Here's an idea to take people's minds off of the direct wait.
You have to make an echo fighters pass. No third parties, eight echoes. Who do you choose and how do you make them play out? Obviously give new animations as a focus.
Here are mine.
1. Krystal
Change up her blaster to be a stalled projectile that then moves forward, and give her one staff attack as a special. New final smash too.
2. Ninten
Use new particle effects to take cues from Mother 1's aesthetic. PK Beam final smash with the Mother 1 crew.
3. Black Shadow
Give him Ganon's old up smash, Falcon's Old Foward Smash. Instead of the Knee of Justice, give him Ganon's fair that spikes on the knuckle.
4. Hilda
Final Smash is a sealing in a painting from LBW instead of the Triforce.
5. Galacta Knight
Tornado is weaker but multi hit. Side B is a blade beam clone but weaker. Dash attack is a shield bash. New final smash.
6. Dixie
Out of my echo fighters, Dixie is the one I put the some of the most differences in. New grab animations with the hair, new Up B based on the whirl,
7. Medusa
Medusa actually has the most differences due to taking some of Palutena's old moves. Lightweight, Super Speed, Jump Glide, and Celestial Firework are adopted. Damage output is a bet less to compensate for lightweight.
8. Octolings
New ink colors, weapons are altered in design to be Octo weapons. Final Smash is rainmaker.
My thought process was to rep more franchises overall. I wanted to also do a minor heroes vs villains thing here. Altogether I think this is a fun little pass.