I read a lot from the thread you just posted, and all I can say is that most of the people did not take into consideration the lengthy post you initially put. The idea that separating the pokemon should not be allowed because everyone doesn't have their wiis hacked is a weak argument, as new hacks are being found everyday, its appeal is steadily growing, and more and more people are doing it. I mean you can create new character costumes, I dont care what the original design of the game was, but toon link deserves more than just different colors. It would not surprise me if people set up booths at tournaments where they would hack your wii for a small charge, putting on it whatever you wanted. It is an easy process, it poses no danger, and only makes the game more fun.
Anyways, at the same time, most of those people continually kept saying that if buffs pokemon trainer. I can only assume that these people are just plain unintelligent. There really can't be much more to it. If by buff they mean the character is better, then perhaps they can explain how squirtle getting cg by marth to his death each stock is easier to deal with than using the other two who do not get cg.
If these characters were split up originally, NO ONE would be saying ****. But because it is a hack, everyone has an issue with it. In a year or so, if you do not have your wii hacked and u bring it to a tournament, you will be a rare occurrence. The appeal of so many different hacks being introduced all the time is going to win over the tournament crowd, it is only a matter of time.
And this would be by no means a slippery slope, as pokemon trainer IS NOT GETTING BUFFED SO PLEASE STOP F****** ARGUING THIS. If you all agree that ivysaur is the worst of the three, then how is using just ivysaur a buff. The best one, squirtle imo, has to deal with grab release shenanagins that would only increase as people became more and more aware of them. Each character by itself gains some disadvantage to a bunch of characters by having to be by itself all the time. The same goes for all characters, they all have some sort of disadvantage to someone else. The same goes for the three pokemon. No one is getting buffed, this isn't like we are trying to IMPROVE pokemon trainer. We are trying to separate them, the same way you do not have to use zero suit, the same way you do not have to use zelda. Why can't you understand that what Sakurai wanted does not matter, and that actually READING WHAT PEOPLE POST will show you that you're repeated arguments against this have already been shut down by people who use "facts" and intelligent arguments.
Honestly people, the denseness of your thought process is starting to give me an aneurysm.
Also stop referencing brawl +. Saying "if you don't like it, too bad," or "if you don't like it go play brawl plus," is absolutely childish and in general just a poor argument.