Yeah, Ness was a more impact focused character while Lucas was more strategic.

I'd be willing to pay a $10 Day One on-disc DLC for Lucas alone.

Awhile backit was confirmed there would be no dlc. Beside if there were DLC they probably just wouldn't give us the full game and sell a couple of extra characters piece by piece (like how they did with psasbr those greedy ****s)

Seeing how bad the wii u is performing. No, I do not see john lucas coming back.

......... At first i was like WTF? But then i remembered who you were talking about lmao

I'll say no, just because I think they'll make changes for character representation for non-primary characters from the series.

I'm going to say both Ness and Lucas return.

Now, Lucas is a character I COULD see cut, and it wouldn't surprise me if he was, but he has a few things going for him. He is BARELY a clone, the only moves he shares with Ness are his specials (which all have different effects) and his forward Smash. All his other moves are unique.

He is was also planned for Melee, and finally made it for Brawl. It would seems strange to remove him after he finally made it. He is also one of only 2 protagonists for the Mother series, and I don't think they would go back to having Ness as the only Earthbound/Mother rep.

I honestly think we will see less cuts then people think. Lucario and Toon Link are a testament to this. I also think that Star Fox and Fire Emblem are far more likely to get cuts then Earthbound.

By the way, I can find the article if you want. but Sakurai didn't say there wouldn't be any DLC, just that he wasn't planning on having any.  He said he wants to focus on putting as much into the game as possible for launch, and in a later interveiw even said he is a fan of DLC done right.  He brings up Fall Out 3 as an example of "good DLC."  So DLC isn't completly ruled out yet.

Whats with all the Lucas doubt?

If Toon Link and Lucario made it back in then I can see Lucas coming back for sure.

I mean he is the main protagonist of the last mother game; a game that can be getting more attention now that nintendo is finally putting GBA games on the VC.

Ness and Lucas are definitely coming back, and I wouldn't doubt that Mother 3 would have more content as well. I feel like the soundtrack from Mother 3 was not utilized enough, and that the stage was uninspired (should have been fighting in New Pork City, not some platforms in front of it).

A newcomer for the series won't happen though, which is too bad because I really would have liked to see Claus or Porky (preferably Claus) playable.

I'm gonna go with no. It's not impossible, just unlikely. They haven't even confirmed Ness yet. Then again, since Earthbound finally made it to the virtual console, maybe they'll finally release Mother 3, but I'm still gonna go with no, because I don't think it'll happen.

Diddy revealed! Who would of never thought :p