We all love o speculate on the next Smash game, so this thread is going to do exactly that; nothing too fancy, but you can speculate if you'd like on what characters are likely to appear. For me:
- Mario
- Luigi
- Peach
- Daisy
- Bowser
- Rosalina & Luma
- Bowser Jr.
- Donkey Kong
- Diddy Kong
- Wario
- Yoshi
- King K. Rool
- Link
- Zelda
- Ganondorf
- Samus
- Ridley
- Kirby
- King Dedede
- Meta Knight
- Fox
- Falco
- Pikachu
- Charizard
- Mewtwo
- Lucario
- Greninja
- Captain Falcon
- Ice Climbers
- Marth
- Ike
- Robin
- Mr. Game & Watch
- Pit
- Palutena
- Olimar
- Villager
- Mii Fighters
- Shulk
- Pyra / Mythra
- Inkling
- Sonic
- Bayonetta
- Joker
- Mega Man
- Ryu & Ken
- PAC-MAN
- Kazuya
- Cloud
- Banjo & Kazooie
- Terry
- Steve
- Dr. Mario
- Piranha Plant
- Sheik
- Young Link
- Toon Link
- Dark Samus
- Zero Suit Samus
- Wolf
- Jigglypuff
- Pichu
- The rest of Pokémon Trainer’s team
- Incineroar
- Ness
- Lucas
- Roy
- Chrom
- Lucina
- Corrin
- Byleth
- Dark Pit
- R.O.B.
- Isabelle
- Wii Fit Trainer
- Little Mac
- Duck Hunt
- Min Min
- Snake
- Simon
- Richter
- Sephiroth
- Hero
- Sora
- Toad
- Waluigi
- Geno
- Pauline
- Dixie Kong
- Any Zelda newcomer
- Raven Beak
- Sylux
- Bandana Waddle Dee
- Magolor
- Krystal
- The newest Pokémon
- Porky
- Black Shadow
- Lyn
- Alear
- Whatever FE character is currently relevant
- Any Kid Icarus newcomer
- Mona
- Ashley
- Any Pikmin newcomer
- Any Animal Crossing newcomer
- Noah & Mio
- Elma
- Any Splatoon newcomer
- A Nintendo newcomer from the Switch era
- A retro character
- A character who previously went unused in older Smash games
- Any 3rd party newcomer from an unrepresented universe
- Any Sonic newcomer
- Chun-Li
- Echo Fighters are still a thing, with new ones to boot
Now keep in mind, this isn't assuming all of these characters will make it into the base game, if at all. Some would realistically be DLC.
Veterans
Veterans
- Mario
- Luigi
- Peach & Daisy
- Bowser
- Bowser Jr.
- Rosalina & Luma
- Wario
- Yoshi
- Donkey Kong
- Diddy Kong
- King K. Rool
- Link
- Zelda
- Sheik
- Ganondorf
- Samus & Dark Samus
- Ridley
- Kirby
- King Dedede
- Meta Knight
- Fox
- Falco
- Wolf
- Pikachu
- Jigglypuff
- Mewtwo
- Lucario
- Greninja
- Ness
- Lucas
- Captain Falcon
- Ice Climbers
- Marth
- Ike
- Robin
- Byleth
- Mr. Game & Watch
- Pit & Dark Pit
- Palutena
- Olimar
- R.O.B.
- Villager
- Shulk
- Pyra / Mythra
- Inkling
- Snake
- Sonic
- Mega Man
- Ryu & Ken
- PAC-MAN
- Cloud
- Banjo & Kazooie
- Toad
- Waluigi
- Pauline
- Dixie Kong
- Raven Beak
- Bandana Waddle Dee
- Magolor
- Black Shadow
- Alear
- Ashley
- Noah & Mio
- Ring Fit Trainee
- Dr. Eggman
- Chun-Li
- Crash Bandicoot
- Rayman
- 2B