I agree the fact that you sample everyone In the story modes is a nice touch. It can't be that hard to do a story and they wouldn't have to make every character playable in it. Poisons arcade mode is her fighting in a tournament to make a band. Yeah capcom needs to do better than that.
With that said I can understand why fans want their character back. Its unfair in a sense to see your main get cut. Though I do agree its a necessary evil. You can't introduce new characters and make things interesting if you're always keeping the same people.
Less definitely can be more and I'm excited to see how Xrd turns out.
Well, in terms of a fighting game with a new graphics engine, fans ask for some unrealistic rosters to be had right off the bat. That's where I was getting with the later part of that post. I like a big roster, but I feel like new iterations of fighting games need to work to that number with expansions. I would gladly pay 15 bucks for 5 new characters every year or so with tweaks and costumes and what not.