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Deletion

Oppose deletion of this and all related images, as well as the recent enforcement on infobox images. I personally think that it really shouldn't matter if a post-smash appearance is used in the infobox unless the post-smash appearance is drastically different in design, such as ToTK Ganondorf and Zelda. There are plenty of Pokemon who made no appearances between Melee (such as Unown, original Porygon, and Scizor) and Ultimate, and most of the time their reappearance was as a spirit or trophy, so if we delete these images now, then in a future smash game the pokemon is represented as a collectible again, all this means is that these images would have to be uploaded again, which is incredibly inconvenient.

There is also the case on what if a character's smash design significantly influences their home series design, such as Roy in Heroes taking his combined Binding/Awakening design from ssb4 (including objects not present in his original Binding Blade design, such as the long headband or extra armor on his ankles and wrists), or Pit and Palutena using their Brawl redesigns in Uprising, or Meta Knight's wings growing for his smash appearances and staying that size for his later appearances.

To bring this back to the original changes with Daisy's image, I would actually rather change it back to her Mario Party Superstars art; it's the exact same design and pose as her Mario Kart 7 art, but with better lighting and hair textures that are more reflective of her Smash design than any art of her predating smash, even if in an incredibly minor way of a simple graphics upgrade.

I would personally say that the infobox image can definitely use art from a post-smash appearance, and I'd prefer it to be on the same console as the most recent smash game due to matching graphics, but it does not have to be nor should people feel obligated to make it be the literal most recent appearance. Unnamed anon (talk) 05:58, July 30, 2023 (EDT)