I can't believe I didn't see it sooner. As we all know, Ness is believed to be deconfirmed by the whole "up until now" issue. Also, if he did return he would be a clone of Lucas unless they change his moves (which won't happen). But that's not entirely true! I, too, accepted the cold truth that Lucas has replaced Ness. But Ness would NOT be a Lucas clone. It would be like Lucas is to Ness as Luigi is to Mario, only even more so. Lucas does have three of Ness's moves, but they are different. His PK Fire explodes unlike Ness's, and his PSI Magnet is used in front of him instead of his body. Lucas's PK Thunder may even be a little different. It's the same thing with Mario and Luigi. Except...
Lucas's standard combat style is completely different. That would make Ness even more unique from Lucas than Luigi is to Mario. So I see no reason why Ness couldn't return with his same moveset. In fact, I think Sakurai was hinting at Ness's inclusion in Brawl rather than his exclusion. Why else would he point out their differences? As for the "up until now"...I don't know. Maybe he is being replaced. But, still, maybe not.
(I know a lot of you probably noticed this already. I just wanted to point it out, especially since many of these "prophets" (whom I believe are all full of crap) say Ness is returning. Please don't flame...)
Lucas's standard combat style is completely different. That would make Ness even more unique from Lucas than Luigi is to Mario. So I see no reason why Ness couldn't return with his same moveset. In fact, I think Sakurai was hinting at Ness's inclusion in Brawl rather than his exclusion. Why else would he point out their differences? As for the "up until now"...I don't know. Maybe he is being replaced. But, still, maybe not.
(I know a lot of you probably noticed this already. I just wanted to point it out, especially since many of these "prophets" (whom I believe are all full of crap) say Ness is returning. Please don't flame...)