User blog comment:Plasmaster/If I Could Make One Change To Smash.../@comment-24416652-20151202041234/@comment-4115159-20151203003617

Well they weren't planned to be in. The only reason these 3 are in at all is because production went really well and they had a little extra time afterwards to make them. Not enough time to make brand new characters but enough to make clones. Making a clone is a lot quicker for obvious reasons