No character cuts, I'm not expecting it at all
For clarifications sake, I took into account the PapaGenos characters or whatever
Unexpected (Same Franchise, Pre-Existing Franchise): Stu Pickles
No one asked for but no one hates (Same Franchise, Pre-Existing Franchise): Spike
Surprising but cool (Pre-Existing Franchise, not the previous one): Professor Membrane
New character that made him think we're getting more characters (I interpreted this as him implying one of the characters he's seen would normally be paired up with someone else too) (New Franchise): Snap for ChalkZone or Fanboy for Fanboy & Chum Chum, can be either or
Aside from that I'm positive Loud House will be getting another character, so I went with Luna
If they're already addressing TMNT not being complete then I don't see why they wouldn't bring in Arnold too
And finally Snap and Fanboy both offer fun challenges moveset wise, visually and stage wise, so I see them as pretty likely. Snap was a top request and Fanboy has this in his favor from the first game:
at the time it was deconfirmation, but in the context of a sequel, I feel like it implies that Fanboy and/or Chum Chum were at least considered, with the implication here being that they'd probably be on the table if they got more freedom development wise. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume they got more freedom based on what we've seen of NASB 2 so far.
Combine that with Fanboy/Chum Chum regularly placing top 25 in polls, some even as high as top 10 and I think they're sleeper picks for sure. Also I say the fighter is Fanboy (which it is) but Chum Chum would still be there too. I'm tired of duo characters though so I'll say Chum Chum acts more like a sidekick, the Toad to Fanboy's Peach if you will.
And for DLC, we'll say Timmy, Zuko, Otis and....idk some other highly requested character, Miko maybe?