There are people here who question the inclusion of Banjo and Kazooie, wondering why a """third party""" character from a dormant franchise was chosen over characters with more recent games, or a longer legacy throughout the video game industry. There are also some people who believe that Banjo and Kazooie "open the floodgates" for some completely random and unrelated (to Nintendo) character that they want in just because the character or their franchise has subjective value to them. Let me explain why both groups are wrong.
Banjo-Kazooie is a surrogate Nintendo IP. It doesn't matter if Microsoft owns them, that's just some dumb ink on paper that allows them to sic authorities on people who use the IP in a way Microsoft doesn't want. Nintendo is the home of Banjo and Kazooie. That's why the Smash trailer is called "Welcome Home" in Japanese, because they are literally returning to where they belong: with Nintendo. Back in the day you'd see them on all sorts of promotional Nintendo art, ring alongside Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Pikachu and others. They were clearly considered an official part of the core Nintendo cast of characters.
Banjo-Kazooie was born on Nintendo, loved on Nintendo, remembered on Nintendo and that's where everyone wanted Banjo-Kazooie to come back to. Nobody cares that Microsoft "owns" the IP, not even Microsoft themselves.
Smash Bros. is about Nintendo whether you like it or not A couple of oddballs doesn't change that - and this is why Banjo and Kazooie are in. They have a strong legacy with Nintendo to the point that they are honorary Nintendo characters. Whatever character it is you think should have gotten in instead of them, they didn't because they're not as Nintendo as B-K. And whatever obscure character from a dormant series it is that you think has a chance now because of Banjo-Kazooie, they don't because they're not Nintendo. Not in the same way or extent that Banjo-Kazooie is, at any rate.
Banjo and Kazooie are in Smash because they're Nintendo characters and whoever you want isn't going to be because they're not, unless it's a first-party.
Austin Martin
>Nintendo fans want Nintendo characters in the Nintendo crossover game Whoa, what a surprise. This dumb article even leaves out the part where Sakurai says they are a natural choice because of their history with Nintendo.
Kayden Brooks
what about Cloud and that faggot from Persona
Isaac Gray
Who cares? Like I said, a few oddballs doesn't suddenly turn a game with 95% Nintendo characters into a general video game celebration.
Nathaniel Wright
Oh look what we got here another banjofag circlejerking thread because its the only good thing the rosterfags are good for. I mean stevefags got btfo already but you fags are even worse than them not a single day since august and you keep spamming the same shit over and over.
William Harris
So I guess this means Nintendo is the king of gaming considering more than 3/4th of the roster in a gaming all star game are Nintendo characters? Good to know.
Wow, Nintendo must be really special to get so many slots on THE all star gaming crossover!
Chase Adams
No it started off as a Nintendo cross over game then became what it is now with character’s from other companies joining in if i can find the sakurai quote I’ll post it in this post replies
Also it’s a Nintendo game so it’s easy to get those characters in
Hey man, you can choose to ignore the words of the fucking director. That's the direction they're going with, whether you like it or not.
Hunter Russell
No, I agree with you. Which is why Nintendo having so many representation slots isn't a surprise to me. They're the king of gaming after all, so they deserve the most slots in THE gaming crossover.
Michael Richardson
They're in and there's literally NOTHING you can do about it.
