It may be the last one Sakurai's directing for now, but I dunno if it's forever. They roped him in for this one--and thank goodness they did! I don't see any reason for them not to try it again next generation.It's the last one Sakurai's directing but with Brawl already selling a million copies, you'd have to be borderline ******** to believe that Nintendo's going to completely drop the series. The fact that it's a once per generation thing puts even less on those developing it because it's not like they have to crank them out constantly like Mario and Sonic games.
Also, the top vote-getters so far:
* Ridley (Metroid)
* Krystal (Star Fox)
* King K. Rool (Donkey Kong)
* Geno (Mario)
* Isaac (Golden Sun)
* Megaman (Megaman NES Series)
* Midna (Legend of Zelda)
* Mewtwo (Pokemon)
* Claus / Masked Man (MOTHER)
Throw in one or two more random characters (Sukapon / Takamaru and an Animal Crossing representative) and that could very well be our roster for the next Smash game.