Predictions for Smash 5! (Wait, what?)
- Lucina and Dark Pit will return, but they may be demoted to alt costumes. On the other hand, given their changes to their counterparts are so minimal and easy to implement, there's literally no reason to not have them return for another game. (Come on, Marth and Pit aren't going anywhere.)
- Ridley will be playable. Sakurai has stated he's aware of his popularity and demand. I think Pyrosphere Ridley with his player character similarities may suggest that he was worked on as a playable character, but scrapped due to certain issues. Villager and Miis had been considered for Brawl, but Sakurai couldn't imagine them working. Seems like a similar predicament to me.
- All characters from previous installments (N64 to Wii U/3DS) will return, even though some will be DLC.
Time capsule post. Might be funny, intriguing or both in 7 years or something.