Well then what you really meant makes no sense unless you have evidence to back it up. I know I sound like a **** and a pessimist.. but I am trying to look at the reality of what is known thus far.
How is that favoritism?
It's not.
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Konami/Hideo Kojima
asked begged for Snake could be included.. Hideo Kojima is the president of Konami.. and so he can pretty much make any decision he wants if Nintendo request more characters from them.
Now if we knew that Capcom or Sega and Nintendo turned their request down.. then it would be favoritism. Though there is even a possibility that Nintendo and Konami signed a contract that if Snake is Brawl then only Konami is the only 3rd party allowed to be involved.
Then you have to think about if Nintendo asked SEGA or Capcom or whoever for their characters and then they requested too much money or turned Nintendo down. Maybe Nintendo didn't want to pay the money to use Sonic when he is already going to be in the Olympics game.
I'm not saying characters like Sonic or MegaMan do not have a chance at all.. I'm only saying their chances are less then nearly all the Konami characters because of what is currently known. So if anyone currently says Sonic or MegaMan is a shoe in before any Konami characters.. then they are dreaming.