Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Discussion

who else could be joining the fray?

There are plenty of people who could still join. I presume we don't know the entire roster just yet.

Any of the assist trophies from brawl that haven't been announced yet as returning would be the most obvious ones, though the only one I can remember off the top of my head is Isaac (Golden sun), though I'm not sure where he would stand since we now already have one mage/knight with Robin, which would have been how I expected a Golden sun character to play (Though psyenergy are all quite distinct from Fire emblem magic)

I also still expect Xenoblade to get a character, which would almost certainly be Shulk.
Zelda still doesn't have a newcomer (which depending on your stance on whether toon link really counted as a newcomer probably matters whether that surprises you or not). Maybe Girahim or Tetra as you said. DEmise could maybe replace Ganondorf?

I'm still not convinced that Ridley isn't playable, given the amount of cockteasin' Sakurai is doing with so many characters (Game & Watch, Zero Suit samus, Metaknight, and Ridley). Two of the surprise trophies from the smash direct have been series that ended up getting newcomers (Fake Palutena -> Palutena and Tiki -> Lucina/Robin), so that maybe suggests the other two are getting newcomers too.

For those who can't remember, they were Zelda: Skyward sword and Metroid "Series", rather than other M, despite the trophy showed being from Other M, which is interesting if you consider the other 3 were all specific about one game in a series, and there are very few returning characters throughout the metroid series. It's basically Samus, Ridley and Mother Brain, and perhaps a few other misc bosses.


I also kinda want to see what a Rhythm Heaven character would be like since it got mentioned in the second gematsu leak (which is likely not worth trusting at this point what with chrom deconfirmed)

Is there anything besides "he was in brawl" or "i like metaknight" that makes you say this?

I don't really care if he isn't cut, but i'm seriously doubting him making it for reasons above. He just isn't unique enough of a swordsman.

I don't think anyone with a unique playstyle is getting cut beyond outside reasons (Snake because konami don't release games on nintendo platforms, lol. Ivysaur/squirtle because giving pokemon them+ Jigglypuff and maybe mewtwo would put it at 8 reps, and it's not getting more than Mario). ICe climbers might not because they said they were having issues with the 3ds trying to follow 8 characters, or something on those lines.

I have little doubt that Metaknight/Wario/ At least one of Ness or Lucas/Jigglypuff are returning, because there's no-one they could just give the movesets too. ROB is probably fine as well. I'd like Ganondorf to, but with a revamped moveset to one that he deserves. At least one more starfox character is basically guaranteed too.

edit: Then again, Lucas might be fine too given we already have two cloney types (Lucina/Toon Link)