Yeah, I think we'll hit character 71 or 72 on the base roster before DLC, so 3 or 4 more uniques if I'm being positive. I personally don't think Minecraft will have a playable rep (just my opinion) so I'll guess:
Uniques:
69. Incineroar
70. Celica (Robin Semi-clone, I can see it happening now)
71. SE Character (Sora or Geno)
72. Isaac (or a second SE Rep ^^)
73****(If a miracle happens). Rhythm Heaven
Echoes:
- Ken
- Shadow/Tails
I'd personally like to place my bets on the Celica/Geno rumor for now, as it has nothing wrong with it. Additionally Golden Sun's retrademark happened once last year, then again this year. While it could only just Golden Sun may be seeing a revival at Nintendo, I'm placing my bets on Isaac at least for DLC, as they will most certainly advertise his revival.
Additionally, Rhythm Heaven was also renewed, but this could have just been standard retrademarking. Who knows. I just think Sakurai has wanted to add a RH character since 4 and will only get it to work now.
I put Sora up there because with KH3 coming and likely Nintendo ports of the games in the future, he's a massive investment for Square and Nintendo. If not base, he's the biggest choice I have for DLC.
Finally I have my reservations about Shadow/Tails, but I feel like if Ryu is getting a 3rd party echo, Sonic may as well. But that's a dumb comparison so idk lol.
So in the end I can see several of the following:
- Incineroar
- Geno
- Celica
- Isaac
- RH character
- Ken
- Shadow/Tails
That's roughly 7 characters, and in no way am I saying we'll get 7 more, especially that many uniques. I just think this may be the pool we have, if that Rumor has merit and trademarks have a Smash related purpose.
Who knows though. Usually the final characters are extremely polarizing in the community, so I'm not sure the final characters will be this good lol.