HAHAAHAHA.
Really? Seriously?
Ice Climber, Metal Gear, Starfox, and Earthbound fans all lost characters. Ice Climbers aren't a minor fighter, they have been in since melee, and represent a full series by themselves that was a part of classic Nintendo. Characters such as Rosalina, Rayman, Greninja, don't deserve at all to be in the game over them. Mii's are a waste of space too. That's three more original characters that could have been added.
Ice Climbers Haven't Had a Game in 25 Years. They were having problems. Not Major.
EarthBound is a Dead Franchise, no matter how good of one it is.
StarFox is lower priority than Kirby, Zelda, and the like, and Wolf wasn't all that different to begin with.
Metal Gear isn't even Nintendo. It's practically a Playstation Franchise, and furthermore, it only got in because Sakurai and Kojima are friends.
Rosalina has become more relevant that any of those franchises lately. Rayman Legends WAS a Nintendo Exclusive WHEN the Roster was decided. Greninja is promotional material. Nintendo is a business *hurderp let's not promote our business and make money*. Miis were very heavily wanted. And if you honestly think those three took that much time to implement, then you are a fool. They are essentially the epiphamy of clones.
And no, it's completley fair. If you are going to buy A WEAKER SYSTEM you should be prepared to not have all the characters. You don't even care so fairness for people who can't afford it means nothing to me.
Herpderp the New 3DS wasn't out yet DUMBASS. Most people already had 3DSs long before they even announced the New 3DS. And not everyone can afford a Wii U, when it's $200 more - sometimes you have to deal with what you can afford. I barely was able to get mine. I'm poor as ****. I sure as hell can't get a New 3DS. Not everyone's a spoiled ****ing brat.
NO IT'S NOT A BLESSING IN DISGUISE!!!
Ice Climber fans lost the one fighter that represented a series that they love because of a stupid decision to keep the rosters the same. It's not fair to them to lose that because "people can't afford" a better system.
You really think people gave a dip**** about Ice Climber as a series? First of all, some series. One game, one remake of the same game. People only liked the Ice Climbers because they were competitvely viable. I'm sad their gone too, but sometimes you just gotta get the over it and be a man.
Like it or not, Nintendo and Sakurai don't exist to serve your piddly ass problems and add every character you want.