Close-up of a bee in Super Mario Sunshine (I didn't even realize they had heads, let alone faces)
Source: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/sunshine/index.html
Reminds me of the NES World Heroes 2 roster
Ryu, Mario, Chun-li, Sonic, Leonardo (yeah he's blue in gameplay), Mike Haggar,
Bowser, Laurence Blood, Andy Bogard, Goku, Mai Shiranui, M. Bison.
In all honesty, while I'm not a fan of FF (particularly 7), Sephi's still among my top picks for an FF character in Smash, along with Black Mage and Kefka.
Not mad about JRPG sword guy in general, but I still prefer Phantasy Star IV over Final Fantasy VII since the latter totally ripped off the former in a few respects and got the credit.
Anyways,
What really bothers me about it is how Goonie is so much larger than Skeleton Goonie. Or how Scorchit is badly stretched and still has SMW2 feet.
Also, they sprites aren't technically taken from SMW2, pay close attention to the shading.
They're taken from SMA3.
It extends to artwork too, since...