First of all, fandom size doesn't matter when we got Banjo before Steve and Terry before Scorpion (frankly it shouldn't even be a problem for Waluigi)
Second, is it disrespectful for ZSS in Smash 4 to have a congratulations screen that references Bayonetta only to have her join the battle as DLC?
Are you being serious? Banjo has had a large fanbase for years, (much larger for much longer than steve's lol) and at no point did i say fanbase was the only deciding factor, its just largely taken into account. Besides, Waluigi has literally nothing to offer. Sakurai has already stated this much. He's never even had his own games. He has no substance as a video game character, and just because he's from the mario series, that doesn't change that. Seriously, if he was removed from all future party games, it wouldn't even slightly matter. he literally only exists so that wario could have a side character/brother as well as a counter to mario having luigi, and even luigi gets his own titles and appearances in main titles that aren't his own from time to time. can't remember the last time (or ever) that waluigi got that treatment.
Also putting Steve from minecraft above banjo doesn't even make sense, when for many people Banjo has always been considered nintendo rather than microsoft based, so naturally that's going to be the pick when it comes to a rep from that company. That much should be obvious. Terry also makes more sense than scorpion due to him being from one of the biggest fighting game characters of the retro age (Terry existed way before Scorpion did). adding him in smash was a no-brainer when we have characters like Ryu and Ken (we could honestly use one more retro fighting game character to bring it up to 4), not to mention mortal kombat totally does not fit smash at all. like i know certain characters in smash are rated M (snake, Simon and Richter Belmont), but they can all be toned down, where as a Mortal Kombat character cannot. The Kombat series' whole shtick is being overly brutal and gory, and Sakurai has always held it to be extremely important to properly represent the character and the series they're from, so in what way would toning scorpion down, or advertising that game in a T rated game (or is smash E10 now??) going to be ok? Mai Shiranui from the King of Fighters games was omitted from any representation at all because she's considered too risque. hell i remember people complaining quite extensively because Snake doesn't have any cheeks now (that always cracked me up but still holds some ground in this point).
and how does a very small insignificant reference that most people don't and would never even know about, count as representation of a character in smash? especially in a past installment
. that's nowhere near the same thing as an Assist trophy or spirit, as those actually show the character in reference. sorry but your arguments for this are kinda laughable, and this is the problem i have with the" walugi for smash" as a whole. Smash bros is a game that is meant to sell other games. Waluigi doesn't sell any games, because the only game it could sell (barely, if at all) is smash, and i doubt there's even one person alive who is refusing to buy smash just because waluigi isn't in it, lol. an obscure "reference" to a character without even showing anything of that character or the games they're from (your bayonetta "argument") doesn't sell any games either. hell simply having the presence of a character in smash, either playable, spirit, or assist trophy, raises awareness of that said character and can give people an interest that they previously may not have had.
Waluigi for smash is just nonsense following a dumb trend thats grown old. He's already in the game. just leave it be for this installment and move on. maybe the Waluigi "fans" will get lucky next time, but it honestly sounds like Sakurai couldn't care less, and neither could I. besides this isnt really a thread for debating waluigi. follow the rules of the thread please.
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Its a quota Sakurai used because Terry wasn't considered relevant before his inclusion to Smash.