if they remove any characters it wouldnt be fair to the people that use said characters and it might make the game less fun
^^^ Exactly my point of view! I would feel bad for anyone who had their fav character removed, because SSBB would be better if they just redid the characters in the series currently then to remove them.
Other than that, there are probably at least 8-15 slots still left, which is more than enough. Then again I think we all can agree quality over quanity, because who wants to play a game with 1,000 characters that all suck vs a game with 10 that all own like no other?
Just as long as none of the SSB 64 characters or retro characters are removed, I'm good. I still think 2-3 characters are gone, probably Pichu and Doc indefinetly. If those two go it won't bug me, but I would totally like it if Nintendo had Doc as a Mario outfit.
The Doc outfit would be even nicer if it replace Fireballs with Vaccines, but still do the same thing/damage, because that would be nice. Pichu=little hope, but hey you never know. It can return in my book only if it gains some originality and drops the self damaging attacks completely=those suck!
Sir, the Ice Climbers were failures because most of IC's kick butt moves required BOTH Ice Climbers. So not only do you have to watch your own back, but you have to babysit the dumb-as-lard CPU Nana. Adventure Mode was a problem when you'd make the jump Nana would sometimes miss so you'd have to go on without her which left you with a wimpy jump. I understand that Miyamoto has a fettish for retro video game characters, but that just makes playing Smash more stressful than it has to be!
Okay then how come there are a few big pro who mains off the IC? Only one I can think of is Domo (someone else is in my head, but can't remember their name), and they use IC like no other!
Here is a link to a fight between Como (IC) and Josef (Fox), who are both Japanese SSBM pro players, who both are pretty talented. I think this one can prove my point well enough, that ppl can own with IC (I love to watching low-tier users own top tier users=amazing).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54b2KAjmj4w
As for retro characters, lets see we got Ness (I think he's retro at least), Mr. G&W, IC, now we got Pit, and maybe 2-3 more would be nice. At minimum expect 5 Retro Characters, but 6 or 7 wouldn't be too crazy to ask for (and would own like no other). I seriously love it when ppl use retro characters and totally own, just as long as they are all good I'm happy!