You're absolutely right. I am appalled at Nintendo for their intentional omission of the world-famous Mario from Brawl. What are they going to do next, put in a Sega character like Sonic in Brawl instead? pffft....
Seriously! They put Captain N in, Spongebob Squarepants in, Frogger in, and we don't have Nintendo's Mascot in? Seriously! They're probably gonna put Snake in instead!
Stop filling my head with lies. Its not cool man. If you keep trying to convince nintendo to put in mario they might make it a platformer isntead of a fighter