The theories about Sakurai's tweet are making me laugh.
''This means few third partys and definitely rules out -blank-' No. Third party guest characters sell incredibly well, why do you think EVERY fighting game does it?
''I guess this means Nintendo didn't trust Sakurai to make his own choices." Look, it's 26 years into the relationship and they've even waited for him before to direct games. This ain't it boys and girls.
''It won't be people we want and Nintendo will make horrible choices based on promotional reasons only." Sure, we might get a newcomer who slips in because of promotion, but lol, Nintendo's not stupid, they'll be fan favorites and fan wants in the DLC because they're a company and they know that will sell.
The chicken with head cut off craze going on around the internet because of a simple tweet is amazing.
The thing about Sakurai's tweet is that it seems that, like how Greninja was picked, Sakurai was given a list of characters that he could choose 5 from.
We have
no idea who was on that list, we can make educated guesses, but that's about it. We don't know how long that list was either.
For all we know, that list was comprised entirely of 3rd Party Characters. It could also have been comprised of 1st Party Characters. It could be a mix of both.
We. Don't. Know.
Depending on
when that list was given to Sakurai, this might also preclude what Vergeben (among others) has been saying regarding DLC. For all we know, there were
no Square characters on that list, or there were a
few Square characters on that list. We don't even know if Sakurai picked a Square Rep, or if he went to Square to make a request and was denied.
Ultimately, we'll have to wait and see.
EDIT: Also, we don't know if Sakurai even
had to follow that list, or if they were just suggestions from around the company or something that he could ignore if he wanted.