Hey guys, I'm from the Gamefaqs forum. This guy named SuperStarship made a topic claiming he knew the full roster, along with a link to his blog. It was deleted almost immediately, and I doubt many people have seen it. Here's what his blog post said:
"Hey guys, I have the information that you guys have all been waiting for.
There have been a lot of "leaks" lately, and I can assure you that none of the leaked rosters have been 100% correct so far. Some of them have been surprisingly close. But I want to set things straight, and end the flow of increasingly ridiculous fake rosters. I happen to know every playable character in the game, what mode they're unlocked in, and the complete starting roster. How you ask?
I work in international business, which obviously requires me to travel frequently. I've visited Japan quite a bit, and on my last trip a few weeks ago I met with the floor manager of a factory in Osaka. After getting the business talk out of the way, we began talking about future items coming through his factory, and he excitedly told me that they would be printed Brawl. I told him how big of a SSBM nerd I was, and next thing I knew we were back at his flat, hooking up his Wii. We played Melee for almost 2 hours (he kicked my ***, although I did beat him once). This guy was really cool, and I promised him a rematch next time I was in Osaka. We exchanged phone numbers, and parted ways.We called a each other a few times to discuss new Dojo updates, fake leaks, and everything Smash.
He called yesterday and told me that printing of the game was well under way, and that he had a surprise for me. He knew the roster. He started telling me everything he knew, and I grabbed a pen and paper and jotted it all down. Now I shall share it with you.
First off, the characters on the Dojo aren't the starting roster. The starting roster is actually quite smaller, but that doesn't stay that way after playing the SSE. SSE unlocks a majority of the characters on the Dojo, Save for Snake and Sonic. The rest of the hidden characters are unlocked by playing Classic Mode, Multi-Man Melee, Vs. Matches. Ok, enough talking. Here is the starting roster:
[SPOILERS BEGIN]
STARTING ROSTER:
-Mario
-Link
-Kirby
-Pikachu
-Fox
-Samus/Zamus
-Donkey Kong
-Yoshi
-Ice Climbers
-Captain Falcon
UNLOCKED THROUGH SSE:
-Zelda
-Peach
-Bowser
-Pit
-Wario
-Ike
-Pokemon Trainer
-Diddy Kong
-Meta Knight
-Lucas
-King Dedede
-Pikmin and Olimar
-Krystal
-Claus
-Lucario
-Ganondorf
-Isaac
-Midna
-Ridley
UNLOCKED IN OTHER MODES:
-Luigi
-Mr. Game & Watch
-Jigglypuff
-Mewtwo
-Marth
-Sonic
-Snake
-Megaman
-W.W. Link
-Geno
-Lip
Characters Cut:
-Falco
-Pichu
-Dr. Mario
[END SPOILERS]
I'm ridiculously excited. Sakurai really went out of his way and made Brawl FOR the fans, BY the fans. There really aren't that many surprises on the 40 character roster, other than Lip appearing as Brawl's WTF character. Enjoy, and spread the word: THIS IS THE REAL ROSTER."
http://www.gamespot.com/users/SuperStarship/
What do you guys think? I actually think that its somewhat believable compared to other "leaks" I've read. I guess we'll never know for sure until Jan 24th