Why do so many people think Jigglypuff is going to be cut/be the prime candidate to be cut?
Let's forget about her being in the original 12, or that she is easy to develop. She has been in 3 games. Each being divided by quite a bit of years. It is not at all surprising through all these years, people have gotten attached to her.
So then, with that said, why would Sakurai even want to cut jigglypuff? The only logical explanation would be to make room for a shiny new character...but with what Sakurai has said in the past about how he feels about cuts, about how each character has their set of fans, why would he cut a character who's set of fans are more attached to then a majority of the roster?
Not only that, but with Pokemon Trainer being cut and, more than likely, Ivysaur and Squirtle, I don't think Sakurai is even opposed to cutting unique characters. Even if a character isn't exactly a clone, or even a semi-clone, that doesn't mean Sakurai will let them 100% stay.
Now, at this point, it must be said that I don't think there will be anymore cuts, (aside from the up the air Snake), because the all the rest of the characters aren't holding anyone back. And with two characters being cut, (three if counting the Pokemon trainer himself), do you really need to get rid of anymore?
Also, lots of things that took up Sakurai's time like the Dojo or subspace won't be in this game meaning more time for characters.
I'm not to sure about this next point, but with namco working with him, they might be able to develop characters faster.
Now, with all of this, if for some crazy reasoning, another character needs to be cut, (being most likely for time constraints), why would it be Jigglypuff?
Putting all of this together, adding back the fact that she is a part of the original 12 and is easy to develop, if Jigglypuff was put into a situation where it is either her or one of the newer characters, (melee and brawl), Jigglypuff would be the one staying.
There is one last thing though. However, I won't mention it because I do have respect for you and would rather not make you mad.[/quote]