Thread:TheUltraman/@comment-4814368-20131218232611/@comment-4814368-20131223173124

They aren't "necessary" per se, but they're better. You're still welcome to click on text. But not everyone sees or enjoys content the way you seem to. I make a few more points about why I think images are helpful to visitors and the wiki as a whole here: http://supersmashbros.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:42462. Others seem to like it as well. As for the mainpage, it's supposed to act as a portal into the rest of the content. We should be making that process easier. Many people will come just to see what new characters have been announced, we make that easy. It doesn't mean they can't also visit the game page.

@TheUltraman: Let me know when you think it's cool to put this up on either the game page or the mainpage.