User blog comment:LeftywinfreeMTW/DLC Wishes?/@comment-24843283-20141106214048/@comment-25476555-20141107021913

I like Pichu too, a lot actually. He just wasn't a good fit for Smash Bros. He's cute, but he was a nerfed Pikachu clone. Sakurai realized this and cut him. Then again, he MIGHT become an alt Pikachu skin someday...