I'm not completely sold on Dante, but maybe that's just because I don't want him. But a lot of times a dev will retweet about an upcoming direct or something, and it turns out to be nothing. Could be just a coincidence that they're planning on making an announcement about DMC on the 16th.

Still holding out hope for Geno personally. We've gotten a lot of third party DLC characters, so I'd like the last one to be someone with a stronger connection to Nintendo. But, maybe they're holding off on characters they own for the next Smash game.

mZuzek said: Ultrashroomz said: Oh yea I forgot, VGChartz hates Smash They never disappoint, do they? My pipedream will always be Amaterasu, but for this time I'd be very surprised if it's not Dante. I don't quite like the idea of Hollow Knight in Smash, it could make for an awesome character and a cool moveset, but I feel like the game's vibe is too depressing for Smash - meaning it'd either be really unfitting among the rest of the game, or poorly represented if made more cheerful.

That's some odd reasoning there. There's plenty of silly stuff in Hollow Knight compared to say Metroid. Zote the Mighty, need I say more? xD

Geno?

Geno.

Geno!

An ARMS rep, a Golden Sun rep, Dixie Kong, Rex, Pyra, Elma, Impa, Paper Mario, Captain Toad, Chibi Robo, Midna, Krystal, Ring Fit Girl/Boy, Agent 8 are just a few that pop into mind.

You needa check the definition of lighthearted then, silly things most certainly entertain and amuse. The Metroid games I've played (Super, Prime 3, Hunters) have no humor or charm in them whatsoever to lift spirits/lighten the mood, whereas Hollow Knight is full of it.

I’m still waiting for Professor Layton by the way.

I wouldnt have a problem with that, Solid Snake seemed completely out of place for me and I think he fit just fine simply because its not his own game and I dont take seriously how he is depicted in Smash, in the same vein I wouldnt expect every aspect of the Hollow Knight character in Smash to fit the "dark" tone of its own game - and either way I dont think it would matter cause the character itself moves like an automaton and that's what I'd expect from its animation. And the character could be Hornet and not the Knight, but either way works for me. Other than that I honestly could easily see a Colosseum of Fools - themed stage for the game.
But either way its fine, we dont have to agree.  

I don't think you meant to quote me, but yes I'd love for the stage to be the Colosseum, that way we get to see some Zote action! Hornet being the playable character makes sense as well to hype up Silksong, and so one of her taunts can be "git gud!" I don't think it'll happen simply because it's an indy game, but Undertale getting a bit of representation does give hope.

They could just as easily use Ribbon Girl for Arms or Matthew for Arms/Golden Sun.  There's no reason Impa or Dixie would have to be echoes.  As for the rest, I'm not going to argue with your personal opinions.

I can see this presentation introducing the last character of the first pass and then showing us the first character of the second fighter pass with a possibility of the preorder bonus character given to those who pre-order the second pass. Third party wise outside of Dante the other possible candidates to be added at some point in future are Ryu Hyabusa (spelling) to represent Ninja Gaiden/DOA, A Tekken representative maybe Heihachi, a possible playable version of Akira to rep VF, Kos-mos due to the partnership with Namco, A Tales rep maybe Cless from Phantasia.

First party wise I'm not sure what else can be added with out being an echo given Sakurai I think a FE:TH rep is still coming other than that maybe a second XBC rep it's hard to tell at this point.