Because even if they were against others' character choices, there's not much they could do about it, so there wouldn't be any point in beefing over it.

The answer to this would be to allow for modding like the Steam Workshop, but there would be issues like what characters to allow, balancing, and the hard work that one character requires (modelling, textures, effects)
Obviously there is going to be an unofficial tool, so in the end you are going to get pretty much what you want. It happened to Brawl, it will probably happen to Smash for Wii U

FOR GLORY! The proud competitive war cry!!

GRENINJA THO

Holy f***. This Direct was hype as hell.

Anyone think this is real?

nah

yoshi confirmed

kinda late there

when they said "Final Destination Only" i laughed so hard before they even explained what they meant

I honestly think For Glory mode is flawed
Final Destination is far from a competitively balanced stage
Yes it's better than Port Town but it's very polarizing
I hope Sakurai doesn't use the FD clones as an excuse to not have other balanced stages besides the new Smashville and Battlefield.

I get that. A lot.

Explains why I never have any trouble downloading SSF2 demos

It is very flawed from a competitive setting, but at least offers a solution to people who will whine for having a bad win/loss ratio thanks to items and stages hazards. So it is more for casuals that don't care much for balance, but care for lucky kills

Alright so I've had time to collect my thoughts and here are my thoughts

I can't really come up with any satisfying answer as to why Greninja was included. That's not to say he doesn't look fun as f*** - ninja characters damn near always are - but his inclusion is definitely the most bizarre yet. I don't think Sakurai felt obligated to include a sixth generation Pokemon on the character roster, but if you're going to represent X/Y somehow, the starters are unquestionably the best choice. But why Greninja specifically, I wonder? Delphox and Chesnaught had potential for interesting movesets as well, so what makes Greninja the favorite? Maybe some significance in the anime? I dunno. Regardless, I love this kind of s***. I never saw it coming, and I continue to underestimate how crazy Sakurai is. I'm certain there are some really negative reactions toward him out there, but I personally welcome him.

It's f*** hilarious that there's is a FINAL DESTINATION mode, and nothing else really needs to be said.

I'm not sold on the idea of customizable movesets. I'm interested to see how simple they are to edit, how well balanced they are, what kind of moves can be edited, whether all moves will have some variants, etc.

Wireframe Mac says to me that they're putting some thought into alternate costumes, and I like that. Maybe we'll see some clever stuff this time around.

I sincerely hope Temple makes it into Wii U.

The Balloon Fight stage doesn't allow side KOs, if you pay attention - the characters loop to the other end of the screen. And that is super super cool, I can't wait to try that.

Chain Chomp, Dark Samus, Elec Man and f*** PONG are really damn cool assist trophies. I noticed that he said something like "Assist Trophies figure into All-Star mode, so I want to include as many as I can" ... I wonder what he meant by that?

GOGOAT POKEBALL

I'm really excited to play 3DS soon, and really impressed it runs at 60fps, even in 3D. The Smash Run mode looks cool as hell.

I'm very glad Zero Suit and Charizard are their own characters, but I don't feel it was really necessary for Sheik, since the player was never forced to switch between her and Zelda. I'm also worried about Ivysaur and Squirtle. I wouldn't hate losing them, but they're neat to have around.

Mega Man's Final Smash is just awesome. I'm not even that big on Mega Man and I love that a lot.

There are two 3DS stages on the Dojo that I don't recognize. It's challenging, because they might be from Smash Run. But why would Smash Run have a shark? It is a mystery.

Lastly, I'm not gonna talk about Ridley.

I'm super super f***' excited for this game. Cannot wait. If 3DS is releasing in Summer, we're probably gonna hear a real release date at E3. Get HYPED

Actually, now that I think about it, does custom movesets mean that Mario could get his tornado spin back?

So, we also saw some new Final Smashes. What would be your favorite out of the shown new ones?

@Rapty I'm assuming custom movesets means customizing the existing moveset with different effects rather than changing it all together.