Why do people hate Roy so much?
Roy had something going for him that made him unique , he is Nintendo's polygamist character.
He wields fire and with his awakening redesign , he would look amazing in smash.
Sure he is considered weak in his game but being in smash makes any character feel like guilty pleasure to have and losing them just sucks , clone or no clone.
He's obsolete in a number of ways. He was damn near so the instant his game came out. We just didn't know it yet because it wasn't even out by the time he was included in Melee, which was also stupid.
I liked playing Roy a lot back when Melee first came out. He played like Marth but looked less like a girl-man and had fire, so I was down with that. And I think it would be cool to have him as an alt or a DLC character just for Smash novelty, but I really don't miss him in the slightest. In a series that is packed to the brim with characters, most which are well done, there are litteraly over 30 better choices for a Fire Emblem rep that fatty Roy.