So I was in the Phoenix thread, and one of the Users
amageish
made a really good point about CP11 potentially
They said that perhaps one of the reason they might want to show off the Fighter in their own Presentation instead of the Direct is because The Moveset Explanation is more important than usual for this character, either because this character is Very niche and needs to sell on more than just the Character and Franchise itself, or even if the character is popular, Perhaps to avoid potential controversary they want to both Reveal and then explain the moveset
So with that in Mind, I'm gonna do my usual Shilling for the Ultimate
I think this makes Shadow the Hedgehog more likely because as Popular of a character as he is, I bet you that if they had revealed him today, Many are gonna just look at him as Black Sonic and be very disappointed, or very confused. Even if the Trailer makes it Clear on his unique abilities, I bet you people are gonna assume we getting ripped off with an Echo Fighter, and that's no good.
Shadow is a well known character, but Not everyone is too familiar with him, so perhaps this is their first impression of the character, and I think it might be best to explain more thoroughly to defeat the notion of Shadow being a Sonic Echo Fighter. I Imagine if Shadow was in FP2, he would have alot of Intricacies in his movement that might not be able to be expressed super clear in a Trailer
Doing Shadow in FP2 would kind of be Reimaging Sonic with the DLC Character treatment, which allows more individual systems to be implemented that Base Game development doesn't allow for, so we might see Mechanics that fit the whole Sonic Series be with Shadow, since we know Sakurai is not the most keen on radically changing movesets. This is also in addition to Shadow's own Unique Chaos Abilities, Personality and such