Alright, so, because I’m a loser and because I’m horrifically bored at work, I decided to make a tier list based on the 7 speculative criteria listed regarding what determines whether a character will be cut or not as an alternative to the tier list I posted earlier. For the sake of *insert totally legitimate reason here*, I decided to attach a mathematical model to it as well in the form of “points.” The highest number of points that a character can get is 10, meaning that it is virtually impossible for them to get cut with 1 (or below) meaning almost guaranteed based on this model (which is flawed but again, I’m bored as hell…).
1. Characters that have appeared in more than one Smash game have more prevalence than those that have just appeared in one. Add 1 for every game they’re in.
2. Characters who appear in the starting roster at some point in time have more prevalence than unlockable characters. Add 1 for every game they’re in the starting roster.
3. Main characters have prevalence over side characters. Add 1 if they’re a main character/franchise star.
4. Characters with unique movesets have prevalence over clones and semiclones. Add 1 if they have a unique moveset.
5. Characters with more modern relevance have prevalence over older characters. Add 1 if they have had a new game in at least 3 years or have been playable in a game in that time span.
6. First/second party characters have prevalence over third party characters. Add 1 if they are first party/second party, minus 2 if they are third party.
7. Popularity is less significant than everything listed above.
This is how everything played out in the end:
Top Tier:
Mario- 10
DK- 10
Link-10
Samus-10
Yoshi-10
Kirby-10
Fox-10
Pikachu-10
High Tier:
Captain Falcon- 7
Ness- 7
Ice Climbers- 7
Bowser- 7
Peach-7
Zelda-7
Middle Tier:
Jigglypuff- 6
Marth- 6
Luigi-6
Sheik- 6
Wario- 6
Pit- 6
ZSS- 6
Diddy- 6
Olimar- 6
Ike- 6
Low Tier:
Game and Watch- 5
King Dedede- 5
Metaknight- 5
ROB- 5
Pokemon Trainer- 5
Lucas- 4
Falco- 4
Toon Link- 4
Bottom Tier:
Ganondorf- 3
Lucario- 3
Wolf- 2
Sonic- 2
Snake- 0
This shares a lot of similarities with the tier list I posted earlier but, again, it's all conjecture and I just needed 30 minutes to kill before I clocked out for the day.