Just a nice, warm "what if" scenario:
What if there were only a few characters announced during E3 (18):
,
,
,
, &
, (playable in the demo too) and the rest as the waiting game; meaning each of the unannounced characters were revealed on the blog weekly (similar to how Smash 4 was) up until launch, and save a few characters that didn't get a light of day such as (
) for the big "HOLY ****" factor for a final direct.
Also, they would still reveal the newbies
on top of it.
That way it would generate one HELL of a hype for the community in general, despite a few people going antsy on who's in next and so on, but with how the internet goes by with leaks and rumors, it wouldn't work at all, but hey, I I'd like to share out for the sake of being bored from a lousy day. :/
I guess Sakurai decided to announce ALL of the newcomers before launch for a reason.