Yes, I’m that crazy dude down Insanity Lane, didn’t you know?

Like, the purpose of this article was more to discuss what characters could join the roster based on the premise that Super Smash Bros. for Switch was initially a port of the Wii U/3DS game, which would mean that all those characters would likely return.
That said, I’m aware things could be different and wouldn’t be surprised if certain characters don’t return, and I would be fine with that. I’m not going to lose sleep on it and will be happy with whatever we get.

Glad you liked it, and thanks for the correction. I apologize for the mistake.
I actually tried looking for those numbers but was having a hard time finding them, so I’m glad someone was around to correct me. Also, I’m happy to hear the second game did go over 1 million, that does give the series some extra value.

Glad you liked it.

Yup, Phantasy Star has more connections to Nintendo than expected at first. I think there was also a DS game made by Sonic Team, if I recall correctly.

Probably still isn’t the type of series that Sakurai would consider, but was worth a mention.

The series did indeed get a few things in the last few years, but Metal Gear Survive had a rather negative reception, not to speak of what happened with Kojima. But hey, I will admit that I should have pondered that a bit better and there’s a decent chance Snake could return, but we will see what happens.

Nintendo platforms are still important, because all the 3rd Parties in the game so far were in a Nintendo platform to some degree, even Cloud. We should not forget that first and foremost Super Smash Bros. was conceived as a Nintendo All-Stars fighting game, we only really started to see 3rd Parties join in the last couple iterations, and even then most of them are pretty iconic characters that transcend the notion of platforms due to how popular they are to the gaming community as a whole. Comparatively, Snake and Metal Gear are still as iconic, just haven’t been doing as well as they could be doing. But this could just be my perspective, so I respect your opinion if you are more involved with that series in particular.

Apart from that, good article.

Not really, it got Metal Gear Survive, a movie, a concert, whatever relation it has with Death Stranding, etc.

If Nintendo platforms were so important then it should have stopped other third-party characters from appearing and focus on Nintendo characters instead. Not to mention Super Smash Bros was created by a third-party, not Nintendo.