I will admit that I erroneously felt like all of those things are already represented in smash bros, which in my opinion is a very Asian-centric game, but I will admit that I have to discern "Asian" does not equal "Chinese". If she is the first Chinese character in the game, good. I won't change my mind that Twintelle would have been the best choice. It's honestly shocking to me that the backlash has been relatively small for Smash Bros having no black representation.
a game with ZERO black characters out of a roster of almost 80 is no other word than PATHETIC. I Just don't believe that another fair skinned character with a blonde wig is a better choice than a black character in which there currently are none. Carry on
Complaints about representation in Smash always feel like confronting the symptom rather than the actual problem to me. Smash has always been about bringing together the all-stars of Nintendo, and there just aren't that many black Nintendo characters that can be considered all-stars. Twintelle not getting in isn't disappointing because Min Min was a worse pick, it's disappointing because Twintelle was the only black Nintendo character realistically up for consideration and she still wasn't important enough to beat out two other characters from her own game.
It's not a problem that Smash can fix. The rest of this DLC pass could consist of Elma, Twintelle, Mr. Sandman, Urbosa, and Anthony freaking Higgs and you'd still be left with the overarching issue of black/brown Nintendo characters always playing second fiddle to more important white characters (and from what I've heard about her "true form", Elma somehow manages to do that to
herself!). They would sooner add Rex, Spring Man, Glass Joe, Tingle, and Birthday Suit Samus over any of those picks, not because they're fair skinned but because they are by design more important to their series.
I need to see Nintendo actually start creating characters that are undeniably notable enough to play with the big boys instead of feeling like I'd be lucky to get thrown a bone with some token representation in the form of characters who wouldn't even make it in as Assist Trophies in any other situation. Stuff like Agent 8 and the Octolings being black as default was a good start, and Pokemon's trainers have started making some nice strides in this area although that probably won't be reflected in the Smash roster for obvious reasons. Now let's have Mario's next princess pal be a little less pale, let's see a Fire Emblem lord who isn't white as snow, let's see a Pikmin captain with some color under that helmet, let's see Link get reincarnated a shade darker in his next life. This is what will truly fix the representation problem, for me at least.