Chrom always just boggles my mind:
Still in Robin's FS
Still in Robin's victory pose
originally had default FE victory theme instead of Id
That whole WoL spirit event
Just a lot of weird things about one character
Chrom was most likely Ultimate’s late addition. He probably was decided late into development when Sakurai and the team decided to add one more echo to expand the roster.
His model in his initial reveal was pretty rough, and they probably didn’t have time to give Robin a new Final Smash. A good example of how late Chrom was added is his losing animation, being the most abnormal of the cast since he doesn’t have an expression and his hands are completely flat and move very stiffly like he’s handing a deck of playing cards.
The stance I hope Sakurai changes in the future is making Pokémon Trainer actually playable instead of being in the background.
Pikachu to Red is like Slime to Hero, Pikachu's the mascot, but Red is the protagonist. Because of this, Red should be a fighter. And before anyone says he doesn't fight, I present you Villager.
Imagine Red like Joker while Arsene is active, only replace Arsene with Charizard.
Red's down-B could be a Pokémon swap where he rotates between Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise, and Pikachu.
And before you say "Charizard and Pikachu are already playable," I present you with Robin's Final Smash with Chrom.
If you guys want me to turn this idea into a character thread, let me know.
Your reasons are easily debunk able;
1) “Before anyone says that Pokémon Trainer can’t fight, I present to you Villager.”
That’s a terrible example. It’s not that the Pokémon Trainer can’t fight but staying true to how they would actually fight.
Villagers don’t fight in their games, but the team in Smash made sure Villager’s move set in Smash be composed of the different items you can collect and use in their games since that could easily translate to how a Villager would do to attack. It works because otherwise, there isn’t anything else they could work with that could be used as Villager’s fighting style.
Pokémon Trainer however does, they use their Pokémon to fight for them. It’s the whole point of the games, and Smash represents exactly how they would fight and it doesn’t make sense for them to do otherwise. This is more of a creative liberty if anything and doesn’t need reworking.
2) “Before anyone says that Charizard and Pikachu are already fighters I present to you Chrom in Robin’s Final Smash”.
First of all Charizard isn’t separate and apart of Pokémon Trainer so I have no idea what you’re on about.
Second, it’s still a terrible example. Chrom is still apart of Robin’s Final Smash because he is likely a late addition and they didn’t have the time to change it, and even then it’s only apart of one move that can only be activated by an item.
Plus, it’d be entirely redundant to have an entire moveset be the same character who can be selected as their own separate fighter. There is no point of doing that work when you have three other characters that are unique to Pokémon Trainer.
