They're redesigned, and thus no more "official" than Phoenix Mario or Max Onslaught Falcon. To say otherwise would be like saying P:M is "official," since it's made of the official Brawl engine, but designed better.
My argument was that that doesn't matter. Since this is a different game, with new creators, what's considered "official" should be shifted from content endorsed by Nintendo, to you guys.
But I bet you wouldn't have said that four years ago. And if you really were a fan of ROB back then, I don't see how you're not upset over the fact he's playable in name only.
There's a difference between liking a character, and liking the playstyle Sakurai gave to a character.
I don't think anyone was arguing for not using all the vBrawl characters (other than Pyrax's trolling). I was just saying that there are are characters that Nintendo should not have included, or at least could have done well.
It would definitely be cool.