Now wait just a second, where did Sakurai say that all Nintendo characters would be default characters? I think that's a lie. He DID say that 3rd party characters would be unlockable but he said nothing about Nintendo characters in that aspect.
Also that would leave us with like 3 characters to unlock, less then the original SSB.
There was a topic that said that. It was stickied too, but I can't find it anywhere. There was this guy that translated all of what Sakurai said, as such questions and other stuff he received. If anyone would know where it's at, it would be Kirby Kid, Mic, or Scav.
There may be a few or several 3rd party members, but we're not sure how many they'll confirmed. Like, SEGA could give off Sonic and Knuckles instead of just Sonic (We know it isn't 3 or more). Again, we're not sure how many will be there, but a good estimate of 7 unlockable characters would be there.
Believe what you wanna believe. Parts about 3rd party characters being secret and Nintendo characters default are facts. Sakurai wants to treat 3rd parties as unlockables as though they were invited to a party.
ooh thats right. i forgot Sakurai said that (about the third parties i mean). well hopefully itll be around 7 cuz i actually thought it was a bit fun getting the characters...
EDIT: wait i forgot to add, the new challenger approaching thing with Ike couldve meant something else other than the fact that he was a newcomer. in the trailers, newcomers came out with the words NEWCOMERS under them. in Melee, A NEW CHALLENGER meant unlockable. it could be different Brawl however...
Well, I don't think so. I'll explain.
What Nintendo is doing is pulling in new characters while also pulling in old characters from Melee. Characters like Bowser or Samus doesn't need 'challenger approching' because they're from Melee. Now, Ike is a example of a new character that's joining brawl, and would possibly be a default character (because he's from the FE series).
I could be wrong about the 'challenger approching' thing though. I feel that Sakurai is gonna us something flashy if it's a 3rd party character. Like, he'd give up the symbol in jet black and have that character under that 'New Challenger Approching'. It would just make sense IMO.