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Nope, Roy was chosen because he was the best choice for a clone of Marth.
No. This is precisely the way I am thinking. He cross-promotes all of the games by including the characters.
Which is contradicted by both Marth and Roy almost being scrapped for international versions of Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Well, no. It is not contradicted because they were not canceled. If they were cancelled sure, but they were not.
Your telling me.. I found this gem while I was looking around.
Don't know, having an original intention to scrap those characters for international releases of Super Smash Bros. Melee and the statement of having both of those characters being included to promote Fire Emblem in North America seems contradictory.
The point is that they did help promote Fire Emblem in America. Whether or not that was Sakurai's intent is a different story. I mean you can nitpick at the argument that sales are the primary reason a character is chosen. However, that is not what I am saying or arguing for. I am making the rational assumption that well-known characters are chosen based on the fact that they are well known and making Nintendo money. I like to believe that SSB is a medium for promoting several Nintendo games. Sales are involved whether or not you choose to believe it. The question is how SIGNIFICANT are they in influencing the appearance of a newcomer? That is where we are getting are different perspectives. I think sales are more significant because it is more rational to me. You think sales are not significant because the game-play matters, which is more relevant to you. Both are extremely important when making SSB. I just happen to think that sales are one of the more important aspects of the game while you think they are merely considered. That is the only difference. I lean on one side of the spectrum while you are leaning on the other.
You never know. They might give it to Fox as a Final Smash.Not that I'm all for Krystal being in this game, but I really like the idea of that staff from Adventures making it into Sm4sh. Maybe Sakurai can give us another WTF slot by adding the staff as its own character.
LANDMAST----Uh I mean STAFF ROD STICK!You never know. They might give it to Fox as a Final Smash.
Well, duh. The final reason to keep them could have been the realization that America will become familiar with a popular Japanese series and add to sales. And now that they have been positively received, maybe Sakurai will introduce more Japanese exclusive characters.
People that care about Krystal, care about their own staff if you catch my drift.
Oh god please no. I hope Takamaru is the only one.
Me too, although Lip could be cool if she really did have a puzzle based moveset involving blocks.Oh god please no. I hope Takamaru is the only one.
Arcade era (1973-1983): Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Mr. Game & Watch
Not at all!
Don't worry i'm not depressed or anything, I just always have shadows under my eyes for some reason - but i'm still super happy! 
That isn't really surprising. Every Smash game tries to catch up with the characters that were left behind or introduced after the the previous game. This is especially the case, as the games begin development early in the their respective consoles' life cycle (except for the first one, obviously).Well, looks like SSB4 isn't gonna have characters who originated on Wii U.
I wonder why you'd be pessimistic over the idea of including characters that only existed in Japan. I mean, it's not like a new concept to Super Smash Bros. or anything.Oh god please no. I hope Takamaru is the only one.
I like to have characters that I know and can relate to in the game. I tend to not like characters that I feel were unnecessary inclusions such as Ice Climbers, G&W, and R.O.B. I never said it was a new concept in Super Smash Bros. I just don't want them to continue the trend... if you can call two times a trend.
You must have hated poor Lucas then. What did he ever do to you
What? You want to start a FE discussion? Okay. Well I think Roy should use his sword with lots of vertical and horizontal slashes and Marth can...*discussion continues on, turns into a long-winded argument, then disappears to be brought up later on down the thread*
I think a better statement would be if Lip's Stick was confirmed as an item again.
I actually loved Lucas. He was a more fun Ness and his hair was swag. His personality was also something different that you don't really see in games nowadays. He was a reasonable choice. I actually wouldn't have been disappointed if he replaced Ness. I didn't really mind Marth or Lucas. I didn't really like Ness or Roy. I have had time to get used to Ness though. So no problems with the characters that they already have. I just don't want too much more.
Alrighty haha. I can see your point a bit better nowI actually loved Lucas. He was a more fun Ness and his hair was swag. His personality was also something different that you don't really see in games nowadays. He was a reasonable choice. I actually wouldn't have been disappointing if he replaced Ness. I didn't really mind Marth or Lucas. I didn't really like Ness or Roy. I have had time to get used to Ness though. So no problems with the characters that they already have. I just don't want too much more.
Palutena uses a staff too.
Yeah. Or the Kirby Tomato/ Heart Container or Deku Nut. Items don't really mean much.
