How Smash ACTUALLY Cuts Characters! (Smash Ultimate Roster Cuts)

With this being a more research driven Smash Ultimate video, if you have any tidbits or info you think are worth sharing, post them below!
Discord ➤   / discord  

Resources Used

Source Gaming "Sakurai Interview: Fire Emblem 25th Anniversary" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/12/13/...)

Nintendo Life "Sakurai Explains Why Chrom Didn't Make It Into Super Smash Bros. For Wii U And 3DS" (https://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...)

Source Gaming "Clone Characters in Smash Bros.: Truths and Misconceptions" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/08/01/...)

Source Gaming "Plucky Little Guys: Olimar and Alph in Smash 4" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/07/29/...)

Smash Wiki "Clone" (https://www.ssbwiki.com/Clone)

Nintendo Everything "Sakurai addresses Ice Climbers’ absence in Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS and more in new Famitsu column" (https://nintendoeverything.com/sakura...)

Siliconera "Why Zelda and Sheik Are Different Characters In Super Smash Bros. For 3DS" (https://www.siliconera.com/zelda-shei...)

Polygon "Super Smash Bros. director says character selection is stressful 'almost to the brink of death'" (https://www.polygon.com/2013/6/17/443...)

Source Gaming "Things You May Not Know About Jigglypuff" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/05/31/...)

Source Gaming "Sakurai answers some (old) questions– about Brawl!" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/08/17/...)

This WAS the link to the Sakurai Miiverse post about Lucario, but you obviously can't see it anymore :(https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/A...)

Source Gaming "Sakurai’s GDC 2008 Presentation Slides" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/07/11/...)

NeoGAF Bowser Jr. almost not making it into Smash 4 (https://www.neogaf.com/threads/ninten...)

Source Gaming "Sakurai Didn’t Say That!" (https://sourcegaming.info/2015/07/10/...)

Kotaku "Smash Bros. Creator Explains How Characters Get on the Roster" (https://kotaku.com/smash-bros-creator...)

Wikipedia "List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...)