If Lucas is/was at risk of being cut due to the Mother franchise being nearly dead, I seriously doubt we'd get some random dog from half a game that's 30 years old. Don't get me wrong, I like Duck Hunt, but new franchises tend to be, well, current. You know, inclusions that will boost sales? Like, when Robin and Lucina (more so Robin, but Lucina was at the same time so can't differentiate who caused what) were announced, Fire Emblem Awakening sales shot up quite a sizable amount.
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