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I think the game being good/bad doesn't hold much importance as how much of the scene support it.
Kind of like how Sanford says that UMVC3 is scrubby, stupid etc... but so what? Even if it is true (not saying that it is or isn't) the community is behind UMVC3 and it brings in the number. So regardless if Wizard or Cannons thinking it's a good/bad game it's going to be at EVO regardless.
My thinking is that the Smash community has to band together and push whatever the next game is, even if it sucks like Brawl. There's just no way we are going to go back in time and have Melee.
Sanford and others said that UMvC3 is scrubby, stupid, etc...... but the important thing is that people had tons of fun playing that game and it's able to maintain their interest for a long time. For that reason alone it's pretty clear that UMvC3 is a great game, despite what some say. SFxT wasn't able to do that, people get bored playing and watching it, it's a bad game and that's why the scene doesn't support it.
That's what that is going to happen for the next Smash game, the people in the Smash community aren't idiots and they preferred Melee to Brawl for the simple reason that Melee was able to maintain their interest longer than Brawl did. If Nintendo/Namco isn't able to make a SSB game that has depth then people aren't going to be playing it for a long time either.