User blog:SketchFalcon/Who is NEVER Going to be DLC?

Oooh, look at all the DLC blogs here. Might as well make one too.

However, instead of wondering/hoping about who could become DLC, let's take a look at who has no shot whatsoever of becoming DLC. Some controversial opinions may be ahead.

I'm sure many of these have been voted for, but I believe in the end they will be disqualified. This may be an open forum, sure, but Sakurai and Nintendo have common sense. No matter how popular a character is, they're not going to include them in the game if they won't work or they ruin the integrity of Smash Bros.

Ice Climbers
I know, I know. I like the Ice Climbers as much as all of you. But I don't want them as DLC, and I bet Sakurai doesn't want them either. Why? Well, there have been two arguments that I've had to constantly refute. One is that the Ice Climbers could be Wii U-exclusive DLC. Nintendo decided to branch out Smash Bros. to 3DS for a reason, people, and that would go down the toilet if Wii U had a superiority like that (yea, Wii U is already superior, but having an exclusive character would just be too much). There's the argument that Nintendo could put in a 3DS-exclusive DLC character, but that would just cause the Wii U-only players to complain, and it would just be a nightmare for Sakurai.

The other argument is that Popo could be included as a solo DLC character, with Nana as an alternate costume. This would be wrong on so many levels. The first one being that the Ice Climbers are meant to be together. One of the main aspects of their original game was the fact that it revolutionized two-player gameplay. It's just not right to have one without the other. Plus, their dual system was the one thing that made them special in Smash Bros. Because let's face it, shooting ice and swinging your hammer around are not very original moves. And if you've ever played as the Ice Climbers and have Nana get killed, you know that a single Ice Climber is completely weak! Yes, people may argue that Popo could just be buffed, but that wouldn't suit him at all. He's meant to be a weak little kid.

Ridley
No matter how many people request him, Sakurai's decision will still stand. First, Ridley is too big to work as a fighter, and downsizing him would completely ruin his original menace. Not to mention Ridley is a stage boss, and it's severely doubtful that Nintendo would go to the trouble of removing him, or even worse programming it so that the stage hazard Ridley doesn't appear when the fighter Ridley appears. Ain't nobody got time for that!

Assist Trophies
I wouldn't expect requesting Assist Trophies would be so popular, but apparently it's a thing. Assist Trophies wouldn't work for the same reason Ridley wouldn't work on Pyrosphere: Nintendo has better things to do than to mess with Assist Trophy programming. SSB5 is certainly a possibility, case in point Little Mac, but SSB4 Assist Trophies are said and done for now. If the thing Pop-Fizz showed us is actually true, then it appears Nintendo already has that mindset.

Fourth Party Characters
OK.

Take a deep breath here...

Fourth Party characters, aka characters not introduced in games, would completely ruin Smash as we know it. What makes Smash Bros. unique, other than the damage meter, is the fact that it's a crossover between Nintendo's most famous franchises, as well as well-known third parties heavily associated with Nintendo. Fourth party characters would flush it all down the toilet. Besides obvious rejects, which is basically anything from American pop culture, even popular Japanese icons, such as anime characters, should not make it in. This is because anime occupies a different realm in entertainment, and Smash Bros. has not been affiliated with anime in any way. So no Goku. Or Naruto. Or Ichigo. There are TONS of anime fighting games starring them where they belong, not to mention Super Smash Flash.

Agree? Disagree? Think of other characters who should never be DLC? Comment below!