Ridley was later considered as a playable character for Super Smash Bros. When asked in a Nintendo Power interview if Ridley was ever considered as a playable character in Brawl, Sakurai answered the question saying that making Ridley playable would have been impossible without putting his best efforts into it, and also felt that Ridley would have been "too slow" for a character. Nintendogs were instead implemented as Assist Trophies.
Nintendogs were considered to be playable characters, but were ultimately not included because Sakurai felt that Nintendogs were not "well suited for battle", similar to the Villager. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U as a costume for Mii Gunners. He would also later appear in Super Smash Bros. Finally, Sakurai wanted to include Geno as a playable character, but this did not happen. Sakurai also said that during development Shigeru Miyamoto suggested having Pac-Man as a playable guest character, though Sakurai thought that having Pac-Man appearing in his 2D form in the game seemed "far-fetched." All of them would later be confirmed as playable characters in the games making up the next entry in the series, Super Smash Bros.
2.2 "Sonic Joins the Brawl!" dojo updateĪccording to Masahiro Sakurai, Animal Crossing's Villager was at one point planned for being a playable character, but was removed from the roster because "he wasn't suited for battle." Miis were also considered to be playable characters, though the idea was dismissed as Sakurai did not feel the Miis were interesting enough characters, they weren't suited toward fighting, and he did not want online bullying to occur.