Who was left out of E for All?

[lordsturm473]

I went and looked at the list of playable characters at E for All, and I've noticed some confirmed characters were excluded from the list. Here are the people left out, in case you didn't already notice:
Wario
Pokemon Trainer
Snake
Lucas
Zelda
Ice Climbers
Kirby

This leaves me to question: Why were these characters left out? Some are easier to speculate than others, like the Pokemon Trainer simply wasn't ready for play at the event based on how "complicated" the character is. Or Konami/Kojima didn't want Snake playable at the event for whatever reason. But other characters bring up more questions when you think about why they weren't there, like Wario, Lucas and the Ice Cimbers, mainly.

Then again, why wasn't Zelda included? I guess you could apply that question to every one of these characters...

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

You forgot kirby

 

[Jackal478]

Maybe they weren't in it cuz they weren't finished yet?

 

[Foe]

Well for Kirby I think it was the hats. For Lucas, IC I think it was lack of moves. Snake, Wario and PT I'm not sure about.

 

[~*Ice Climbers*~]

Kirby - I think they have changed him...alot

Zelda - One word...Sheik

PT - yup. Complication

Snake - To cool to be shown...lol

I don't know about the other three though

 

[lordsturm473]

Oh, did I? Wow. That's an even bigger issue. Kirby, of all people?
Thanks for telling me.

That's a possibility, Jackal, but it doesn't make sense for some characters, especially Kirby. Wario and Snake have been known about since we first heard of Brawl way back, so that reason wouldn't work for them. And Kirby, the Ice Climbers, Zelda and (perhaps, if he's just a Ness clone) Lucas are just old characters from Melee that need to be transferred to Brawl, balanced, and given a Final Smash. It wouldn't make sense for them. That would really only make sense for Pokemon Trainer and Lucas, if he's not a clone of Ness.

 

[Chepe]

Most of them seem to have a mechanic that takes up more space than usual, and the others are just plain secretive about Final Smash/moves. First we have the unorthodox mechanic characters that take up more space:

Trainer: 3 in 1
Wario: Fart buildup
Kirby: Copy ability
Ice Climbers: Duo

Then we have the probably secretive characters that would reveal too much if they were in the demo:

Snake: Non physical smashes, Final Smash
Lucas: A clone of Ness or not?
Zelda: Down B