Now Gamer has posted a new article, where they tell us how Masahiro Sakurai and his Super Smash Bros design team pick which Pokemon characters to put in new SSB games. Below is an excerpt.
[quote]“Well first of all, we talk with the Pokemon company,” explained designer Masahiro Sakurai when we put the question to him. “What’s the hot Pokemon? What Pokemon are in the movies right now? And really do a lot of research on that front.
“For example, X and Y are coming out – of course, we haven’t done any market research because they’re not out yet, but we look at the animated series or movies and anything like that and again, find out which ones are going to be central to any of conversations in Pokemon going forward.[/quote]
