No. Because people understand that it's one guess character per franchises.

I dunno. Cloud's logo would have been Meteor if they didn't expect to add for FF characters.

I don't know what to tell you anymore, you're just taking out bullshit out of your ass. Good luck have fun. If Goku comes out in Smash, good for you ! But you'd be pretty damn stupid to think that if HE comes out, no one else will follow.

AngryLittleAlchemist  pretty much already told you most of what i wanted to say. But here is one somewhat hypocritical point you made it was initially just Nintendo characters then they expanded to 3rd party which you're okay with. It doesn't matter if it feels more all star or not, that's not what it originally was and honestly Goku joining the game wouldn't change anything about Smash as a game.

I think this has always been an unwritten rule that the fans take way too serious even more than Nintendo themselves, much like the Zelda timeline.

Nobody would've asked for Solid Snake back then despite him being a videogame character because most people predicted he wouldn't fit in Smash and he's from an M rated series. Nintendo, however, decided to add Snake themselves and changed fans' perception of who or what can join Smash... Pretty much anyone. With Smash 4 we were given the oportunity to vote for any character and Bayonetta, a third party highly sexualized character, (supposedly) won the ballot.

I know that Sakurai discussed the topic sometime ago but Goku would actually be way more fitting than both Snake and Bayonetta in Smash not to mention how he destroys both of them in popularity despite not being a videogame character.

Finally someone who's actually open for a debate. 

1 - According to the Smash Ballot, Bayonetta won with most votes. That's one but even before Smash 4 there were Ballots going on in Japan only which made Nintendo include both Marth and Roy late in development of Melee because of their popularity and were actually going to stay Japan exlcusive... So being the most requested can be good enough to convince Nintendo especially if were talking about 3rd party characters which are not too problematic and unrealistic to make possible.

2 - I think he fits better than both Snake and Bayonetta both of which aim for a realistic aesthetic whereas Goku has always been stylized anime or cell shaded much like most Nintendo characters.

3 - Yes, they mostly just retell the same story of the manga however if you've played any of the modern Dragon Ball Z games released between 2000 - 2018 they are full of what if's and their own storylines which kept the interest in the series healthy and that's the key here. It's not the story but DBZ's crazy popularity that kept pushing out more games and kept the series alive after it long ended in '97. The interest in DBZ has never slowed down that's why over 90 games have been made because it's a beast of a series and actually has a list of great games.

4 - *sees previous*

5 - Sure, not all of his games were competitive fighting games but let's be real here the DBZ games that took off here in the West were Budokai and Tenkaichi which pumped out sequels every year. In Japan it was the Butouden series that pushed the DBZ fighting game genre and today we have Xenoverse and  FighterZ both fighting games so it's legacy in fighting games have been around for a long time. DBZ games = Fighting games.

6 - fair enough

7 - Because if we're having a discussion about why a character should or should not join Smash you're going to have to back up your opinion with some good arguments which "not a videogame character" while in Goku's case a FACT, it's simply a weak and overplayed argument for the reasons that i've already stated.

-He's one of the most requested characters.

-He's been in over 90 video games.

-Rob is not a videogame character, he isn't.

BESIDES I should add that i'm not using this as a reason for him to join but to acknowledge the fact that he did not originate in videogames and this should actually be seen as an achievement for Smash Bros, Nintendo and anybody involved because Goku is not just "some anime guy" he's a national icon and a cultural and global phenomenom. 

8 - Which is okay. Heck I'm still waiting for the day Krystal joins Smash!

That's exactly how she wrote and Smash fans have been okay with this.

It is up to the fans if they can vote.

Because Goku (or rather the Dragon Ball series') is the only character that can single handedly buy out most of Nintendo's library of IP's except for a few like Mario and Pokemon. 

Vegeta has a small chance 17? Nahh

1. So he's JUST a manga character now? I suppose you'll just have to be a minority in that line of thought.

2. Care to provide non-feelings evidence to confirm that?

3. He's really not, and it really isn't. You can get mad and deny clear and obvious differences in circumstance, but that'll only continue to make you look unreasonable.

And I'm not saying Goku isn't an anime or a manga character. I'm saying his continued and persistent presence in video games over an extended period of time (even outpacing his timing in his other mediums) awards him the third notch on his title. He's a manga, anime, and video game character.

It doesn't matter because it already changed the original premise of the series, and that's where your hypocrisy comes in.

What you're saying is: This guy stole just 1 dollar so i wont punish him, but the other guy stole 100 he should be punished! You are okay with one but not with the other both of whom are essentially doing the same thing, in Smash' case: bringing more variety to the game.

Who am i? just another fan.

Rob was created by Nintendo, not anime studio. Goku was born from a video game studio, isn't it? We need to know where a character was born, from video game creator or anime/manga creator?

I don't know what to tell you anymore, you're just taking out bullshit out of your ass. Good luck have fun. If Goku comes out in Smash, good for you ! But you'd be pretty damn stupid to think that if HE comes out, no one else will follow.

No. Because people understand that it's one guess character per franchises.

Huh, so the example that I use, and which represents my views correctly is discarded in favor of one that you'd prefer to attack in the very next post?

Have fun showing that strawman who's boss.

Rob was created by Nintendo, not anime studio. Goku was born from a video game studio, isn't it? We need to know where a character was born, from video game creator or anime/manga creator?

I don't know what to tell you anymore, you're just taking out bullshit out of your ass. Good luck have fun. If Goku comes out in Smash, good for you ! But you'd be pretty damn stupid to think that if HE comes out, no one else will follow.

No. Because people understand that it's one guess character per franchises.

Huh, so the example that I use, and which represents my views correctly is discarded in favor of one that you'd prefer to attack in the very next post?

Have fun showing that strawman who's boss.