Skull Kid
Chance 4%
Zelda is such a difficult franchise to predict because it's spread all over. Nintendo has been giving attention to Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and Link to the Past within recent months, we know there's a Skyward Sword stage and an Ocarina of Time one and a Spirit Tracks one ... I mean, damn, that's a lot of Zelda love right there.
But that in itself is what makes me doubt we'll get a character from just
one Zelda game, and while people say "well, Skull Kid has been in more than one Zelda game, etc etc," we have to be honest with the fact that what makes the character stand out from iconic to plain desirable as a playable character is his story from Majora's Mask. His other roles are almost negligible, particularly when it comes to making a moveset.
And at that point I ask ... why not Vaati? Impa? Tingle? Tetra? All of them have had a major presence in more than one game.
Along with this there's the fact that really, for Zelda the main necessity is the triforce. Any other character beyond those three is extra, so if we do get an extra it might as well be someone more recurrent and significant in the series.
Want 5%
I like the idea of masks being used, but I just don't want Skull Kid. You know what'd be optimal? Have him as an assist trophy. Once he comes out, the music of the stage stops and the sound and screen go dim, then you hear
his creepy laugh and
a different background music as he floats above everyone and brings the moon down.
To me, that's the perfect way to include this character. Even if all the kids who wind up playing the game start crying whenever this happens.
Prediction
Lip 13.6%
I have seriously no idea what to expect from this character, both in terms of anything (moveset) and in terms of chances. This is definitely a random, uneducated guess.
Nominations
x5 Ashley