People are exaggerating Soren's popularity. Even during the Brawl era, he was outclassed by numerous other FE characters, popularity-wise. Even in Japan. You can ask anyone who was around back then. They're not going to venture a decade back to pluck someone who only ever had an unremarkable supporting role and mediocre demand, especially when their series has so many superior options, still, and they're a poor fit for an echo.
Plus, that wasn't the Brawl poll. The Brawl poll results have never been released. Those are the number of times a character was mentioned in the Japan-only section of the DOJO where Sakurai responded to select submissions, and, as only a small sample garnered replies, they aren't a reliable metric to deduce demand. That page has misled so many people.
Plus, that wasn't the Brawl poll. The Brawl poll results have never been released. Those are the number of times a character was mentioned in the Japan-only section of the DOJO where Sakurai responded to select submissions, and, as only a small sample garnered replies, they aren't a reliable metric to deduce demand. That page has misled so many people.
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