She totally does deserve to be in Brawl. Also, don't try & condescend me just because of my likes & dislikes. That's similar to someone condescending you for liking DBZ, not that I don't.
Well, that's completely subjective. I personally hate her. All of the games in which she has been features have been disappointments, & I'm pretty sure most of her fanbase only like her because they finally have a popular character that is similar to their furs to which they fap.
Falco could easily have a different moveset considering everything except Fox's gun was made from scratch for SSB & Melee.
Her fanbase can't possibly be that much bigger than Ashley's, or any number of other characters.
Why do we need a girlfriend role filled, exactly? We need more empowered female characters,which Ashley would be. We already have 2 damsels in distress, & I'm pretty sure that's 100% of the female cast, excluding Popo(Is Popo the female one?). Granted, TP Zelda wasn't as much of a damsel in distress as Peach, but she still was.
Last I checked a transforming staff/club is not a sword, at least not all the time.
She blows & does not represent games that have the quality usual to Nintendo's projects.
Toad is qualified, but I wouldn't particularly like him there. As for Shy Guys, they don't've names & are just species. The only playable species we have are Pokémon & Yoshi.