Also here is an idea, I put together in like 5 minutes, and yes I know it says Brawl up top, but that is ok.
The idea is that the spinning ball is a smash ball, and what happens is you drag this ball in circles to find your team with the Wii mote or whatever.
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Trying to find a result in easy character choice. What happens is, no matter where the smash ball character selection goes, all
P1 or
P2 or
P3 or
P4 has to do is click the team, and in the players corner the team will show up, and you can choose your character, and if you dont want the team just press B to back out and click another team.