Personally, I really like the Smash 4 roster and feel like it's very diverse. My only real problem with it is that Snake, Wolf, and Ice Climbers are missing. To be honest, I would prefer if no one gets removed if a future Smash game happens.
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.
Since I was really young when I first played Brawl, I guess you can say most Nintendo series represented in Smash, as at the time, I only knew who the Pokemon and Mario characters were. Although, I don't think anyone could've blamed me for not knowing who Ike, Pit, and
especially Lucas were.
For more specific examples though, the main reason I played the Pikmin series was because of Olimar in Brawl. I still haven't played the original Pikmin game, ironically enough, but I'm glad I played the series, even though I kind of suck at it.
I also feel like if it wasn't for Pit in Brawl, I probably never would have played Kid Icarus: Uprising (Although, the game probably wouldn't have existed at all if it wasn't for Smash, but still), and I'm glad I did because it's one of my favorite 3DS games.
At the time of Smash 4's release, I was a bit more experienced with Nintendo games and had known who a lot of the characters were now. However, one reveal that really took me by surprise was Shulk. I had not played Xenoblade at the time that he had been revealed, but I had watched Chuggaaconroy's let's play of the game, and I really liked what I had seen of the game. So when he was revealed, he was the newcomer that I was the most excited to play, and he's more or less become my main in Smash. In 2015, I managed to get a New Nintendo 3DS XL and a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, and I loved it. It's now become one of my favorite games of all time, and I'm glad that I discovered it.
Another Nintendo series that I hadn't played at the time was Fire Emblem. I didn't really know much about it, aside from the fact that Marth, Roy, and Ike were from the series. I remember that Robin's reveal trailer was another one that took me by surprise, as I knew that people were expecting Chrom to represent FE: Awakening, but I'm glad that they picked Robin, because he felt really unique. By late 2015, I had known/seen more of the Fire Emblem series, but still never actually played it. Later that year though, I managed to get Fire Emblem Blazing Sword (that is, the one simply called Fire Emblem in the west, for those unfamiliar) from the Virtual Console. I really enjoyed playing the game, and now Fire Emblem has become one of my favorite Nintendo franchises.
Still kind of weird that I've only recently played Awakening and I still haven't finished the game yet.
Lastly, I wouldn't say that his inclusion was the only reason I got into the series, but when Cloud was revealed to be a DLC fighter in Smash 4, I was shocked. It's crazy that he's even in the game at all, and I'm really glad he is. I had not played any of the Final Fantasy games at the time, mainly because I didn't have a means of playing them. The FF series seemed like a series that I would enjoy, and it felt weird that I had not played any of them. Now, I've played three FF games, FF15, FF10, and FF7, in that order. While those are the only ones I've played, and I haven't even finished the latter yet, I'm really glad I've played them, and I do wish to play more of the series.
Honestly, I'm glad Smash has given me the chance to truly discover these games and play them myself, as I might not have played them otherwise.