April 27, 2025

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In early versions of Super Smash Bros. Crusade, one of the playable characters was "Weegee", a parodic version of Luigi originating from the DOS version of Mario Is Missing! whose moveset was a composite of different memes from "YouTube Poop" videos. Weegee was removed in version 9.2 in 2018 as the development team did not want to "be the meme game". They believed the game's reputation was becoming overcentralized on the presence of Weegee, and that the character was not of a high enough quality standard to keep around. This decision sparked major backlash from Crusade fans, and ultimately Weegee was reinstated in 2021's version 9.4, with a new moveset comprising of more modern memes.

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Reddit thread about Weegee's removal:
https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/9ji0py/super_smash_bros_crusade_will_be_removing_weegee/

Below is a comment from a deleted account in the thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/9ji0py/comment/e6rvif7/?utm_source=share&;utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

"I'm the lead Spriter of the project since about halfway through 0.9.1's development (Shantae and Pikachu being my first major projects).

The reasoning behind removing Weegee is because we don't want to be the meme game. We're working hard to make an enjoyable experience, and are working to really up the quality lately. However, this does not mean that we're not open to slightly less orthodox roster decisions. We just don't want a literal meme character is all.

To those who are following the project, we have been working on redoing older content to bring it to a higher quality standard. This does not mean that the game is done expanding. It just means that we have some catching up to do before we can really push forward."

Weegee re-instatement reveal trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhGn5fuBpc