I'm sure it's been discussed, but what do you guys think of the validity of the Gematsu leaks? The leaks have, up until now, been correct. Chrom not being playable may have debunked the leak, but too many of the names have already been proven true.
Not saying he just made some guesses and lucked out but too be honest he mostly just named representives of the most successful games on DS and Wii and the most requested classic characters.
I agree that WiiFit trainer has been rather obscure but the games sold something like 20m+ and the trainers are besides your avatars/Mii the characters of the game.
Miis also have been an easy guess, these avatars actually have been some kind of a symbol from the beginning of Nintendos last gen systems and also had been availabe in a wide range of games and among the most successful. They basically are the modern incarnation of the Game and Watch character and something like a new mascot.
Animal Crossing became a huge seller and is among the most successful games in Japan.
New Pokemon from the latest entry also already had a precedent in Brawl, easy to guess.
The same goes for Fire Emblem from Melee (Roy) to Brawl (Ike) but he still got this one wrong since Chrom doesn´t seem to be playable.
While Punch-Out isn´t among the most successful franchises nowadays, Little Mac was by far the most asked for and very iconic especially in the US.
Pac-Man - BandaiNamco is co-developing the game, that they would have a representative was a sure-bet, most people expected this character and just waited for confirmation.
About Shulk, so far no confirmation and who knows maybe he won´t be even in the game (I wouldn´t mind because he looks pretty generic to me). He could have been named simply because Xenoblade has built a little cult among some vocal JRPG fans in the internet and it´s also getting a sequel.
The choire boys from Rythm Tengoku, after scoring with the WiiFit Trainer another obscure choice from a popular series (in Japan the DS verison is a million seller). But in this case the chances are very slim to be in the game in my opinion.