I saw the character reveals.
Most(or all) people I know see me as an overly negative person, but I prefer the term "critical". I mean, what's the point of gleefully raving about positive stuff? You're just telling people things they see in plain sight. But that being said, like always, I have some gripes. Or rather, one huge gripe.
Looking at the info I got from Nintendo Direct, it would seem to me like our friends at Nintendo are sticking up one middle finger after another. I don't even say that personally, I actually mean several groups of fans should more or less expect disappointment. Did you want Saki in? Ha lol ur funny, says Nintendo. All those years Ridley has been called for as a playable character? Well guess what? He's probably gonna be a boss, and if not, you'll have to wait for a LESS important event to see your favorite space pirate to make the cut! Did you hate Fludd and prefer Mario's spinning attack thingy? Too bad, douchebag, says Nintendo, we're keeping it present. And they didn't say one word about all this "Namco Character in Smash" business. It would have been nice to know whether or not they were even considering it.
That's not to say all news was bad news. Greninja and Charizard showed up, which is cool. I hope Charizard makes it in as a solo, but if they do that, it means anyone who warmed up to the Pokemon Trainer from Brawl can go shove it with the Saki fans. They announced some cool online mode s*** that I don't really care for. To be honest, the main thing I saw coming for ND were some hardcore character reveals and rumor diffusion(i.e. the Namco character thing). Maybe it was stupid to expect something so comparatively unimportant, but it's hard not to be disappointed.
But that's just me.

there's way more to the game than just the grocery list of characters who get added

try paying attention to more than just your dumb roster predictions and maybe you won't be so disappointed

you Roster Guys are total fun-hating nerds

I wasn't complaining about Ridley and Saki not making it in. The general statement for that long post of mine was simply that I found myself disappointed. I just think that after all the stuff fans say about the world's most popular party game, it's still completely ignored. I mean really, isn't the point of all this waiting to get us pumped and tell the devs what we, the players, want and feel? What's the point of recommending anything if this is the reply? Might as well have stapled our mouths shut. Seems to me that all of this is predestined, and the fans don't really have much of a voice.

It's a topic of discussion nerd

there's way more to the game than just the grocery list of characters who get added

try paying attention to more than just your dumb roster predictions and maybe you won't be so disappointed

you Roster Guys are total fun-hating nerds

Sounds nice, but no. Roster predictions are all I can find it in my soul to care for. I want to care about the new mechanics and online modes and all that, but honestly, I wouldn't use half of them, and the ones I used, I probably wouldn't notice.

Plus, the roster is the fun, baby.

Party Game?
Ok, for one, this game is clearly going to start playing a bit to the competitive side, so calling it a party game is starting to get ignorant. Also, Ridley is a JOKE. He literally has turned into a laughing stock. And I'm pretty sure there are other characters more wanted than Saki. Why do you bring this up? Because you obviously wanted them. You don't see me complaining Meowth is still a Pokeball, and why? Because nothing makes him special over the other deconfirmations.

The problem with catering only to roster guys is that we would end up with something more resembling to MUGEN than to Smash Bros

Ewww... MUGEN.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I still have bad memories of friends wanting to play with joke characters like Chuck Norris...


Are you actually serious?

Dude, the idea behind MUGEN was a 2d fighting game with endless possibilities.
Just think about if Nintendo allowed any Nintendo character to be playable in SSB. Roster requests would probably die out, stage requests would also die out. People could implement their favorite Nintendo star in the game however they wanted. Life would be good. Everybody wins.