OysterMeister
Smash Journeyman
Kirby, Meta Knight, and Dedede are all the Kirby series needs. They're the three most important and recognizable characters the series has to offer, as well as the most interesting. After them, character choice breaks down into hamsters and balls of ooze with googly eyes.
My point is that there isn't any Kirby character left who's really important enough for a spot on the Brawl roster. There just isn't. You could argue that having a fourth Kiby character would be a surprise, and that in the past surprise characters have won out over popular ones through the sheer weight of their novelty, and sure, Mr. Game and Watch and Ice Climbers were surprises, but then they were also really unique in the having-only-two-dimensions and being-two-characters-at-the-same-time kind of way. Can a hampster bring that kind of uniqueness to the table? Not really.
Besides, shouldn't having surprises means having obscure characters from unheard-of series, not digging up minor characters from series that already have their best representatives accounted for?
My point is that there isn't any Kirby character left who's really important enough for a spot on the Brawl roster. There just isn't. You could argue that having a fourth Kiby character would be a surprise, and that in the past surprise characters have won out over popular ones through the sheer weight of their novelty, and sure, Mr. Game and Watch and Ice Climbers were surprises, but then they were also really unique in the having-only-two-dimensions and being-two-characters-at-the-same-time kind of way. Can a hampster bring that kind of uniqueness to the table? Not really.
Besides, shouldn't having surprises means having obscure characters from unheard-of series, not digging up minor characters from series that already have their best representatives accounted for?