Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20160315220335/@comment-2118191-20160316171055

KillRoy231 wrote: Well the Super Mario Wiki doesn't list them as playable in the Wii U version. Also Boom Boom wasn't playable in the 3DS version but is in the Wii U, furthermore I checked the list here. Also I checked the Wii U trailer and I don't see why they'd leave characters in the game out of the intro. (all characters listed there were up there waving to the audience, aside from Mario and Sonic who get their own scene, and I didn't see Ludwig, Roy, Eggman Nega, etc. there.)

Sorry Nintendo and Sega, but you disappointed me. Let's see:

The one good thing I can say is that Espio and Wave are still in it, but again, if I want to play as them I can kill the Ifrit and ABIS
 * Iggy, my favorite Koopaling, isn't in this game. Lemmy is quite popular and he isn't either.
 * Wendy, the most hated Koopaling, was chosen over Iggy (in terms of Koopalings) and Zeena (in terms of the only female in a team of evil, and I like Zeena WAY more than Wendy).
 * Eggman Nega isn't in the Wii U version, and neither are Ludwig and Roy (Ludwig being most popular Koopaling but they ditched him instead of Wendy)
 * 3DS version, the only game in all of creation where Eggman Nega is playable, limits him to Long Jump

Again, how do you know this? You don't. The reason they're not listed on the Wii U page is because they've not been confirmed for the Wii U version, obviously. You are assuming the worse. (also, since when was Wendy "the most hated koopaling"? Source?)

Going back to the intro then, please answer me this....why doesn't Dry Bowser appear alongside the other characters when his flag is clearly visible in the background? Doesn't that seem suspicious to you? Or are you just assuming that he isn't playable either despite the fact he has a flag?