So we... More or less found out that the characters everyone really wanted (Waluigi, Geno, Issac, Shadow, etc) aren't coming into the game at all.... I mean, with Echo fighters, I would have thought Shadow was a confirmed, considering Knuckles is a new assist trophy. But nope, Shadow is an assist trophy. Sonic's been in smash for years at this point since brawl and we got a resounding ONE remix track original to Smash. But it's perfectly fine that Capcom gets two SF reps and a monster hunter assist trophy though...
My inner Sonic fan pissed aside, I'm just a bit confused. Geno and Shanate are spirits when the former was hinted at a playable inclusion for a while and the later has so much support but just made a cameo more or less... Banjo actually is likely as a DLC character, considering the trademark stuff that came out recently, and I could see Ubisoft and Bandai-Namco getting a rep in through the Fighter Pass. But it seems like they worked with the devils to get more Konami love in Smash again and once they did that, they coudn't play nice with Square for Geno so they said 'fuck it' and just put K. Rool in to make fans happy.
I will say that I'm still hyped and very happy with specific things (Castlevanna getting so much love and the spirits mode looking legit promising) but not gonna lie, a bit miffed at how they announced the fighters. I would have saved Simon, Richter, and spirits for October's announcement, kick off Smash's announcement in June with Ken and the pokemon and have Ridly be the finaly announcement alongside K. Rool. That would have made expectations a lot more understandable.
Just hope they pick fighters for the DLC that make everyone happy, cause I get the impression this direct just pissed more off than made many happy.