7 Characters That Must Be Cut From Super Smash Bros. Switch

Lucario once filled an important role in the Smash Bros. roster. He represented not only the fourth generation of Pokemon games, but also the series that took the handheld games into the third dimension. He was the poster child for those games and deserved his place in the Smash roster. However, he also fulfilled another role - Mewtwo's replacement.

They have very similar movesets - both are floaty and have a focus on hand-to-hand combat, with energy blasts and chargeable energy balls at their disposal. However, fans clamoured for Mewtwo's return to Smash ever since he was cut from Brawl - and they got their wish. Mewtwo was Smash 4's first DLC character. So now that Mewtwo is back and Pokemon has moved on from the fourth generation (we now have Greninja), what role does Lucario fill?

Mewtwo is one of the most iconic Pokemon of all time. He absolutely deserves a place within the roster - which means Lucario does everything slightly worse and less cool than him, but with an added gimmick of needing to be dealt a lot of damage before being useful. It seems Mewtwo may now stay in the roster, meaning Lucario is no longer needed.