To be fair Sakurai isnt the only person developing the game. There's a massive team of programmers and coders making the game. Do you really think he does all that by himself?

Yeah of course, If a man every does all that by himself I'll be surprised :P But he is the director of the whole series, which as you probably know, take A LOT of effort, time and skill.

Tekken is also released more frequently for one, and two they rarely take out characters. 

what did they take out? What was removed so casuals could enjoy the game more? This might sound selfish, but if they removed stuff that makes it harded for casuals to play, im all for that. The game is already plenty casul friendly.

Dark pit has different moved and a different final smash, did you even use that chacracter he is far more orginal than Wolf was to Fox

4 has less levels than brawl? i doubt that. unless you talking 3ds version but even then.

yes they could have done something better. But you could say the same for Subspace. IMHO i rather them not have it i there wasting tiem and takiing up space than habe it in the game, especially as it was used to unlock characters. ugh

Considering that Brawl online didnt work AT ALL, yeah it is a plus.

Yes as Tekken is released more often, than wouldn't that be a reason for the rooster to change less?  Smash had a full 7 years to get the rooster prepared and they delivered with meh results. 

Alot of the mechanics in Melee were gone, and some in Brawl like gliding. 
Lol at bolded. not sure if srs.  Wolf literally has no smash attack or tilt in common with Fox, and while their B moves are similar they are still different.

Dark Pit has pretty much just Zelda/Shiek's smash, and his side B is pretty much the same thing beside they fly in different Directions.  His bow is slightly different, but work pretty much the same.   All his core attacks are the exact same. 

And yes the game has less new stages than brawl. 

And like I said before, functioning online in 2015 is not a plus.  Its nintendo fans that keep them from progressing their games, and will ultimately lead them to not make consoles anymore due to looses in money

@ bolded - in your opinion. And at least you had the decency to state that it is your opinion in your initial post. If SSB4 dropped my two mains, I'd probably be pissed enough to post a similar rant.

@ bolded: Two games were developed in tandem. Between them, they have something like 75 stages, 50 of them new, and 27 of those new stages being Wii U. Your point that the Wii U version has fewer new stages than Brawl, while accurate, is weak, considering that Brawl's 31 new stages is only 4 more than Wii U, and that there are omega versions and 8 player versions of many of the Wii U stages, both old and new.

Please explain how functioning online is not better than non-functioning online?

@ the underlined: So how have the fans kept them from progressing their games?

@ bolded: Really? They have added 14 newcomers (15 including the Mii fighters) and dropped 3 from Brawl. (Not including switching the Pokemon trainer with Charizard).

@ underlined: Who, of the new characters, do you consider to be clones?

@ italic: They may have removed story mode, but have you taken into consideration all the new features in Smash for Wii U, or the various new developments and new content that has appeared since you first created this thread?

Any statement that Sakurai has been lazy will need better reasons to back it up than the ones you've given.

The roster has been saved and your complaint is now invalid because we can now call upon the power of the mighty LUCAS!

Okay, Snake, Lucas, Wolf, Parts of the Pokemon trainer, and Ice Climbers.

Lucina and Dark Pit, Dr. Mario are complete clones. 

Also I acknowlege that they're fixing it slowly, but having to pay for more Characters when the original rooster isnt even optimal is a cok slap by nintendo.   I don't know what work he's doing, as he might be making the game with a very small team, but honestly given all nintendo's assets I think they could have made a much better game than the one who have on Wii U right now, was likely rushed and it shows in the game content and quality. 

HOLY CHIT....I HOPE HE'S DIFFERENT THOUGH THIS TIME.  I HEARD ABOUT THIS BUT I HAD NO IDEA THEY HAD A PICTURE OF HIM .

EDIT: WATCHING THE VIDEO. YASSSSSSSSS