User blog:ShaunoftheRed/Final Character Select Screen

Ok this is not a leak. This is not a screenshot or anything this is just educated guess... Bit of a misleading title actually, I may change that. Now, when I say it's the final select screen I don't mean I have predicted the characters. No, I mean I have figured out what the character select screen layout will be. Nerdy I know but it's worth talking about. (btw I'm talking about the wii u version)

Since Mewtwo came the screen has gotten kinda corrupt. Everyone has been pushed back a slot which means Link is no longer with the Zelda characters and Kirby is no longer with the Kirby characters. However, this is just part of a larger plan. Everything will work out. We know that there are 4 rows. And see that empty space below Villager? That is there to make room for Lucas (Who will be between Mewtwo and Sonic). Now all of this info amounts to the conclusion that there will either be 1 more DLC (lucas) or 5 more DLC (empty space plus 1 more on every row)

Ok, but what does all this mean? Well to be perfectly honest: nothing. I'm just pointing this out to show you how clever sakurai is and how good he is at menu design. I can't really explain much more without visual aids so here is a picture (You can work out which character corresponds to which letter from the context)

Do you see what he's done? He's managed to make sure that everything fits into it's final place. now, this doesn't really mean anything. I just thought it was a nice little gimmick and a monument to Sakurai's skills as a designer. :) That and I'm pretty happy about predicting how the final character selection screen will look.
 * The top row is for Mario and the arcade/retro characters (G+W,little mac, duck hunt and rob)
 * The second row is for Zelda, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem and some late eightiesISH characters (falcon and ness)
 * The Third row is for Kirby, Starfox,Pokemon and 3D era characters (Villager, Olimar, Wii fit, Shulk)
 * And the final row is for the clone characters, third party, DLC and the miis.

This could be totally wrong but you know what, if it's right you all owe me a cheesecake :P