Sakurai said that there were a lot of characters they included in Melee that were kind of just put in there, like Pichu and Dr. Mario, and that they worked hard to get the characters they had in. A lot of characters weren't in there for any significance. I was surprised by Mewtwo's addition in Melee. It was cool, but it seemed very odd that they'd put him in there. It was Mewtwo, after all.No it's more of a kick in the balls that he acted like Mewtwo didn't even exist to be honest. In a very nonfunny way and not in the way he did to people who wanted ****ty characters to be playable (like Stafy or Waluigi). I do hope he does, after everyone is revealed, mention the characters that were cut and give an explanation for each one's non-inclusion.
Lucario seems to be more the close-combat fighting type anyway in my opinion, and seems to be much better.