Wait a second... You guys are discussing Smash Bros on a Smash Bros forum, instead of talking about literally anything else? What kind of sorcery is this?
Either way, guess I'll talk about Smash myself (since I think I haven't done this ever). Smash 4 is a great game, spent over 500 hours playing it. Not only that, but is a series that introduced me to many other franchises, and I'm really grateful for that.Actually I'll ask you guys, what series have you played due to a character appearing in Smash Bros? I'll begin.
During Brawl days I bought Pikmin because Olimar was in Smash, and due to Pit being in too, I bought Kid Icarus Uprising when it came out. I also knew about Sonic before going into Brawl (who didn't), but I really got into Sonic after playing him there.
Smash 4 was a godsend in terms of roster. No, I didn't know who the hell was Shulk when he got announced for the game, but man, he looks so ****ing cool! I should probably try his game... And therefore I met one of my very favourite franchises ever. I remember I bought both Xenoblade and FE Awakening together, and even though I had played FE7, it was due to Robin and Lucina in Smash that I gave the series another try, and yet I found another franchise that I absolutely love.
And last, when Ryu got added to the game... That was another level. Ryu getting into Smash got me into the Fighting Game community as a whole, I started watching all kind of fighting games, all types of tournaments, and I started playing Street Fighter myself.
So, overall, thanks to Smash I got to play Pikmin, Kid Icarus, Sonic, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem and got into fighting games as a whole. I'm extremely grateful to this franchise, and that's the thing I'm looking forward the most, new franchises I've yet to discover being represented. I'd love to know if you guys have done something similar, playing games just because they were in Smash. I don't regret it at all myself.