Taking the RTC discussion to this thread,
BluePikmin11
really intrigued me of what his moveset might be. I'll be doing my own "research" to pick the elements of Animal Crossing Tom Nook could use. I think
Luminario
already had a great set idea with the floaty and weak leaves turning into furniture (Really, Lumi is a moveset miracle on these boards. It's always great to see their take on characters). I think it'll be interesting to see if Tom Nook truly has visual elements and gameplay elements in Animal Crossing that
only he can use which currently is one of my core roadblocks to seeing him as absolutely neccesary to the Smash roster.
I appreciate the compliment greatly. Any compliment makes my time in Smash speculation worth it for me.
I would like to say something on the matter of multiple newcomers. In Smash 4, we had Rosalina AND Bowser Jr. in the same roster. Rosalina, at the time, was notably pushed in Mario game marketing far more than Bowser Jr., and her recent appearances in 3D world and in Mario spinoffs had lead to her being revealed as playable for the game. Does this mean that Bowser Jr. would have been discounted because Rosalina was pushed more? No. Bowser Jr. was part of Smash 4's roster plan alongside Rosalina because of his central importance for the New Super Mario Bros. series. With both characters providing distinct gameplay potential with the Clown Car and Galaxy mechanics, they both made it in Smash 4. This is why I see the idea of two Animal Crossing newcomers not being a far fetched idea. I see Tom Nook AND Isabelle being added due to high promotion, importance to the series, and gameplay potential with New Leaf's mayor gameplay/AC's money upgrade gameplay aspect.
By the way, I added a little detail in my Tom Nook RTC analysis you guys might be surprised by. TCT~Phantom will spot it very quickly.
Except Bowser Jr was as important, requested, relevant as Rosalina.
Tom Nook has been overshadowed by Isabelle in every way since New Leaf and would only be a sensibls choice after Isabelle is already in (with Nook being the second newcomer) or with Isabelle being directly vetoed by Sakurai for the same reason he excluded Villager from Brawl.
Until that time, Nook is a strictly inferior choice, unlike two-sides-of-the-same-coin Rosalina and Bowser Jr (which also spawned from the two distinct relevant directions of the Mario series took since Brawl, whereas Animal Crossing kept it a bit samey after New Leaf) and would get in based on Sakurai's odd-wired "dance sparks", which is very hard to say he may or may not have had instead of liking to explore multiple characters that are equally relevant in the current direction of the series and deciding both have a moveset that's worth incorporating.
Another thing to take in mind that would make Nookabelle different from previous double dips is that Nook and Isabelle would use the same visual elements of the classic Animal Crossing houses, furniture and public works and judging from your moveset, would both have strong influences from the stage control/terraforming/traps department.
A moveset does not stop at the core idea and Sakurai would know putting in two new characters from the same series that would share visual elements and direct playstyle (Like a gameplan, what does this character want to do to win?) is a big investment (har-har-har)
All in all, I do not see a proper connection between the Rosalina/Bowser Jr situation to feel its applicable to a situation where both Isabelle and Nook have to get in.