All right, I wanna play a hypothetical for a second because I am genuinely curious.
So it seems that a lot of people want three things from this new game:
A whole host of new characters.
A unique and balanced roster.
A massive roster.
I'm gonna be blunt here, there's no way all three will be equally as accomplished. It is a two out of three scenario. We're either going to get a massive Nintendo game with a bunch of newcomers, or a reasonably sized fighting game with less new faces coming in. So I wanted to see how far I could push these ideas and came up with two scenarios:
Would it be better to focus on veterans coming back, or having more newcomers?
Likewise, would it be better to have more newcomers, at the cost of more veterans cut? Or more veterans, at the cost of less newcomers?
And when I mean veterans, I mean this include characters who are also generally considered to be safe. Olimar, Zero Suit Samus, Sheik, I could even push it with characters like Falcon, Ness or Marth. No one is safe apart from those already revealed (so Mario, Link and Inklings).