Sakurai - there are no favorites in Smash Bros.

Whenever someone loses in Smash Bros., or any fighting game in general, there's bound to be accusations of some characters being stronger than others. When questioned about this in this week's Weekly Famitsu article, Masahiro Sakurai responded by saying that there are no favorites in Smash Bros. Here is an excerpt from the Kotaku translation:

Sakurai took the allegations head on with pure logic. “First off, what merit is there for me to play favorites with characters I worked on?” he wrote. Sakurai went on to note that Pit from Kid Icarus is in fact one of the characters he has trouble using in the game. “To bring up an example, two characters I have trouble with and can’t use very well are Pit and Palutena. Therefore, for me, I feel that ‘Pit and Palutena are weaker than the average character.’ If I were to adjust them to fit myself, they would become even stronger – but as you may notice, I haven’t.”

He goes on to say that while his team does their very best to balance everyone, there are still problems, but they are eventually fixed. Do you think Smash Bros. can be unbalanced at times?

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