Illusion said:
If I remember correctly, Nintendo had some exclusive Metal Gear Solid titles back in the GCN days, I'm pretty sure that is why we got Snake in Brawl. I think the disappearance of Snake in Smash 4 demonstrates that Nintendo didn't want to keep a character in Smash who doesn't have any real presence on Nintendo consoles anymore. Cloud has very little presence on any Nintendo console (except for maybe an obscure cameo appearance in games like Final Fantasy Explorers). Maybe Nintendo is just setting a new precedent by having Cloud in Smash, but I believe that there may also be something big coming that will justify why Cloud is there. Losing FFVII was such an embarrassing mistep for Nintendo back in the 90's that I just can't see Cloud come to Smash unless there was something in the works that we don't know about yet. |
Does it really demonstrate that, though? Who says it's not the other way around? I think it's just as likely that Konami made that decision.
