User blog comment:David eric/Characters that probably will get cut from Super Smash Bros for Wii U & 3DS/@comment-5825070-20140524012023/@comment-4696205-20140524013024

I don't know if he was a gag character, but he had a major role in Subspace Emissary, as the staffs might have added him for that reason. But since there's no story mode in SSB4, I think he'll be removed as that was his only role in Smash Bros.