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1. Captain Syrup- Doesn't necessarily have to be her, but she seems like she would be very fun. She's coming back, if Shake It! is any indication, but I don't want to shoehorn her if we can't think of anything for her. She's easier to think of a set for than the Wario Ware crew and Yoshi has no supporting characters of note (outside of Poochy, but we're doing something else with him). Bottom line: She'd be interesting if we can think of something.
2. Dixie- Last count on the poll saw people in favor of Dixie, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that Dixie just hasn't been developed enough to have a full moveset. Kiddy as an addition would be mostly a prop for Dixie. Think Tron Bonne and her mech in MVC2. Again, it would be a very interesting character design and would be fun to use.
3. Tingle- Hilarious. Our joke character.
4. Deoxys- May seem like overkill in the Pokemon department, but it makes this franchise equal with Mario. Also, with the removal of Pichu, we have a two generation gap. Generation 2 has nothing interesting going for it, so I moved on to 3. It could swap forms on the fly to do attacks.
5. Goroh- We've beaten this to death. He's in now.
6. Roy- The three warriors thing was way too "Pokemon" and would involve coming up with more moves than the one we originally were going with for a franchise that nobody really knows/cares about. If we're going to have new gimmick characters, I'd like to invent new gimmicks for them (see Dixie/Kiddy above). Along with Marth and Ike, Roy is now one of the more popular FE characters and because it's our game, we can tweak him to make him better.
7. Animal Crossing- This guy desperately needs a name. "Animal Crosser" and "Villager" are just too strange or clunky or boring. Maybe we could go for an NPC from the series?
8. Isaac- Yes, he's in.
9. Sukapon- Originally shot down, but after thinking about it, I thought "why not?" It's a goofy character and has a neat gimmick. Plus it would be super easy to sheet.
10. Blank- Another first party character. Mike Jones? Captain Rainbow? Nobody?
11. Third parties- Snake, Sonic, and Megaman are definitely in. The fourth slot is a Square character. Some may cry foul and want Geno as the Square, but he's a Mario character. Other third parties can be added as we solidify them. We don't need eight, but there is room for them. If we wind up with four, fine. If not, that's fine too.
Everyone should be happy now, right?