From 3DS release to Wii U release sounds like a good amount of time.I'm not holding out hope for Takamaru at this point, but if he were there, I'd swoon. Sakurai's previous retro character re-imagining of Pit was phenomenal, I could only imagine what he would do with Takamaru.
Awesome, and great to hear there's talk of balance patching to the game.
How many weeks/months would you like to suffer?