Wow...I thought the recent
"ledgegrab mechanics changed" Miiverse post caused enough reactions, but
this Alfonzo Miiverse update takes the cake for SSB4! XD As others have said, the switch seems kind of unnecessary, considering that 4 of the same character can fight at the same time (although multi-species characters like Pikachu and Yoshi don't have this problem; for other characters, I personally usually hand-wave my 'duplicate' foes away as either Shadow Bug clones and/or malicious transformed Ditto
) and that
Wind Waker Link and
Spirit Tracks Link are canonically different anyways..
So, then what's going to happen if the 75m stage returns in SSB4? 5 Donkey Kongs present on stage (4 fighting, 1 causing a ruckus in the background), or the "background" DK gets switched (which I doubt will happen)? There's the issue that "1981 Arcade Donkey Kong" is surmised to actually be Cranky Kong in his youth (which differs depending on the game, but Snake's Codec Conversation concerning Donkey Kong in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl supports the "Cranky Kong = Arcade Donkey Kong" concept), but if you're going to make this "Toon Link or Alfonzo" edit so that some ignorant people of the 'general public' won't get confused, it helps to be consistent... I would imagine that some people think of "1981 arcade Donkey Kong" being the same as playable Donkey Kong (despite the difference in art).
And then there's Jungle Japes (which features a Cranky Kong cameo in the background).. If you go by Donkey Kong's Trophy data in
Super Smash Bros. Melee (which cites the 1981
Donkey Kong game as an appearance), then technically you can have 5 Cranky Kongs on Jungle Japes (4 fighting in their "youth", one moseying about in his old age) in
Melee.
In any case, very neat update that potentially gives background characters a glimmer of hope for confirmation (although given that SSB4 is "still in development", I'll wait until the final release to see this Alfonzo.. Don't want to get my hopes up on something that can easily be scrapped..). Also, here's hoping that "Engineer
Spirit Tracks Link" shows up as an alternate costume for Toon Link (in addition to
Wind Waker's "Outset Link" as an alternate costume).