The Real Gamer
Smash Hero
As we all know, there are multiple match ups between characters that are competing for a spot in Smash 4, but none of them are quite as compelling as the duel between the 2 popular Pokemon: Lucario and Zoroark.
How can we be so sure that they both won't make it? Well we can't be 100% positive, but enough evidence (as well as past history) has shown that the likelihood of both of them making it are pretty slim. One of the biggest pieces of evidence shown so far lies in Sakurai's quote here:
Based on the above quote, it's easy to assume that the Smash 4 development team is focusing more on each character feeling distinctive and balanced instead of building a large cast... There are most likely going to be a few cuts if new characters are to be added.“It isn’t a matter of ‘if the next game has 50 characters, that’ll be enough,’" he said. "There is a certain charm to games that have huge casts of playable characters, but they tend to have issues with game balance and it becomes very difficult to fine-tune each character and have them all feel distinctive…In terms of quantity, we’ve probably already reached the limit of what’s feasible. I think a change of direction may be what’s needed.”
Another big reason we can assume both won't make it is because these 2 have a plethora of similarities: both were some of the first Pokemon revealed during their respective generations (and are seen as iconic to their gens as a result), both have starred in their own movies, both are bipedals and have human-like qualities about them, both have big fan-bases, both have pre-evolutions... The list goes on and on.
So the big questions are all that remain: Will Lucario be axed for Zoroark? Which of the 2 would you rather to see in Smash 4?
Happy debating!
EDIT: I have yet to see any definitive Zoroark vs. Lucario threads but if there is one out there and this thread needs to be locked as a result... SO be it!