So I could go out on a limb and assume that you hated Pac-Man in Mario Kart Arcade? Nor were you a fan of Conker in Diddy Kong Racing? Didn't like Mario in Pac-Man Vs. either?
You all seem to have forgotten about the fantastic Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel on the Game Boy Color. And the original Metal Gear, though inferior to the MSX version, is still the one most US gamers would be familar with, and is definitely a well remembered title for the NES.
You trying to say that Smash Bros being completely different from Dead or Alive or Soul Calibur in "created universe" is also full of bullshit. DoA uses more than the DOA universe-remember Ryu Hayabusa? Soul Calibur uses Yoshimitsu, from Tekken. That counts as being spread out across more than one IP, and yet I bet you thought it was cool when Link was in Soul Calibur, or Nicole was in Dead Or Alive. The only difference is that this is a percieved concession on Nintendo's part, when it's really not.
If you don't like Snake in the game, then make a stupid house rule that no one can use him.