Lots to unpack here.
Looking at sales is a better angle than how iconic the series is.
I agree, because iconography is subjective, but sales from a bygone generation of gaming, let alone three gens ago, aren't going to hold a great deal of sway when there's little current success to be had. At least in terms of Smash.
And I say that as a Krystal supporter and an Isaac supporter.
Wolf taking her chance in Brawl doesn't persay prevent either of them from returning. Starfox itself seems like a special case in itself seeing as Wolf is a veteran of smash and people wanting him to return seems quite global and Krystal for seperate reasons all together, but no one expected him not to return and no one expected him not to be DLC for smash 4.
That really has little to do with StarFox specifically and more with just how Smash handles its veterans. Also I'm not arguing against Wolf returning, I think he will at some point in Smash's future.
She may have missed the standard opportunity to be fighter but with the ballot the next form of smash is likely to be anything from conventional and Miyamoto being interested in putting more passion into SF sounds like a good time to put something into a 25th sequel.
There's two separate points here, one is the ballot, and one is Miyamoto's dedication to Star Fox. As for the former, Krystal probably did decently... but decently isn't good enough when even characters like K. Rool are getting omitted. Also this doesn't really set Krystal apart or overshadow her shortcomings, as one can imagine a plethora of characters did decently on that ballot.
And as for the latter, I'd say Miyamoto doubling down on Star Fox is a bane to Krystal's chances, not a boon. Firstly, he tends to exclude characters that weren't created internally. You can see this with SF0. Or Diddy's absence in DK Jungle Beat. Second, we don't even know how faithful Nintendo is to these words considering they allegedly canned Tecmo's Starfox Warriors idea, which presumably would've had Krystal in it.
Krystal already "dancing" in Sakurai's head means she very well might appear. The relevance card is a strong card indeed but it's not omnipotent. If the character can sell on it's own merits it doesn't need to be an advertisement.
It's not omnipotent but if characters more popular and more generally important within their series can't make it I don't hold out much hope for one of diminishing presence in both those categories, such as Krystal.
And there's not too much reason to not expect a Starfox title on the switch.
Well how about the fact that the last iteration, which itself was clearly a budget title, probably didn't recoup its costs? I mean that's the reason we haven't got an F-Zero in forever.
I hate to be a raincloud because I'd be elated if we got another, and it
could happen, but I'd caution no one be surprised if it doesn't.
I don't think the team really thought Roy should return for Fire Emblem but he reappeared as a vet anyway because melee fans loved him.
Ask the team if they can give us any leaks for any upcoming Smash games since you seem to have correspondence with them~
Wolf is arguably the most requested veteran from around the net aswell so that comparison does work. I'd be willing to wager clones don't affect series in a representation sense and they come in simply due to current popularity of said series.
I think at this point he's probably third, but yeah, that doesn't preclude him from returning. And I'd argue that every character affects series in a representation sense, but clones may count for less because they typically eschew the standard process of inclusion as well as being a more minor drain on resources. Which, incidentally, is the main reason for their inclusion, not series popularity.
Krystal would come in because of her potential as an interesting fighter and wolf would return because of ease of development and popularity. Though that would likely mean they won't look hard for more fighters for them. Either way ignoring a good and popular fighter choice for a simple reasons seems like bad design philosophy to me.
And therein lies the double standard. You choose
any character and you're "ignoring" countless "good and popular fighter choices" since that category exists so plentifully. The truth of the matter is not every character can make it in, so if you're going to play the popularity game, logically you take the candidate from as close to the top as makes sense. And Krystal doesn't reside at the top anymore. If popularity is the main tune you're singing, it can be sung about any number of characters to the same effect.
It's as Sakurai said in the quote Zebei posted, "it’s not that I don’t understand how that feels, but if you start saying that, it becomes “Why isn’t Waddle Dee playable?” or Dry Bones, or Baby Peach. There’d be no end to it." There's always the next good and popular fighter; it's not like Krystal is some outstanding outlier to the current roster. She's one of dozens that resides somewhere in the upper-middle-class of feasible, popular requests.
And I don't have it out for Krystal like some. I don't think she's some trash character, nor does she deserve to be the scapegoat for all of the SF series' woes. I'm still torn up that SF Warriors was almost a thing and then wasn't. She's actually my third most-wanted character, but I'm not going to dupe myself when regarding her actual odds at inclusion as it stands now.
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