Shortiecanbrawl said:
If this game is going to be a "revamp" you bet you'll see cuts. We are running out of room basically. If SSB4 really buckles down and focuses on balance, we are bound to see cuts from the Brawl roster, and cuts from the general roster size. IF the game is truely going to take Balance and all that jazz into consideration we will see some cuts. Even if it isn't, you'll still see a few cuts just because we are running out of roster space IMO. I think Nintendo is too smart to pull a Mortal Kombat Aragedden. Because, you have no choice but to push the restart button on the roster after a game like that. Smash shouldn't take the "bigger more extra" route. It doesn't turn out too well.
Personally, I don't think it's in any need of a "revamp" to the series and I really doubt SSB4 is going to be that game with the revamp. Once the series quality declines in the majority's eye considerably and to critics, then we're more likely going to see a revamp occurring. Also, I doubt we're going to be see more then three cuts in SSB4 since Brawl IMO was better balanced then Melee's.
I believe that once we reach that limit that Nintendo can possibly put in without obviously screwing up the balance for the majority to notice, they'll end the series, at least for a long time. That's why I'm getting the feeling that if the roster is in the late 40s or more (Not including transformations), they'll pull the plug on the series after SSB4. Because really, after that, they can only really focus much on game play and less people will buy because the characters, the main reason why people will buy it, will be limited to obscure and third-party characters.
Gamingboy said:
l still think Wolf will get cut. Three characters that are semi-clones of each other is too much. I'd like him to be in, but I think that he will get cut, and possibly be replaced by Krystal.
Krystal would be a good player, but Star Fox does not need a cut. The three we have are more popular then Krystal and all started appearing before the series were generally considered to drop in quality. I still think Krystal is plausible, but not very good.
In terms of Star Fox cut, I don't think either Wolf or Fox should get the boot nor do I easily see it happening. Lucario and Toon Link are much more likely to get snipped.