Did it explicitly say Sonic series? No,it said THIRD PARTY CHARACTERS IN GENERAL.Sonic is more than just a guest, I don't understand how you people don't see that! Seeing as he is the only third party character who is returning, and in smash to stay, you are basically saying that Sakurai should continue doing a poor job representing Sonic, he's too famous to get cut, and too famous to be in it alone. The Willy Nilly thing only means that the Sonic franchise is limited to a maximum of two characters.
Is Sonic owned by Nintendo? No. He's not owned by them, therefore he's a guest.
Furthermore, Snake can return. There has been no confirmation so one cannot say Snake is cut.
If Sonic is famous enough to not get cut, then what about other characters, third party or not? Mewtwo?
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