Sakurai on Inclusion of Mii Characters in Smash Bros.

In the latest issue of Famitsu, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai talked about the inclusion of Mii characters in the games.

Announced back at E3 last week, the Wii U and 3DS versions of the popular Nintendo fighter will include support to add Mii characters. It's not the first time Nintendo had considered adding these personal avatars, as Sakurai noted how there were plans to add Mii characters to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. However, the idea fizzled out due to concerns that there may be bullying and that Mii characters at the time didn't quite fit the fighting mould.

However, with the rise in popularity of these Mii over the years, the team revisited the idea for the new games. Sakurai also hopes the support for Mii will allow players to create characters that they wish could have been officially included, but couldn't due to copyright/development costs.

Characters won't be usable in public online matches as "we don't want the online play to become a copyright free-for-all and it's probably not as fun to play against someone using a character based on someone you may not know," he said.

Sakurai feels that "it's a revolutionary thing" to be able to fight the likes of Mario, Link and Kirby with self-made characters. "Depending on who you are, this new Smash Bros. may hold quite a different meaning compared with previous iterations of Smash Bros."

What Mii characters will you create in the new Super Smash Bros. games?