Not proven false, my point was that this was an odd game to end up being taken so seriously competively. You have proven nothing.

Really I don't think this game was meant to be taken seriously at all. It was a goofy mash up fighter game which happened because a creepy hand gave life to figurines to beat the trout out of each other, a game whose intent was a fun time fight between peoples favorite characters.

Somehow though, serious competition arose from it, and they put a lot more work into future balancing. (Still, the most balanced of them, Melee, still has a lot of balancing issues.)

Hell, certain stages in these games aren't even allowed for tournament fighting.

Since the first game, it's seems they have been trying hard to maintain a balance of the tournament loving crowd, and those who play it because of wacky shenanigans.