Which is what F-Zero fans are perfectly fine with when it comes to Black Shadow. They just want a 2nd character who would fit the heros vs villains archetype that Ultimate seems to be going for.
The reason Ninten is supported is because Echos are so easy to produce and would not cost much in labor costs and resources. It would easily fit the newcomers for the trilogy of the series. (You could also argue that Duster is supported for a new take on a moveset as well, but Ninten is more prominent since he would complete the protagonist representation of each game in the series)
The Metroid part is right, but many would love to have Krystal bring her own original moveset that no other Star Fox character has.
The issue is that Smash Brothers has multiple franchises that spans the entirety of Nintendo's history. To have the roster mainly support Pokemon, Kirby, Mario and Fire Emblem characters is a disservice to the vast pool of franchises that exists in Nintendo's family and library.
How do you think they are "getting torn down"? Do you believe the general Smash fan base wants the roster to mainly consist of Pokemon, Fire Emblem and Mario characters? Smash is a great way for Nintendo to introduce/reintroduce long forgotten franchises and breathe life back into old franchises.
You cannot tear down Pokemon, Kirby, Mario and Fire Emblem because not getting new characters would not effect their series at all; whereas, series like Golden Sun would benefit immensely from Smash recognition. Fire Emblem needed that boost to kick off in the States.
The Reboot Cast depends on what the goal of the Reboot itself is. Is it about Nintendo's history and the franchises it picked up over the years? Well there goes the majority of the Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Kirby and Mario casts; especially, if the roster space is extremely limited. If you need one character to represent each franchise that Nintendo owns then you can bet that big Nintendo series like Mario would be severely neutered in size.
If they're going reboot which is very possible with the naming of this one (how do you top Ultimate?), I easily see Mario, Pokemon, and Fire Emblem taking large blows.
- There's the base for them. I could see us getting Toad or Waluigi as two long term popular ones that were left out for this entire stretch. Yoshi and Wario could also be left in as they are there for their own surviving series.
Fire Emblem?
and maybe
? Overall it's one that could suffer the most from a reboot. Chrom and Lucina were padding. Roy and Corrin were marketing. Robin isn't the most popular in smash, but they could scrape by possibly as they can stand their ground outside of that with Awakening's success.
Pokemon... that's a tough one. Depends if they decide to rep multiple gens or go with Gen 1. Jigglypuff is the weakest link. PT could stick but with starters varying in Gen... like Charizard, Piplup, and Grovyle. Only
would be safe. Lucario, Greninja, and anyone added this time would be in a rough spot and may be cut, depends if Game Freak feels like keeping them in some spotlight or not.
I'd be worried about Pit, Ice Climbers, ROB, Wii Fit, and the like that are only fading in the background as time passes. If we get a reboot, they could be the first to do down. And that does include picks like Takamaru, Lip, Isaac, or Saki if they got in. Part of me is worried they'd just fall in the next installment without being successfully revived. Out of them, Isaac has the best shot at it. But it could also go the way of Kid Icarus where there is nothing planned after the "revival" which is pretty depressing in the end. This overall could also be why Starfox didn't see Krystal added as the series is on thin ice.
