Geno, Heihachi Mishima, Lloyd Irving, Monster Hunter, and Rayman are third-party wishes influenced by a pre-Ultimate appearance/cancellation. No such non-Echo thrid party Fighter was planned in Fighter Pass 1. So there was an exclusion of these characters, there was an obstacle or a desire not to integrate them into the base planning. Any reason, any logic. The base game, with the FP1 included, eliminated all these characters, while they already had a foot in the game, more or less, while they were leaving favorites, while Bamco could have influenced its own licenses. Bamco didn't do it. Bamco even continued to exclude Heihachi.
This non-Echo thrid-party Fighters created general surprise effects: Bayonetta, Cloud, Hero (before the Vergeben leak), Joker, Pac-Man, Ryu, Sonic, Snake, Terry. Only Mega Man and Castlevania rep was expected, and they were added into the basic games. Only Banjo was a major community wish.
Min Min has just taken the role of upgraded character. This is understandable since the wish to want to integrate ARMS into the basic game has been expressed. But, should the other upcoming thrid-party Fighters also be other upgrades of Geno, Tales, Monster Hunter, and Rayman? In my opinion, Heihachi was the most obvious candidate for FP2, and I couldn't have seen a better upgrade than him. Thus, I would prefer that the next Fighters are other Characters that create new general surprise effects.
