1. My point was that such actions would only works as attacks, not as jumping actions.
2. It DOES mean something to his chances in Smash Bros: Representing the general Mario series (not sub-series, so he could have his own sub-series and be included, but if he does, he won't be considered "concurrence" to Daisy) means having everything that's representative from that series (jumping in the Mario series, using magic/weapons in the Zelda series, using guns in the Metroid series...), so having a non-jumping character from the general Mario series to represent it wouldn't really work (because it wouldn't represent something important in the games). Also, trampolines are already used in the game (Sonic's Up Special), and minecarts too (in the Great Cave Offensive stage), so it's not really original if he uses those.
3. I'm talking about stats, you're talking about specials. MY BLOODY POINT IS THAT IF HE HAS POOR JUMPING ABILITY, HE SHOULD HAVE TWO BETTER OTHER STATS (attack, speed, special attack or defense stats... and I can't really imagine him having a good defense, because he's still a simple Toad... so the only possible one is speed, but he needs TWO to compensate, so no, he's impossible).
1. Yeah, okay. A pink hovercraft isn't a fitting jumping animation, I give you that.
Maybe a jump block?
2. Or you play as characters that are important to that series. Peach, Bowser and 99% of the cast don't "represent" their series. They represent themselves as characters.
Btw, you could say Captain Toad could rep jumping, because his game shows how much (the lack of) jumping can change a platformer.
3. I say that Captain Toad, while having a poor jumping ability/mobility himself, could have specials that help him jump/run.
Like a Minecart or a Trampoline.
So basically, he could have great specials (a fourth category) that compensate for his innate jumping "skills".
He could have a mushroom trampoline that makes him jump higher and a minecart attack that makes him drive around at high speeds.
In numbers:
Toad's Jumping: 0
Contraption's Jumping help: 100
Average Jumping: 50
This way, his playstyle represents <- (There you have it) Capain Toad: Treasure Tracker, where he can't traverse the level solo, but has platforms and other things that can make him get around.
This all also makes him unique, because he'll have contraptions that will make him faster, making him an Engineer-character.
While the contraptions themselves might have been used somewhere else, the playstyle is fully unique.
Inb4 Little Mac clone