Every veteran in Smash has a fanbase including Pichu. Just look at how much Japan wants it back.
Also about that Samus Wikipedia page, yeah it's actually Brianna Wu who was trying to edit the trans part in and cite herself. She's really narcissistic.
Citing yourself is the main reason why I haven't gone in and fixed the various Smash wikis.
Also, for a Japanese rep, I was reconsidering what @
Spazzy_D and I talked about last night. Agnes from Bravely Default could actually be a reasonable choice.
The rationale?
It all hinges on IF Shovel Knight is published by Nintendo in Japan.
Then we would have:
America: Shovel Knight (Potentially Published by Nintendo in Japan)
Europe: Layton (Published by Nintendo outside of Japan) OR Rayman (Published by Nintendo in Japan)
Japan: Agnes (Published by Nintendo outside of Japan) OR Jibayan (Will be published by Nintendo outside of Japan) or potentially Bomberman (maybe renegotiated the rights with Konami?)
It'd be using "3rd" party characters, but easier to negotiate the rights to them as Smash characters as Nintendo has some claim to them. Being published by Nintendo makes them somewhat skin to a 2nd party character, which would eliminate some of the '3rd party barriers'.
Of course Agnes isn't a very popular choice, but neither is Layton (relatively speaking, compared to other ballot contenders). I'm only suggesting Layton because AFAIK the
rumor sparked by his voice actor isn't 100% deconfirmed.
Bomberman would be my personal choice, but we have no idea what the deal with Konami looks like.