User blog comment:Arashi Izumi/45 Characters Roster?!/@comment-32390199-20140813142407

64: Jigglypuff & Ness Melee: Ganondorf, Ice Climbers, Falco, Mr. Game & Watch (Mewtwo) Brawl: Wario, Lucas, Wolf, Snake, R.O.B.

These are 12 characters. Certainly minus Snake thus 11 characters. And removing the ones that might or might not make it in (Lucas, Wolf, Mewtwo) is indeed 8.