I think you're right with your guesses, but how cool would zant be?

Also, how many more smash characters have to die?

There still needs to be luigi, you can't just cut him out so I'd say he'll be showing up. As for the next one though I agree Captain Falcone is probalby it.

As for new characters Snake isn't htere and we know he is so that's gotta be him.

I don't know if they will announce Sonic at all as I see him as an unlocable character and thus the internets won't be full of Sonic!!!! omfg!!! until after the game is released, or someone leaks it.

Ice Climbers are out for sure.

If Ness wasn't in the game that would be tragic. But I think there are going to be more than just 1 veteran and 1 newcomer I mean if you are going on the box from the website...they can add another row too so I could see Ness, Luigi, Captain Falcon etc. still in the game.

Ness better be in there. He was difficult to control, but powerful. If I didn't play Pikachu, I was Ness.

new comer, COOKING MAMA.

So Samus gets two characters (which is awesome), but no Luigi!?

@Blaze: Viewtiful Joe would be perfect I agree. Though I guess his specials would be aggravating in Multiplayer, with the whole time slowing down and all.

Hahaha Cooking Mama - I've never thought of that, I love it.

I'm not saying i'm a fan of this idea but your Mii could be a definite character where you could apply the moves youw anted from a selected list.

He could have the power to stand, walk over there, fall asleep, wiggle his arms around, vote on things and most importantly march in a parade.

Never underestimate the power to vote...

They did say NO clones.

ok sent mine to the forum. Man that was actually pretty fun.

I think Luigi will be in it with his vaccuum.

I still don't understand how Zero Suit Samus counts as a new character if she is seemingly only playable by playing as normal Samus and THEN doing her Super Smash. That makes me think there will be other "new" or even veteran characters that are merely costume changes of current fighters.

Did anyone else always get mad when they had to play as a yellow Kirby or green Donkey Kong? Wouldn't it be cool if every different player, if they chose the same character, would merely have an entirely different costume?

Many fighting games, like Soul Calibur, allow for totally different costumes. With such a wide range of games to pull from these characters could have different themes. Dark Samus? Windwaker Link? Dr. Mario? Pichu?

The separate "clones" would instead become the different costume variations for the characters. It'd allow for many of the old cloned favorites like Falco and Ganondorf to return, as well as open the opportunity for more "characters" to enter the Brawl, even if they played exactly as (or slightly altered from) their original character (Dr. Mario throwing pills instead of fire, for instance, but retaining most everything else).

While the clones may be even closer to their original characters instead of more different, which is generally what is wanted, I think it'd be even cooler. Maybe for some of the old characters even have 2D sprite versions or "original appearance" versions. And, heaven forbid a character doesn't have enough "versions" or similar characters throughout Nintendo canon to warrant more than one or two "clone costumes" (like Pit, for instance) THEN and ONLY THEN could they do color changes to the costumes.

For real, 2D Mario vs 2D Link vs 2D Samus vs 2D DK.

A man can dream, can't he?

PS - Props for the post inspired by my post inspired by your post.

Um, has anybody noticed that snake has the same fighting attacks as C. Falcon did? notice his up kick, same move.