BridgesWithTurtles
Smash Champion
Even though I still dislike her inclusion, I can understand more the reasoning behind adding WFT, since she's basically a representative of Nintendo's future at this point...
...Which makes Iwata's mentioning of Hanafuda in the discussion more interesting. It shows that he's acknowledging the company's earliest days as well as the one's forthcoming. This makes the idea of including a Hanafuda character more appealing to me, since the idea of pitting Nintendo's past against their future sounds like good fun. WFT also demonstrates that Nintendo is willing to represent their "health platform" in Smash Bros, so maybe they'd be just as willing to represent Hanafuda, even though it has nothing to do with video games.
...Which makes Iwata's mentioning of Hanafuda in the discussion more interesting. It shows that he's acknowledging the company's earliest days as well as the one's forthcoming. This makes the idea of including a Hanafuda character more appealing to me, since the idea of pitting Nintendo's past against their future sounds like good fun. WFT also demonstrates that Nintendo is willing to represent their "health platform" in Smash Bros, so maybe they'd be just as willing to represent Hanafuda, even though it has nothing to do with video games.