A rumor investigation blog? That sounds very handy, it's great to have you on our side.
Yep, see the link in my sig.
Right now I just transitioned into a new blog so it will take some time to get it up and running again.
35 isn't a very large number if you think about it. Counting Sheik seperately, that's only 9 more than Melee and if you cut Roy, Pichu, and Dr. Mario that leaves room for only 12 newcomers. And because we have 12 newcomers now, that would be it. It might seem big, but it would mean no more newcomers. Personally I'm expecting 40-50 characters total.
And on the subject of the whip attack, all Up B moves can also be used as attacks, so it's not far off to say that Olimar's Up B could be a whip attack.
That is the number one reason I discredit her, right now we have 24 characters (ZSS seperate), if we add these veterans.
Shiek
Jigglypuff
Luigi
Captain Falcon
Ness
Marth
Ganondorf
Young Link (Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass Themed)
Falco
Mr. Game and Watch
We just NOW reach 34, and I have a very reliable source that tells there is a playable R.O.B, so that means that we reach 35. AND Serebii has really alluded to the fact that Lucario is in Brawl, so now we reach 36.
I do not for one second believe that the last newcomers are Lucario and R.O.B, than that means that every other popular character was canned. So this 35 roster thing really disproves her; the only way to make it fit is if we get rid of more veterans. Why would Sakurai do it though?
In order to make popular characters like Krystal, Geno, Ridley and Megaman, that would have to mean that 5 veterans are gone. NO WAY!
Basically Nyase knew about Sonic, everything else was wrong.