As we all know, E3 is right around the corner and with that comes a potential Smash reveal. Thankfully, we managed to fair well when Pyra was revealed but this may be different. Here is how things will go down if either one of them are included:
Crash
Bypass Phoenix (2) as we decided to include Jill/Leon and add in Dr Eggman (3). If Dr. Eggman is revealed as the last fighter, we will go with Lloyd (4). Shadiw’s future as an Echo is questionable. We will keep our Crash related content as we created it but will submit Sonic or Tales related content retroactively.
Bandana Dee
If Bandana Dee is included, we will conduct a vote to include the third place slot with is Paper Mario and Impa. Pyra was second place but grouped with Rex.
Stylist
If Stylist magically gets in, we will use the second place, Ayumi Tachibana.
Rhythm Heaven
If we get a Rhythm Heaven character other than Barista, we will then move to the second place. This is due to the possibility that the RH rep would probably function like Barista. The question also pops up if RH needs two reps. If we to decide to go this route, then the runner up would be Astral Chain where we would then vote on the newcomer rep for that series. If Astral Chain is the last fighter, than Ring Fit Adventure/Chibi Robo is up via a poll.
Grovyle & Celebi
If Grovyle & Celebi somehow magically surpasses a Gen 8 newcomer for Ultimate dlc, then we will move down the line and include Mimikyu. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon content can stay. It would probably suffice to say we would include a Gen 7 stage since we would have two reps: Incineroar and Mimikyu
DJ Octavio
If our DJing squid gets in as DLC, Porky Minch would be included to replace as he was second place. If he is confirmed as the last fighter, than Max Brass is up. Regardless, we would probably forgo a new Mother stage unless there is a huge call for it but we could look to include a second ARMS stage. Deepsea Metro can stay as is.
You may have I noticed but I left out the following:
Isaac
Octoling
Waluigi
Ashley
Jill
Leon
Takamaru
Galacta Knight
That is because some of them are currently Assist Trophies and, unless we have a precedence, I consider these still a hard confirm. I don’t see them getting upgraded to be playable hence why they weren’t included. For Jill and Leon, they were added as Spirits and we do have a precedence set with Pyra, Mythra, and Min Min but that was Spirits in the base game. Jill and Leon were added much later as post-game Spirit events. For this reason, I’m not included Jill and Leon in this list. That being said, if they are included, I believe Ohoenix would be up. We would then have to decide on an Echo fighter or to keep Leon or Jill depending on who from RE was included. Talking of Echo Fighters, I also didn’t mention Infinite ones as we don’t have Echo DLC and I’m willing to bet money that these characters would probably not become DLC standalone characters.