Also, gonna go over my list of predictions from about three months ago and see what I got right and what I got wrong:
W.T. Fits wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:50 pm
Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Fox, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Link, Luigi, Mario, Ness, Pikachu, Samus, Yoshi were the original roster of the N64 game, and have been in every game to date. Pretty sure none of these guys are getting cut.
Got this one right.
Bowser, Falco, Ganondorf, Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, Peach, Zelda and Sheik were all added in Melee and were also in Brawl and Wii U/3DS version, though Zelda and Sheik were split into separate characters. These guys are also all probably coming back, though it's possible they might recombine Zelda and Sheik since they don't have the 3DS limiting character model gimmicks anymore.
Got this one right that everyone was coming back, and it turns out they're keeping Zelda and Sheik a separate characters.
Dr. Mario was added in Melee, dropped for Brawl, brought back for Wii U/3DS. He could probably stand to be cut again, or at least become a costume option for regular Mario.
I was wrong here; they're keeping him around, and as a separate character from Mario.
Ice Climbers were added in Melee, stuck around for Brawl, got dropped for Wii U/3DS because of technical limitations. It's possible they might make a comeback, if not in the base game then potentially as DLC.
Got this one right; Ice Climbers are back.
Young Link and Pichu were added in Melee and subsequently dropped in the next two games. Probably not coming back, especially given that Toon Link basically fulfills the same niche that Young Link did, thematically if not mechanically.
I was wrong; both Young Link and Pichu are coming back.
Mewtwo and Roy were added in Melee, dropped for Brawl, then came back as DLC for Wii U/3DS due to fan demand. Probably a good chance of them returning either base game or DLC again; Mewtwo strikes me as more likely to be a base game character than Roy, though.
Both are returning, both are in the base game, got this one right.
Diddy Kong, Ike, King Dedede, Lucario, Meta Knight, Olimar, Pit, R.O.B., Sonic, Toon Link, Wario and Zero Suit Samus were added in Brawl and all came back for Wii U/3DS, with ZSS becoming a separate character from normal Samus. These guys are all probably going to show up again. The only ones that are questionable to me are Sonic (who's 3rd party, meaning Sega basically gets final call on whether or not he comes back) and Zero Suit Samus, who could either return as a distinct character on her own or get recombined with normal Samus, similar to the Zelda/Sheik conundrum.
I was right that everyone came back; I wasn't sure about Sonic or Zero Suit Samus sticking around, but I never actually said they'd be cut, so I'm counting this as me being right.
Charizard was introduced in Brawl as part of the Pokemon Trainer's team and was the only one to carry forward into Wii U/3DS while Squirtle and Ivysaur were dropped. Charizard is probably also likely to comeback, but whether as his own separate character or part of a team like his original incarnation was is up for debate.
I was right that Charizard came back, and he even brought his buddies with him.
Snake's probably not coming back. Honestly, given how shitty Konami has become in recent years, I'm not sure I'd want him back, either, since his being in the game would mean that Nintendo would probably have to pay royalties and the thought of Konami getting money from that makes my skin crawl.
Snake is back, and I'm gonna be honest here - when the video got to that shot of the floor of Shadow Moses and that stealth camouflage flickered, my jaw dropped and I was like, "No way, they really managed to get Snake back?!" and was actually happy about it. So yeah, wrong on this one, and glad that I was.
Wolf is basically just a Fox clone. I suppose it's possible he could be brought back, but I doubt it.
Was wrong on this one, Wolf's back.
Lucas was dropped from the core game of Wii U/3DS, but brought back as DLC. I'm not sure how they're going to handle him, given that Mother 3 is likely never going to see a Western release. Then again, they may just bring him back in some form because the character is popular.
I said they might bring him back, but wasn't 100% sure on this one; gonna give myself only half-credit here.
Bowser Jr., Dark Pit, Duck Hunt, Greninja, Little Mac, Lucina, the Mii trio, Palutena, Robin, Rosalina & Luma, Villager, Wii Fit Trainer and Corrin is likely where we're going to see the most cuts, if any, I feel.
There were no cuts among these. Dead wrong on this one.
Mega Man, Pac-Man, Cloud and Ryu are all third party, so again, it's up to whether or not Nintendo wants to pay royalties for them and whether their owners will allow them to come back. Given how much demand for him there's been over the life of the series, though, I'll be kinda shocked if Capcom nixes Mega Man returning.
All four are back; gonna give myself 1/4 credit for at least predicting that Mega Man would probably stay in.
I think Bayonetta and Shulk are both technically third party in that they're not owned by Nintendo itself, but Nintendo has exclusive rights to Bayonetta 2, and Xenoblade was a Wii-exclusive title despite being developed by Monolith Soft. Bayonetta will likely return (especially if Platinum Games are up for it), but I dunno about Shulk. He wasn't in Xenoblade Chronicle X (though you could customize your character to look like him, and even use his voice actor), and he wasn't in Xenoblade 2 at all as far as I'm aware. I feel like there's a good chance he could be cut.
Was right about Bayonetta sticking around, was wrong about Shulk being cut. 1/2 credit here.
So out of 14 predictions, I was right on 7 1/4 of them.