Waluigi being playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Sakurai's decision to make

Reggie Son-Loves Nintendo of America says that Nintendo "CLEARLY" does not hate Waluigi.

With the announcement of Super Smash Bros. UltimateNintendo promised that every playable character throughout the story of the series was making a comeback. Well, everyone except Waluigi who exists as Assist Trophy. Despite what you can think, Nintendo does not "hate" Waluigi. In fact, the president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Son-Loves, even brings him to Mario Tennis Aces.

What started as a Waypoint question about the main character of Fils-Aime in the recent tennis game is inevitably turned into a discussion about the exclusion of the villain. Son-Aime said that "CLEARLY, Nintendo does not hate Waluigi. Because I am with him as the main character. I mean look, we do all the characters that have already been in a Smash Bros. game available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate"

When told that this does not include Waluigi, Son-Aime has imitated the exhaustion and replied, "One would think that this would be enough to satisfy the fans. But noooooo! Fans must focus on a character who is not part of the series and demand their inclusion.

"So, one of the good things about how we approach the E3, is when everything is said and done, we go backwards." We look at all the comments and share with the developers and certainly Mr. Sakurai will be aware of the groundswell of support that appeared for a Waluigi. And in the end, it's his decision to make. Just like when we were ready to launch the Wii U and 3DS version, there was this background wave asking Reggie to be a playable character in the game. I mean … "

The obvious lightness aside (and no, Son-Loves has never become a playable character), Nintendo seems more than unaware of the receipt of Waluigi's absence. How could they not be? The legions of his fans were furious about it, either as a joke or seriously. Some even took to Twitter to harbad Super Smash Bros. Ultimate the creator Masahiro Sakurai who proceeded to block them.

Nevertheless, it does not seem impossible that Waluigi be added to the game later, especially given the exceptional post-launch support of Nintendo for the Switch games. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released on December 7 for Nintendo Switch.