...This now seems the place to ask this.
Are King Dedede, Ridley, Krystal, Diddy Kong, Sonic, and Lucario (perhaps Megaman?) the most likely, and most agreed upon, newcomers?
Ya, pretty much. And Megaman gone hill has nothing to do with it, look at sales for 3rd party franchises. Out of likely franchises, Final Fantasy is the best selling series, but none of their mains games have been on a Nintendo system since VI. So you can basically scratch that off your list.
Grand Theft Auto had a GBA game=GBA game.
Next is Sonic, who is the obvious the most likely and probably the best choice.
Then we got Resident Evil, which is run by Capcom, who's mascot is Megaman.
Then we got Street Fighter, which is the same as Resident Evil.
Then we got Megaman, the mascot of Capcom.
Then we got Metal Gear [Solid], with Snake confirmed.
Then we got Kingdom Hearts, who we all know Sora is the star, who starred in a GBA Kingdom Hearts game.
^^^ Proof that units sold has something to do with it.
These stats tell me that Sonic and Megaman are the best canidates for Brawl. Add in the fact Megaman is more reconizable than ANY Street Fighter or Resident Evil character, he's more desired, and has a much bigger fanbase I'd say he's probably in Brawl. Sonic goes without being said, more reconizable then basically any 3rd party character [even Final Fantasy characters! *gasp!*], has a much bigger fanbase, and is the most desired character by a massively enormous amount, and he's pretty badly wanted.
It would be unwise for Sega to disappoint us after all the crap Sonic games we've gotten since after SA. And for Capcom, every Megaman fan basically wants to see the blue bomber himself, pure and original return, and Brawl is the perfect oppurtunity for him to shine.
