I don't feel like Zelda should suffer it's loss of characters just because the way the game is narratively structured while Fire Emblem(which I like mind you) is give free reign to get as many characters as it wants.
Sword user with lightning magic and you could probably incorporate the sand seals into her move set too.
In the case of Dixie Kong & the Octolings, both have enough material to make them semi-clones of Diddy Kong & Inkling respectively.
I mean, they're assist trophies because they're not quite important enough
I'm honestly surprised that we didn't get an Assist Trophy for one of the Champions.
My point is why are important characters relegated to assist purgatory just because there games introduced to a new cast every time while FE is allowed to put in as many as they want.
I've scene people say stuff about how Zelda is well represented by stages and items but being frank I plain just don't care.
I'm not. Seemed like a case of too late release and saving them in case they did want to make one playable. I'll find it strange if next game skips them.
I mean, we got a Spring Man Assist Trophy, which kinda goes against the logic of saving the Champions for a potential playable character later (especially if they wait for the next game, where the AT could just be removed). Though I wouldn't be surprised if they were ignored in the next Smash game with regards to playable characters (like most other secondary Zelda characters) unless they return in a future mainline Zelda game.
FE side characters don't get to be playable either
"There could be 100 Smash programmers in a room, but 99 don't believe in you. But just one does."
Gaga can have a spike attack based on Shallow that dives enemies off the deep end
Well, I only put in Duck Hunt because Clay Shooting could easily be adapted into Geno Whirl. Mii Gunner or Mega Man would be more appropriate bases for the character, but I still think they would be the most unique fighter out of that bunch.
And that's all fine and dandy and shows Sakurai's commitment to make this game as big and wonderful as it is.
My point is that if they were saving characters for the next game, it shouldn't have stopped Sakurai from including an Assist Trophy of them now if we go by his logic with regards to the Spring Man AT (Sakurai didn't have much of a say regarding Fighters Pass character selection, so he gave ARMS whatever he could in the base game). The same logic applies when comparing the Champions to a potential XB2 rep.
Well, Clay Shooting has the timed button press aspect to it that Geno Whirl would have; that's where the parallel comes from for me.
Again my problem is I think it's unfair that FE constantly gets new characters thanks to its narrative structure.
Never said that. I said counting only playable characters as representation is ignorant.
I feel the same way. I have no desire for RE stuff to be in Smash.
If we're going to get a Xenoblade 2 character from another pass why not just have it be Rex or Pyra/Mythra? Anyway I would be bummed out with no stages. Half of the reason I want a XC2 character is for another Xenoblade stage and more music from XC2, Torna, and maybe XCX
because in this hypothetical pass scenario Malos would be a Shulk echo
