>>37616741Simon, Mega Man, and kindasorta Ryu all have a long history with Nintendo. More than 20 Mega Man games (Classic 1-7, X1-X3, all of Battle Network, Starforce, and Zero, and some side games) were Nintendo system exclusives until stuff like the Legacy Collections and Nintendo actually published the US release of Mega Man 6 since Capcom wouldn't.
>>37617040Kojima himself actually wanted Snake in Melee so his kids could play as him but the game was too late in development