[T-Force]

Originally Posted by flashflash account

- fire emblem doesn't deserve the representation it has in smash and the character designs have made me hate the series despite having never played it and having never heard of it outside of smash until they released the million 3ds ones that had version exclusive waifus (I think)

Nice bias based off of unconfirmed opinions.
That said, you're probably thinking of Fates which had 3 versions. Version 1 follows one side of a war between 2 nations, version 2 follows the other side, and version 3 allows you to get all of them.
There's a story reason as to why there are "exclusive" units, but they're all in each game - sometimes just as the baddies.

I will agree though, there really needs to be a non-sword FE rep in Smash. It's getting a little absurd.