User blog comment:DerpyDoodle/Characters That Should Be Removed in SSB5/@comment-10388898-20141114222839

We have Robin as an Awakening rep so Lucina getting cut wouldn't be much of a surprise for me, but they brought Ike back so who knows?

Dr. Mario has been in since Melee, he was going to be in Brawl but was cut due to the priorities of polishing the Story Mode of the game like Mewtwo, and he was upgraded from a costume to an individual character here so I doubt he's going anywhere since he's been getting a large amount of attention despite being a clone.

I believe Dark Pit exists for the sole purpose of being an Uprising rep and the fact that Sakurai has a soft side for him makes me think that he'll make it in just because it's so easy to do.

Toon Link wasn't just in because of the Wind Waker remake! He was in the previous iteration of Smash so it was easy to bring him over since he was very simple all around to make. Not only that but what's wrong with Toon Link? He was as much of a semi-clone as Wolf and Lucas were, but people want them in, despite hardly having relevance due to similarities with their base character they were made from! And don't even get me started as to why Impa would be an awful idea for inclusion!

I can agree with you on Greninja, though...