I too could never understand the mindset. How much do you have to love a character for his/her inclusion to be the biggest deciding factor? I mean, I played the shit out of Roy and Mewtwo in Melee and still loved everything Brawl had. As they say, "it is what it is".
That said, I cannot see the Ice Climbers not making it in, and I will admit it plays part of why I don't buy the leak. The duo have such a unique mechanic that the only possible reason Sakurai wouldn't immediately jump on it is if the 3DS couldn't handle it, and if I remember the specs right the 3DS should at the very least be on-par with the Gamecube.
edited 21st Aug '14 7:39:39 PM by Watchtower
I want Ice Climbers too. Seriously, I love the guys. But the fact he said they gave him technical difficulties and has yet to show them back does mean them getting cut due to this is a possibility. He at one time had a picture of the Polar Bear up(seemed to be a Smash Run image?), but removed it quickly. That alone is a tiny bit suspicious. I believe it'll appear later, either to tell us he couldn't get them working, or after he announces them.
Also, there's a fair chance this isn't the final roster, so anybody not on it is still possible. I say wait and see, really.
edited 21st Aug '14 8:09:00 PM by Irene
Shadow?"Pic of the day: I said I was running low on newcomer videos, but I never said anything about newcomers themselves. Here's Bowser Jr. in the Koopa Clown Car. Rumor has it he has lots of alternate costumes."
"Also, here's the veteran team, the Ice Climbers. We had some difficulty getting them to work on the 3DS, but thanks to the hard work of the developers, we were able to squeeze them in at the last minute."
That's an inaccurate assumption. A good bulk people I know who have mains, myself included, make it a habit of knowing how to play every character, or at least most. A "main" is not an "only," its the character a person plays in which they are either most effective or has the most fun doing so.
If there's one good thing about the leak, it's that it's thorough enough that we simply need to wait until the next character reveal. Unless it turns out to be Ice Climbers.
I'll be honest, "the roster may not be fully complete" is starting to bother me. I mean, it makes perfect sense, but 1)I've seen leaks reveal everybody, and 2)I can't help but see it as "I'm right if you can't prove me wrong", which is a bullshit argument.
Also, something I haven't seen discussed much: the stage select and the character select are separate enough entities that one could be true and the other could be false. Thoughts?
We were hoping to get Ridley in time, so we knew we had to have a bigger development team! That's why we brought on Gabe Newell!
(In other news, Half Life 3 has been delayed.)
edited 21st Aug '14 8:31:26 PM by wanderlustwarrior
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"They say you give a million monkeys typewriters you will get the works of Shakespeare. Our monkeys decided to make The Necronomicon instead, so I'm pleased to introduce this new stage based on Eternal Darkness."
edited 21st Aug '14 8:33:15 PM by Watchtower

Thanks!
You know what my friend who mains Lucas nicknamed Lucas?
Lukickass.
edited 21st Aug '14 7:38:04 PM by Konkfan7