Even if I had to choose from indie games only I'd pick Shantae or Patricia Wagon over him.

Not to make this into a #Banjo4Smash thread, but Banjo makes more sense than Shovel Knight..

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Your on a roll! Every single thing you said i agree 100%. Though Snake was unique and pretty cool, there are characters not even in the game that should appear way before him or any other third party.

People get mad at me when i say Bayonetta shouldnt be in it, but all in all she really shouldnt. Its not like we have every notable character from nintendo in the game. I could name 50 more nintendo characters that should be in it before a third party random character.

All third party characters currently in the game make 100% sense, only other non nintendo characters i see that could/should be Banjo Kazooie and maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe but only if they had to add a character thats third party is either Bomberman/Geno.

Banjo Kazooie is the megaman of N64 from the NES. There's a reason why Megaman+Banjo Kazooie were always mentioned that arent nintendo characters to appear in SSB.

Bomberman i feel is almost like Banjo kazooie, just not as important (this is my opinion of course)

Geno might come off biased, but he would be SE rep. And he was only used in Mario's 1st rpg game. And i think he would be in way before someone like Sora, though Chrono could maybe work.

Though thats one of the reasons, im pretty sure thats not the main one at all :)

Way forward wants Shantae in too.

They did say that? I wouldn't be surprised at all. She's pretty cool (though We need others to make it in first :0)

Well, with the theme of gaming history, having a representative for indies in general would make sense given their rapid growth in the industry.  Shovel Knight is a good fit for that position.  He's not the *only* one that could fit that position, but I think he would fit right in with the cast quite well.

I like shovel knight and the game is great, but I wouldn't like a character from 1 single indie game, that is not even exclusive to Nintendo, to get priority over characters such as King K Roo and Isaac. (I'd still buy and play him but also be a little disapointed)

Nintendo still have excellent franchises left without any reps. Golden Sun, Sin and Punishment, Advance Wars, Splatoon in the near future (would be great marketing as well).

I'd prefer 1st party. Also I think there are much better 3rd party options available.

Good news!
I hope he, the Inkling and Bayonetta get in!