Spring Man, so the entirely fan-made “rule” of “Assist Trophies can not be upgraded to full fighters” can finally die
They can be, (Charizard, Li’l Mac, Isabelle, Chrom, Dark Samus were assists in the previous SSB games, before their playable debuts) but that doesn’t seem to apply to the current game, and having a character be BOTH playable, and an assist would honestly be confusing gameplay-wise, and feel like a cop-out for bringing another totally new character instead to some players. (Some characters probably work better as assists. I couldn’t see Andross being playable personally.)
Plus, I think the developers are understandably kinda afraid to do that, because if they made a DLC character be both, then that kinda opens up a can of worms, creating more demand for more assists to be upgraded to playable in the current game. We only have 6 character slots left too, so we can’t expect that.
Honestly, I can wait ‘till the next game for Waluigi, Krystal, Skull Kid, Alucard, ect.
@09MurphyM
I think Li’l Mac got promoted to playable, because the new Wii Punch-Out!! game revived the series, giving him more reason to get in. While Isabelle got in, because many AC fans requested her.
@09MurphyM
And toning down an MK character might of course, upset MK fans whom wanna see blood.