Last weekend, I played the full Japanese version for a couple hours. Mostly played 1 on 1 with mostly newcomers. I think I'll main Shulk. His lengthy smashes add a nice element to force the opponent of the defensive as well as having two hits. The backslash does has nice coverage especially when returning to ledge.
Peach is also nice to play. Discovered Peach can spawn a Bob-omb with her down b. Like her new up aerial and side b without startup
Dedede is nicely buffed and the Gordos provide nice zoning.
Link is also buffed.
Greninja felt nice and powerful. I like the side b with its good range. His up special is really nice too. The Neutra, b has decent finishing knockback
Duck Hunt seems to have some element of difficulty for me. He's very projectile oriented
Default Palutena has horrible specials. Her up smash is amazing. Her dash attack is horrid. I like her pole dance taunt
Little Mac is nice but I hate his poor air game since I play more aerial
I like Olimar's new recovery.
Megaman is awkward without jabs or forward smash. His up tilt is pretty good but his specials except Rush are sucky
Villager is pretty good but his side smash and tree are only for edgeguarding but the axe from the tree is pretty solid. Gyroid is decent for zoning too as well as recovery.
Pac-Man side B is godly. His B is awkward to charge but effective. The hydrant requires particular use. Pretty solid aerials too
Robin 3rd stage of his neutral is most useful. Arcfire is useful. I like his smash attacks
Lucina is okay

Also a collection of trophy pics

http://imgur.com/a/bXgI1#0

Interesting, I can't wait to play as all these characters!

I agree with the character notes you've said regarding the ones I've played in the demos. It's interesting swapping from Link to Mega Man and noticing the incredible difference in how they play. I like Mega Man, but some of his attacks I honestly don't use. Link is very good for the playstyle I frequent. That's probably why I like Ike as well.

I'm very interested to see how well I control characters like Little Mac and Greninja. I'm very interested to play them.

Also, Palutena pole dance taunt? Of course she has that...

"Here's a glimpse of StreetSmash. Make sure to set this up once you get the game. The more fighters you play against at once, the more loot you can earn."

So here's a pretty neat site that lets you choose a grid of Smash characters and their alts:

http://apps.warchamp7.com/smash/roster/#

And here's who I'd like to be great with when the game comes over!

Nice, here's mine: 

Did I go overboard?

I think you're forgetting a few dozen.

Problem is there's too many characters to choose from! Would have chosen them all

"We've improved the Fighter Records window to make it easier to browse through. I'm assuming you'll be building up your records fast once you start playing the game."

we're almost to two weeks away!!! EXCITING!!!!!

YES! I can almost taste it. I can't wait to play with all of you guys!