Some characters were allowed costumes that changed their entire design, so I have high hopes Arle will have both of her designs playable.
As long as Sticker of Puyo Puyo gets into the game, I don't care what other songs they add from the series. It's just more of a bonus for me by that point.
And about earlier with the rep argument, I realized that earlier with Konami and it makes me have very high hopes for Goemon showing up as DLC more than ever. Metal Gear, Bomberman and Castlevania all became represented in some way, but Goemon is now among their last well known characters. His stage could be very unique, filled to the brim with catchy music from his N64 appearances and his moveset would be incredible, with Impact making quite a show as a Final Smash. Lastly, every game that was localized of his series did very well overseas, with the reason it stopped being made primarily involving the general neglect of Konami themselves toward the franchise.
If Takamaru somehow had a chance before, even without relevance, Goemon has very high chances. I hope for both Arle and Goemon to end up in the series at least once, and well I don't have very high hopes Arle will end up as DLC, I strangely have a newfound hope for Goemon due to thinking of all the Konami reps that have now gotten their chance into the series. Simply means Goemon is the last one left and I very much look forward to him if he barely makes it as one of the last or maybe even the first one announced.
I already got one of my wishlist characters last summer, so I don't tend to come off as greedy anymore with my requests. If none of these guys made it, I still would be satisfied with Ultimate. They added an obscure choice from my list and with my favorite song from the series, in the exact remix I wanted, ending up as one of their songs.
More miniscule things I would have liked would be, I suppose, Cocoa Caves (or Metal from Air Ride) from Super Star and Over the Hills from Return to Dream Land. Basically some more song choices. And I have no faith they will show up in a patch, so they basically lost as soon as the soundtrack was leaked.
If Arle or Goemon end up as DLC, I would never ask for anything again for Smash, let alone buy another entry after Ultimate, knowing full well those two would not return as characters. And if both ended up in Ultimate (assuming Ultimate goes about the same DLC path as Nintendo's "successful games" list did, such as Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, which were confirmed to be getting more DLC due to their success a month ago) at the end, I believe I would be hospitalized for an unknown period of time due to how much adrenaline that would flow into my body over it.
Oh yeah, have not been posting here very often at all cause of life and all. Figured I'd just share a crap ton of opinions on this post all at once well I have some time to be here. And yes, I am debating getting Puyo Puyo eSports because it actually has some of my favorite characters from the series in it this time around that were absent from Puyo Puyo Tetris. But, the main drawback for me is it not having a retail release. Oh, and the fact that it feels like the most copy and paste entry to date, using the same exact design in its menus as Puyo Puyo Tetris and only differentiating itself with a bit more variety in the gameplay and loads more characters that we simply wish ended up in Puyo Puyo Tetris. It's a hard one for me. Would be easier if it was a bit cheaper.