
note Except for New Mystery of the Emblem. The Fire Emblem representation even led to every game from The Blazing Blade and onward to be localized internationally. Thanks to the star power of the more well-known Nintendo franchises like Mario and Zelda, more obscure Nintendo properties like Ice Climber, Mother and Fire Emblem, along with Square Enix's Dragon Quest and SNK in general, get a lot of exposure through representation in Smash.According to Sakurai, Miyamoto had pushed for the character's inclusion as far back as Brawl's development, yet at the time Sakurai scrapped the idea as he had not thought of a good enough moveset, and he too had to fight for Pac-Man's look being the classic one rather than the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures appearance. The inclusion of Pac-Man was the result of him being the mascot of Namco (who was aiding in the development of the 4th title) and the fact that he was Shigeru Miyamoto's favorite video game character.
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The series as a whole is this to Nintendo, as every game has been highly promoted upon release.It even got new models for enemies in Smash Run. While it only has two playable characters as of Ultimate, the franchise has gotten love in other areas, like references to its home games (the smash strike in particular), items, songs, trophies, spirits, and stages. Mother gets plenty of love in the series by way of its creator Shigesato Itoi being part of the original team developing 64 and Melee.Sakurai was personally hesitant to give Fire Emblem too many characters, but the release schedule and overall logistics made Corrin the most logical choice to the development team. In particular, Fire Emblem has 6 representatives in 3DS/Wii U, on par with the significantly bigger Pokémon franchise and second only to Mario. Author Appeal seems to be in play, as Sakurai created the Kirby series and Kid Icarus: Uprising, and is a self-professed Fire Emblem fan.

These franchises were given three or more playable characters, along with a lot of focus in the game's other modes and features, giving them more focus than series that had been more successful up to that point such as Donkey Kong and Animal Crossing.
