Unpopular Smash Opinions (BE CIVIL)

[Louie G.]

8. As important as they are to the franchise. Fox, Ness, Captain Falcon, and Jigglypuff all need to get cut in the next game

I don’t want to rag on the obvious, instead I’ll frame it as a question.

Has anyone EVER suggested this and given a good reason for it aside from muh relevance? I mean - all of these characters are popular, they have unique and effective gameplay roles, time has made them uniquely iconic. This is the only reason, right?

IMO it doesn’t even make much sense for Fox or Falcon even under these pretenses. F-Zero just got a release last year… yes, it does count. For what it’s worth, there’s a clear difference between “these characters aren’t sacred” (disagree with 3/4 but I digress) and “they NEED to get cut”.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Since I brought him up... while I'm not necessarily in support, I think "Young Cranky" is just as valid a replacement for Rare's DK as any of the Links or Zeldas are for the last, and I'd personally be happy about it - I think DK's rep does skew a little too much towards Country against arcade, even if it's understandable - that being said, there are some very clear downsides, especially in a current context, but I'm not sure if Smash should really cater to current-context one way or the other when handling legacy IP.