Kirby's not lucky. He's popular. You're obviously lacking in knowledge and history since you think of it in that way. I think, personally, Wolf is lucky. Sonic is lucky. Sheik is lucky.
Wolf could have been Krystal, but they went with the rival instead of the love interest. Lucky.
Sonic wouldn't have even been included if it weren't for Sakurai being friends with Kojima. If Snake weren't asked to be included, there's probably no chance that Sonic would have been included because adding Snake opened up the door for other third parties that probably wouldn't have previously been there. That would be luck.
Sheik has only been in one game. One game. The fact that she's still around in Smash Bros when her game came out almost a decade ago... should be surprising. Sure she's popular, but still. There were other characters like Sheik that were popular in games but didn't make it into Melee like she did. I call that luck, too.
In case you guys didn't know, they weren't even planning on releasing the original Super Smash Bros. to the US because they didn't know how well it would do. The game wasn't designed for the American audience. If they'd focused on the fanbase here instead of the Japanese fanbase.. we probably wouldn't have characters like Captain Falcon or Ness, but F-Zero and Mother are major series over there. They were logical choices there.
Wolf could have been Krystal, but they went with the rival instead of the love interest. Lucky.
Sonic wouldn't have even been included if it weren't for Sakurai being friends with Kojima. If Snake weren't asked to be included, there's probably no chance that Sonic would have been included because adding Snake opened up the door for other third parties that probably wouldn't have previously been there. That would be luck.
Sheik has only been in one game. One game. The fact that she's still around in Smash Bros when her game came out almost a decade ago... should be surprising. Sure she's popular, but still. There were other characters like Sheik that were popular in games but didn't make it into Melee like she did. I call that luck, too.
In case you guys didn't know, they weren't even planning on releasing the original Super Smash Bros. to the US because they didn't know how well it would do. The game wasn't designed for the American audience. If they'd focused on the fanbase here instead of the Japanese fanbase.. we probably wouldn't have characters like Captain Falcon or Ness, but F-Zero and Mother are major series over there. They were logical choices there.