User blog:Wellens/Lucario Confirmed, What About Mewtwo?

I've been reading a lot of comments in the last 16 hours about some people believing that Lucario's confirmation negates Mewtwo's chances of being in the game. I understand why people would be concerned about that, considering the fact that Lucario was seen a replacement for Mewtwo in Brawl. But let's look at some facts here:


 * Mewtwo's fighter data was found in Brawl's coding. Which means that at some point Mewtwo was to be included as a playable character but removed due to time constraints. That most likely means that Sakurai originally intended for both characters to be in the game.


 * Lucario and Mewtwo have different enough fighting styles and movesets that they wouldn't be considered clones if they were both included. Save for their neutral B the charging sphere move.


 * Mewtwo has been specifically mentioned by name by Sakurai in an interview about his possible inclusion. That, of course, isn't confirmation as Sakurai has a tendency to flip flop on some of his announcements. So much that the man himself should just start handing out grains of salt during interviews.


 * Mewtwo has a HUGE fan base and Sakurai knows how heavily requested he is. Again, that doesn't mean Mewtwo is confirmed just that the popularity is there and that's one of the biggest factors Sakurai considers when choosing new Pokemon fighters.


 * Lastly, it's not beneath Sakurai to do something intentionally to throw off the fans and create an outrage, only to pull off a big reveal in the end. Remember when Lucas was announced in Brawl? He hinted pretty heavily that Lucas was replacing Ness and yet Ness still appeared. He likes to mess with people, it's one of the reasons we love him so much.

So that's about it. My personal opinion is that I think Mewtwo stands the same chance of being included as before Lucario was confirmed and I never rule anything out when it comes to Sakurai.