Oddly, I was thinking of a few old characters that I've always thought ought to be honored with a spot in a Smash Bros. game:

Pacman - One of the oldest game characters, right up there in the venerable ranks of the Pong paddle and such. I'm thinking Super Pacman style too, rather than the old-school 2D pizza-shaped pacman, the one with eyes and a cape and all. Final Smash being the power pill, where everyone goes all "blue ghost" (looses the ability to attack for the duration of the smash, and their appearance changes to monochrome blue with white eyespots)

Megaman - Old-school, or X style. With all the different mega man powers through the years, Im thinking the ability to swap between suit-types and the plain B attack changing accordingly. As for a Final Smash, something along the lines of calling in Rush as a secondary fighter, or to bomb the heck out of the stage.

Chrono - They seem to have avoided RPG characters so far (unless you count FE), but Chrono is so nearly a fighting game character already, he would work well (not to mention, with the addition to the SSB lineup, Development of Chrono Break might be able to continue again). As far as a final smash, possibly calling in a cameo combo with other characters, or just Luminare.

Black Mage/Vivi - FF needs a representation in Smash Bros. being one of the oldest and largest RPG franchises that Nintendo ever started, and Vivi is one of the few developed characters that hearkens back to the very beginning of the series, yet is a developed character. for a Final Smash, I'm thinking Trance Mode MagicX for Vivi, or in the case of the Black Mage, Ultima.


P.S. ...and like parasols to simulate Peach's moves, Excitebikes should definitely be an item to simulate Wario's bike. Not to mention it'd be flipping sweet to mow people down with a piece of ancient Nintendo history.

If Sonic is included, and I'm hoping he is, he's going to be need to be released soon, before the commercials/final trailers are released. I doubt such a climactic character would be included as a secret character when the games marketability will practically skyrocket if he is announced. I have no idea what events are coming up, but if theres an E3 or something of the sort between now and Dec 3rd, that'll either make or break him.

And now I'd be willing to bet the Wii will be taking the lead (or increasing the lead, I don't know the current numbers) and keeping it too. Wifi confirmed, and they didn't confine it to friend codes. And with Brawl paving the way for games no longer being confined to friend codes, well, I guess that will contribute to them taking and keeping the lead.

And now I'd be willing to bet the Wii will be taking the lead (or increasing the lead, I don't know the current numbers) and keeping it too. Wifi confirmed, and they didn't confine it to friend codes. And with Brawl paving the way for games no longer being confined to friend codes, well, I guess that will contribute to them taking and keeping the lead.

I'm not sure about Pokemon Battle Revolution, though as far as first party games go, Mario Strikers: Charged isn't confined to FCs either.  I'd cite EA's games but they're running on EA Nation, not Nintendo WFC.

*breathes heavily*

Aw crap. I'm from the Philippines, so I might be screwed with Nintendo WFC matches cross-Pacific. You Americans are lucky.  Then again, local multiplayer isn't so bad either. Oh wait. I may be screwed again. 

I think I wanna cry...and to think this update was actually good.

EDIT: Wait, I forgot that I don't have a wi-fi connection at home, so...

Lan adaptor

I'm not sure about Pokemon Battle Revolution, though as far as first party games go, Mario Strikers: Charged isn't confined to FCs either.  I'd cite EA's games but they're running on EA Nation, not Nintendo WFC.

Oh. Didn't realize that with all the bitching against Wii using FC's only. Maybe I should stop listening to jester's rants concerning the Wii haha.

Sweet! What an awesome update. +5 to my boner.

All the rumors that online play would be scrapped had me scared since I've always wanted to destroy all the people who are all "lolz i pwn ur mom noob." Now I know I'll get a chance to do this. The best part is knowing I can play my buddies living in Chicago right here from the suburbs. This is easily one of the best updates so far.

@Biggles: Man, that sucks for you. I thought waiting until December 3rd was tough. I feel your pain.

On a side note, does anyone else thing the character damage thing is a bit too bulky?