So you're saying at best we're only getting 6 more characters then the last game had? Brawl had 39 characters with a smaller development team AND they had to spend a lot of time on SSE. The numbers just don't work unless you think we've seen all but 1-2 new comers or quiet a few characters are being cut.
Please give me your list of who you think is being cut, and how many newcomers you think we're getting to get to a 42-45 character roster. You don't even have to name the newcomers it can be as simple as "a b c d e f g are being cut, 10 new comers, 45 characters" just with names instead of letters
IMHO,some of the clones are going to get the cut,characters like lucas and wolf that weren't that popular to begin with
Falco will stay because he is huge in the competitive scene for what i heard.
Ike will be replaced by another fire emblem swordsman.
the other unique characters from brawl wil be back,like mr game & watch,ice climbers,r.o.b.
ganondorf will be back, but maybe in name alone, with another moveset.
we will have a couple other newcomers,like palutena and/or pac-man and that's it
if i've counted well,it will be 42 characters,
mario series:mario,luigi,peach,bowser,rosalina,yoshi,wario
DK series: DK,diddy kong
Zelda series: Link,zelda,sheik,ganondorf (with new moveset),toon link
fire emblem series: marth,chrom
pokèmon series: pikachu,lucario,charizard,greninja,jigglypuff
kirby series: kirby,meta knight,king dedede
starfox series:fox,falco
metroid series:samus,zero suit samus
kid icarus series:pit,palutena
various series:olimar,r.o.b.,mr game & watch,villager,little mac,cap falcon,ness,wiifit trainer,ice climbers
third party:sonic,megaman,pacman