simple , cute , unique.) Yeah , some will say "BuT THaT'S a DuCk hUNt ECHo fiGHtEr !" but they'll be a minority.
Also , I saw someone comparing this to Cloud VS Geno.
Cloud is an iconic character even for people who don't play video games and was a "never-ever" , but it was obvious that people would like him.
Geno is a fanfavorite character , he's one of the main characters of a SNES RPG , even if he had more requests than Cloud , picking him before Cloud wasn't worth it. Because it was more risky to pick him sale wise.
Now , Steve isn't iconic. Minecraft is. Let's ask any 8 years old who play minecraft , and ask them "what's the name of the protagonist?" and they won't know , because it's just a default avatar for them. That's Steve biggest problem , he's a blank character. He would bring unique mechanics to the table , but be too unique and you can f*** up the game. (
) He has these two problem that Banjo and Kazooie doesn't have.
And even , if you were a father/mother buying a gaming figurine for your child , would you pick the weird blocky guy or the colorful bear and bird playing with a banjo and a kazooie? Steve design isn't attractive. People should realize that. I mean , Minecraft is a first person game , you only see Steve's arm , you need to change the camera to see him.
But also , one last thing... Getting a character from Microsoft would be hard. And there is only one character that Sakurai know has requests since Melee. Even if NoJ doesn't see the interest in BK at first , what's stoping Sakurai from explaining his interest on the character? Character developpement for DLC has barely started , Joker didn't had any gameplay footage. So they were at a point were they could still change character choice.
It's still Sakurai and Sora Limited game , even if they use Nintendo properties. And also , I think listening to the guy who make these games since 20 years wouldn't hurt.
Sorry for the long post.
