BassForever
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I've made me explanations before and I'll say them again
Lets look at who's left from Brawl that isn't confirmed in Smash 4 yet
Wario
Meta Knight
Snake
Mr G&W
Yoshi
Lucas
Ike
Pokemon Trainer
Captain Falcon
Ganondorf
Jigglypuff
Ice Climbers
Rob
Shiek
Wolf
Falco
Zero suit samus
Ness
Now lets look at Melee to brawl charcters who were cut
Dr Mario
Young Link
Pichu
Roy
Mewtwo
From melee to brawl 4 of the 6 clone characters were cut, the two who remained had their move set diversified to be less of a clone though their routes as a clone still remain. Mewtwo was the only unique character cut and Lucario more or less took that role in most peoples eyes.
Now lets again look at who's not been announced so far I can think of no reason that the following characters would be cut
Wario- we already have a warioware assist trophy confirmed in Ashley and Wario is a unique and relevant character, he's staying
Meta Knight- We know the franchise is returning and Meta Knight is still relevant and unique, he's staying
Jigglypuff- Been in every smash bros game up till this point and can't see a reason why she'd be cut now
Ganondorf- Still the main villain of his franchise and still fairly relevant even if its as ganon, he's staying
Mr G&W- always been a hidden character, still unique and relevant to Nintendo's history
Rob- similar to g&w that he is still relevant to nintendo's history and is a unique character
Captain Falcon- been in every smash game and has a unique moveset and represents a unique series, he's staying
Falco- If he didn't get cut from melee to brawl I doubt he'll be cut here
Ness- he's been in every smash game, has a unique moveset and represents a unique series, he's staying
Zero suit samus- we've already seen samus's final smash is the same, so her armor will still probably fall off into zss, really don't see why they'd remove that
Now this next set is characters that are most likely returning but at least we can entertain some notion of them being cut
Yoshi- Yoshi will be in smash bros 4, but I will entertain the idea of him being replaced by yarn yoshi. More likely Yoshi will be revealed when new island comes out next week with some "wonder why we waited so long to show him lol" comment
Ice Climbers- Only because of the 3ds version, rosalina & luma + pikmim & olimar are very similar so its a weak argument though still possible
Pokemon trainer- if only because he's 3 move sets of gen 1 pokemon, he'll probably return though he may have a different look/different pokemon
Shiek- Perhaps she'll be replaced by impa and zelda will get a new down b (the armor knight summon) though I don't see her changing after two games the same way
Now we get to the characters who I think have a decent chance of being cut/replaced. I debated putting shiek down here but I honestly expect she'll be back as Zelda's down b as normal
Wolf- we already have fox and falco and the starfox franchise is even less relevant now then it was when Brawl came out. I like Wolf, he's a cool character and plays differently from Fox/Falco to justify his existence, but if someone has to be cut odds are a space animal is going and Falco has more tenure compared to Wolf both in his franchise and in Smash.
Ike- I like Ike a lot, he's really unique and popular in the US... But Chrom is more relevant to Fire Emblem and was in the most successful FE game not just in Japan but worldwide. I can see Chrom taking Ike's moveset and calling it a day, ideally I'd rather have all 3 and I think FE is big enough to warrant all 3 but again if I had to cut someone it'd be Ike in a similar way that Mewtwo was cut from melee
Lucas- Again I like Lucas, but he was partially an advertisement for Mother 3 which came out while Brawl was in development. Mother is niche franchise that deserves a spot in Smash but probably only needs one rep like F-Zero. Lucas is a clone and Ness is a seasoned vet, if someones getting cut between the two it's Lucas.
Snake- this is the easiest, Konami and Nintendo may not be able to work out a deal or come to an agreement on snake returning even if Kojima/Sakurai wants it to happen. I've suggested an Advanced wars character taking over the moveset and stick by that.
Personally if I could cut any 4 characters I'd cut wario, yoshi, shiek, and pokemon trainer because I don't enjoy playing as them, I like all 4 characters I think will be cut (before Toon Link's reveal I thought he'd be cut fwiw). I don't want anyone to be cut but if you have to make me pick 4 its those 4
Odd choices for potentially expected cuts!
