User blog comment:Th3bomb93/What annoys me in sm4sh/@comment-24357950-20150329230234/@comment-24357950-20150413175544

Well, you see dear, since apparently it's alright for the 3DS version to get all the beautiful stages, I think it should be alright for the Wii U version to have a character the 3DS version doesn't have. Sakurai isn't the principal in this relationship. We are. He is the agent. We have no obligation to just accept his wish to have an equal amount of characters in both versions. Just because the 3DS version couldn't have the Ice Climbers, it's still no reason to just ditch them entirely for the Wii U as well.

Also considering how many characters were cut and how many new clones we have, I think we really didn't have enough new characters. Traditionally, we should get a higher amount of characters with each game.

Clones are to me an issue that should be complained about, though. Being an issue that was existent from the very start makes it even worse.

Also, it's just my opinion, but yes. I don't like the stages they've added to the Wii U version at all. The only ones I find decent were also added to the 3DS version. To me it seems clear that they've put far more effort into creating stages for the 3DS version. Putting the returning stages aside because each game received its own returning stages, the lack of creativity put into the stages for the Wii U version can not be made up by its superior quantity of stages.