Why can't you be shadow in smash bros brawl?

Answer 1

Sonic is included in Smash Bros. Brawl, Shadow is an assist trophy.

these are a few reasons why Shadow probably wasn't a playable character:

* Shadow would be a too similar character to Sonic (but there are some very similar ones at the moment) * Sonic and Snake being included were probably the most important part of Brawl, as it included famous characters from other companies. * Sonic is a Sega character, not from Nintendo, which published the game. (similar to why Snake is the only character from Konami)

* Sonic is much more famous than Shadow, the lineup needed to be chosen carefully. * Including too many characters would probably make it less appealing to non-hardcore gamers.