User blog comment:Rocketslime 1 1/New SSB Character Contest - Finals/@comment-4237188-20130810132217/@comment-3448772-20130811234645

I disagree.

While Rayman is well known I think Shadow is more well known.

Second, when did any one of the SSB staff say specifically that they wouldn't put in two third party characters from the same series?

Also I think Nintendo would be more likely to put in PKMN Trainer (Gen 2) than Rayman, mostly because PKMN Trainer (Gen 2) is a Nintendo character. Not to say that they wouldn't put Rayman in though.