To destroy this stupid article, we need to go back....TO THE FUTURE!
edited 21st Mar '14 8:49:42 PM by Watchtower
I don't know if there are ten characters I'd want to cut. If I had to pick as many as possible I'd go with:
1. Falco
2. Ike
3. Jigglypuff
4. Lucario
5. Toon Link
6. Lucas
Why in the world are you worried about Meta Knight and Yoshi? Those are two of the safest characters in the entire roster.
edited 21st Mar '14 9:50:57 PM by Kostya
@Kostya Are they? I don't know any upcoming dates that are relevant to them. I theorized that we'd hear about Yoshi last week or so because of Yoshi's New Island, but we didn't.
And Meta Knight? Kirby's Adventure (his first appearance) was released in Japan in 3/23/1993, and 3/23 is on a Sunday.
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Wait. Kirby's Adventure came to the Wii U on 4/17/2013...maybe...oh never mind...
I didn't want to say this but...Sakurai's a tough mind to read.
edited 21st Mar '14 10:06:10 PM by TargetmasterJoe
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I'm not really talking about when we'll hear about them. Common sense just tells me they'll be back. Yoshi is one of the original 12 and I don't see Sakurai cutting one of them. Meta Knight is Sakurai's favorite character so he's also pretty safe. I'm sure they'll be confirmed in time. It took a long time for Ness and Captain Falcon to be confirmed for Brawl after all.
edit: I'd say the characters that are up in the air at this point are ROB, Falco, Wolf, Ike, Pokemon Trainer, Mewtwo, and Lucas. Most of them could go either way. The other Brawl newcomers and Melee veterans are pretty safe though.
edit 2: Snake is debatable when it comes to this list. On the one hand there's no real reason for Sakurai to cut him but on the other hand Nintendo could veto him since Metal Gear Solid 5 isn't even coming to the Wii U.
edited 21st Mar '14 10:08:52 PM by Kostya
Hmmm, thinking about R.O.B. made me realize something...
Exactly how did he get in Brawl in the first place?
Also, Meta Knight's Sakurai's favorite character? When'd he say that? And by favorite character, do you mean favorite character in Smash Bros., Kirby series, or just overall favorite video game character?
edited 21st Mar '14 10:12:30 PM by TargetmasterJoe
Total characters in SSB4 revealed so far: 24
Revealed Veterans: 19
Revealed Newcomers: 5
Total characters in Brawl: 37
So, maximum possible cuts ATM: 18
Cut candidates:
- Captain Falcon
- Falco
- Ganondorf
- Ice Climbers
- Ike
- Jigglypuff
- Lucas
- Meta Knight
- Mr. Game & Watch
- Ness
- Pokémon Trainer
- R.O.B
- Sheik
- Snake
- Wario
- Wolf
- Yoshi
- Zero Suit Samus
If there are no more newcomers and no cuts, there would be 42 characters total.
If there were 10 new characters total and no cuts, that would be 47 characters total.
If there were no more newcomers and the roster was the same size as Brawl's (the latter
is suggested by an interview), there would have to be 5 cuts.
If there were 10 new characters total and the roster was the same size as Brawl's, there would have to be 10 cuts.
If there were 10 new characters and SSB4 had just 5 more characters total, there would have to be 5 cuts.
If, like Melee and Brawl, we got 15 new characters, and no cuts, there would be 52 characters total.
If we got 15 new characters and the roster was the same size as Brawl's, there would have to be 15 cuts.
If there were 15 new characters and SSB4 had just 5 more characters total, there would have to be 10 cuts.
If the total roster size was 30, there would have to be at least 12 cuts.
edited 21st Mar '14 10:25:56 PM by CassidyTheDevil

So the roster at the very least won't be hit with the nerf bat too hard. Glad we got that out of the way.
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