Are the extra spots on the character list, on the official site, representative of the final number of combatants?
If so, that's fewer than 30, I think........
The site character selector on the bottom has 22 slots (11 per page).
This has led some to believe that there will be 33 characters or 44 characters or something, but I think that's silly reasoning. I don't think they've planned that far ahead with the site's layout. I don't think the slots on the website have any sort of relevance whatsoever.
In regards to the actual topic, if they keep doing what they did in Brawl (grouping characters by franchise), it wouldn't be so bad. Maybe we'll get 4 heart containers this time. =P
I honestly don't think we're going to see 50 characters in this game. I actually feel like 45 is expecting too much, honestly...
EDIT: wait a minute..... CyberSai.... That you??