Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-5711801-20131006095325/@comment-2054358-20140505002548

Then you should have clarified. The timing implied Pac-Man. So you don't want Snake? Well his chances of returning are slim, so you'll get your wish. Sonic deserves to be the first third-party veteran more than Snake. Sonic has more Nintendo exclusive games and he even faced Mario in the Olympics in four games. And even before Sega went third-party, Nintendo and Sega joked about each other and were the biggest rivals. Sonic popularized the console wars in the 90's. Having him in Smash Bros. fighting Mario is a metaphor for the console wars and Nintendo and Sega's later friendship. Sonic wouldn't have been allowed in a Nintendo game if Sega didn't move to third-party. Mega Man has 85 games on Nintendo consoles compared to 33 Sony, 6 Microsoft, 8 Sega and 64 others, meaning Mega Man has more games on Nintendo than other companies, so Mega Man fits Smash just fine. Snake's Metal Gear series has a very small number of Nintendo games, it's a wonder why he's in Brawl. 11 games? That makes him Nintendo enough? He has 19 Sony games! And his friend Raiden was in Playstation All-Stars.