User blog comment:Rocketslime 1 1/New SSB Character Contest - Finals/@comment-4237188-20130810132217/@comment-4237188-20130811154449

Your understanding is wrong. Rayman is plenty well known. I see requests for him all the time. And as to Nintendo and his history, he had a game on 3DS, a game on Wii, and a game on Wii U. He probably had other games in the past. Ubisoft has had good relations with Nintendo (not to say Sega hasn't).

And with Shadow, it's not a matter of originality, it's a matter of the fact that Nintendo will NEVER put more than one character from the same 3rd party series in a roster spot. Shadow will NOT be in the game. Why are you such a Shadow lover anyway? There's really not that much good about him. Why do you want him in the game so bad? And seriously, the answer better not be "because it would be cool" because that's one of the weakest reasons ever.

As to PKMN Trainer Gen 2, I think Nintendo would view him/her as outdated. The way I see it, the game will likely feature a trainer, just not Gen II. In the interest of keeping it modern, I think Nintendo will feature a Gen 5 or 6 trainer, or perhaps Gen 3 if a remake is in the works.

So really, contrary to your argument, Rayman is the most realistic contender here. But seeing as shadow is determined to win, I'm out!


 * Sets off a fireworks display and leaves the arena*