User blog comment:Ncepulo/My SSB4 Roster/@comment-32390199-20140707153455

You could also look at it on another way. There were 12 newcomers in 64, 14 newcomers in Melee and 16 newcomers in Brawl thus SSB4 could have 18 new characters.

And you said 6x9, right? I'll make my prediction/wishlist:

1st row: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Rosalina & Luma, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Yoshi, Wario

2nd row: Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Toon Link, Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, Pikmin & Olimar

3rd row: Samus Aran, Zero Suit Samus, Ridley, Pit, Palutena, Medusa, Marth, Ike, Lucina

4th row: Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Charizard, Mewtwo, Lucario, Greninja, Fox, Falco, Krystal

5th row: Ness, Lucas, Captain Falcon, Ice Climbers, Mr. Game & Watch, ROB, Little Mac, Isaac, Marshal

6th row: Bowser Jr, Impa, Villager, Shulk, Wii Fit Trainer, Mii Fighter, Sonic, Mega Man, Pac-Man

The things I think are weird about your roster are: Dark Pit, he isn't really an unique character and is better for a palette swap. Your reasoning about Chrom. I prefer Lucina too, but she also is an ancestor of Marth (Lucina is Chrom's daughter). Bayonetta is a third party character only published by Nintendo. She also is not fit for this game, she uses more violence than Snake and goes naked in most of her moves. And some of your wild card characters like a 2nd Xenoblader, Chestnaught and Galacta Knight.