I don't think it's logical to keep believing Waluigi has a chance of joining Smash Ultimate now after it was revealed Sora is the final fighter for the game.
We did very good everybody, for the past three years we kept supporting our man in purple while many detractors aimed to keep us down, shut us down, trying desperately to stop us from simply showing how much we appreciate this character and what he means to us.
And ironically the best thing that has ever happened to Waluigi, was him getting deconfirmed for Smash Ultimate. That alone gave Waluigi a push towards mainstream status more than anything in his 20 years of existence.
Don't be saddened, what matters the most is that we caught Nintendo's attention, and we could very possibly be reaping the rewards of our perseverance in the very near future.
The next Nintendo system is right around the corner, and it's very likely we'll get a new Smash game or an expanded version of Ultimate for that system.
Best thing is, I can guarantee you that every character will be back. Yes, "Everyone Is Back" is the new slogan.
That's simply because for most of Ultimate's development time, efforts and resources went into upgrading past fighters and stages, the only new content was the very minuscule number of base newcomers, and the DLC fighters and stages.
Some characters like Mario or Fox, have been using the same model back from Brawl with only some adjustments to their textures.
Right now, you have every character that has ever been in a Smash game use updated files, models, and textures, meaning they could very easily port the whole roster for Smash 6 with only minor adjustments.
After watching Sakurai's interview with Tekken director Harada, and reading Sakurai's final famitsu column I've come to the conclusion, that Sakurai would simply go this route of porting every character to ease base development for Smash 6.
I know it's not as easy as I make it sound, but think about it, the only reason characters were cut in the past was simply because they couldn't/or they didn't have the time to upgrade their files for new hardware/software.
I don't think people realise how much Smash 6 is going to kickass.
Sakurai is a perfectionist, but he has also shown us that he's willing to cut some corners (like cutting trophies for spirits) to achieve what some thought impossible.
I bet you that even now in vacation he's thinking about reaching over a 100 fighters in one Smash game.
Smash Ultimate has 89 fighters, and some folks think Sakurai will simply reboot the series with Smash 6 and give us like 50 fighters just so he can include a story mode similar to Sub-Space, which he very clearly shown us with Ultimate's 'story' mode has no intention of bringing that back.
I'm in team Smash 6 is going to be Ultimate 2.0, and I'm absolutely positive Waluigi is going to be a newcomer by then.
In the mean time, let's hope for an awesome Waluigi game.
We should look forward for Smash 6.
2023-2024 is when I predict the new Nintendo system will be released, and Smash 6 will surely follow the year after.