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noname2200 said:
PAOerfulone said:
The "Association with Nintendo" argument died when Snake was revealed for Brawl.

???

I mean, Cloud I'll grant you. I'll even agree that the "rules" about who is and isn't in basically boil down to "what does Sakurai think?" But while Snake was more associated with Sony, I'll need you to explain this statement to me.

Snake is an interesting one. The reason Snake got in was because Sakurai did his friend, and Metal Gear creator, Hideo Kojima, a favor because Kojima's son wanted one of his father's characters to be in Melee, but the project was well into development that Sakurai could not get Snake in. Thus, it did not really matter how much of a legacy Snake had prior to his inclusion in Smash Bros. Brawl. Of course, you could say its debatable as Twin Snakes was on the GameCube, but it has to be noted that Sakurai and Kojima are really good friends and it likely took precedent when it came to Snake's inclusion.