I don't see how. From what I've read it sounds like he wants to add more 3rd party characters, but only a small handful at most.

Well i say "unlikely" in the sense that maybe Sakurai could feel like having any more than two 3rd party characters (assuming Sonic and Snake return) may feel like too much. Therefore the likelihood of getting another is low, but not definite.

Let me also point out that he said it would ruin the point of the game.

And that it broadens the diversity and potential of the SSB roster.

Yeah.

The point of the game is that it's a celebration of Nintendo's history.

Adding characters like Sonic that are important to Nintendo's history, but not owned by Nintendo, diversifies the game and adds quite a bit of flavor.

Throwing in 3P chars willynilly, as he said, would ruin the point of the game, yeah. But not when carefully applied.

What he's saying is, it's good in small doses.

And that small dose has already been applied.
They've made it pretty clear that there are at least some intentions to add Lloyd, but I'd be very surprised if we get more Third Party than that.

Ok. Just gonna throw this out there.

I don't want Ridley playable.mI do, however, kinda want The Nightmare from Metroid. I mean, yeah, kinda obscure, but look. He has yet to appear in a Smash Bros. game, so his SSB size could be different than his actual one. Also, the reason he's terrifying isn't because he's huge. It's because of what he looks like. I mean, the Grunt from Amnesia is scary, but it's your size.

If not playable, he could at least be a boss fight.

I'd say a boss fight maybe but not a playable character. He's too strangely designed to be playable.

Nightmare would be awesome as a boss fight, though i could imagine it being annoying like it was in Fusion.

That was one of my favorite bosses in Fusion, actually.

But I don't see him working as playable. Size could be an issue, sure, but the simple mechanics of his attacks would be too much to work around. Altering time gravity? That'd be broken as f***.

A boss or a stage hazard though would be sweet.

I don't think Nightmare could manipulate time...

That wasnt time manipulation, that was gravity manipulation, remember you get the gravity suit after defeating him.

Yeah, you're right. Gravity. My bad, it's been years since I've played Fusion.

Anyone else think that Wario's palette swaps will just have the classic look, and not the weird look they gave him in Brawl? Also, do you think Wario will be buffed?

"The weird look they gave him in Brawl" is his look from the WarioWare series. And I don't think he needs to be buffed at all.