I'm probably late on the Fire Emblem discussion, but I always thought that it'd be a great idea to represent the pair-up mechanic. Maybe I'm a crazy conspiracy theorist, but I found it funny that Chrom was such a significant focus in the trailer for Lucina and Robin, with that infamous line at the end. Then his model is used for a final smash... like it was already in the game for a different purpose after a failed attempt of making an Ice Climber-esque pair-up of Chrom and Lucina? Maybe? There was that Gematsu leak too that got significant things right. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Even if it wasn't ever the case that they wanted to get the whole protagonist trio in, I still think it's a good way to take a clone and make them different without much effort. At least, I don't think it'd be very difficult given the Switch could handle that many characters just as the Wii U did. I know it may not sound that exciting to go from "Marth clone" to "2 Marth clones together." It's still something I'm hoping for though, honestly. Unlike the Ice Climbers, they could each be a bit different from the other. Lucina could be a weak Marth with better frame data; Chrom could be a stronger Marth with worse frame data. Get rid of the counter and replace down B with a move that switches who is in front depending on what you need at the moment. However, also unlike Ice Climbers, maybe it's a "game over" if either one is KO'd, as the gameplay of FE is centered around keeping all of your units alive. There's a way to keep the concept from getting overpowered, yea? I like to think this idea isn't so bad lol
Roy I care much less about. I don't know what it is, but I could never get myself to care about his character. I think FE would be best off focusing more on alternate costumes. In general, I'd love to see a greater focus on alt costumes in Smash Switch. I mean, Chrom and Lucina could take the few variants he brings to the table I guess. Then there'/ different options for alt costumes like Alm&Celica, Eliwood&Lyn, the FE Warriors thots. I don't know. Eliwood lowkey looks exactly like Roy so maybe people wouldn't even notice it wasn't him lmao
I would never cut Marth, Ike, Robin, or Corrin though. Personally, I wanted Azura as DLC and voted for her in the ballot, not Corrin, but I like how Corrin's character turned out a lot. It's kinda similar to my concept of a Tiki moveset I had before the game came out.
I'd probably stick to those 5 sets of characters for now after all that backlash for having 6 characters in SSB4 even though 3 were returns, 2 were clones that took very little time, and 2 were DLC. It really was never as bad as people made it out to be, but why put in the effort if the majority will just complain? Which sucks, because I've really wanted Anna as a merchant character for awhile now. If I was in charge, I wouldn't do it though. I'd keep it to:
Marth
Ike
Chrom&Lucina
Robin
Corrin
With Roy as an alt somewhere and any new lord only getting a spot either
1. If they're concept is unique and popular enough to warrant it
2. It's as DLC
Otherwise, they should just get shoved into alt costume hell lmao
Edit: If they really wanted to be sneaky and not make weakening representation look over saturated, they could have alm and celica be the main character and chrom and Lucina be the alts. Maybe? Idk
That's what I want to happen with Impa at least. Just make her the face of the moveset but keep Sheik around as a costume. Therefore, nothing is lost and it looks arguably better.
She pretty much was a lethal joke character in Smash 64. Brawl and 4 she's not very good, sadly.
I hope for buffs too, whether they're patches or base game(well, I doubt she'll get buffed if it's a port, but a new game is another story).
Kinda makes you wonder if she was designed with the intention to be the worst as a joke