BasiltheBatLord on 06 July 2014
| Aielyn said: The fact that Ice Climbers have been in two Smash games, in both cases as a starter, suggests that they're rated sufficiently highly by Nintendo to remain in the series. |
i have never been under the impression that Nintendo picks characters in Smash or that Nintendo's opinion of a character or franchise significantly influences Sakurai's character decisions.
i kind of think that people are under the impression that Sakurai's goal with succesive Smash titles is to just "add more". Sakurai has said several times that that is what he wants to avoid with future titles. i.e. it seems to me like a lot of people have been assuming from the beginning that all, or almost all characters from Brawl will return which i don't think would be accurate.
