The thing is, is a final direct with Sakurai only going to reveal 2 characters? After revealing 5 previously? This isn't about hype reveals not being saved for the end (which is entirely subjective to the smash player, I know because I was super excited for Shulk), but rather the
number of characters that have left to be revealed.
Think about it this way:
Yes, Melee, Brawl, and 4 all had secret characters. I won't count melee in this because it was before blogging was even a thing, but look at Brawl and 4, each had 3-6 characters (new characters mind you, these don't even include returning that were in fact secret) unknown to be in the game until at most a month before the game was released.
Fast forward to Ultimate. Secret characters seemingly won't exist anymore, but who's to say that Sakurai can't unload 6 more characters in the final direct in instead of keeping them secret? If he's already done this before, why reveal 5 characters at once in August?
That to me, regardless of how hype possible future characters might be, says there's definitely more than Ken and Incineroar.
Every other smash game HAS revealed more in the end. And I'm talking about the last month or two, which we are nearing VERY soon. This is the most important thing we need to understand.
