I have a question for the Third Strike fans out there. Alex and Urien, as I understand, are both popular characters from their game, the former being the main character, and the latter being the main sub-boss. SF4 and SFxT were both two huge opportunities for them to show up in, but didn't. Hugo, Ibuki, Elena, Dudley, Makoto and the garbage Twins made the cast for those games over them.
Why? Are they really not as popular as I thought they were, or are they simply wanted in the game because they were absent for so long?