Pit still sucks.
(starting from here is an edit) But...
I can see why people like pit. I used to be a Sonic main and everybody hated me until I started sucking at Sonic. So I became a Falcon main. I can play Ness but I'm more Falcon, and for being able to tolerate pit, you get a "Goku's approval" medal!
I did enjoy the OG Kid Icarus tho. It was hard for me but I enjoy hard games.