The comparison pic I saw from Brawl actually didn't have an assist in it.
Think of say...... Grey Fox.
He jumps straight up and out of the picture.
Or even Samurai Goroh, he starts swinging his sword immediately. Just like Phantom Zelda would.
Famitsu doesn't have any inside information, do they?
From what I heard, all they said was that it was possible. But they weren't sure. They were just saying it might happen. They don't know. Or at least, nothing we don't know.
Assist is the much more likely placement for Phantom Zelda.
If Sheik was cut, the hype would be killed. People would rage.
If Impa was just a clone, the hype would be killed. People would rage.
Impa needs her magic. Not whips. Not needles. Not swords.
She is an agile magic-weilder, and if she's portrayed otherwise in Smash Bros I'd be disappointed in the development team.
Sometimes I think that only a few on the team have actually played a Zelda game.
-Young Link as his own slot?
-Zelda uses Link's magic?
-Twilight Princess Zelda can turn into Sheik?
-Toon Sheik was supposed to be playable? (Biggest WTF of them all)
-Ganondorf uses cloned magic from a race car driver? And not a sword?
-Toon Link is a clone of Twilight Princess Link? TWICE?
-Instead of transforming into Wolf Link, Twilight Princess Link's Final Smash locks you into 2 triforces and he hits you with a sword just like most of his attacks?
-Sheik can use the light arrow?
-Tingle's assist throws hammers?
-All of them are on the **** TIER? THEY HAVE THE TRIFORCE, DAMMIT!
Not to mention what they got wrong on the character trophies:
- On the Aryll trophy, the description says she has a "Turtle marked Telescope." Her telescope is actually seagull-marked.
- Darknuts has been an enemy in the Zelda franchise since the very first game, yet the trophy lists its only appearance is in Twilight Princess.
- Midna's left hand is miscoloured grey on the Wolf Link trophy, despite the rest of her arm being the correct black.
Not all of these are huge deals, but it pisses me off to see my favorite series so mis-represented.
I can't believe people actually support Toon Zelda getting the 5th slot.
That is by far the worst possible scenario.
Link
Zelda/ Sheik
Clone of CFalcon
Clone of Link
Clone of Zelda
Agh! No! No, no, no!
I want:
Link/
Wolf Link and
Midna
Zelda/
Sheik
Ganondorf/
Ganon
Impa or
Ghirahim
Toon Link