| mZuzek said: Smash is like a popularity contest. Keep in mind that Pokémon has 6 characters in the game, and Zelda still has 5, with no newcomers since Brawl. Yet Fire Emblem, which was a nearly dead franchise until a few years ago and whose best-selling game hasn't topped 2 million units sold (though Fates will probably surpass that), has 6 too. In the meantime, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Metroid are all still stuck on 2 characters. For Metroid I guess it's understandable because there's not a lot to pick from, but there's no excuse for the lack of characters in the other two when Fire Emblem, a much smaller franchise is getting so many. |
Having characters to pick from doesn't mean you should just throw them into Smash, for one what are those DK characters going to add that DK and Diddy don't, FE is a good pool to choose from because the styles of the 6 characters is diverse, Marth and Lucina use the same style but require different approaches. With Star Fox right now I can only see Wolf being added in the next game as even though it has characters it's the same problem as DK.
Zelda the cast is pretty solid and rarely changes significantly as main characters goes, the nature of that series has those same characters constantly evolving which is why you won't see as much added from the series.
