Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20160315220335/@comment-2118191-20160326091226

Rainbowser wrote: I told you why that example doesn't work:

Son Goku is not a videogame character.

The characters from the Mario RPGs are Mario characters.

No, that's clearly not what I was talking about, and that should have been obvious if you actually read what I wrote like I told you to do before.

KillRoy kept calling Sticks a "TV series character" (even though she's not) and used that as an example as to why she shouldn't be in the game. After explaining that she is not a "TV series character", I then clearly pointed out that even if that was the case, that's just something Sega might do that we know Nintendo does not.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a game made by Sega, and yet the roster includes Danica Patrick (who is a real person) and Wreck-It Ralph (who is a movie character). Sega are evidently fine using characters who are NOT video game characters.

Super Smash Bros is a game series made by Nintendo, and features only video game characters. A lot of people have wanted Goku (who is an anime character) to be part of the roster, and yet Nintendo have never included him because he is not a video game character. Nintendo would therefore evidently use video game characters ONLY.

Therefore, if Sticks really WAS a TV series character, and not a video game character (which she is), it wouldn't really make much difference whether she was included or not because Sega have shown they are OK using non-video game characters, whilst Nintendo would rather only use video game characters. Since Sticks belongs to Sega, it therefore doesn't matter.

I don't see how much clearer I can make this. ><