See y'all? That's how you should react to Shovel Knight being in Smash, not bitching about how he's not a playable character. The fact that an Indie game was acknowledged to this degree is already impressive on its enough.

I feel like people should keep in mind that it likely wasn't a decision between SK being playable or an Assist, but rather between SK being an Assist or not being at all in Smash. That'd apply to all characters who got a "lesser role" in Smash (Dark Samus, Chrom, etc.).

Honestly. I think most Indie developers would be overjoyed to have their character represented in Smash in some form. It's like being invited to the Video Game equivalent of the Avengers.