Something new? Alright, I got this.
The reason to bandwagon Sceptile is because Sceptile is being bandwagoned
These charts are now being used to reflect DLC. So who's Sakurai going to choose? Surely there are many deserving characters with tons of merits left not included! But wait! Who's this Pokemon everybody is suddenly asking for?
And bam. People get their Grass rep and their Hoenn rep not because there needed to be one, but because they wanted one.
Except the bandwagon for Sceptile is still extremely small compared to the other big names that will become DLC first. Mewtwo, K. Rool, Isaac, Roy, and quite a few others that aren't already fulfilling a spot in Smash 4 have had and continue to have demand throughout the years. For Sceptile to suddenly gain attention again without an undeniably unique mechanic, a newfound key role to the series, or a fanbase as sizeable and hard to ignore as Sonic's was, I fail to see why Sceptile would be considered such a big contender. If numbers is Sceptile's ticket, those numbers have to compete with
everyone, not just Pokemon characters.
Unless this bandwagon turns into a cult into a fanbase into an uproar for Sceptile able to rival that of Ridley or Mewtwo between now and the time DLC is announced, there's no reason to believe late-found popularity will be enough to get Sceptile in. Flavor of the Month Pokemon, like Zoroark and Genesect, and Deoxys and Darkrai before them, are always short-lived in requests and are regulated to side-roles at best. The way things stand as is, we've absolutely zero reason to believe the same wouldn't apply to Sceptile. Requests for Sceptile will inevitably plummet when Pokemon Z/X2-Y2/XZ-YZ/whatever third version gets announced, and the cycle will continue. That is my problem with this bandwagon. It focuses on the shortsighted new-found fondness for Sceptile and its availability in a couple of upcoming versions, rather than on what Sceptile will have to contribute for the rest of this generation and generations to come.
tl;dr: If the only other reason for adding him is because he's going to be "popular", then it's more than apparent of just how many of us today have voted today solely on what we want right now rather than what we believe will be a contending character for more than a year to come. Regardless, we're finished with Pokemon characters now and Sceptile has been added (without Swampert no less, what wonderful asymmetry we have now!), so it's time for us all to move on.
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No Additions for either. Both series have little in the way of viable characters. Black Shadow is F-Zero's only other option at this point as a potential transfer of Ganondorf's old moveset and the series' main antagonist. Ninten was Mother's original protagonist, Porky is the main antagonist, and Masked Man has cult popularity as well as a essential role in Mother 3. Nobody else in either series stands out as important, and neither series needs another character in the first place.
It's almost impossible to imagine him as a playable character, but he's got his merits. From what I've heard he seems to be the main villain of he series, not Porky. Anybody with that title deserves a chance, right?
I'm going to be weird and vote Giygas.
But no additions for F-Zero.
Shouldn't the fact that he's impossible to imagine as a playable character mean he has no merits in the first place? Unlike Mr. Game & Watch and Wii Fit Trainer, who were impossible to imagine as playable at their times, Giygas literally has no tangible form. His attacks are literally unable to be comprehended by the human mind. Giygas could sooner be
a stage than a character. Consider that before telling me we really need him on the chart.
