Some talks on GameFAQs inspired this thread.
It's been pointed out that Smash Bros. might not do the best job portraying its characters. If not in overall personality, then in moveset. Examples:
Mario: Portrayed as way too stern, too serious. Just look at how he walks in Piranha Plant's...
Reviewing the game again, while I really dig the attempt to portray Bowser's army as genuinely threatening the game fell short at showing this menace across the land. Doubly so when counting Antasma and how he doesn't really do much on the island for how much of a terror he supposedly is...