I don't understand all of the hate on the idea of crash being in smash. I view the situation in a very similar light as Sonic The hedgehog. both are former Mario Rivals and are former hardware mascots, with sonic representing sega and crash representing sony. both eventually went multiplat, and both have struggled since going multiplat... Sonic is important in smash because he is an important part of nintendo's history (through being nintnedo's chief rival), even though his direct contributions on nintendo platforms are nothing compared to his non nintendo offerings. I think the same is with crash. his in influence and rivalry with nintendo and mario make him an important part of nintnedo's and video game's history.
Crash Commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY
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