User blog comment:Dan12322/Vote for who you want as DLC in Smash!/@comment-4115159-20150518223847/@comment-26390870-20150523051717

I really don't think they added Duck Hunt only as compensation for Banjo-Kazooie. Each game has included at least 1 new retro character, and Duck Hunt fits that role in Smash 4. Besides, the only similarity they have with one another is having a bird with them. And that's only in combat. The characters' personalities are far different.