Goku for Smash 5? I say YES!

[Medisti]

PAOerfulone said:

Medisti said:

I don't think it's really about what any of us associate the character with, but more where they first appeared. Goku first appeared in manga, so he isn't eligible for Smash Bros. That seems to be the only hard rule the series follows, and a softer rule of needing to have appeared on a Nintendo console (Cloud actually has, albeit in Kingdom Hearts spin-offs).

Side note: You have the best avatar ever.

Where is this Golden Rule of Eligibility written? I would love to read it.

https://sourcegaming.info/2015/10/05/sakuraithirdparty/

And if you'd like a link to an archived version of Sakurai's statement on the Brawl website, here's that. Keep in mind, it is in Japanese.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070328190054/http://www.smashbros.com/jp/toukou/bn/no3.html