It pains me that I can't tell if you're joking or not. I'd love to include joke posts, but this is already bigger than I'd thought it'd be. I'm dumb, I know. If this is legit, I'll add.

Started the list. I was NOT expecting the volume of responses that happened so quickly. I probably should have, considering it's Smash, but still. Thoughts so far:

- LOVING the Xenoblade love so far. Rex will be top 5 once I know what I'm doing with him, which judging by the poll so far, should be pretty soon.

- More Nintendo stuff than I was expecting to be honest, I was expecting FAR more third party characters for some reason.

- Happy to see Shantae so high up, the rest of the top 5 are pretty much as expected.

- Rex, Shantae, Dark Samus (with a unique moveset), Bandana Dee, Morag, Rodin, and Elma would all make me very happy to see.

I am not joking. But maybe it's better to change J-shaped Tetris block into Tetris blocks in general (with each form being a skin).

>>that moment when you want to taint the sacred virgin blood of Smash Brothers with gross STD infested indie characters

1. Rex w/ Pyra/Mythra* (Xenoblade 2)
2. Lloyd Irving (Tales of Symphonia)
3. Zeke w/ Pandoria (Xenoblade 2)
4. Lyn (Fire Emblem Blazing Sword)
5. Chitoge Kirisaki (Super Mario Maker)

*I vote for them to be added as one character, as I think that would echo their fighting style from XC2 the best. Ideally they'd have a B move that allows them to swap, with Rex using three of his standard moves (Anchor Shot, etc), and Pyra/Mythra using a Blade Combo. Pyra and Mythra would likely be pallet swaps, but if they can be changed in fight for different moves, even better.

That'd make a lot of sense. Seeing Zeke & Pandoria love makes me happy. I love that cast so goddamn much. I really hope the DLC is post ending.

1. Chibi Robo (Chibi Robo)
2. Hitmonlee (Pokemon)
3. Jimmy T (Warioware)
4. Karate Joe (Rhythm heaven)
5. Waluigi (Mario series)

Added!

1. Crash Bandicoot
2. Bomberman
3. Takamaru (Mysterious Murasame Castle)
4. Rodin (Bayonetta)
5. Out of ideas already so uh... Chibi-Robo could be pretty cool.

My perfect ideal situation for ARMS would be 2 character slots. One would be for normal sized humans, so Spring Man, Ribbon Girl, Min Min, Ninjara, and maybe Twintelle and Kid Cobra. The other would be heavyweights, so Max Brass, Master Mummy and (if they could get them to work), Mechanica and Dr. Coyle (I know she's not a heavyweight, but with her damn Samus football shoulders, I see her coming to Smash this way.) I would then proceed to main Min Min forever, but in all likelihood, we're probably just getting Spring Man and, if we're lucky, Ribbon Girl.