Oh well then in that case I think you're the one who isn't following...
It's not a case of today and tomorrow. It's a case of years. Sakurai didn't come around to the idea of Villager overnight, he came back to it literally years later. In most cases, like Balloon Fighter, like Excitebiker, like Sukapon, like Nintendogs, like pretty much every character dismissed by Sakurai that isn't Villager, he hasn't come around on. Even in some cases when it's been like fifteen years. Ridley, on the other hand, was rejected by Sakurai for this roster, with an opinion he still clearly held after the game released, only mere months ago. Will he come around on Ridley years in the future? Perhaps, but I think given precedent it's unlikely. However what's even more unlikely is him coming around on the idea now due to popularity (which isn't the factor keeping him out), only a short while after defending his omission.
When Sakurai rejects a character it's not his word which is flimsy at best, it's the idea he'll come around on that character, because such a thing happens very rarely. And in the case of only a few months after making public how and why the character isn't playable, never.
EDIT: I suppose he came around on Pac-Man too, didn't he? Well, the point still stands, it happens very rarely, and hardly happens overnight. Plus I doubt he would've if Namco weren't involved.
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was asked for plenty, I don't know what to say. It was Her & Toad as the big 2 for Mario, with Paper Mario, (Waluigi) & Junior in their shadow.... Mario.
