It's Sakurai. Sakurai won't confirm Palutena, at least not yet. He'll just keep us excited.I'm thinking we're going to get Diddy and a Newcomer this month (Palutena because of the Kid Icarus Focus).
The Newcomer reveals are ramping up, or at least they'll have to. If this game is coming out in Winter 2014, then we should expect a Newcomer every 2 months really. At least that's how I see it.
Diddy will be revealed alongside Tropical Freeze, and unless there are anymore big releases, that's all I see happening. I'm assuming Diddy will be shown independent of a Direct because Nintendo has covered TF enough as it is. We'll get Diddy probably the 13th, so we could very well get a Direct before or afterwards, and get a completely different veteran or Newcomer.
I would honestly not be surprised at all if Sakurai were to reveal Diddy in the middle of February because of DKC:TF japanese release and later that month he'll just show Dixie being also playable