User blog comment:Legendary Pop-Fizz/The Ballots: Who will YOU vote for?/@comment-3331627-20150402085419/@comment-5185663-20150407232119

Sakurai regards 3rd Party characters as special, and only being permitted to join if A. They have a history with Nintendo, B. If they have a really good reason to take that spot, like Silver isn't a mind-blowing guest appearance, really Sonic is the only one in his franchise that justifies being in Smash, soooooo yeah.

The problem isn't how many, the problem is who many  whatdidIjustIdon'tknow,maybemymomwasrightaboutme