Time is of the essense but after scanning the last few pages, here's a few responces. Look for my runners up list this after noon (when I justify the absense of characters like Sonic and Lucario.)
I'm sorry, but the start of university marked an end to the days where I responced to EVERYONE.
wiseguy you still can't count. your numbers add up to 41 characters. not 40.
o_O
Man, I suck. I was sure that those dang numbers added up... I must have skipped Shiek or something.
Goodbye Sukupon... we barely knew thee (though I still think he stands a good chance).
For Fun, Here's my list:
Mario Series:
Mario (Confirmed)
Peach (Confirmed)
Bowser (Confirmed)
Luigi (Returning)EDIT: It would be funny and cool if he could glide. that just fits Luigi.
Bowser Jr.
Paper Mario(Dr. Mario replacement, original moveset)
DK Series:
Donkey Kong (Confirmed)
Diddy Kong (Confirmed)
DK Jr. (I played the game for e-Reader, and I loved it, so don't judge me)
Other Mario Characters:
Yoshi (Confirmed)
Wario (Confirmed)
Zelda Series:
Link (Confirmed)
Zelda (Confirmed) and Sheik
Ganondorf (Returning)
Normal-graphics Young Link w/ WW moveset
Midna (True Form)
Pokemon Series:
Pikachu (Confirmed)
Pokemon Trainer (Confirmed)
Jigglypuff (Returning)
Mewtwo (Returning)
Lucario
Metroid Series:
Samus and Zamus (Confirmed)
Ridley(has glide ability)
Starfox Series:
Fox (Confirmed)
Falco (Returning)(has glide ability)
Krystal
Kirby Series:
Kirby (Confirmed)
Metaknight (Confirmed)
King Dedede
Fire Emblem Series:
Ike (Confirmed)
Micahiah (sidenote: I've seen many spellings. which one is it?)
Other Nintendo Series:
Captain Falcon (Returning)
Ness (Returning)
Mr. Resetti
Captain Olimar
Old-School Characters:
Pit (Confirmed)
Ice Climbers (Confirmed)
Mr. Game & Watch (Returning)
Balloon Fighter
Third-Party Characters:
Snake (Confirmed)
Sonic
I really have to stop responding to every character list (I can't find the tie anymore) but I hate it when people put some work into a list only to be flamed.
I like this list. My only problems with it are the realistic Young Link (come on, Windwaker is where it's at!) and Resseti. But, you really couldn't have predicted his AT status yesterday...
Overall, good effort: 7/10
Mr. Resseti is by far the greatest item ever thought of in smash history.
That is seriously just like saying "if peach is playable why reveal her in a cutscene?". All he did was show their trophies and since in melee each playable character had three trophies (a less detailed one that told their history and two others that talked about their moves) there is no reason to believe that this affects their chances at all. Sure you could argue that if they where playable he would have revealed them in a different way because he has never revealed a character in that way before but that argument fails because for all we know this could be the first time has decided to do so.
Arteen already made the point I wanted to make.
And I totally agree: Resseti is unspeakably awesome!
(NOTE: I've seen alot of flaming on this thread recently. Obviously, heated debate does spark strong feelings but could we all try and be a bit more civil? Personal attacks only result in hurt feelings, which result in flame wars, which result in closed threads.)