Dixie Kong I see being a costume for Diddy Kong.
If Palutena is in I would personally expect that there be a back and forth dialog between here and Pit whenever they end up in a match together.  I do enjoy that in that game.
Ganon Pig probably be a costume or a change like Giga-Mac.
I had to look up who Demise was.  I made it through a good chunk of Skyward Sword too.
9-Volt could be interesting but screams Assist Trophy.
Actually be sort of surprise if Chrom and Shulk don't make it.

With Sakurai having made Kid Icarus: Uprising just before this, I could see him having that franchise on the brain and may want to represent it more so I think Palutena has a good chance. However, he may want to bring in another villain for series representation and if so, Medusa might take that spot since she's the biggest name villain of the series but then what kind of move set do you give her? While Caterkiller will no doubt be disappointed at your lack of speculation on Ridley being a character at least he has a lot of moves/attacks from the games that I could see being translated in to Smash Bros.

I refuse to believe Shulk will actually be in the next Smash Bros until I see a reveal from Sakurai himself- I love the character and I love Xenoblade, but I cannot fathom why he would get a spot.

Also, the face at the end of the X trailer is the protagonist we've seen throughout all the X teasers.

While I like the design for Palutena a lot, I would much rather have Hades to round out the villain roster. Much more memorable than Medusa and a cool character design. Either way, I'd love to see another face from Uprising.

Takamaru would be great, and Chrom would be an interesting choice considering how generic his swordplay style is. I'd like to see how they diversify him. Dixie seems very likely though I'd rather not have her, and 9-Volt is the clear writer's choice here. I don't see that ever happening.

Many of the roster reveals have struck me the same way- interesting, but ultimately predictable. Megaman, Villager, Greninja, Little Mac, and Rosalina all strike me as very generic picks which is why, good or bad character aside- I'm glad Sakurai picked Wii Fit Trainer for her sheer weirdness. I can see other, less popular characters being in Smash, but they're highly unlikely given the current trends.

Its Reyn Time!

He's a popular character who's heavily requested by fans in both Japan and the West.  Yeah he was from a less popular series, but so is the Mother series and that's represented in Smash Bros.  We got Ness in the original Smash Bros and at the time he was from a game that only sold between 300-400k, which isn't that different then what Xenoblade did.

Yeah the characters from larger series usually make up the majority of the newcomers, but as we've seen in all the Smash Bros, Sakurai does put in new characters from either lesser series like Mother, or classic unknowns like Ice Climbers.  Right now out of all the characters from less popular series, Shulk is easily the most requested.  So if Sakurai is going to put in one newcomer from a niche franchise to please the more hardcore Nintendo fans, Shulk is the most likely pick to fill that spot.

Shulk should be in it. He would a be a fabulous addition to the roster.

I don't know why they didn't add Chrom in from the beginning. He seemed like a fitting replacement for Marth or Ike.

Nobody is asking for Poo. :(

@Luigi Dude I have never once heard of 9-Volt and I'd like to think that I frequent forums with Smash Bros. discussion and I've never heard him spoken of there. Just speaking from experience, myself.

That's a fair argument, but I doubt you'd have seen any of those same forums mention Wii Fit Trainer prior to her announcement either. Sakurai has shown time and again to be unpredictable.

That's because 9-Volt isn't a very requested character.  Even among Wario Ware fans, Jimmy, Mona and Ashley tend to be more popular choices.  Shulk on the other hand has been one of the most heavily requested and favored by Smash Bros ever since Xenoblade was released.  My whole post was about why Shulk could still have a good chance of being playable.  Not sure what 9-Volt has to do with that since Shulk is the way more popular character?

Yes he'll put in some classic characters like Ice Climbers and weird characters like Game and Watch or Wii Fit Trainer that weren't heavily request by fans but the majority of newcomers in each Smash Bros usually are.

I'm actually stupid. I thought we were talking about 9-Volt, not Shulk.

Don't get me wrong, I love Shulk. I would love Shulk to be in Smash. But he's not an All-star by any means.

Shulk was not the guy in the X trailers. Unfortunately.

I like these choices. I'd also like to see Krystal from Star Fox. A staff wielder, someone without a gun, and a female representative.

Takamaru, Shulk and Chrom seem like very likely choices. While Xenoblade didn't sell like mad it did make an impact around the world and Sakurai did mention that he looks for series that made an impact.

Dixie was supposed to be Diddy's partner in Brawl but it just didn't work out. This was specifically mentioned in some article directly by Sakurai. Her placement within the games code suggests that at some point she was going to be on her own since the original idea didn't work. I think she is super likely.

Palutena is a given as far as I'm concerned. When Uprising was announced and we knew Sakurai was in charge I knew she was making it in.

I would love to see Demise but I would really love to see Ganon. Double Zelda's double Links and double Ganons. I don't think it's likely but I want it bad. Much more so than Girahim.


9 Volt does seem like an odd choice to me but it's no stranger than the chorus men from that fairly credible leaker. Though I would think if any Wario Ware rep got in it would be Ashly, Monna or Mike.


It's ok you didn't mention Ridley. I completely understand. I just can't get over how Sakurai is handling him like being a stage boss like Yellow Devil is some big deal. I think he'll have multiple roles in the game.