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And his moveset is so hard to create.

Sakurai said that he imagine that Geno would play similar to Mii Gunner, which is why the Geno Mii Costume was made for Gunner.

Remember when Sakurai said Geno he wants him for Smash and he didn't tell the reason why he didn't put him, guess what? I know why! Sakurai doesn't want a stupid doll for Smash.

So wait, Sakurai wanted Geno in Smash but didn't put him in because he didn't want him? What kind of logic is that? Geno wasn't put in because of the problems with Square Enix liscensing.

He's too old to join.

Duck Hunt Dog and Rob would like to say Hi.

Like Pirahna Plant, Sakurai put it because everyone knows it unlike Geno.

Yes, only most well know characters are in Smash Bros, like Shulk, Richter Belmont, Ness, Lucas, Ice Climbers, Marth, Roy, and Pit. The most recognizable characters that everyone knew about before the got revealed in Smash Bros

It seems to me that there are many players int he Smash 4 community who consider it fair and reasonable to withhold, obscure, or otherwise deny the wider playerbase access to matchup and character information that should be public knowledge.

Most infamous is the % window information for Meta Knight's combo options being kept actively secret in order to allow top Meta Knight players to continue with current strategies.

Ulevo said:

The fact is that you guys do not know these %'s (and neither do 99% of the Meta Knights), and we as Meta Knight players feed on this. If this were common or public knowledge then the match up dynamic would change and the Meta Knight player would have to adapt to using a more expansive playstyle, which is exactly what happens against say, Sheik, who has a very marginal window of opportunity to seal the stock. This is also why you will watch Abadongo play matches where he will eat 90% until he lands a dash attack to take a stock when he could have been playing from further ahead by just not being greedy and going for the instant kill.

That this attitude is not immediately and universally decried as the grotesquely poor sportsmanship it so clearly is baffles me. Games should be decided on skill and effort, not on the keeping of secret knowledge.

Some will say to this "you should go to the lab, no one HAS to tell you anything". And it's true that no one HAS to share information. But I would argue that the deliberate withholding of information is malicious and damages the metagame. It's not the right thing to do. Isaac Newton didn't keep his discoveries about gravitational mechanics a secret so that only he could benefit. He published his work for the benefit of the world.

So this is me calling these certain members of the Smash 4 community out. Everything that anyone knows should be made public. Anyone who continues to withold in-game information, framedata, combo escapability, etc. in order to maintain an advantage is putting their own petty successes ahead of the rest of the community. Shame on you, Ulevo. Shame on you, Abadongo.