Well, for Pit, it wouldn't make sense for him to call upon Palutena now that she's playable...Kirby's was perfectly fine as it was, though.
I'm glad they made the timing a little better so I don't look like I'm completely shit with it, but I really wish there was something more for DK's. Call upon the rhino and start rampaging through stages. Have Funky do an aerial raid. Something more interesting than a bongo...

Anyway, I'm more disappointed that there isn't going to be a story at all. Subspace Emissary wasn't going to win story of the year, but it was fun to play through...

A Rhino rampage sounds like an awesome final smash.

You know what would be better than just the rhino?

More Animal Buddies other than the rhino! Surely Sqwacks, Spitter, Rattlity and Enguarde can come back too. Having just Rambi the Bambi just isn't fun anymore. I want to ride my spider against Snowmads goshdarnit!

Well, I wouldn't say he threw it out the window. If he did we'd get Waddle Dee, Mr. Shine, Mr. Bright, and Hades as playable characters, and he'd take out every Pokémon as well. Out of every Smah game only 5 of his characters have got in, as opposed to the 8 Pokémon we've gotten over the years.

I agree, I'd argue his new one is a downgrade.

and I'm going to miss Subspace Emissary too.

They should make Samurai Goroh into a fully fledged playable character.
Then add Ridley.

I'd only accept Ridley if he replaces Rosalina.

Deal.

But Pokemon are Nintendo's top selling franchise and have by far the most move-pool potential of any set of characters ever. Neither of Sakurai's franchises could support that much representation even if he tried.

Kirby is definitely very loved by some, but Kirby, Meta Knight and Dedede are the only truly recognizable and well known characters in the series. Adding in more would just be totally unnecessary and a little difficult. Meanwhile, Kid Icarus only has three games (one of which even Nintendo forgets exists) and they're... OK. I don't think Kid Icarus: Uprising sold very well (although I may be mistaken) and it definitely isn't something that should be getting as much representation as it is. Two characters, two stages, five items and on top of that apparently the most representation in the Smash Run. I mention Metroid a lot but it is one of Nintendo's big names alongside Mario, Pokemon and Zelda and its currently sitting at two characters (Both the same character), one item, one stage. It just seems a bit lopsided and the choices definitely seem to be leaning towards Kid Icarus above anyone else.

There's always been a lot of noticeable favouritism in Smash Bros since Brawl. Subspace Emissary should've been named "Kirby and Dedede save the Nintendo universes! Special Cameos by some Nintendo characters!"

But in the end just give me Ridley, give me all the necessary veterans, give me some new non-Icarus, non-Kirby items and then maybe the favouritism will be less apparent. Sadly I don't think Ridley's going to happen and I think that's insanely stupid, especially considering Dark Samus is clearly not happening either.

Still want Bayonetta too..

I was using that to say "He didn't just throw that out the window, if he did throw that out the window, he would add like 5 more characters from his series."

and Bayonetta will likely never get in, we have 4 guest characters. That's more than enough, and she isn't exactly family friendly; all of her most powerful moves require her to be naked.

4 guest characters?