Arcadenik
Smash Legend
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Actually, what makes no sense is if you cut Mario but kept Luigi, Peach, and Bowser when you know that Mario is the mascot/protagonist of the Mario series. Jigglypuff is NOT comparable to Pikachu. Yes, it is one of the first characters of Smash but without this "Original 12" brand, Jigglypuff is a nobody. At least Pikachu is the mascot of the Pokemon series. What is Jigglypuff's place in the Pokemon franchise? It even lost its recurring role in the anime years ago.Yeah. It's stupid to cut one of the founding characters when you have someone like Lucario or PT who has significantly less history with the series. It's like cutting Peach, but keeping Daisy. It makes no sense.
Mario - mascot/protagonist of the Mario series, mascot of Nintendo
Luigi - mascot/protagonist of the Mario series
Donkey Kong - mascot/protagonist of the Donkey Kong series
Yoshi - mascot/protagonist of the Yoshi series
Link - mascot/protagonist of the Zelda series
Samus - mascot/protagonist of the Metroid series
Kirby - mascot/protagonist of the Kirby series
Fox - mascot/protagonist of the Star Fox series
Ness - mascot of the Mother series, protagonist of Mother 2
Captain Falcon - mascot/protagonist of the F-Zero series
Pikachu - mascot of the Pokemon series
Jigglypuff - what?
IMO, SSB64 should have just Pikachu only and Pit should be included instead of Jigglypuff. Melee would then add Pokemon Trainer Red with Bulbasaur/Charmander/Squirtle, Mewtwo, Meowth and Jigglypuff. Brawl would then replace Bulbasaur/Charmander with Ivysaur/Charizard, replace Mewtwo/Meowth/Jigglypuff with Deoxys/Lucario/Plusle & Minun. SSB4 would then replace 1st gen starters with 5th gen starters, replace Deoxys/Lucario/Plusle & Minun with Genesect/Zoroark/Victini. Not only that, but after being alone for three games, Pit would finally have Palutena and Medusa representing the Kid Icarus series with him after the series is revived with Uprising.
This way, we get to experience many different Pokemon in each game (good to have variety) instead of limiting ourselves to Jigglypuff, 1st gen starters, Mewtwo, and flavor of the month (Lucario, Zoroark, etc.) I feel that Jigglypuff is holding back the Pokemon series in the Smash games by not allowing us to have a wider selection of Pokemon to choose from. Hell, we would have more reasons to come back to Melee/Brawl (other than the gameplay mechanics and physics). Why would I want to go back to Melee? Just for one original character (Mewtwo) who was cut?
There are so many missed opportunities. A lot of fans would have been demanding for the return of the 1st gen starters, Mewtwo, Meowth, Jigglypuff, Deoxys, Lucario, and Plusle & Minun to the Smash games. It would continue on for a couple years that Nintendo would have heard them and decided to make a Pokemon-only Smash spin-off game featuring these Pokemon plus many more Pokemon that might never be playable in the main Smash games. Thanks a lot, Sakurai. You have screwed up the Pokemon series in the Smash series.