User blog:Legendary Pop-Fizz/SSB5 Deductions

Little early? No. Who's staying and who's going in SSB5? Let's speculate.

Starting with veterans, here's an image showing the groups of often appearing veterans in descending order.



As you can tell, there's no clear conclusion to be made with appearances alone, considering that some of these characters have only been gone for a short amount of time and could come back without handheld restrictions (i.e. Ice Climbers, Ivysaur, and Squirtle) and some who could potentially be DLC despite only appearing once in the smash series so far (i.e. Wolf, Snake, Young Link, or Pichu)

But, there are some characters who seem to always strike back when the occasion presents itself, and with newcomers it is nearly impossible to tell whether or not they'll be seen next time, so here's a slightly different image depicting my point.



The characters in the top square are the characters who always seem to be given priority when it comes to characters. Mewtwo, Ice Climbers, and Mii are included with them for other means of deduction. Mewtwo was planned for SSB64, but had to be cut. He also was planned to be in brawl, but was also cut in favor of getting the other characters done. and of course, he was being developed for this game, but was added in later as DLC, so that the game could be released by black friday in America. Ice Climbers were in every iteration of smash following Melee except for this one, due to the 3ds not being able to handle their special code. I have a feeling that the next console (NX?) will. Mii Fighters are just a very fun and special kind of character introduced in the latest two iterations of smash, so there is no doubt in my mind that they're coming back. I could say the same for the other newcomers, but I don't REALLY know....

The left pillar shows the four characters who go in and out of stlye, so to speak. Toon Link has not been left out of any smash games yet, but he hasn't been considered for any before brawl either. I don't think he's going to be cut in SSB5, but I'm not entirely convinced that he's a star player yet either. Dr. Mario was not in the first game or brawl, and was added just to beef up the roster in Melee and 4, so whether or not he'll be in SSB5 is left up to whatever the devs decide to do. Lucas was planned to be in Melee, but was added in brawl, and by the time SSB4 came out, it seemed like he was cut untill DLC was announced. So he seems like a low-priority character, but a reoccurring one none the less. Roy can't say anything for certain untill he's announced for DLC...

The right pillar shows all the characters who have only been in one game so far. I feel like Ivysaur and Squirtle will return with the pokemon trainer. Wolf will hopefully be back, but he seems like a low-priority character. Pichu and Young Link will probably never be back, unless they get some awesome new idea for them (like masks) Snake is just inconclusive.

Now what about newcomers?

I don't know......... I just won't talk about them, they are a whole different kind of thinking.

but what do you guys think? accurate? or is there something you don't agree with?

from these deductions I've made, We can at least say with utmost confidence, that the final roster for SSB5 will look roughly like this...