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Smash Journeyman
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If Mewtwo had not be removed in Brawl, I think that Brawl would have had a perfect roster. The best additions of Smash 4 were Duck Hunt, Little Mac, The Koopalings, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ryu and the return of Mewtwo. The additions that I wasn't crazy about but agree with their inclusion are Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, Greninja, Shulk and Rosalina. All of the previously mentioned characters were legit additions in my eyes since they either represent a new series (Villager, Wii Fit, Shulk), are iconic characters (Mewtwo, Little Mac, Duck Hunt, Koopalings, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Ryu) or came from the biggest franchises and are super popular (Greninja, Rosalina). Characters I felt were weaker newcomers are Robin and Palutena, but with their inclusion, I feel those series are complete in terms of fighters and should not receive any others. I will explain why.
Robin will be forgotten as soon as the next Fire Emblem avatar lord replaces him. Robin, is the only character ever added to Smash that I really thought "Why". At least Palutena was the second Kid Icarus newcomer, but did Fire Emblem really need a third fighter? Not really, two fighters was enough for a series of its magnitude.
Palutena can at least serve as Kid Icarus' secondary representative, and I realize that she was the fan favorite chosen to be in the game. Her inclusion isn't that bad, but I say this because I feel there were stronger candidates for the fan favorite character. Issac and K Rool/Dixie would have been better choices for fan favorites because fans have been clamoring for those characters since Melee, not just just from the past couple years like Palutena. K Rool, Dixie and Issac have stood the test of time. Palutena? Her popularity comes from one recent game that didn't even sell that much of a significant amount. Palutena supporters will have you believe that Palutena is more recognizable and popular than K Rool, but that is totally not true. Before she was added to Smash Bros., Palutena was, at best, barely as popular as K Rool or even Issac. From my view, K Rool, Issac or Dixie should have been added since they were highly requested before Palutena became a "thing", but she skips the line? Oh well, Sakurai has the Kid Icarus bias and all.
A characters popularity doesn't diminish because "its been awhile" since they were popular or because the dedicated fans are too old and don't have the time to visit forums or vote in polls. Maybe people like to ignore the fact that Donkey Kong Country is one of the most successful games of all time, selling almost 10 million units in 1994 on only one platform. Considering how small the market was back then, that is phenomenal. That's the reason why you see so many bands and artists from the 70's and 80's still doing concerts and shows, they are still popular but the fans are older and aren't vocal anymore, but still listen to the music. Relevancy is completely a non-issue when it comes to Smash Bros., its an argument people like to use to throw shade on characters in order to make their own hopeful characters seem more likely.
With the return of Wolf, I feel that the entire roster will be complete and each series currently in Smash Bros. will have the perfect amount of representation. Any newcomers added after this should be from new series, old and new. The only series I can see getting more characters are Mario, Pokemon and Zelda, since those are the three flagship franchises from Nintendo that are present in Smash Bros., but I personally think those are complete as they are now as well. Of course, all of this is entirely my opinion and is not intended to make anyone cry
Edit: I wanted to comment on Pokemon. I feel that Pikachu, Mewtwo and Charizard should not be counted as the "Gen1" representatives. They are far to ingrained into Pokemon culture and lore to be limited to just "Gen1", especially Pikachu. In my eyes, the only "Gen1" Pokemon in Smash is Jigglypuff. At this point, you could say that the poster children of the Pokemon series are Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo and Lucario, and should never be removed from Smash Bros.
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. Kind of a shame, but what choices did we have? Bandana Waddle Dee, King K. Rool, Dixie Kong, gen 1 and 2 Pokemon. These are the only ones i can think of on top of my head, feel free to list more if you feel like it.
