

Ninjara - During Min Min's reveal on June 22nd, 2020, Sakurai mentioned that he considered either Min Min or Ninjara serving as the ARMS fighter.Other Dragon Quest protagonists as alternative character costumes for the Hero - in the same Dragon Quest XI S livestream interview, Sakurai wanted to include eight different character alternative costumes for the Hero however, poor development time left him with half of the alternative costumes to be re-colours of the previous four instead of fully implemented characters.Slime - In a Dragon Quest XI S livestream interview, Sakurai had said he would have dropped Hero in favor of Slime if Square Enix had not allowed him to use the Hero.Steve - After Steve was announced as a DLC fighter, former Minecraft production director Daniel Kaplan revealed that negotiations between Nintendo and Mojang for Steve to appear in Smash had been going on "at least" since 2015, suggesting the possibility of him being planned for base game at one point.

Both games would eventually get fighters through the Fighters Pass Vol.
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However, he instead chose Incineroar, as he felt that Decidueye would offer nothing unique to the fighting styles, moreover, Sakurai had a desire of creating a character with a professional wrestling-based moveset. Decidueye - In an interview with Nintendo Dream, Sakurai revealed that he considered adding Decidueye to the game.Alucard - In a Famitsu interview, Sakurai stated that Alucard was regularly considered as a playable character, due to a lot of players probably knowing who he is, but he decided to go with Simon and Richter, feeling that fans would probably recognise the Belmonts, resulting in his Assist Trophy and cameo roles.
