Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4451749-20140111172408/@comment-32390199-20140412190943

Well in Melee there were 14 newcomers and in Brawl there were 16 newcomers (if you count the Pokémon instead of Red there are 18).

If they are going with traditions then Jigglypuff, Ness and Captain Falcon are still in. There will be five cut characters and 18-20 newcomers.

I don't like to name cut characters but I would cut: Pokémon Trainer (already cut), Wolf, Lucas, Ike and originally also Toon Link and Lucario. But aside from Wolf, Lucas and Ike I wouldn't cut anyone, as those three can be replaced (Krystal, Claus, Lucina/Chrom)

And for newcomers. We have 6 now, so at least 8 more newcomers would be cool.