Top 10 Interesting Facts About Assist Trophies from the Super Smash Brothers Series

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The Top Ten
1 Assist Trophies first appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
2 Little Mac was an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and is now a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U.
3 Nintendogs were originally going to items, but were moved to being Assist Trophies to avoid animal abuse.

You know what else would be abusive? Making Nintendogs playable fighters. That is animal abuse. They are too cute to fight.

4 In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Nintendog Assist Trophy is a Labrador Retriever, while in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U, the Nintendog Assist Trophy is a French Bulldog.
5 Assist Trophies work like Poke Balls, but Pokemon only come out of Poke Balls rather than Assist Trophy cases.

Hey! Gotta catch them all!

6 Ridley was originally going to be an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

He's now a playable character in Smash Bros Ultimate.

7 Waluigi is an Assist Trophy that people want to be playable in Super Smash Brothers games.
8 When new Assist Trophies were revealed for Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U, there a meme called "(NAME) Joins The Assist Trophies."
9 Alucard was planned to be playable, but Sakurai put Richter in the roster instead

What a stupid decision THAT was

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