I think by now, we've all noticed Sakurai has a very obvious bias toward or against characters he puts on the roster. Sakurai clearly favors series like Kirby, Kid Icarus and Fire Emblem, giving them full support and tons of items and characters. Kirby and Kid Icarus because he works on them, and he seems to have an affinity for Fire Emblem, otherwise it wouldn't keep getting so many characters on the roster. Marth and Roy in Melee, Marth and Ike in Brawl, and now Marth/Ike and Robin/Lucina in Smash 4.
Meanwhile series he doesn't care for, he lets burn. The Zelda franchise hasn't had a newcomer since Melee in 2001. Secondly, Ganondorf has remained a clone for two games in a row. Toon Link also has tons of potential for a unique moveset, (using items from Wind Waker, Minish Cap, or the DS games), yet Sakurai ignores that. If Ganondorf is still a Captain Falcon clone 3 games in a row, it'll be even more obvious.
The Metroid and Donkey Kong franchises have also received the short end of the stick. People have been clamoring for Ridley since Brawl but no dice. Dixie Kong was the star of her own game (DKC3), yet we're still waiting on her. King K. Rool could go either way.
Lastly Sakurai always plucks one random obscure character out of nowhere and makes them playable for no reason, like Ice Climbers and Mr. Game and Watch in Melee, Rob in Brawl, and Wii Fit Trainer in Smash U. I like these characters, but before they were shown nobody would have ever believed these characters would ever be playable over much well known and notable all-stars.
How do you feel about Sakurai's favortism? Its really odd that Nintendo doesn't have much say in what he puts in the roster with few exceptions, like GameFreak telling him to make a certain Pokemon playable which he abides by. If Shigeru Miyamoto got to choose the roster, you could bet Zelda, Metroid and DK would have all had more reps since Brawl.
Meanwhile series he doesn't care for, he lets burn. The Zelda franchise hasn't had a newcomer since Melee in 2001. Secondly, Ganondorf has remained a clone for two games in a row. Toon Link also has tons of potential for a unique moveset, (using items from Wind Waker, Minish Cap, or the DS games), yet Sakurai ignores that. If Ganondorf is still a Captain Falcon clone 3 games in a row, it'll be even more obvious.
The Metroid and Donkey Kong franchises have also received the short end of the stick. People have been clamoring for Ridley since Brawl but no dice. Dixie Kong was the star of her own game (DKC3), yet we're still waiting on her. King K. Rool could go either way.
Lastly Sakurai always plucks one random obscure character out of nowhere and makes them playable for no reason, like Ice Climbers and Mr. Game and Watch in Melee, Rob in Brawl, and Wii Fit Trainer in Smash U. I like these characters, but before they were shown nobody would have ever believed these characters would ever be playable over much well known and notable all-stars.
How do you feel about Sakurai's favortism? Its really odd that Nintendo doesn't have much say in what he puts in the roster with few exceptions, like GameFreak telling him to make a certain Pokemon playable which he abides by. If Shigeru Miyamoto got to choose the roster, you could bet Zelda, Metroid and DK would have all had more reps since Brawl.
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